Hacker News: nikole9696

New comment by nikole9696 in "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"

nikole9696 — Wed, 27 May 2026 18:21:57 +0000

I'm in my 50s and all my friends and family hate AI. My parents in their 70s can't really comprehend it. They got used to search and want nothing to do with AI. Some company is trying to build an AI data center where they live, and they're livid about it.

Personally, I like it sometimes, but I'm a techie and understand the limitations, and I dislike not being given options to use or not use it.

New comment by nikole9696 in "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"

nikole9696 — Wed, 27 May 2026 18:17:39 +0000

If I want AI, I'll use AI. If I want Search, I want Search. Give me the option. Then again I switched to DDG like, last year.

New comment by nikole9696 in "Stack Overflow’s forum is dead but the company’s still kicking"

nikole9696 — Tue, 26 May 2026 21:33:32 +0000

This actually reminds me of the MCP concept. Similar?

New comment by nikole9696 in "Overall, the colorectal cancer story is encouraging"

nikole9696 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:34:10 +0000

This may be regional but I just had pills. It was fine. My first one had that terrible salty liquid and I cannot stand the salt. I had a very hard time with it, despite adding some flavoring. I just can't drink salt water. So my second one I got pills and it was miles and miles easier. Now the hardest part is fasting for a day.

New comment by nikole9696 in "Micropayments as a reality check for news sites"

nikole9696 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:36:25 +0000

Anecdata: I use Apple News+ for exactly this reason. I get many publications included, and some magazines, and over time it learns what stories I like and surfaces those more often.

New comment by nikole9696 in "Why Walmart still doesn't support Apple Pay"

nikole9696 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:18:27 +0000

Was going to reply this - I have Walmart Pay and it's my credit card.

I'm supremely annoyed because Walmart Pay still rather sucks. I have to scan a QR code which opens the app, then approve it from there. It's not simple like Apple Pay where I just tap my phone. But after hearing tons of stories of issues with people getting compromised by the terminals, I sucked it up and just did it, since their terminals don't support tap CCs.

New comment by nikole9696 in "Amazon is ending all inventory commingling as of March 31, 2026"

nikole9696 — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:49:18 +0000

Not the person you're replying to, but for me, everything I buy on Amazon is bought because I have no B&M retailers that sell it. Even my local B&M stores usually have vastly reduced stock compared to what they have online (looking at you, Old Navy, Eddie Bauer and similar, who only carry petite sizes online).

New comment by nikole9696 in "Google is dead. Where do we go now?"

nikole9696 — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 22:41:45 +0000

I used ChatGPT to find a bike for me. It asked good questions, recommended good results, linked me to options and the websites I needed to further research things. I don't do a lot of shopping though so this is one tiny example. If I was looking to actually shop again though I'd use it again. Most of my shopping these days is the grocery store. I don't have a lot of needs.

New comment by nikole9696 in "Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2025 – Show and tell"

nikole9696 — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:02:37 +0000

I love this site - have you considered monetizing with like e-books or other offline offerings, if you don't already?

Also, your traffic might not be counting those of us like myself who use an RSS feed (a la Feedly) - those links don't go to your site, they just go to, well, the link. =)

New comment by nikole9696 in "Is 30% of Microsoft's code AI-generated?"

nikole9696 — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:33:59 +0000

Well 90% of my test code is AI generated, and we have a lot of tests. Also Cursor is really good at generating all my documentation. So depending on how we spin it, I could say at least half the code (often more if I'm spinning up new stuff it can do based off existing stuff) in my PR was AI generated.

That said, AI wasn't very good until it had enough examples and guidance from us on our codebase. After that though, it definitely helps.

Caveat: I'm no rocket scientist. It's not difficult code. It's just web services and whatnot. The code is often the least difficult part of my job.

New comment by nikole9696 in "The zipper is getting its first major upgrade in 100 years"

nikole9696 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:23:38 +0000

I don't go camping. I have had exactly one thing in my life that I can recall that the zipper broke on it. I think it really depends on what people are buying, how rough they are with their clothing, and many other factors.

New comment by nikole9696 in "The zipper is getting its first major upgrade in 100 years"

nikole9696 — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 19:21:02 +0000

I don't have much trouble with zippers, but I had a jacket where it broke. I had a tailor put on a new one.

New comment by nikole9696 in "'Death to Spotify': the DIY movement to get artists and fans to quit the app"

nikole9696 — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:05:13 +0000

As a user, I love Spotify. I would never discover new music in my more esoteric genres without it, and I would definitely never own ALL the artists I listen to. I'm certainly not going back to having to rip my own mp3s; I don't even own the devices to do that. My car doesn't have a CD player. So whether it's licensed or owned, it's digital for me. My tastes change too. I don't listen to all the same artists I did 5 years ago. I don't WANT to own my music. I won't even have the same tastes in another 5 years. Sure I have some stuff I still like, but for the most part, I get new thrills and ditch older ones.

I'm sorry the artists get screwed over, but this needs to be worked out between them and Spotify and whatever music labels are in the picture.

New comment by nikole9696 in "Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Sacrifice Your WLB for Us to Compete with China"

nikole9696 — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:03:36 +0000

Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Competing with China’s grueling 12-hour workdays means sacrificing work-life balance

Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt: Sacrifice Your WLB for Us to Compete with China

nikole9696 — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:03:36 +0000

Article URL: https://fortune.com/2025/09/25/ex-google-ceo-eric-schmidt-work-life-balance-remote-work-996/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45377365

Points: 5

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New comment by nikole9696 in "Apple barely talked about AI at its big iPhone 17 event"

nikole9696 — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:29:01 +0000

Let me know when Siri can do even the most basic things using natural language. It can't even properly answer things like "hey siri, is apple juice already on my shopping list" or answer most questions that require a web search. Summarize it for crying out loud, I asked you because I'm not right next to my screen to click search results.

THAT would make me take an upgrade. Until then, I'm just keeping this phone until it goes out of support.

New comment by nikole9696 in "Next.js is infuriating"

nikole9696 — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:06:15 +0000

This surprises me a lot. I spin up new react apps with vite often to replicate issues with 3rd party libs we use. Like how do they not know you can just spin something up over on CodePen or CodeSandbox and there's not a hint of a server side paradigm required? (sure, vite has a little server but you don't really need to know anything about it)

New comment by nikole9696 in "Frequent social media use tied to higher levels of irritability"

nikole9696 — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 16:31:52 +0000

I agree here about the news.

Anecdata: my Dad, who is in his 70s, was doing an awful lot of basically doomscrolling his news feed and just reading headlines like, all day. He was cranky, irritable, and just plain getting meaner. My Mom had a talk with him and got him to dial that way back and he's definitely got a better attitude now. He's replaced that with some games and actual reading of dead trees (thanks, Bathroom Reader)

Working from home 'not proper work' – ex-Asda boss

nikole9696 — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:31:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0qww8xdvnwo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42769663

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

New comment by nikole9696 in "Are grownups just giant kids?"

nikole9696 — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 19:38:47 +0000

I'm a mature woman, older than most of my colleagues. And I do this. I have reached an age where I don't care if it sounds childish. If I'm grumpy, I say so. It has nothing to do (usually) with my colleagues, and I like them to know that if I seem snippy, it's me, not them. Sure we can all try to not be mean or rude or whatever, but everyone is human. My teammates are encouraged to also just be real people - if you're grumpy or tired or whatever, just say so.

I have to say that our team is amazing and all get on well together, so likely this vulnerability is easier on us because of that. The men on my team are just as quick to share their feelings too. It's really quite nice.