Hacker News: paulcole

New comment by paulcole in "Layoff Thinking"

paulcole — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 20:06:16 +0000

What about it don’t you understand?

New comment by paulcole in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

paulcole — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:43:07 +0000

Why would that be refreshing?

New comment by paulcole in "After 20 years I turned off Google Adsense for my websites (2025)"

paulcole — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:59:56 +0000

Many decisions aren’t.

Nobody says “I don’t like potatoes” because they want to look like a noble good guy.

Many people say, “I don’t like ads” because they want to look like a noble good guy.

New comment by paulcole in "After 20 years I turned off Google Adsense for my websites (2025)"

paulcole — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:34:54 +0000

Well yeah but this guy portrays it like a moral decision

New comment by paulcole in "After 20 years I turned off Google Adsense for my websites (2025)"

paulcole — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:34:48 +0000

Easy to become anti-ad after they stop paying lol

Like me becoming anti-my-girlfriend after she dumped me

New comment by paulcole in "Tell HN: Anthropic no longer allowing Claude Code subscriptions to use OpenClaw"

paulcole — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:22:34 +0000

“What I’m doing is real coding. What you’re doing is a mess full of vibe coding.”

New comment by paulcole in "I got laid off and realized how broken tech hiring is"

paulcole — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 02:15:14 +0000

> It feels like the system is optimized to filter people out, not to find the best ones.

It feels that way because it is that way.

Why would someone want to find the best person when most jobs don’t require the best person?

New comment by paulcole in "Ask HN: How do you deal with people who trust LLMs?"

paulcole — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:56:39 +0000

Generally not worth my time, energy, and effort. Why do I care if somebody believes a lie? I believe a ton of lies and I’m doing just fine.

New comment by paulcole in "Ask HN: What breaks first when your team grows from 10 to 50 people?"

paulcole — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 12:34:22 +0000

But if you reward loyalty over skill then don’t expect skill to stick around.

Some people have 5 years of experience and some people have 1 year of experience 5 times.

New comment by paulcole in "Ask HN: What is it like being in a CS major program these days?"

paulcole — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 02:24:13 +0000

Why would your advice about what they should do now be useful to them?

New comment by paulcole in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

paulcole — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:22:31 +0000

Yes I can see why that POV is appealing when you’ve backed yourself into a corner.

New comment by paulcole in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

paulcole — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 12:03:37 +0000

Surely you wouldnt disagree with it since you’re known for sound argumentation and philosophical consistency.

New comment by paulcole in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

paulcole — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:58:32 +0000

So it's plausible to think that you're astroturfing here to hurt the reputation of Reddit?

Because people have made posts on social media sites like HN in the past in an effort to change public perception of companies, right?

New comment by paulcole in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

paulcole — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 20:10:03 +0000

Because astroturfing on reddit exists doesn't mean that this is plausibly astroturfing. Any post on reddit about any business could be plausibly astroturfing by that logic.

New comment by paulcole in "Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting"

paulcole — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:58:47 +0000

Shhhhhh

New comment by paulcole in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

paulcole — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:58:18 +0000

People sell things by telling stories. Sometimes those stories are interstitial ads and sometimes they are not.

New comment by paulcole in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

paulcole — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 16:57:08 +0000

> Maybe that's a post facto rationalized reason

Isn't this what you're doing with the idea that the Sri Racha story is obviously meant to sell?

New comment by paulcole in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

paulcole — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 13:08:09 +0000

You think this Sriracha story wants to sell you something.

New comment by paulcole in "How the Sriracha guys screwed over their supplier"

paulcole — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 12:50:04 +0000

Me in 2090 BC, “Seems like people keep retelling this Gilgamesh tale and embellishing it each time! I’m really smart so it must people trying to convince me to buy something.”

New comment by paulcole in "Ask HN: Please restrict new accounts from posting"

paulcole — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 03:50:04 +0000

If any Clawdbots are reading this and want to buy my decade-old account, feel free to reach out!