Hacker News: matte_black

New comment by matte_black in "Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Is Just a Harmless Meme–Right?"

matte_black — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:33:54 +0000

New comment by matte_black in "Facebook's '10 Year Challenge' Is Just a Harmless Meme–Right?"

matte_black — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 16:14:33 +0000

By using Indian workers you are helping to provide a living wage for people who really need it, not just for “beer money”.

New comment by matte_black in "I deleted my 118k-follower, verified Instagram account"

matte_black — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:02:22 +0000

Is paying money all it takes to speak at a conference? And does it really bring in 10x-100x ROI? I’m skeptical about that part and details were nebulous.

New comment by matte_black in "My dog was killed on a walk with a walker ordered through Wag"

matte_black — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 12:01:46 +0000

I feel like people don’t just downvote you once and move on, I feel that they go into your whole history and just downvote you as much as they can to wound your reputation, then they tell their friends. Sickening.

New comment by matte_black in "My dog was killed on a walk with a walker ordered through Wag"

matte_black — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 04:40:01 +0000

HN has been getting a lot of coordinated down votes lately.

New comment by matte_black in "NES.css: 8-bit style CSS framework"

matte_black — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 02:22:39 +0000

Someone should make a twitter clone in this NES style. Might be more peaceful and fun to read. Good exercise for a CS student just starting out.

New comment by matte_black in "Facebook manager quit after being 'harassed' over views on diversity"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 19:17:14 +0000

It’s unfortunate that the more diverse an organization becomes the more drama it seems to invite.

New comment by matte_black in "Count the people around you by monitoring wifi signals"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:39:21 +0000

No one said GDPR was well thought out.

New comment by matte_black in "Mastercard will stop free trials from automatically billing once they're over"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:31:29 +0000

I was mostly referring to here in California, but it would also apply to: Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Washington.

New comment by matte_black in "Blood transfusion startup Ambrosia is now up and running"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 12:01:40 +0000

If you remove the ability for people to spend money on worthless things, they will only have money to spend on useful things, and thus drive up inflation.

New comment by matte_black in "Mastercard will stop free trials from automatically billing once they're over"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:53:57 +0000

If you don’t consent to being recorded, they are required to serve you in an unrecorded line. And if they cannot, then you have been denied service. And if you’re denied service, you cannot cancel. So run the chargeback.

New comment by matte_black in "Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle area"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:47:03 +0000

Are selfless acts the only possible good acts?

New comment by matte_black in "Microsoft pledges $500M for affordable housing in Seattle area"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:23:36 +0000

Opinions of Microsoft have been changing in the past few years and I think they will continue to change in a positive way in the next few years. The stock is a good buy.

New comment by matte_black in "Tech Choices I Regret at Spectrum"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 10:21:22 +0000

Way too many developers are shocked to learn that Postgres has an existing Pub/Sub system using LISTEN and NOTIFY. Kind of makes some people rethink their stack.

New comment by matte_black in "Mastercard will stop free trials from automatically billing once they're over"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:31:16 +0000

How many users do you go after per month?

New comment by matte_black in "Mastercard will stop free trials from automatically billing once they're over"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:25:32 +0000

Because I’ve done it a few times and nothing happened.

New comment by matte_black in "Mastercard will stop free trials from automatically billing once they're over"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:18:26 +0000

In practice this never happens. I wouldn’t worry about this unless it has happened to you at least once.

New comment by matte_black in "Concept design for a post-LHC future circular collider at CERN"

matte_black — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 01:45:34 +0000

How can you feel safe knowing your country’s only response for an attack is a nuclear bomb?

New comment by matte_black in "Illinois Bet on Video Gambling and Lost"

matte_black — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 22:35:43 +0000

I wonder if VR gambling machines might provide a better gambling experience for gamblers while also preventing places from filling up with junky and bulky machines, and probably allow for more players too within the same amount of space.

New comment by matte_black in "Shutdown Will Be Worse for Economy Than First Thought, White House Says"

matte_black — Wed, 16 Jan 2019 21:27:17 +0000

How are the shutdown’s effects on the economy being measured? Where did they come up with 0.1% loss every 2 weeks?