Hacker News: mrobins

New comment by mrobins in "4k NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program"

mrobins — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 19:41:42 +0000

How many people on HN have a James Webb wallpaper?

New comment by mrobins in "Ask HN: can Wireless-CarPlay dongles steal your data?"

mrobins — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 23:59:19 +0000

No but I think it’s more likely the data is going back to the original manufacturer and the white labeler has no idea it’s happening.

Despite assuredly rigid QC and security testing /s.

New comment by mrobins in "Nordstrom family to take company private"

mrobins — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:21:58 +0000

Respectfully disagree. I feel like quality and selection at most Nordstroms I’ve been to recently has been much worse. Salespeople have been less knowledgeable and more pushy. Feels like they’ve moved from upmarket into a space more easily replaced by lower cost online competitors.

New comment by mrobins in "Xerox to acquire Lexmark"

mrobins — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 00:03:47 +0000

But seriously, what’s the point of putting out this drivel. Isn’t the point of these statements to excite investors and potential big customers. Who in the publicity chain thinks these statements move anything closer to a goal?

Foursquare shutting down City Guide

mrobins — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 11:42:44 +0000

Article URL: https://foursquare.com/city-guide-sunset/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41903058

Points: 9

# Comments: 1

Cashierless checkout startup Grabango shutting down

mrobins — Thu, 10 Oct 2024 01:58:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/09/amazon-just-walk-out-rival-shutters-after-failing-to-secure-funding.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41794770

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mrobins in "Ars Technica updated the look on their site, calling it Ars 9.0"

mrobins — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 02:48:41 +0000

This is horrible. All of the views are impossible to parse quickly.

New comment by mrobins in "A game magazine that spent two years taunting a Final Fantasy VIII hater"

mrobins — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 17:02:15 +0000

I think this sort of thing is much harder to do in the modern digital world.

It’s one thing when it’s one-way, magazine -> audience, and the current edition is off of newsstands in a month or two. Once you throw in forums and social media then the public gets to shape the narrative.

New comment by mrobins in "Ask HN: How would you solve this problem?"

mrobins — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 03:50:52 +0000

I think more than tax what you need to be learning about/seeing if you can outsource is KYC.

New comment by mrobins in "LTSE shutters cap table management business (formerly captable.io)"

mrobins — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:51:46 +0000

Was it? I’m a customer and I didn’t get any emails prior to this announcement.

New comment by mrobins in "LTSE shutters cap table management business (formerly captable.io)"

mrobins — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:58:40 +0000

Title edited for clarity

LTSE shutters cap table management business (formerly captable.io)

mrobins — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 00:22:32 +0000

Article URL: https://equity.ltse.com/lp/important-updates

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39137362

Points: 60

# Comments: 28

Part 380 Charter-by-the-Seat Model Under Scrutiny by FAA

mrobins — Wed, 29 Nov 2023 21:39:48 +0000

Article URL: https://flyjets.com/theflyreport/article/part-380-business-model-under-fire-greg-cirillo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38465697

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by mrobins in "New Relic Security Incident – Security Bulletin NR23-01"

mrobins — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 00:44:26 +0000

Feels like it’s the night before Thanksgiving and none of the right people are on call.

New comment by mrobins in "In 1886, the US commissioned watercolor paintings of every known fruit (2019)"

mrobins — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:05:35 +0000

Changing the name of a landmark or a species may require thoughtful consideration but not an organization. Companies change names all the time and a bad name drags an org doing good work down. Why should employees have to come to work in the name of someone who doesn’t deserve it in the light of history.

New comment by mrobins in "Just 1% of Netflix subscribers use this perk"

mrobins — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 01:45:59 +0000

Are any of them any good?

New comment by mrobins in "Microsoft now demands to know why you won't use Edge when you download Chrome"

mrobins — Wed, 25 Oct 2023 01:43:25 +0000

Not that MS is the poster child for chivalrous competition…but this level of desoerationjust signifies how important the battle for the branded browser is.

New comment by mrobins in "Ask HN: How do I start teaching my 1.5yo nephew math?"

mrobins — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 16:34:49 +0000

Anecdotally noticed the same.l with my 3.5 year old. Also in addition (pun intended) to what she’s learned it’s made her much more curious about a bunch of math concepts.

New comment by mrobins in "It's Time to Tax Billionaires"

mrobins — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:18:37 +0000

I find the ultra wealthy moving to avoid taxes pretty hilarious. It’s basically saying I have enough money to do whatever anything, except live/be where I’d like to.

Even within the US I know many wannabe New Yorkers who count their days and have to pick and choose what they come “home” for. Obviously to each their own but feels like optimizing for the wrong thing.

New comment by mrobins in "People with CarPlay are mostly just listening to AM/FM radio"

mrobins — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:51:30 +0000

This article is trash but the data from the research is actually interesting.

Without CarPlay it’s still super easy to stream audio from any app and has been for a decade (sure maybe CarPlay makes it even easier?).

It is interesting and contrary to the headline that people with CarPlay listen to radio 20% less than people without. More so they listen to streaming services almost 10% more if they have CarPlay.

Obviously correlation is not causation. If you can afford a higher end car then you are also more likely to be a premium Spotify/Apple/Sirius subscriber. Regardless it still looks like a good investment on Apple’s part.