Hacker News: leopoldo

New comment by leopoldo in "Tesla Model 3 Cost of Ownership Slightly Cheaper Than a Camry"

leopoldo — Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:47:02 +0000

You just put in writing what I've been thinking whenever I come across these articles.

One thing I would expand on is the resale value for Tesla. The EV technology is changing so rapidly that there may be groundbreaking changes or improvements in the 3-5 year span that would render a TM3's resale price useless. It's much more unlikely that the same will happen for a Camry, the threshold of innovation for gas-powered cars have been pushed much more closer to its limits than EVs.

New comment by leopoldo in "NULL license plate not such a bright idea"

leopoldo — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 19:27:34 +0000

Digits, not numbers... I guess a VIN can still be 007, or 054. Right?

New comment by leopoldo in "Why the French love to say no"

leopoldo — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 14:24:51 +0000

That's where it all started... After answering that question with "yes" and realizing what was coming his way he swore to always answer with "no" from that point forward.

New comment by leopoldo in "Ask HN: How did you escape your safe 9-5 job?"

leopoldo — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:53:25 +0000

For you and poster above - I have a 6-month old kid and he's sleeping full nights since 3-months old. He only missed two nights (one was sick and the other one just started teething). The resource we used was called "On becoming babywise", highly recommended! (also, knock on wood, I believe we've been lucky with the baby, so far!)

New comment by leopoldo in "Venezuela Is in Crisis. So How Did Maduro Secure a Second Term?"

leopoldo — Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:37:12 +0000

I think the poster above you is referring specifically to the self-proclaimed 21st century socialists in Venezuela (and family).

New comment by leopoldo in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2018)"

leopoldo — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 17:28:40 +0000

Thanks for catching that - fixed!

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New comment by leopoldo in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2018)"

leopoldo — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 15:44:56 +0000

Fuze is a global cloud communications and collaboration software platform for the enterprise. Through an innovative and consumer-inspired unified experience, Fuze enables seamless transition between voice, video, messaging, and content sharing. Fuze empowers the digital workforce anytime, anywhere, and across any device. Headquartered in Boston, MA, Fuze has additional locations including New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Ottawa, London, Amsterdam, Aveiro (Portugal), Paris, Munich, Zurich, Copenhagen, and Sydney. Our vision is to power every business conversation.

See our openings here: https://grnh.se/bfffe6731

New comment by leopoldo in "Brazil sets new record for homicides"

leopoldo — Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:53:26 +0000

Venezuelan here. I was gonna make the same point.

Imagine how bad Caracas is, given that the population is roughly the same (or a little larger than Chicago's). There are no official numbers for Caracas as the government "chose" not to report. But Chicago has a 15.65 murde rate vs. a +110 in Caracas (per 100 000).

I don't even want to think what's the rate for the equivalent of Engelwood in Caracas :(

New comment by leopoldo in "Uber Neglected Simulation Testing on Self-Driving Cars, Insiders Say"

leopoldo — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:17:49 +0000

I don't get it - that's so short sighted. It really saddens me. Especially in cities like Nashville, who are not very large or dense, but have the opportunity to grow by a lot in the coming decades. At least having an approved and implemented project in plans would be immensely beneficial to that community.

Disclaimer, I have never been to Nashville, but I've heard about it from people who have been there and did a bit of reading 5 minutes ago.

New comment by leopoldo in "The Difficulty of Untraining Drug Dogs How to Smell Marijuana"

leopoldo — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 21:42:17 +0000

Imagine the dog going bananas every time his owner tries to smoke a joint.

New comment by leopoldo in "The Difficulty of Untraining Drug Dogs How to Smell Marijuana"

leopoldo — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 21:41:28 +0000

That's a tough one. And I think these sentences need to be reviewed and some of them revoked.

However, the underlying problem was that these people who are currently in jail were doing something that was illegal at the moment. Their sentences need to be revised, but it's probably not something I'd exonerate from all guilt.

According to the Ex Post Facto law [1] definition, a court could issue amnesties or pardons for scenarios like this, but I don't think it would be an automatic process over all convictions.

