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New comment by saelthavron in "Waymo says can't avoid bike lanes because riders want to be dropped off in them"

saelthavron — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:59:05 +0000

Wouldn't it be safer for the bikers and people exiting on the bike lane side of the car if the bike lane was blocked?

New comment by saelthavron in "The first sodium-ion battery EV is a winter range monster"

saelthavron — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:17:04 +0000

Apparently the article was updated to clarify the "delay" date was referring to the delivery dates of new/future orders and not referring to any delays for the very first orders.

New comment by saelthavron in "A new experimental Google app for Windows"

saelthavron — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:54:10 +0000

Is the terminal you're referring to within, outside, or both within and outside a windowing system? How does it work? I'm not able to find an instance where alt+space does anything related to select/copy/paste.

New comment by saelthavron in "A new experimental Google app for Windows"

saelthavron — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:04:37 +0000

Many people don't know how to cut and paste via the keyboard. The vast majority aren't even aware of Alt+Space. The only reason I use Alt+Space is to recover windows from off-screen areas.

New comment by saelthavron in "Evidence that AI is destroying jobs for young people"

saelthavron — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 02:12:12 +0000

> I'm 100% on board with fixing the deductability of engineering salaries.

It's already been fixed for US workers.

New comment by saelthavron in "Nobody’s buying homes, nobody’s switching jobs, America’s mobility is stalling"

saelthavron — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:39:59 +0000

> I've been there, but just because you did things the "right" way and got rejected from one company doesn't mean you should throw away what worked. After all, they did interview you for a second role after the first one.

Several rejections by multiple groups. I'm pretty sure I won't get an interview from there for a while. I've not been interviewed by the same group for more than one position. Continually getting rejected and failing to achieve more than one interview per group is not what I call working.

> That said, especially in a tough labor market, finding a job is like dating, and the vibes matter a lot.

Thus, it makes perfect sense to just throw your resume at everything that moves. Vibes seem to matter more than fit. I interviewed at another place where one of the interviewers just had a week or two worth of tech experience. They were somehow a test lead. They couldn't answer a single question about testers interact with developers or how they test. I'm sure I was labeled as problematic because of my questioning even though I had zero knowledge of the lack of experience until after a few questions. The person they hired had zero experience outside of university classes. No internships. No personal projects. The position wasn't listed as a junior position.

> Technical people especially often don't want to think about the interpersonal factors, but they are a real part of the process.

It's the only aspect I've been thinking about for over a year. The "technical interview" is often a joke so I can't help but think they are using it as a hidden "vibe" interview.

New comment by saelthavron in "Nobody’s buying homes, nobody’s switching jobs, America’s mobility is stalling"

saelthavron — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 07:16:31 +0000

Being deliberate hasn't helped me. Hell, I've learned quite a bit about this one company. In my last interview, I asked a question that surprised the interviewers. It was about something they had yet to start work on which came up in another interview for a different position which I had already been rejected for. They still rejected me. At this point, I'm guessing I'm black-balled.

New comment by saelthavron in "The United States withdraws from UNESCO"

saelthavron — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 16:26:50 +0000

Was the law repealed?

New comment by saelthavron in "Intel's retreat is unlike anything it's done before in Oregon"

saelthavron — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:53:41 +0000

This sounds like sell the whole company type of cuts.

New comment by saelthavron in "Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174)"

saelthavron — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 04:28:48 +0000

At this point, does this really affect many people? Most businesses should be well on their way to the expenses normalizing. Outside of new businesses and old businesses splurging, would this really accomplish much?

New comment by saelthavron in "AMD Radeon 8050S “Strix Halo” Linux Graphics Performance Review"

saelthavron — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:11:56 +0000

> There are rumors that both architectures will be merged into UDNA in the future

It's not rumor. It came straight from an executive: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-announce...

New comment by saelthavron in "Webflow makes GSAP 100% free – plus more updates"

saelthavron — Fri, 02 May 2025 16:00:47 +0000

Serious question, is this a joke? I just see a black screen when I go to the site. I refreshed multiple times. Cleared cache. Just a black screen.

New comment by saelthavron in "Pentagon to terminate $5.1B in IT contracts with Accenture, Deloitte"

saelthavron — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 16:19:35 +0000

Sorry, but it does occur in the private. I recently worked at a company which pretty much did this. They fired all of the contractors and a bunch of employees because they decided change their focus. It is far from dying.

New comment by saelthavron in "C++26 Expansion Tricks"

saelthavron — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:25:25 +0000

> it conflicts with Objective-C blocks

Why does that matter?

> many of us would have prefered reflect(T), but again many on WG21 seem to use notepad for programming and don't like to type.

I don't know about anyone else, but I find reflect(T) much easier to type than ^^T. I have a high error rate on hitting 6. Not only that I have to move my hand from the home row to hit it.

New comment by saelthavron in "Next.js version 15.2.3 has been released to address a security vulnerability"

saelthavron — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:10:41 +0000

I've seen Northrop Grumman job listings with Next.js experience listed.

New comment by saelthavron in "US appeals court rules AI generated art cannot be copyrighted"

saelthavron — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:14:21 +0000

> The AI thing is no different. If I ask my human friend, "please paint a picture using your vast knowledge and experience", then my friend gets the copyright. Replace friend with AI; there is no person to assign the copyright, so there is no copyright. It doesn't default to me just because I asked for it.

Why should an "AI" be considered a who rather than just another tool? To me, current "AI" are image manipulation program and camera replacements instead of people replacement.

New comment by saelthavron in "CGNAT frustrates all IP address-based technologies (2019)"

saelthavron — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 21:23:57 +0000

The way local ISPs talk IPv6 is the expensive support item and don't bother with it. They both run CGNAT too.

New comment by saelthavron in "Software engineers would rather quit than return to the office [video]"

saelthavron — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:55:32 +0000

> Why would I come into an office when I can just apply on a full-time remote position?

Because it's near impossible to get an interview at these places due to the number of applicants unless you have an in?

New comment by saelthavron in "Software engineers would rather quit than return to the office [video]"

saelthavron — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 03:50:39 +0000

Or they just have different experiences than you do? For the positions I've been in, the drive into the office is just a waste of time. Most of the people are in different locations resulting in virtual meetings anyhow. Companies are realizing this and are going remote where they can because they find it difficult to find people locally or convince people to relocate. The "entitled" are just exercising their option to work places which better fit them.

New comment by saelthavron in "Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since the 1960s? (2009)"

saelthavron — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 13:44:50 +0000

> I also don't think "Many people would gladly pay for..." has been proven in the marketplace. If anything, the success of Ryanair, Easyjet and co has resoundingly proven that people will gladly suffer less spacious seating if it means paying less.

Given the number of 7 hour flights I could find, I really don't think that proves anything except maybe people will pay more.