Hacker News: risfriend

New comment by risfriend in "Motorola phones have started hijacking the Amazon app to insert affiliate codes"

risfriend — Tue, 26 May 2026 05:52:35 +0000

This is really unethical, replacing original app shortcuts breaks trust.

New comment by risfriend in "Claude for Legal"

risfriend — Fri, 15 May 2026 11:57:44 +0000

should rename to "claude for US legal"

New comment by risfriend in "Let's Buy Spirit Air"

risfriend — Mon, 04 May 2026 14:37:30 +0000

> how the major airlines now are more of a "bank that happens to have planes"

Here is a decent video explaining it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggUduBmvQ_4

New comment by risfriend in "MacBook Neo"

risfriend — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 05:33:28 +0000

No keyboard backlighting is itself a dealbreaker for me.

New comment by risfriend in "ChatGPT Health"

risfriend — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 11:10:58 +0000

I have been misdiagnosed and taken wrong medicine for 4 years for a problem by a top specialist, the doctor kept making up reasons on why I'm not getting better.

By luck I consulted with another specialist due the former doctor not being available at and odd time, and some re-tests help determine that I need a different class of medicines. I was better within months.

4 years of wrong medicines and over confidence from a leading doctor. Now I have a tool to double check what doctor has recommended.

New comment by risfriend in "India orders smartphone makers to preload state-owned cyber safety app"

risfriend — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 12:54:55 +0000

This is just bad PR from Indian government. Communication minister clarifies the app is optional https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/tel...

Reuters/BBC have been famous to pounce and sensationalizing.

New comment by risfriend in "How actors remember their lines"

risfriend — Thu, 30 May 2024 14:09:48 +0000

Somehow reminded me of how Michael Scott remembers things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSi41cNvmXQ

New comment by risfriend in "AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd by looking at them"

risfriend — Wed, 29 May 2024 05:43:51 +0000

This is stuff for spy movies.

New comment by risfriend in "Calendar, Not Todos (2018)"

risfriend — Mon, 13 May 2024 09:39:08 +0000

Learnt this from a cxo few years ago and this has certainly helped - to be able to make time for yourself, every workspace task should be a calendar entry.

New comment by risfriend in "Nestlé baby foods loaded with unhealthy sugars, but only in poorer countries"

risfriend — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:14:25 +0000

Not surprised that Nestle behaves unethically.

New comment by risfriend in "The Graph of Wikipedia [video]"

risfriend — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 03:51:10 +0000

We don't need to find out, wikipedia itself documents it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_with_the_mo...

New comment by risfriend in "Webb and Hubble confirm Universe's expansion rate"

risfriend — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:52:06 +0000

The distance was also known in 16th century as per Hindu hymn of hanuman chalisa - https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/10370/did-our-a...

Apple Developing Ring to Beat Samsung Galaxy Ring, Report Claims

risfriend — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:17:41 +0000

Article URL: https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidphelan/2024/02/27/apple-developing-ring-to-beat-samsung-galaxy-ring-report-claims/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39536914

Points: 2

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New comment by risfriend in "Learn to Read Korean in 15 Minutes"

risfriend — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:10:53 +0000

I've become lazy after google translate app started translating from camera directly without even taking pictures. I've purchased online some Chinese products in past with not a letter of English on them but was able to read in seconds with Translate and camera.

New comment by risfriend in "Thanks FedEx, this is why we keep getting phished"

risfriend — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 12:43:41 +0000

And where is this?

New comment by risfriend in "How not to bomb your offer negotiation (2016)"

risfriend — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:35:51 +0000

A strategy you can follow is - Start with not budging to tell the number in your mind. There is typically a range of salary defined for each level. Let them make the first move where the recruiter will typically start with low or mid (if you did very well in interviews) value in the range. Negotiating 10-20% higher than that can be a tactic but avoid being too pushy.

New comment by risfriend in "How not to bomb your offer negotiation (2016)"

risfriend — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 07:31:57 +0000

My experience has been hiring managers defer this to recruiters within the company simply because its not their job, and also may not have the authority.

New comment by risfriend in "The IRS has all our tax data. Why doesn't its new website use it?"

risfriend — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 04:56:25 +0000

Exactly, then I should be able to see that my tax calculations include only my salary and I can fill in rest of the things to get additional deduction. Infact everyone would be able to see what IRS knows and what it doesn't and deductions taken into account etc. How is it not better?

New comment by risfriend in "Hell is other people: performance management at Big Tech"

risfriend — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 04:08:07 +0000

Microsoft is manager centric. Even when they tried to move away from bell curve, it led to more power in the hands of manager by giving them the budget.

New comment by risfriend in "Why Instagram failed to become TikTok"

risfriend — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 07:59:17 +0000

Just saying Instagram has become relevant outside of pure entertainment as well.