>> Disclaimer: IANAL

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law

New comment by leopoldo in "How Apple sidestepped a 2013 crackdown on its Irish tax practices"

leopoldo — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 19:23:17 +0000

As a U.S. citizen who has lived abroad, all expats have to report and pay back their taxes to the U.S. Given, there's a bigger exemption (I don't remember the exact number, but you start paying taxes at 40-50K).

So I agree, Apple as an American company should pay taxes on the money it makes abroad. And again, I would vouch for a larger tax break, but still pay on their income abroad - as expats do.

New comment by leopoldo in "A “right to repair” movement tools up"

leopoldo — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 22:07:09 +0000

You know what? I got your answer, I have this beautiful 0-mile device without all those gadgets and crap. No keyless entry, no GPS, no radio, no (power)windows, no thermostat, minor software and computers (just to control the engine and emmissions). If you want add-ons you add them yourself:

- GPS -> mount your smartphone

- Thermostat -> more/less clothes

- Radio -> get a bluetooth headset for your helmet

- The list can go on and on...

You just described my motorcycle! Beautiful 0-miles engine (took it out of the dealership this week). It has no unnecessary stuff and that's what I love the most about it. I do pretty much all the maintenance myself and the community of motorcycle riders is very supportive and helpful to do so.

Now... Why isn't there a car company that builds cars on the same level of complexity? I know comfort/luxury sells. But there should be a tier of cars that are easily serviceable.

Meanwhile, I highly recommend you get a motorcycle :)

New comment by leopoldo in "Equifax Stock Sales Are the Focus of U.S. Criminal Probe"

leopoldo — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 16:41:40 +0000

Invalidate golden parachutes due to proven incompetence/negligence? I'll take that :)

Though, I don't know if it's even gonna be an option on the table.

New comment by leopoldo in "Is Amazon getting too big?"

leopoldo — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 21:51:36 +0000

Smallest but heaviest.

New comment by leopoldo in "United Broke Its Contract with Flyers"

leopoldo — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 18:13:02 +0000

I actually agree that it is what they should have done. OR at least go up to the $1,350 that the regulation stipulates.

However I find it difficult to believe that the Airline (or the flight attendants manager) would have allowed a $5,000 compensation for the seat. Because they had no way of knowing how this was gonna unravel.

> Why the hell did you give this customer $5,000 for his seat, are you CRAZY?

>> M'am, I just prevented the biggest PR shitstorm in our company's history

> You're fired, and we'll make you pay those 5 grand

/ :)

New comment by leopoldo in "Would You Pay $5 to Apply for a Job?"

leopoldo — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 21:10:00 +0000

I replied to the form, but I think this has to be more transparent than 'some charity'. Also, there is no incentive for the recruiter to put up a quality job posting (aside from hiring a good candidate), but there are recruiting "farms" who will just put anything on the web. The incentive here is for the platform to have as many job postings as possible.

I think a better approach may be charging both the seeker and recruiter the $2.5 fare (recruiters can set a cap, and does not have to be 50/50... could be seeker $2, recruiter $10). But there needs to be painful and incentives on both sides.

New comment by leopoldo in "Windows 10 will not permit re-installation if any hardware changes"

leopoldo — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 20:04:02 +0000

That's not how it works. I replaced my SSD and RAM over the weekend and did a clean install. Win10 was activated without asking me for a key.

New comment by leopoldo in "Windows 10 will not permit re-installation if any hardware changes"

leopoldo — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 20:03:12 +0000

The tech support guys is obviously not sure of what's going on.

I don't think it works like that. On my own experience, I did the free upgrade last week to my HDD when it came out. I also created a USB drive to do a clean install, during the weekend I replaced the HDD with an SSD and put a new RAM stick in it. Windows 10 was installed from the USB stick and was properly activated with those hardware changes without having to input any type of product Key.

So yeah, bad on the tech support guy, but I don't think this will be an issue for gamers who constantly change RAM, video cards and hard drives.

New comment by leopoldo in "United Airlines System-Wide Computer Problem"

leopoldo — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 13:51:24 +0000

I love how they write the dates when you hover over the image. XKCD.