Hacker News: nsgi

New comment by nsgi in "When employees feel slighted, they work less"

nsgi — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 13:51:49 +0000

As a Brit, the birthday card example feels oddly American. The effect seems plausible, but the UK equivalent slight would be something much more informal

New comment by nsgi in "Using Home Assistant, adguard home and an $8 smart outlet to avoid brain rot"

nsgi — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:10:54 +0000

Sometimes this is the distraction you need - building something just for the sake of it can be oddly grounding

New comment by nsgi in "A child’s privacy is worth more than likes (2022)"

nsgi — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 17:36:22 +0000

Is Facebook encouraging people to post pictures of their kids? If they are then they shouldn't be, but parents should also have the sense not to post them

New comment by nsgi in "Hyundai promises to keep buttons in cars"

nsgi — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:42:07 +0000

Auto-playing ads on car touchscreens? Is that really a thing?!

I drive pretty old used cars so I don't know what newer ones are like

New comment by nsgi in "Mozilla moves to distrust the TrustCor CA"

nsgi — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 10:26:18 +0000

Certificate Transparency should be able to detect that

New comment by nsgi in "Using AI to compress audio files for quick and easy sharing"

nsgi — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:12:54 +0000

Is there a need for that? Content id seems to work well enough

New comment by nsgi in "Show HN: I solved my New Tab page"

nsgi — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 04:57:18 +0000

Can't you still do that with a Chrome Extension?

New comment by nsgi in "Ask HN: Is long-term employee commitment to the same company still appreciated?"

nsgi — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 21:12:05 +0000

Jumping ship every couple of months is concerning, but as long as you're not doing that better to do what works for you rather than worrying about what might look better to a hypothetical future employer. The main problem with staying at one place too long is getting compensated fairly

New comment by nsgi in "When is short tenure a red flag?"

nsgi — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:13:57 +0000

If you hate being an employee, is applying for a full-time job really the best move?

> and frankly I can't understand people whose goal in life is that

Not sure I'd call it a goal in life since most people in tech are in-demand enough to take it for granted, but providing the job has good work-life balance and isn't too stressful it's the best way to work to live. Also, not everyone has the luxury of not needing stable employment

New comment by nsgi in "Improving Firefox Responsiveness on macOS"

nsgi — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:37:08 +0000

I don't know the answer to your question but I would agree with you. I used to be all for Chrome but with Manifest V3 it's clear Google has too much influence and we need to either switch to Firefox or create a fork of Chromium that is developed entirely separately

New comment by nsgi in "Improving Firefox Responsiveness on macOS"

nsgi — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 17:33:22 +0000

I wonder what the Chromium team did

Dancers' moves help to power Glasgow music venue

nsgi — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 09:04:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63161838

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33139252

Points: 2

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New comment by nsgi in "Plastic-Eating Mushrooms (2021)"

nsgi — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:51:25 +0000

How does it present it as if it were already here?

Leaded petrol is gone – but lead pollution may linger for a long time(2021)

nsgi — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 16:59:18 +0000

Article URL: https://theconversation.com/leaded-petrol-is-gone-but-lead-pollution-may-linger-for-a-very-long-time-167214

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32739874

Points: 1

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The Eco Modular Homes Revolutionising Social Housing – The City View

nsgi — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:00:54 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC-cKvDLDTU

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32665982

Points: 1

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New comment by nsgi in "The downfall of smart TVs: From promises of seamless viewing to ad tool"

nsgi — Mon, 22 Aug 2022 14:59:04 +0000

Which brands of smart TV show ads? I live in the UK and I've had three different brands of smart TV (Philips, Samsung and Toshiba) and my experience with all of them has been pretty good. Netflix, YouTube, etc. have worked pretty well and I haven't seen any ads that weren't linked to the apps themselves. Perhaps they're tracking me in ways I don't know about, though?

New comment by nsgi in "Why don’t we do email verification in reverse?"

nsgi — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 06:11:14 +0000

The standard login/sign up form is broken, though. People will just use the same password across websites or write it down. You can't win

New comment by nsgi in "Chrome was delivered without any sprints at all (2021)"

nsgi — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 21:21:40 +0000

Obviously very good that Chrome was delivered without people doing lots of overtime. However, a lot of his argument seems to be about the age of the management, and surely ageism is illegal and it should be about the person's skills rather than being old enough to have school-aged kids or even how many decades of experience they have

Edit: Okay, I guess the kind of ageism he is suggesting isn't illegal in the US, but it is in the UK and is still generally considered unethical

New comment by nsgi in "Spain will introduce free train travel"

nsgi — Sun, 24 Jul 2022 10:29:16 +0000

How would this work? As a Brit, I can say having a lot of CCTV definitely doesn't stop littering

New comment by nsgi in "Childhood antibiotics as a risk factor for Crohn's disease: Cohort study"

nsgi — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 20:56:33 +0000

Does the study recommend antibiotics not be used to treat ear infections? I would think the message is that it's even more important not to use antibiotics when they're not needed, not that they shouldn't be used at all