Hacker News: ldbooth

New comment by ldbooth in "Nike's Crisis and the Economics of Brand Decay"

ldbooth — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 16:56:52 +0000

Nike should buy Brooks and to jumpstart their product dev and push their cushioning and stability tech into the Nike shoe line, then build a branding campaign around that, and also go after some new athletes.

New comment by ldbooth in "Show HN: I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio"

ldbooth — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 04:46:20 +0000

I'd love to see that command line working for some Easter eggs.

New comment by ldbooth in "US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU"

ldbooth — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:33:18 +0000

Dementia

New comment by ldbooth in "Lawrence of Arabia, Paul Atreides, and the roots of Frank Herbert's Dune (2021)"

ldbooth — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:12:24 +0000

Plus oil geopolitics

New comment by ldbooth in "Nevada Ivanpah Solar Plant Accidentally Incinerates Up to 6k Birds a Year (2016)"

ldbooth — Mon, 03 Feb 2025 02:31:05 +0000

Yet this doesn't account for the type of birds they are killing. I view milling a swallow different from killing some kind of large raptor or large bird. Those arent your window hitters. In fairness windmills also kill a lot of large birds. No tech is perfect.

New comment by ldbooth in "Ask HN: How do you find part time work?"

ldbooth — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:54:30 +0000

Damn this is a bleak view of the world.

> Yes, I have a right to have an opinion on how other people’s behaviors make me feel,

how others act is outside your control. how you interpret and 'feel' is within your control, and quite empowering when you take the reins.

> and so long as I’m still functional at work it’s not a problem

But what about when you retire and carry this this forward, likely alone.

Sounds like you have 'good' problems. Good luck to you.

New comment by ldbooth in "Elon Musk wanted an OpenAI for-profit"

ldbooth — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 21:58:16 +0000

Reappeared as Electric unicycles, which look hilarious, dangerous, and like a lot of fun.

New comment by ldbooth in "Elon Musk Plays a Familiar Song: Robot Cars Are Coming"

ldbooth — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 04:03:38 +0000

https://archive.is/0Z0hg/again?url=https://www.wsj.com/busin...

Elon Musk Plays a Familiar Song: Robot Cars Are Coming

ldbooth — Mon, 14 Oct 2024 04:03:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/elon-musk-tesla-robotaxi-cybercab-event-52cddfb2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41834067

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by ldbooth in "Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047"

ldbooth — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:58:00 +0000

Companies like Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, and Consolidated Edison are regulated by state utility commissions, same as in California.

New comment by ldbooth in "Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 1047"

ldbooth — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 15:16:06 +0000

Same reason the governor appointed public utility commission has allowed PG&E to raise rates 4 times in a single year without legitimate oversight. Yea unfortunately all roads point to his donors with this smooth talker, cost of living be damned.

New comment by ldbooth in "Lottery Simulator (2023)"

ldbooth — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 21:31:07 +0000

Very cool visualization. This will save me a few bucks next time I think about playing.

New comment by ldbooth in "Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil"

ldbooth — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 18:24:14 +0000

I will say on the positive side ... Starlink/SpaceX is a huge asset. And the Tesla Energy Megapack has a huge forward market opportunity (utility grids are just getting started with battery energy storage for smoothing out renewables). And the Tesla charging products are the gold standard.

New comment by ldbooth in "Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil"

ldbooth — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:59:54 +0000

Your argument is no content moderation by social platforms. Your point is if it's hard, don't do it. Courts and legal interpretations exist for this reason, to parse the grey areas, and in this case they are ruling against Twitter's lack of content moderation.

Free speech doesn't equate to the freedom to spread misinformation, supporting and then organizing an attempted a military coup in Brazil.

New comment by ldbooth in "Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil"

ldbooth — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 21:51:41 +0000

You are overstating enforcement of corporate laws vs. a government censoring an entire nation. Similarly banning X in the US would not be censorship if the company flouted and refused to obey US laws.

He is spending many people's money, not just his own. He's human, he can be both a tech legend and a polarizing, drama-magnet of a human being, I just lament him leaning into the latter when the benefit is winning a pissing match.

New comment by ldbooth in "Starlink Defies Order to Block X in Brazil"

ldbooth — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 18:40:01 +0000

I just wish this guy would take the loss and sell twitter and go back to being an uncontroversial tech legend. Mixing with Social media has corrupted every positive thing he has done and maybe will do if he keeps it up at the current pace. People tire of the drama king. If you don't know what I mean.. he said his transgender child is dead to him in a publicly aired interview. That's where this guy is in his personal relationships.

New comment by ldbooth in "Interview with Signal President Meredith Whittaker"

ldbooth — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:23:20 +0000

Same. I've intentionally tried to bring my family members to Signal for the Ease of cross-platform video calls.

New comment by ldbooth in "Californians can now add their mobile driver's license to Google Wallet"

ldbooth — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 05:11:28 +0000

I applied via Google wallet and was automatically rejected. Seems like a beta at the moment ... The rejection email worked flawlessly however.

New comment by ldbooth in "Can solar costs keep shrinking?"

ldbooth — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 15:42:48 +0000

Also The post-Covid interest rate hikes. Which is why prices went up from 2021-2023. The author attributes this only to supply chain: developers had PPAs signed in 2019-2021 that assumed lower borrowing & construction costs, then interest rates went up sharply, and all those PPAs had to be either renegotiated or the underlying project was never built.

New comment by ldbooth in "Delta CEO Says CrowdStrike Tech Outage Cost It $500 Million"

ldbooth — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 18:19:50 +0000

Crowdstrike stock dropped 5% or so on news of Delta hiring outside counsel to pursue damages.

If this is truly CrowdStrikes own fault, aren't there countless other global airlines that had major losses during the outage and will pile on to the damage claims?