Hacker News: rodrodrod

New comment by rodrodrod in "Show HN: Echo – Fable-level results at 1/3 the cost using open-weight models"

rodrodrod — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:26:38 +0000

People _can_ get subsidized plans for work: we use Claude Teams, $100/mo premium seat, which caps at 150 seats. Not enterprise tier, but fine for SMBs.

New flapping robot swims and flies like a diving bird

rodrodrod — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:10:23 +0000

Article URL: https://news.mit.edu/2026/new-flapping-robot-swims-and-flies-like-diving-bird-0709

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48876322

Points: 6

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New comment by rodrodrod in "AI changes the economics of software rewrites"

rodrodrod — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 07:25:09 +0000

I once saw this style be called "broetry"[1], and it's unmistakably LinkedIn-voice. I get that it works because feed algorithms/engagement, but never understood why it seems largely confined to LinkedIn and not other social media sites.

[1] https://fenwick.media/rewild/magazine/dead-broets-society-be...

New comment by rodrodrod in "Which sparkling water is the best?"

rodrodrod — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:14:00 +0000

Topo Chico gang! It's my favorite too, in particular the 12oz glass bottles. I really like how it has thick bubbles and doesn't easily go flat.

Their 'Sabores' (flavored) line is nice too, even if I find it doesn't have that same bubbly-ness.

New comment by rodrodrod in "Microsoft Israel chief leaves amid ethical controversy"

rodrodrod — Mon, 11 May 2026 18:49:34 +0000

Let's not forget the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics too. Public events don't disprove atrocities.

New comment by rodrodrod in "The most banned books in U.S. schools"

rodrodrod — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 19:36:44 +0000

https://pen.org/book-bans/book-bans-frequently-asked-questio...

New comment by rodrodrod in "FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester: "Your name was brought up.""

rodrodrod — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:35:11 +0000

It's Friday, a timely reminder that you have a right to STFU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTurSi0LhJs

Or for a longer form explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE

New comment by rodrodrod in "Rook to XSS: How I hacked chess.com with a rookie exploit"

rodrodrod — Sat, 27 Jan 2024 00:03:32 +0000

They have in the past, though I assume it's exceedingly rare.

https://thehustle.co/how-one-17-year-old-coded-a-number-one-...

New comment by rodrodrod in "Amazon raises minimum wage to $15 for all US employees"

rodrodrod — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:55:46 +0000

> Wow, does the top comment always have to be cynical?

Middlebrow dismissals are a hacker news staple.

http://www.byrnehobart.com/blog/why-are-middlebrow-dismissal...

It's about what broke, not who broke it

rodrodrod — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 02:29:43 +0000

Article URL: https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2018/03/27/whowhat/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16694743

Points: 215

# Comments: 100

New comment by rodrodrod in "Ketamine lifts rodents' mood only if administered by male researchers"

rodrodrod — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 05:53:32 +0000

The research is concerned with sex, not gender.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_gender_distinction

New comment by rodrodrod in "New Facebook Rules Will Sting Entrepreneurs"

rodrodrod — Fri, 28 Nov 2014 05:53:12 +0000

You can opt in to get a notification for all posts from a given page you've liked: https://www.facebook.com/help/299284303519326

New comment by rodrodrod in "How We Measure"

rodrodrod — Thu, 29 May 2014 16:49:07 +0000

I think what jawns is getting at is precisely because you can't price-discriminate on the payment method, you might as well increase prices for everything in order to cover transaction fees (operating under the assumption that most customers will pay with credit card), which effectively means that cash-paying customers get stuck with those fees.

New comment by rodrodrod in "Sell your S.F. street parking spot for $20?"

rodrodrod — Tue, 06 May 2014 04:51:11 +0000

This really feels like a "tragedy of the commons" scenario in the making. I'm curious to see what the legal considerations for this type of service may be.

New comment by rodrodrod in "Shit HN Says"

rodrodrod — Sat, 03 May 2014 15:38:59 +0000

"Shit Reddit Says" i.e. http://www.reddit.com/r/ShitRedditSays

New comment by rodrodrod in "Bitcoin by analogy"

rodrodrod — Fri, 25 Apr 2014 02:17:59 +0000

Most (all?) banks in the US are FDIC insured up to $250k per person. Even if tax payer money hadn't been lent to banks to keep them afloat, provided you had less than $250k across any banks that might've gone under, you'd have been okay. In that sense, saying that they don't really protect your money isn't really true.

Realistically, I'm much much much more likely to lose money stored in a Bitcoin wallet I maintain than money stored in a bank, and I'd imagine that's probably also the case for most people.

New comment by rodrodrod in "Dept of Health and Human Services spends $146 per month per user for email [pdf]"

rodrodrod — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 03:30:22 +0000

Relevant bit (footnote 8 on pg. 4):

  HHS told us that HHS pays $146.64 per month per user for e-mail; that this
  charge covers connect ivity, storage, and other e-mail services; and that this
  charge is independent of the number of e-mails that are sent or received. HHS
  also told us that the Office of the Secretary pays $10.44 per month per
  telephone line, that this charge covers all featu res associated with the
  lines and the phones, and that this charge is independent of the number of
  phone calls made per month. Each phone call, whether local or long distance,
  is charged at a unit cost of $0.014 per minute.

I wonder what the breakdown of the costs is. That number seems way steep.

New comment by rodrodrod in "Unpythonic Python"

rodrodrod — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 17:49:52 +0000

Neat! I'd be interested in seeing pythonic solutions written in other languages (to the extent that those languages may allow 'Pythonic' style), too. I find it fascinating to see how certain languages will, for one reason or another, trend towards certain design patterns and styles.

New comment by rodrodrod in "Facebook privacy settings are about to change again"

rodrodrod — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 05:25:46 +0000

What do you mean by 'full on private mode'?

You can set the privacy for anything you post to 'only me' (which is about as private as it gets, in a way), though I suspect that's not what you have in mind.

Goldman Handed Out Cosmetic Mirrors and Nail Files at Women’s Coding Event

rodrodrod — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 03:09:41 +0000

Article URL: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/goldman-handed-out-cosmetic-mirrors-and-nail-files-at-womens-coding-event/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7222290

Points: 11

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