Hacker News: mitchbob

'Uber for nurses': gig-work apps lobby to deregulate healthcare, report finds

mitchbob — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:24:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/healthcare-nurses-gig-work-ai-apps

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47849293

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by mitchbob in "Russia Is Building Tomorrow's War Machine"

mitchbob — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:01:29 +0000

https://archive.ph/2026.04.21-124107/https://www.nytimes.com...

Russia Is Building Tomorrow's War Machine

mitchbob — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 14:01:29 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/opinion/russia-drones-putin-ukraine-war.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47848957

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

New comment by mitchbob in "The Ferrari of Espresso Machines Is Fueling a Hot Resale Market"

mitchbob — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:17:10 +0000

> The La Marzocco coffee maker has long been a sought-after classic. But used machines are now even more coveted by cafe owners and collectors.

https://archive.ph/afj75

The Ferrari of Espresso Machines Is Fueling a Hot Resale Market

mitchbob — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:17:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/dining/la-marzocco-espresso-machine.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47844085

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by mitchbob in "San Francisco Solved Metro Vandalism with One Neat Trick"

mitchbob — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 03:09:19 +0000

https://archive.ph/wXRzR

Javier Milei Wants to Rewire the Argentine Mind

mitchbob — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:58:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/world/americas/argentina-president-milei-inflation-economic-reforms.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836180

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by mitchbob in "George McGovern: On Taxing and Redistributing Income (1972)"

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:16:14 +0000

https://archive.ph/mvyIz

George McGovern: On Taxing and Redistributing Income (1972)

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 20:16:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1972/05/04/george-mcgovern-on-taxing-redistributing-income/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47827296

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by mitchbob in "You Can't Game Your Way to a Real Education"

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:50:32 +0000

https://archive.ph/2026.04.19-050715/https://www.nytimes.com...

New comment by mitchbob in "The Internet's Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril"

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:36:50 +0000

https://archive.ph/2026.04.16-074647/https://www.wired.com/s...

New comment by mitchbob in "The Bureaucrats Won't Be Toppled: Revolts No Longer Work"

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:33:05 +0000

https://archive.ph/JqLC7

New comment by mitchbob in "AI-Assisted Coding: Why a Distinguished Engineer Stopped Reading Code"

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:20:09 +0000

People who use AI are responsible for what it does. IBM had it right in 1979:

A computer can never be held accountable

Therefore a computer must never make a management decision

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/a-computer-can-never-be...

New comment by mitchbob in "Cory Doctorow on the High Cost of Living with the Ultra-Rich"

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:47:03 +0000

https://archive.ph/aVPjO

Cory Doctorow on the High Cost of Living with the Ultra-Rich

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 03:47:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/books/book-currents/cory-doctorow-on-the-high-cost-of-living-with-the-ultra-rich

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47821652

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

New comment by mitchbob in "Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court"

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:16:08 +0000

> Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power.

https://archive.ph/2026.04.18-174718/https://www.nytimes.com...

Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

mitchbob — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:16:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/us/politics/supreme-court-shadow-docket.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47820697

Points: 7

# Comments: 1

The Wired Belts Are the New Rust Belts

mitchbob — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 23:41:58 +0000

Article URL: https://fletcher.tufts.edu/news-media-mentions/all-news/wired-belts-are-new-rust-belts

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47820501

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mitchbob in "The FBI Director Is MIA"

mitchbob — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:19:51 +0000

https://archive.ph/kKAEo

New comment by mitchbob in "The DNA Fix for Aging"

mitchbob — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:09:26 +0000

https://archive.ph/ued7A

We Are All Constantly Mutating - and That’s a Good Thing

which discusses the role mutation plays for the immune system.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/beyond-inherit...

Archived: https://archive.ph/yCTaf