Hacker News: ry0ohki

New comment by ry0ohki in "Netflix claims Fortnite is now a bigger competitor than HBO"

ry0ohki — Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:30:10 +0000

They should really wait until Game of Thrones comes back before disregarding them.

“The Honda Way” for Product Management

ry0ohki — Thu, 01 Sep 2016 12:52:45 +0000

Article URL: http://philanderson.net/the-honda-way-for-product-management/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12404835

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

The Pros and Cons of Unlimited PTO

ry0ohki — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 12:55:08 +0000

Article URL: http://philanderson.net/the-pros-and-cons-of-unlimited-pto/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12048974

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ry0ohki in "Doing Business in Japan"

ry0ohki — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:36:58 +0000

I see what you are saying, but it's also almost the complete opposite of a union shop. The huge differences that you don't have to work outside of 8 hour day (without time and a half pay) and you are also paid more than non-union people, but basically guaranteed pension and job for life if you get in.

New comment by ry0ohki in "Alan Eustace Jumps from Stratosphere, Breaking Felix Baumgartner’s World Record"

ry0ohki — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 07:29:24 +0000

I just did a distance ride (100 miles per day) on my mountain bike loaded with camping gear on dirt paths. Average pace was 10mph, there are more than just carbon bikes on flat roads...

New comment by ry0ohki in "Nexus 6"

ry0ohki — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 11:54:23 +0000

Good point and I agree, nothing left for small hands currently!

New comment by ry0ohki in "Nexus 6"

ry0ohki — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:36:39 +0000

It's ridiculous. I thought I remember someone saying the iPhone 1/3/4 size was designed to be perfect for the human hand and I agree. It's easier to make things larger, it's hard to make them small, how are we regressing?

New comment by ry0ohki in "Can We Trust Uber?"

ry0ohki — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:57:35 +0000

I may be wrong, but I doubt the initial laws were setup to protect the cab industry. It solved a problem of safety, reliability, and set prices with cabs. See third world countries where a cab ride can easily mean a kidnapping or robbery at worst, or a fleecing at best. I'm sure once the basic infrastructure was in place cab companies used their lobbies to further entrench, but the basic laws are there for consumer protection.

New comment by ry0ohki in "Can We Trust Uber?"

ry0ohki — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 19:52:36 +0000

I am indeed from Baltimore, didn't know it was not widespread.

New comment by ry0ohki in "Can We Trust Uber?"

ry0ohki — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 16:56:58 +0000

We call them Jitneys or Hacks here in the US. Very common means of transportation in poor areas, but an app makes the same concept hip I guess.

Why Our Startup Is No Longer Using Facebook

ry0ohki — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:49:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.budgetsimple.com/blog/our-business-is-no-longer-using-facebook/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8273823

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by ry0ohki in "German armed forces warn that carbon fiber might be cancer-causing"

ry0ohki — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:52:05 +0000

I seem to remember hearing that sofas release cyanide when burned.

New comment by ry0ohki in "Hyundai’s 2015 Genesis will automatically brake for speed cameras"

ry0ohki — Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:27:12 +0000

Most areas with speed cameras (local) drivers already know where they are and cause a dangerous sudden braking condition anyway. I do fear that all the automatic nanny's are making people MORE likely to Facebook while driving their 4000lbs death machines though.

New comment by ry0ohki in "Yo"

ry0ohki — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:56:47 +0000

I'm suspicious of the "unnamed investors". Has anyone done any fact finding, I'm betting these guys are just looking for PR, and saying they got 1.2m for a "Yo" app is a pretty good way to do it.

New comment by ry0ohki in "Carlypso (YC S14) could change everything about how we buy and sell used cars"

ry0ohki — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:07:17 +0000

"If it gets stolen, your insurance company pays you for the car, so...mission accomplished?"

Except your rates go up, and they may give you less than you could have sold it for.

New comment by ry0ohki in "U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team"

ry0ohki — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:50:07 +0000

When do we decide what is right? The Sioux conquered Crow and took their lands, so who holds the right to South Dakota?

New comment by ry0ohki in "U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team"

ry0ohki — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 15:11:04 +0000

On the other hand, has any conquering nation ever set aside so much self managed land for the people it conquered?

New comment by ry0ohki in "Not So Much ‘New York Poor’ as ‘Pittsburgh Rich’"

ry0ohki — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 18:08:43 +0000

The salaries are not that much lower, and the cost of living is so significantly lower that you'd net more in Pittsburgh. I live in Pittsburgh and have had several jobs that pay over $100k. You can rent an apartment in the nicest hippest area here for $800/month (or less). You can own a home in a reasonable area for under $100k.

I speak from experience as sure my paycheck was larger when I lived in DC, but I could never afford to own a single family home. Now I own what would be the equivalent of a mansion in DC for less then what my suburban Maryland townhouse went for.

New comment by ry0ohki in "LinkedIn Ordered to Face Customer E-Mail Contacts Lawsuit"

ry0ohki — Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:34:14 +0000

The really terrible thing is how hard it is to get those contacts OUT of the system. The best part is once you figure out how, they only let you delete 100 at a time (odd they had the capability to upload more than that at once). Just spent an hour last week doing this.

New comment by ry0ohki in "NFL players: height and weight over time "

ry0ohki — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:50:33 +0000

Or Hockey or Soccer? Concussions are common in many sports, soccer which is considered a "safe" alternative to football has the second highest rate. Also not unlikely to occur in Basketball or Baseball.