Hacker News: pkaodev

New comment by pkaodev in "In the UK, EVs are cheaper than petrol cars, thanks to Chinese competition"

pkaodev — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:56:10 +0000

Not sure what schemes are that good (would be interested to see). My company has one, but I ended up buying a used ICE because it worked out to cost about the same as leasing the equivalent EV model of that car. But that might have been the case for the specific car I was looking at (small Volvo SUV).

New comment by pkaodev in "John Ternus to become Apple CEO"

pkaodev — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 21:51:17 +0000

My experience is similar. Great hardware. Software is good until there is something I want to do that isn't very obvious, then it's either a hassle or not possible.

My favourite example being looking for the volume mixer, and after looking online the top advice seemed to be to pay for a 3rd party application for that... Wtf?

New comment by pkaodev in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans."

pkaodev — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:32:58 +0000

I've got some reflecting to do because the first thing I did after reading the headline, before even clicking to the actual post, is look for ai comments.

I miss pre 2010 internet. As soon as the advice animal memes started appearing on Facebook it was a quick decline.

New comment by pkaodev in "Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years"

pkaodev — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:28:57 +0000

This is the most convincing argument for the house of lords/monarchy that I've ever heard. Going to be thinking about this for a while, thanks.

New comment by pkaodev in "The Human Root of Trust – public domain framework for agent accountability"

pkaodev — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:51:16 +0000

Either this is AI written or the author has an interesting sense of humor.

New comment by pkaodev in "Tesla (TSLA) can't find the bottom in Europe"

pkaodev — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:49:06 +0000

I think people are missing the joke here (notice the italicised 'are').

New comment by pkaodev in "2026 will be my year of the Linux desktop"

pkaodev — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 01:48:19 +0000

Funnily enough today windows pissed me off with a random breaking bug (no login screen yay) so now only have Ubuntu installed. Only one application I use that's windows only anyways and can use a VM for that, so sayonara...

New comment by pkaodev in "[dead]"

pkaodev — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 12:39:19 +0000

This reads like a middle schooler trying to hit a word count.

New comment by pkaodev in "Show HN: Ducky – AI for the thinking parts of engineering"

pkaodev — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:51:07 +0000

I'd prefer to simply ask chatgpt "suggest different solutions (outline only, no code) for ..."

New comment by pkaodev in "How uv got so fast"

pkaodev — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:34:27 +0000

AI slop

New comment by pkaodev in "Man Asks $75M for 'Lambo.com,' Court Gives It to Lamborghini for Free"

pkaodev — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:01:13 +0000

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New comment by pkaodev in "UK Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards"

pkaodev — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 01:40:46 +0000

What are you on about? It's financial providers deciding whether you are or aren't risky for them to work with, based on your financial decisions.

Not repaying loans and using credit cards to get cash -> you're probably bad with money -> lenders are unlikely to get their money back from you.

New comment by pkaodev in "UK Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards"

pkaodev — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 01:35:52 +0000

Swedish ID system seems pretty great. Never had any of my family there complain about it, and it just seems to make a lot of life easier.

The issue I see with the UK's plan is it that so far everything the government is talking about is how it will stop illegal working, and that just seems like a reaction to reform's recent rise in polls. That by itself seems like a waste, because people working cash in hand surely won't be bothered by this new requirement.

I think it should go further so it actually becomes useful. Things like having people's benefit status accessible at pharmacies to prevent people simply saying "I don't pay for my prescription" (still blows my mind this is a thing).

What has the UK done to make you think it is becoming one of the most authoritarian advanced economies?

New comment by pkaodev in "How well does the money laundering control system work?"

pkaodev — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:44:22 +0000

"just be rich bro"

New comment by pkaodev in "GPT-5: "How many times does the letter b appear in blueberry?""

pkaodev — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 13:06:00 +0000

Celebrities, politicians and influencers are a constant reminder that people think others are far more intelligent than they actually are.

New comment by pkaodev in "Coventry Very Light Rail"

pkaodev — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:05:33 +0000

Not really related, but leaving Coventry has probably been one of the best decisions I've made in my life. This makes sense though, one of the best things about the city is the good transport links for getting out of it.

New comment by pkaodev in "VC money is fueling a global boom in worker surveillance tech"

pkaodev — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 23:40:51 +0000

3 star hotels seems out of place with the rest of the list.

New comment by pkaodev in "Ukraine destroys more than 40 military aircraft in drone attack deep in Russia"

pkaodev — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 22:46:06 +0000

Poor judgement and lack of empathy could be something worth getting looked into for real.

New comment by pkaodev in "Launch HN: Nomi (YC X25) – Copilot for Sales"

pkaodev — Mon, 26 May 2025 17:18:21 +0000

I've got reservations about how customers would feel after googling what the ai that was in the call is meant for. But I'm not in that position (and probably never will be) so maybe this mindset an issue.

I would however think about changing the name after searching "nomi ai" lmao

New comment by pkaodev in "Show HN: Localscope–Limit scope of Python functions for reproducible execution"

pkaodev — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:01:44 +0000

Maybe I'm being naive, but it feels like if this is a problem for people they should be looking at how they write their code, not reaching for a library.