Hacker News: rocketpastsix

New comment by rocketpastsix in "The Amazon tax"

rocketpastsix — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:52:23 +0000

I deleted my Amazon account earlier this year. I have yet to feel like I am stuck and unable to get something. It has made me turn directly to the seller, so it then I know every single dollar is going to them, versus most of it going to the seller and Amazon getting a cut. It has also made me look closely at places in my city where I can pick things up. I've found a few new shops I didnt know existed because the default was Amazon. The only bummer was I lost about 5 years of Audible books, most I listened to once but a few were repeat listens. I will just pick them up on Libro when I get the desire to listen to it again.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Ordinary Abundance"

rocketpastsix — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:03:19 +0000

We've dealt with a broken water heater, a city wide wifi outage, incredibly hot temps (thats the current thing), and loss of power for 30+ hours in the winter storm that hit the US Southeast earlier this year. It has really made me come to appreciate each of these things more than I did.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Texas wins court order to suspend domain name for violating age-verification law"

rocketpastsix — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:15:56 +0000

you say this as you type it on an American-run website.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Department of Commerce has lifted export controls on Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

rocketpastsix — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:17:01 +0000

there is no way Fable and Mythos had such an impact in such a short amount of time that people were hiring based on it.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Ask HN: What do you care about? What is your joy and purpose?"

rocketpastsix — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:55:24 +0000

I honestly don't know anymore. I've been searching for an answer for a few years now.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models"

rocketpastsix — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:57:31 +0000

I think you underestimate how many people actually care about mass shootings.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models"

rocketpastsix — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:56:57 +0000

Amazon isn't just going to sit by while $33 billion is set on fire.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Meta Down"

rocketpastsix — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:25:24 +0000

I did back in 2020. I still have instagram but I removed it from my phone.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Tell HN: Meta is down"

rocketpastsix — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:25:02 +0000

there was. I think it was something with a key at a data center and a DNS config. You would think after that people would have learned to have their own website and POSSE everything outwards, but businesses in particular still think a Facebook/Meta presence is good enough.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Tell HN: Meta is down"

rocketpastsix — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 14:18:40 +0000

dont threaten me with a good time.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Workers are spending over 6 hours a week botsitting AI, fueling job frustration"

rocketpastsix — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:54:06 +0000

6 hours a week is low, unless its the average spread across industries. I think I spend more time in Claude Code via the CLI versus any other app I have on my laptop.

Like others said, the frustration is when it gets something so wrong you just think "wow, how'd you mess that up?" but when it gets it right its kind of nice. I also dont like that I basically tell Claude what to do, and then either go to busy work or waste time on the internet.

Harness Acquires Codecov from Sentry

rocketpastsix — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 01:53:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.harness.io/press-and-news/harness-acquires-codecov

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48378871

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by rocketpastsix in "I'm Tired of Talking to AI"

rocketpastsix — Wed, 27 May 2026 15:50:09 +0000

>He would _always_ say "Let's find out together", and then proceed to find the answer in front of me, doing effectively LMGTFY but in a way that was extremely more helpful (by watching his workflow and allowing questions) and empathetic (by taking time politely and starting from what I knew, not what he knew).

I absolutely love this.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Private Equity Bought America's Essential Services"

rocketpastsix — Wed, 27 May 2026 15:20:17 +0000

sure but a restaurant is always going to be a risky asset. I am thinking more in terms of a plumbing business. It's a business that will always have a need, no matter the economy because a bursting pipe doesnt care if its a recession or a booming market.

I guess what I would like to see is a pathway to making it easy to buy or start up crucial businesses like a plumbing business, HVAC company, etc. As the current generation of owners want to sell and retire, we should make it easier for people to be able to get in there and buy these companies before PE can.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

rocketpastsix — Wed, 27 May 2026 15:17:40 +0000

yea the side of the table they sat on is one that fluctuates month over month, year over year. They recognize that it can work out, but its a gamble whereas working for a steady company (pre 2026 I guess) is the better option for their kids.

Evolving Webflow for the Agentic Web

rocketpastsix — Wed, 27 May 2026 14:02:38 +0000

Article URL: https://webflow.com/blog/evolving-webflow-for-the-agentic-web

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48294549

Points: 50

# Comments: 28

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Private Equity Bought America's Essential Services"

rocketpastsix — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:44:55 +0000

who are these grads graduating without massive loans hanging over their heads?

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Private equity bought America's essential services"

rocketpastsix — Wed, 27 May 2026 13:43:53 +0000

I think part of the problem with the succession idea is that a lot of people in these positions worked these hard jobs to try and give their kids a better life. They encouraged their kids to go to school for their passions and now those kids are in careers far removed from what their parents did.

Instead of succession, I wonder if there is a way to make it easier for these people to sell their company when its time to retire to someone who is looking to start the next step of their career. A lot of software engineers joke about becoming farmers, but if they could instead make an easy transition into a small business by buying a small business, we could prevent PE from raiding things.

New comment by rocketpastsix in ""Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insurers Deny Coverage"

rocketpastsix — Wed, 13 May 2026 21:11:31 +0000

seriously consider that book if you can fill it up with these types of stories. A book like this could be a huge hit, get this issue even more spotlight and maybe some fixes.

New comment by rocketpastsix in "Show HN: An index of indie web/blog indexes"

rocketpastsix — Mon, 11 May 2026 01:33:32 +0000

you're welcome!