Hacker News: onethree

New comment by onethree in "Huawei savaged by Brit code review board over poor dev practices"

onethree — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 09:54:44 +0000

Someone once described the difference between working with Cisco and with Huawei as being (and I'm paraphrasing) with Cisco if you have a feature request or bug report, you'll submit it through to your account manager, it will work its way through the Cisco machine, and eventually it might get added/fixed. With Huawei, if you spend enough they'll just give you someone to develop whatever it is you want. That came from someone with a ccie so I guess they have some level of interest in making Cisco sound more organised, but it would explain why Huawei have issues like this

New comment by onethree in "FTC Brings First Case Challenging Fake Paid Reviews on an Indie Retail Website"

onethree — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 06:35:44 +0000

I stopped trusting the wire cutter after they shifted from recommending a $40 knife to a $145 as their best chefs knife for most people

New comment by onethree in "Facebook will reveal who uploaded your contact info for ad targeting"

onethree — Thu, 07 Feb 2019 08:52:15 +0000

Mine is about 70% US car dealerships and I'm not American. I guess they've been buying up some low quality contact lists

New comment by onethree in "Banks scramble to fix old systems as IT 'cowboys' ride into sunset (2017)"

onethree — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:41:51 +0000

Except that's not what happened in the specific example given - it was a strategic decision to spend a billion dollars and multiple years to replace an old system that processed transactions in daily batch jobs with a modern system that can do transactions effectively instantly - which is exactly what the parent post was arguing should occur

New comment by onethree in "Banks scramble to fix old systems as IT 'cowboys' ride into sunset (2017)"

onethree — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 13:33:26 +0000

While most of your points are valid, you've misunderstood the last quote. CBA didn't fire people and then need to pay a billion dollars to fix something. They specifcally did migrate to a modern system - they completely replaced their entire legacy core banking system with a brand new one.

New comment by onethree in "Light Pollution Masks the Milky Way for a Third of the World’s Population"

onethree — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 06:14:38 +0000

fishing vessels: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Malvinas/

Uninstall QuickTime for Windows Today

onethree — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:22:33 +0000

Article URL: http://blog.trendmicro.com/urgent-call-action-uninstall-quicktime-windows-today/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11501466

Points: 6

# Comments: 5

New comment by onethree in "A week in Cuba was the most educational trip of my life"

onethree — Tue, 12 Apr 2016 10:33:38 +0000

I've found that there's a number people who are afraid to come out and say they didn't like Cuba, it's a very unpopular opinion. I spent two weeks there as part of a 6 month trip through North and Central America, and before I went, everyone said they loved it. Since then I've found I've spoken to two or three people who have said they were glad I told them I didn't like Cuba because they didn't either, but everyone else loves it. Obviously this is a small sample size, but I found it interesting.

Personally I thought that Viñales particularly, and Havana to a lesser extent, to be the most touristy places I've ever been. Of the three main streets in Viñales, almost every building was either a Casa Particular or a restaurant catering to tourists. In downtown Havana, the number of Canadians/Australias/Kiwi's/Europeans was incredible, more so than anywhere else I went in Central America.

Almost every daily activity was more difficult in Cuba than anywhere else I went (probably because of the embargo) - restaurants and supermarkets were constantly out of stock, exchanging money was an hour long ordeal...

That being said, if I had my time again, there's nothing I'd change, it was definitely a unique experience

New comment by onethree in "A week in Cuba was the most educational trip of my life"

onethree — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 23:41:55 +0000

His next sentence explains his point - the food you get at Cuban restaurants is nothing like the food you actually get in Cuba. Most of the food in Cuba is simple and quite bland

US police shootings 'grossly underreported'

onethree — Mon, 01 Jun 2015 05:06:34 +0000

Article URL: http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/69010460/us-police-shootings-grossly-underreported

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9636886

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by onethree in "Tiny songbird can fly the Atlantic, scientists confirm"

onethree — Thu, 02 Apr 2015 01:11:49 +0000

looks like the decimal was in the wrong spot in the ounces

Wikipedia’s longest-running hoax

onethree — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 06:20:11 +0000

Article URL: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/aussies-jaredo-wens-prank-sets-new-record-as-wikipedias-longestrunning-hoax-20150323-1m59c7.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9249696

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by onethree in "Blue Moon: The “Craft” Beer Made by Coors"

onethree — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 03:56:24 +0000

But both countries’ products -- and all of Blue Moon’s products world-wide, for that matter -- share one thing in common: nowhere on the packaging is there any indication that the beer is a product of MillerCoors, the second-largest brewer in the United States.

It says quite clearly on the back label on the australian bottles that it's brewed by Coors

New comment by onethree in "Canadian Charged for Not Unlocking Smartphone at Canadian Border"

onethree — Thu, 05 Mar 2015 23:18:49 +0000

and now NZ customs is seeking blanket authority to force people to give them passwords at the border

New comment by onethree in "Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen"

onethree — Thu, 29 Jan 2015 22:43:41 +0000

anecdotally, I've never intentionally clicked on a google ad, but there's so far been 2 ads on facebook which directly led me to a purchase

New comment by onethree in "Inside the world of longsword fighting"

onethree — Tue, 27 Jan 2015 01:01:51 +0000

if someone can afford plate armor, they can probably afford a decent ransom

edit: beaten to it, that's what i get for loading a whole bunch of tabs when i first get into work...

New comment by onethree in "What is the best hard drive?"

onethree — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:21:20 +0000

i built a pc for a family friend around that time... i'd spec'd it with a different drive, but they showed it to the IT guy at their work who recommended seagate. 6 months later the drive stopped working, and it had to be shipped to the other side of the world to be reflashed

Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: 2015 [pdf]

onethree — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 02:26:57 +0000

Article URL: http://www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8909972

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by onethree in "Bitcoin crashes over 25% in 24 hours, under $180"

onethree — Wed, 14 Jan 2015 10:48:37 +0000

Australia right now?

inflation 2.3% [1]

my interest rate : 4.02% [2]

[1]: http://www.rba.gov.au [2]: https://www.ubank.com.au

To Entrap an Innocent

onethree — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 00:52:13 +0000

Article URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/01/to-entrap-an-innocent/384273/?single_page=true

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8860078

Points: 5

# Comments: 1