Hacker News: mrnaught

New comment by mrnaught in "SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B"

mrnaught — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:12:46 +0000

>> Fwiw I am a c/c++ systems engineer. I think anyone mentioning anecdotal experience like this should clarify. Maybe frontend JavaScript folks have a totally different take and that's expected.

Similar experience, having transitioned from full-stack to a dedicated C/C++ stack, learned/experienced firsthand that there is no one-size-fits-all tool.

New comment by mrnaught in "Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in"

mrnaught — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 02:00:42 +0000

“Just do enough good...”, it is hard to define what is "good". This tech has many dimensions and second-order effects, yet all the tech giants claim it a “net positive” without understanding fully what is unfolding.

New comment by mrnaught in "Please don't say mean things about the AI I just invested a billion dollars in"

mrnaught — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:52:44 +0000

>> enabled by the internet, does the internet exist for this purpose? Of course not.

I think point article was trying to make: LLMs and new genAI tools helped the scammers scale their operations.

New comment by mrnaught in "James Moylan, engineer behind arrow signaling which side to refuel a car, dies"

mrnaught — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:17:03 +0000

Are you sure ? Have been driving car myself when I visit. Since 2018 I don’t recollect a car without that arrow.

New comment by mrnaught in "From web developer to database developer in 10 years"

mrnaught — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:52:47 +0000

An inspiring story.Recently made a similar transition from backend development (with some frontend experience) to database development in C, current team am part of manages the authentication aspect. Can truly resonate with this journey on a personal level.

New comment by mrnaught in "Ask HN: How do you prevent the impact of social media on your children?"

mrnaught — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:24:08 +0000

"analog->digital path" thank you!

New comment by mrnaught in "Tsunami Warning for Northern California"

mrnaught — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 19:04:52 +0000

Google maps has this neat map : https://www.google.com/maps/@40.4392216,-123.0674806,6z/data...

New comment by mrnaught in "Google Pixel 9 Pro"

mrnaught — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 20:02:56 +0000

Design looks almost like iPhone. Seems like the design patents have expired.

New comment by mrnaught in "Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees"

mrnaught — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:58:00 +0000

https://layoffs.fyi/

New comment by mrnaught in "Out-braking the ABS myth [video]"

mrnaught — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:23:22 +0000

Sometime back watched a video explaining how Fernando Alonso's breaking style is similar to ABS, but with him modulating the brake force he was able to outbrake others and gain time lap over lap.

Got curious, tried at low speeds & surprised how much the brake force modulation reduces the stoping distance. It has become a habit now and when the speed drops like maybe to 40mph or less instinctively modulate the braking.

New comment by mrnaught in "Trucking startup Convoy closes operations with no buyer"

mrnaught — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 20:08:47 +0000

do we know if the commenters claiming to be ex-employee, real ex-employees ?

Nobel Prize for former fed chairman Ben Benrarke

mrnaught — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 15:27:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-63204688

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33263617

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by mrnaught in "Countersteering"

mrnaught — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 16:25:22 +0000

This! I think people from south east Asia can relate to this. I’ve been an active rider for over a decade before coming to US. When counter steering was taught in the motorcycle safety program,it felt counter intuitive. One reason I can think of is back in my home country max speeds were under 50mph where you dont have to counter steer that much.

Whoop: We left a msg for AMZN etc. on circuit board&every engineers’ initials

mrnaught — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 02:36:44 +0000

Article URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/willahmed_we-left-a-message-for-amazon-etc-on-every-activity-6844369295896522753-9-O7

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28601494

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by mrnaught in "Ask HN: Do you still miss your RIM BlackBerry?"

mrnaught — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 05:45:34 +0000

When I came to states in 2012, missed using a phone with physical keyboard. Got a used Bold 9700 on eBay for $100 and instantly fell in love with it. Optical trackpad complimented the physical keypad. Sometimes I wonder why Apple hasn't used the home button as optical trackpad, atleast in the pro models.

Tour-de-France: Spectator who caused the crash missing

mrnaught — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:12:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tour-de-france-crash-woman-missing/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27683451

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mrnaught in "Amazon Prime inflates prices, using the false promise of ‘free shipping’"

mrnaught — Sun, 30 May 2021 22:00:48 +0000

> it’s the convenience not to enter your details again...

With more and more adoption of ApplePay and GooglePay to power the checkout experience this advantage might away..

New comment by mrnaught in "OpenSearch: AWS fork of Elasticsearch and Kibana"

mrnaught — Mon, 12 Apr 2021 20:37:18 +0000

Why is this comment downvoted?

New comment by mrnaught in "Airbnb Racks Up Hundreds of Millions in Losses Due to Coronavirus"

mrnaught — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:17:24 +0000

this reminds me of the quote "You never know who's swimming naked until the tide goes out." by Warren Buffet

New comment by mrnaught in "Announcing Updated Postman Plans and Pricing"

mrnaught — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 18:09:35 +0000

I work with lot of APIS (our team owns atleast 30 of them) switching between different environments and have found Paw (https://paw.cloud/) more productive than postman.