Hacker News: neon_electro

New comment by neon_electro in "Tech workers' fight for living wages and a 32-hour workweek is a battle for all"

neon_electro — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 20:35:37 +0000

According to [0] they mention "protecting Kickstarter’s existing four-day, 32-hour workweek".

[0] https://www.opeiulocal153.org/news/kickstarter-united-opeiu-...

New comment by neon_electro in "We caught companies making it harder to delete your personal data online"

neon_electro — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 16:53:03 +0000

I have used Incogni for a few years now, I was a little worried after the first year things wouldn't be worth the price, but I'm noticing that there are data brokers who will happily remove you but not put you on a block-list, meaning that they will happily ingest your information again if it comes to them, and another request from Incogni will be needed to remove it again.

I'm on the fence about whether that's real value delivered from Incogni, but I do think overall it's working to limit some of the spread of my data.

New comment by neon_electro in "Solar power has begun to transform the world’s energy system"

neon_electro — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 17:26:06 +0000

I have an LG heat pump dryer as well, it doesn't require the app to function as far as I understand.

New comment by neon_electro in "Ruby's Timeout is dangerous and Thread.raise is terrifying (2015)"

neon_electro — Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:50:53 +0000

Can you share a reference to what curb is? I can only find a project containing Ruby `curl` bindings.

New comment by neon_electro in "Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software"

neon_electro — Fri, 03 May 2024 12:29:23 +0000

This is why linters are configurable; if your team doesn't care about consistent use of semicolons, ignore that linter.

Right?

New comment by neon_electro in "Tesla failing to deliver Semi-trucks on time to PepsiCo, Sysco, UPS, and Walmart"

neon_electro — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:37:36 +0000

I tried to emulate the math you showed, my Chevrolet Bolt EV emits 96g CO2 per mile when considering upstream emissions on the New Jersey electrical grid, my carbon tax on 96kg emissions per 1000 miles would be $17.76.

Does that sound right to you?

New comment by neon_electro in "Anatomy of a credit card rewards program"

neon_electro — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 13:45:55 +0000

One of many reasons why I still have a TouchID iOS device, and am praying Apple will continue to make them.

New comment by neon_electro in "Building Meta's GenAI infrastructure"

neon_electro — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:44:24 +0000

They are referring to Facebook/Meta’s 2015 “pivot to video”, speculating there may be a similar thing happening more recently with AI.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivot_to_video

New comment by neon_electro in "I applied for a software role at FedEx and was asked to take a personality test"

neon_electro — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 17:59:46 +0000

What does “putting humans through the mud” achieve?

New comment by neon_electro in "Researchers shed light on higher energy yields in vertical PV systems"

neon_electro — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 15:52:36 +0000

Please ask your dad or whoever does the work on that website to update the home page so that the content does not do the reverse of its "intro animation" just because you scrolled back in the direction of the top of the page.

I was more distracted by that behavior and totally failed to get any value out of visiting your site.

New comment by neon_electro in "Digitopia is ruining our lives"

neon_electro — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 19:21:04 +0000

Please remember that your experience discovering you were not suffering from ADHD is not shared by all your readers.

I have only been diagnosed after 30+ years of guilt and shame related to procrastination and other behaviors associated with ADHD.

Please recognize some of your readers actually suffer from this.

New comment by neon_electro in "'Stupid,' 'shameful:' Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's rant"

neon_electro — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:06:04 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

New comment by neon_electro in "How meta built the infrastructure for Threads"

neon_electro — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:01:53 +0000

Can you share your take on why MySQL and not Postgres?

New comment by neon_electro in "Fired comedian ordered to get day job back after jokes ruled 'simply funny'"

neon_electro — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 20:34:55 +0000

And now they’re losing at least one of them!

New comment by neon_electro in "Fired comedian ordered to get day job back after jokes ruled 'simply funny'"

neon_electro — Sun, 07 Jan 2024 20:33:27 +0000

Guess what, they’re losing actual donations from people who won’t accept WHYY pulling this shit on workers.

New comment by neon_electro in "IRS to begin trial of its own free tax-filing system"

neon_electro — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 19:57:49 +0000

Tax law enforcement is not the same as the end user experience of taxpayers.

New comment by neon_electro in "Jobs you're applying to might not be real"

neon_electro — Sat, 06 Jan 2024 15:17:42 +0000

Costs $millions, but is the employer assuming the employee won’t provide a BENEFIT of $millions through their labor?

I strongly believe that despite being paid six figures, the value of my labor is saving my EMPLOYER upwards of six figures by not having to hire expensive consultants with costs that double what mine are.

New comment by neon_electro in "Procrastination is connected to perfectionism"

neon_electro — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:56:37 +0000

Just remember adults here are also dealing with being diagnosed for the first time, and all of the stigma around how this affects kids affects adults, too.

New comment by neon_electro in "Procrastination is connected to perfectionism"

neon_electro — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 15:54:32 +0000

I’m sorry you had to go through this, and I’m glad you learned from it.

New comment by neon_electro in "A recent software update was not successful. Your vehicle cannot be driven"

neon_electro — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 02:32:41 +0000

There are EVs without this problem.