Hacker News: newbie2020

New comment by newbie2020 in "HBO Max new Captcha system"

newbie2020 — Tue, 30 May 2023 06:42:41 +0000

That is illegal in most countries though

New comment by newbie2020 in "California's population dropped by 500k in 2 years"

newbie2020 — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 06:48:00 +0000

Build a wall?

New comment by newbie2020 in "Does Google need a new CEO?"

newbie2020 — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:46:52 +0000

Reddit has lots of them. Not sure why google can’t pick them up. YouTube also has specific reviews on anything you might want. Considering google owns YouTube, it’s strange that these results don’t bubble to the top.

New comment by newbie2020 in "Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff"

newbie2020 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:57:08 +0000

We benefited from the incessant hiring with outsized compensations. Now we’re on the flip side of that. If you want stability, tech is not the place for you.

New comment by newbie2020 in "Tell HN: Confluent laying off 8% of staff"

newbie2020 — Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:55:39 +0000

This sets off my BS detector. If true, there is a bigger underlying problem

New comment by newbie2020 in "Binance outflows hit $6B as Mazars halts ‘proof of reserves’ work"

newbie2020 — Sat, 17 Dec 2022 17:54:07 +0000

The desire to build a better life/make money outweighs the risk. There is some desperation involved for sure.

New comment by newbie2020 in "Stripe laying off around 14% of workforce"

newbie2020 — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:57:39 +0000

They look at _trends_ as opposed to where they are now. And perhaps each transaction currently loses them money, so the more transactions they have, the more money they lose. There are lots of factors that go into this than just one metric

New comment by newbie2020 in "The first minute of every phone call is torture now"

newbie2020 — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 14:29:46 +0000

Thankfully you’re not charge of designing my phone

New comment by newbie2020 in "Status vs. Wealth: Why the Rich Don't Act Rich"

newbie2020 — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 22:09:23 +0000

How do you get wealth without money? You need to start by chasing money…

New comment by newbie2020 in "Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs"

newbie2020 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 01:12:32 +0000

Damn, you must be rich I suspect? With your fancy garage and all that. In the last 14 years of my life, I have not had a place to charge my battery at home. Only at work, but it’s practically a territory battle for the few EV spots there are…

New comment by newbie2020 in "Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs"

newbie2020 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 01:01:27 +0000

Toyota is different. They’re also making EVs… they’re just not _only_ making EVs. If EVs really start to take off on their own, Toyota will already have multiple offerings to fill that gap

New comment by newbie2020 in "Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs"

newbie2020 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:57:00 +0000

Wait till your battery capacity is halved and you have to pay half the price of the car to get it replaced

New comment by newbie2020 in "Toyota CEO talks about why he isn’t all-in on EVs"

newbie2020 — Mon, 03 Oct 2022 00:55:22 +0000

EVs are definitely going to remain a first-world item for my lifetime at least. If everyone other than Toyota goes completely electric, Toyota is going to be the monopoly automaker in every underdeveloped country and will be laughing all the way to the bank. I’m with the Toyota CEO on this one. If you’ve stepped outside a devolved country for even a few days… I just can’t fathom how all-electric is going to be realistic

New comment by newbie2020 in "California Declares Grid Emergency"

newbie2020 — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:28:14 +0000

It’s not economics - it’s a mandate.

It’s the other way around. California is the biggest car market on the planet. All car makers target California (and to some extent Texas), so whatever California will buy, carmakers will build. And since California has outlawed gas cars by 2035, auto makers have declared they will stop making them by 2035.

New comment by newbie2020 in "Remote scan of student’s room before test violated his privacy, judge rules"

newbie2020 — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 23:43:35 +0000

From my experience, people who score extremely well on standardized tests do amazingly well in professional/knowledge-based fields. Of the top scorers in my high school class, many are not just doctors, lawyers, engineers, and business-people… but they are _top_ doctors, lawyers, engineers, and business-people. When I hear about those students through the vine, it is like “of course they’re successful - I would be surprised if they weren’t” sort of feeling.

New comment by newbie2020 in "Remote scan of student’s room before test violated his privacy, judge rules"

newbie2020 — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 23:25:27 +0000

It’s faster to look stuff up in the brain if it’s already there . Also having knowledge in the brain let’s it make connections you wouldn’t expect

New comment by newbie2020 in "Learning algebra in my 60s"

newbie2020 — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 18:20:36 +0000

How did he get into college without knowing algebra?? The 70s were a wild time haha

New comment by newbie2020 in "Job switchers are earning a lot more than those who stay"

newbie2020 — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 04:51:20 +0000

Do you already own a home?

New comment by newbie2020 in "Princess Mononoke: The masterpiece that flummoxed the US"

newbie2020 — Tue, 26 Jul 2022 01:14:34 +0000

Yeah but that’s illegal

New comment by newbie2020 in "Nobody Knows How Well Homework Works"

newbie2020 — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 05:23:34 +0000

Homework has always been extremely helpful for me. I learned a lot of the harder concepts that require more time and thought via homework. But this depends on good teachers curating the right problems/questions. To each their own I guess