<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: porknubbins</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=porknubbins</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:26:54 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=porknubbins" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "New Beam Spring Keyboards"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Are mechanical keyboards becoming a way to show off like the programmer equivalent of loud truck exhaust?<p>The sound is satisfying yes, but with other people in mind I am looking for the quietest mechanical keyboard I can find these days. I have become self conscious about typing quietly during phone calls or meetings in case I am unmuted.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:26:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48351284</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48351284</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48351284</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Private equity bought America's essential services"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Those billionaires are not hoarding cash like a dragon in a lair, their wealth is mostly in stock in productive (FB is debatable at this point) companies many people use.<p>Boomers (only people I know receiving pensions) use pensions to fund lavish lifestyles without having build major companies.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 03:09:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303960</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303960</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303960</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Can we have the day off?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My employers who are introducing AI are not laughing evil supervillains hoovering up all the excess profits, they are normal people who wanted long careers and are as nervous as anyone about competition amd what AI will do to organizations if people become truly redundant.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 02:49:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303803</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303803</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303803</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "What we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Where I lived we knew a few neighbors but didn’t really interact every day or feel like they would watch out for other people’s kids.<p>That didn’t stop me from biking and exploring all over from age 6-7, which seems unthinkable now. I think it was mostly just more risk tolerance and less flashy warnings about danger. Like my dad biked around the same block so why not let me and there was not much more thought given to it.<p>Your suburb sounds nice but I guess Im just saying that level of community wasn’t necessary for kids to have freedom.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 02:53:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274441</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274441</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48274441</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "My two-part desk setup (2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I do the same thing but with two physical desks, not just partitioning one desk into two logical desks.<p>Aside from the obvious advantage of more space it really helps put your mind in a different context when you are at a different location. In his example just moving over slightly would do nothing for me with the computer just arms length away and still in full view.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 18:35:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48250059</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48250059</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48250059</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think social media just gives people a palce to express their most unrestrained nasty opinions.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:51:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162302</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162302</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don’t known if its the heat or lack of greenery but everything I hear about riding bikes or motocycles in Texas just makes it sounds like there is some deep latent aggression there. I have bicycled in a bunch of states including the Southeast and never encountered anything like the stories people tell about Texas.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:25:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155617</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155617</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48155617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I guess so but was young and having to defend yourself before a committee that can expel you can be intimidating so there are many ways I could have flubbed the explanation and made myself suspicious. I do hope the standard is something like beyond a reasonable doubt.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:41:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48144956</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48144956</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48144956</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Many US universities and some private schools had honor councils made up of students and faculty that would hear cheating cases</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:38:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48144936</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48144936</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48144936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I once was accused and brought before the honor counsel for a really stupid innocent mistake.<p>Basically it was a history worksheet requiring written paragraph answers and I swapped around answers under the wrong questions so the teacher thought I cheated. It was a careless mistake I made because I had lost the original worksheet and was working off a loose leaf copy in the cafeteria at the last minute but it made it look like I copied someone else’s work.<p>I don’t known if the committee bought my story or was feeling lenient but I am very thankful for lax prosecution of these cases and think a lot of the value is in scaring people straight.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 02:32:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130442</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130442</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48130442</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Why modern parents feel more sleep deprived than our ancestors did"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That’s probably about how much I lost taking care of ours. She generally woke up twice to drink milk but I was still up for the first one. Loss of an hour sleep can still be brutal if its like 6.5 to 5.5 hours.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 00:07:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089507</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089507</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48089507</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Talking to strangers at the gym"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes this is obvious if you think about movies where people become friends or romantic partners- they are usually cold or unfriendly to each other in the first meeting which makes their later connection seem more authentic. I cannot imagine a movie post 1950s in which a man uses these tactics and gets the girl or the sale without difficulty. Of course movies are not real life but they do rely on some verasimilitude.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 02:17:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017365</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017365</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48017365</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Doesn't being legally non roadworthy only apply to NHTSA safety recalls while there are other types of recalls for non compliance or manufacturer voluntary recalls?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 05:05:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47971473</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47971473</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47971473</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Can I disable all data collection from my vehicle?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This would be a violation of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty act of 1975 which requires they show the work done directly caused the failure.<p>If this were a widespread policy I bet class action lawyers would be all over it without you having to pay for it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 05:00:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47971448</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47971448</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47971448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "How an oil refinery works"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Say a tanker truck has a roughly 300 gallon fuel tank and a 10,000 gallon payload tank (per google). Thats roughly 3% loss to cross a lot of the US, which is by no means insignificant but assuming ships are not any worse and the pipeline to the ship is minimal, around a manageable 6% loss.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 01:17:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970306</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970306</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970306</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Brent Crude hits $119.56/barrel peak today"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you look at gas prices in Saudi Arabia, some of it is subsidised to be lower but clearly its much cheaper to be consuming your own energy vs purchasing it internationally for a variety of reasons. The size of the effect is a messy economics question, not a black and white thing.</p>
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<p>This was my about reaction when I was renting a house and a guy was going door to door to get people to sign up for yard bug spraying. Wait the bugs are already outside and you want to kill them? That’s where they live.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 01:44:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916819</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916819</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47916819</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "The Beauty of Bonsai Styles"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I feel the same way. I really enjoyed bonsai when I lived in a small rental, and now that I can plant actual trees it just seems so much more exciting to watch something big and healthy that has a real presence compared to a small tree on life support in a tray.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:40:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858649</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858649</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47858649</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in "Dad brains: How fatherhood rewires the male mind"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Maybe its being older already but I don’t feel super changed having a baby like people told me I would. I don’t do work or hobbies or socializing any differently. Everything else in my life didnt suddenly seem unimportant.<p>The one big difference is up to now I though crying babies were annoying and subconsiously somehow blamed parents. Now I see how foolish that was as babies are born knowing nothing and are just adorable little people trying their best to get their needs met and handle emotions.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:46:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47820857</link><dc:creator>porknubbins</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47820857</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47820857</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by porknubbins in ""Vibecession" reflects an increasingly difficult economy and society"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As a millennial my whole life has felt pretty Malthisuan. I haven’t personally really benefitted from productivity increase, I have seen any competitive edge I had by being smarter or early to things erode away rapidly again and again. The only real defense is accumulated wealth or connections possibly.</p>
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