<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: notsureaboutpg</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=notsureaboutpg</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:23:26 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=notsureaboutpg" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by notsureaboutpg in "Launch YC: 3D Web; Training; Child privacy; Pregnancy; Life science; Desk rental"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There are a lot of tools like this out there: SuccessFactors, Bridge, etc. And there's always room for more, imo.<p>What are you going to do differently? How are you going to gamify this in a way others don't?<p>I've worked in lots of places and interacted with many software portals that try to do this right. A lot of them falter by not keeping up with the actual current state of information within an organization (especially a rapidly growing one). Many of the courses end up outdated and they're really only useful for onboarding.<p>It's probably because of the time it takes and the friction needed to create a course or update a course. Because of that friction and because it's easier to just post to a Wiki / Slack channel / internal blog / etc. the small updates and changes, these courses sometimes languish.<p>Just questions that come to mind. And congrats on the launch.  Wish the best for you!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2021 16:44:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28051305</link><dc:creator>notsureaboutpg</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28051305</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28051305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by notsureaboutpg in "Launch HN: InstaKin (YC S21) - Help immigrants to manage tasks in home countries"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In South Asia, land is at a premium due to high population. You can buy basically any piece of land anywhere and its value rises a lot each year. My father-in-law owns swampland in South Asia which is still rising in value despite being a huge burden to actually develop.<p>In addition, property ownership is limited in a way it is not in the West (only citizens can own property, as an example, in India), so it's an advantage you want to retain as a migrant over non-natives.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2021 21:16:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27965599</link><dc:creator>notsureaboutpg</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27965599</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27965599</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by notsureaboutpg in "Launch HN: Suplias (YC S21) – B2B inventory for mom and pop stores in Africa"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How do you guarantee next day delivery? Do you currently limit merchants to being located in certain areas or how does that work behind the scenes? Even 2 day shipping is a complicated feat to achieve requiring lots of forecasting, data, and personnel.<p>It's a great idea, B2B connectors of businesses (esp. up-and-coming) to suppliers is a great space to be in.<p>I wonder if you would consider opening up your manufacturers / suppliers list to countries outside of Africa? Like Alibaba / Indiamart but for West Africa.<p>Good luck!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2021 17:56:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27813118</link><dc:creator>notsureaboutpg</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27813118</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27813118</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by notsureaboutpg in "USA Today is getting a paywall. Who’s the audience for it?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't mind ads. I mind being tracked as I browse the web and this being called "advertising".<p>Static images as ads would work, wouldn't be blocked by ad blockers, and would be effective as ads.</p>
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<p>It's very clearly visible on the Wine wiki that people who have ever seen Microsoft Windows source code cannot contribute to Wine due to copyright restrictions:<p><a href="https://wiki.winehq.org/Developer_FAQ#Who_can.27t_contribute_to_Wine.3F" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.winehq.org/Developer_FAQ#Who_can.27t_contribute...</a><p>I think OP has a point here, personally.</p>
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<p>Obviously it's a principled stance so you have to give up some convenience.<p>Every item on Amazon is available somewhere else. Every retail / online shopping experience can be contactless these days. You might have to wait 5 days instead of 2 for a package but that can be okay.</p>
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<p>There are lots of e-commerce sites though, and many of them are nicer to browse, nicer-looking, have more realistic reviews, etc. than Amazon.<p>Amazon absolutely competes on price. I've seen it myself. If Amazon sells something for a buck cheaper, lots and lots of people will go to Amazon for that something and maybe pick up something else from it's recommendation system they forgot they wanted, etc.</p>
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<p>Same. I'm kind of shocked how poor basic functionalities on MacBooks are. You need a third party app to tile your windows. If you run in "clamshell" mode, connected to a monitor with the lid down you need to do all sorts of hacks to make it work and it drains battery like crazy and the fan is always whirring. In Linux instead you write two config options in a file and it works like a charm.<p>MacBooks don't even work with multiple displays. Linux is the opposite. Works with all the displays you can connect.<p>My work makes us use MacBooks, otherwise I don't have much experience with them. Linux I've been running for 8 years now.</p>
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<p>What corporation wants to do all the paperwork to spend all the money to establish all the shells to reside in a country where they technically legally owe the same tax but the government is just lax in collecting it?<p>The government can change its mind any time and start enforcing and you will owe tax and have no way out of it. Moving again won't erase history if they claim back taxes.</p>
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<p>There are lots of companies that sign with enterprises to provide a language learning perk to employees.<p>But you're right, I can't imagine them leveraging that to some kind of billion dollar valuation and success on the NYSE</p>
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<p>WSL was slower than dialup internet last I used it...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 23:08:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27682934</link><dc:creator>notsureaboutpg</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27682934</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27682934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by notsureaboutpg in "GitHub Copilot"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I guess the difference is that you can put in a weekend of effort on an Arch Linux installation and get a machine tailored to your workflow, few bugs, fast boot times, easy to maintain for the future, etc.<p>But no matter how much work you put into your Windows install it will be just as slow/fast, uncustomizable, and unoptimizable as it was out of the box.</p>
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<p>Sounds like using CodePilot can introduct GPLd code into your project and make your project bound by GPL as a result...<p>0.1% is a lot when you use 100 suggestions a day.</p>
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<p>Telling the computer what you want IS programming...<p>When a new language / framework / library comes around, GitHub copilot won't have any suggestions for when you write in it.</p>
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<p>>Adults should be allowed to have any mind state they want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.<p>I mean, exactly the issue here is that if you allow all adults to take as much meth as they want, they will start hurting someone else indirectly.</p>
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<p>I can't tell if this is a joke or not but the example of moving gold between non-friendly countries (do you mean smuggling?) is probably the least algorithmic thing out there... It's something where you absolutely will fail if you don't have tolerance for faults and flexibility to recover potential losses or change course while transacting...<p>The parent comment's real point was that the world isn't run algorithmically. An enterprise which tries to smuggle goods may not be able to reverse transactions if they transfer too much, but they should be able to react to an overcharge and shut down operations before they lose everything. Or they should be able to stop a shipment before it reaches the border. Or they should be able to change the rules of their trade if government rules change in between.<p>That's the kind of stuff smart contracts tend to ignore or forget about. They have little flexibility in them in a world that's constantly in flux.</p>
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<p>I thought it's one dev who died? Is the whole team gone as well?</p>
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<p>Well, you can only have that experience because someone else is having an unfair, exploitative experience at the same store...</p>
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<p>Idk this doesn't sound true about any of the Bengalis I have met. They all seem to care a lot about Rohingya (since it is especially close to them and they see the suffering), the Uighurs, Yemen, etc.<p>Israel's oppression of the Palestinians is decades older than all the conflicts you mention, which is why they probably don't get as much airtime comparatively.</p>
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<p>I don't agree at all, and I don't think others agree either. Hamas is the government of the area in question. Why are they not allowed to fire into Israel but Israel is allowed to do all manner of crimes in Hamas' territory?<p>Shooting innocents, storming innocent gatherings, espionage, wounding and killing innocent people is always done by Israel especially in land it internationally has no right to (think East Jerusalem).<p>No government in the world would allow such unchecked aggression and militarism within their borders. Hamas does not allow it either.</p>
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