Hacker News: schmookeeg

New comment by schmookeeg in "Tim Curry has died"

schmookeeg — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:11:59 +0000

can we not?

New comment by schmookeeg in "Tim Curry has died"

schmookeeg — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:11:24 +0000

I can't tell if I've just been in the bay area too long or what, but honestly, funerals could stand to be disrupted :) They could be better.

RIP Tim.

New comment by schmookeeg in "The Great Steam Deck Crash of 2026: How the New Pricing Decreased Demand by 80%"

schmookeeg — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:15:10 +0000

Really? when you hear "steam" you think "the pioneers in exposing underage kids to gambling" ?

I can't even picture gaben with a wispy moustache to twist evilly. I think that would look ridiculous on him. :)

Your "bad guys" are my "people are apparently and inexplicably mad that steam doesn't do their parenting for them" guys.

New comment by schmookeeg in "Starlink unlimited aviation plan to rise from $10k/month to $20k"

schmookeeg — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:08:43 +0000

As a Joe Piston, the starlink pricing constant-whipsaw has been really annoying.

I love the tech. It's truly game-changing. And there is no competitor right now.

I bought my mini dish for $400 or so. I've paid $250/mo, $65/mo, $250/mo again, now $200/mo, and on standby for $5/mo and now $10/mo. Don't get me started on the speed-limit and bandwidth-metering games they've played along the way.

I literally have no idea from month to month what the thing will cost. It's still awesome. But there are thousands of butthurt pilots who bought the dish at 65/mo (and many made 100W PD power upgrades, self included, for another few hundred) and got raised to 250/mo immediately.

It's not so much the cost anymore as the principle of a completely unhinged vendor. Bezos' version will have a bunch of ready buyers if he can stick to a price for longer than a Ketamine high.

New comment by schmookeeg in "LinkedIn is a cesspool of scammers and identity theft"

schmookeeg — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:48:31 +0000

This title could have stopped at the fourth word.

New comment by schmookeeg in "Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)"

schmookeeg — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:15:40 +0000

That Eggenfellner dude on zuckbook has been spamming a continuous stream of his dream twin highwing and it looks nice. I hate his spam but love his mockups, I want it to be more than a paper airplane so badly. :)

New comment by schmookeeg in "Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)"

schmookeeg — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 04:15:57 +0000

:) Baron. some 300hp effective little turbines with non-ridiculous fuel burn would be a "shut up and take my money" moment for me.

New comment by schmookeeg in "Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)"

schmookeeg — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:41:50 +0000

Calling my airplane a MAGA airplane is a good way to get my wife to argue for a boat instead. :)

New comment by schmookeeg in "Leaded gas was a known poison the day it was invented (2016)"

schmookeeg — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:36:50 +0000

I actually hope the turbotech holds up under actual use. I'd love to toss my IO-550Cs for Jet-A.

New comment by schmookeeg in "USAA closed 51% of home insurance claims without making a payment in 2025"

schmookeeg — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:15:51 +0000

This is my experience too. In our auto claim, the dealership expressed relief that we had "US PayPay" for our insurer. No (or less) nickel and diming apparently and smooth payment.

New comment by schmookeeg in "Why American ambulance rides are so expensive"

schmookeeg — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:26:11 +0000

I have had VASTLY better free health coverage (OHP, Portland OR via Providence) than the current Kaiser dreck I and employer pay significant sums for.

Healthcare is not a flex, and it my experiences on the west coast, it's an inverse correlation to wealth. :/

New comment by schmookeeg in "Ask HN: HN frontpage feels boring now?"

schmookeeg — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:36:29 +0000

I share your take, but I think from the other side of the coin -- I am frequently finding interesting topics [flagged] by the time I click through, and it's mildly infuriating.

New comment by schmookeeg in "Microsoft Publisher will no longer be supported after October 2026"

schmookeeg — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 01:50:39 +0000

I feel like I have mourned the death of MSPub at least once before.

New comment by schmookeeg in "Ask HN: Another "Hacker News" with less AI and more human-focused hacking news?"

schmookeeg — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 19:54:42 +0000

I've noticed myself and several colleagues have all taken to making little SaaS's for sport -- I'm not sure WHY we've all done that, but it's totally a thing.

Maybe if there was a monthly "Show us your (project/vibe/slop)" thread, it would provide a centralized spot for it all, then you could ignore it, once, at leisure, instead of the filters working overtime. :)

New comment by schmookeeg in "30papers.com – Ilya's 30 essential ML papers, in a beginner friendly format"

schmookeeg — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:46:41 +0000

I feel seen. Straight to the "stuff to read later" bookmark pile/mausoleum :)

New comment by schmookeeg in "Fable 5 is Back"

schmookeeg — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 01:46:45 +0000

I am fully expecting the rollout of a Max 350 plan after July 7.

New comment by schmookeeg in "Ask HN: Where is the programming profession going?"

schmookeeg — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:04:49 +0000

Iunno, I feel like being born in a first world country did most of that "top 0.1% of the world" work. That sentence works the same with and without AI/LLMs.

Among peers, I feel like I am top 20%? 30%? maybe, by being a good programmer who is adept at agents. A year ago was the 0.1% point, this stuff is spreading like wildfire. A year from now I think it's going to just be de rigeur that these are our tools now.

Worse, any edge I have from working with this stuff for years is quickly dulled. The tools are evolving fast. My tricks from 3 months ago have been eclipsed.

New comment by schmookeeg in "Ask HN: Anthropic banned me from using Claude Code and I don't know what to do"

schmookeeg — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:12:34 +0000

I can't use my Claude Code or GPT subscriptions for API access.

I don't want monthly subs to infrequently used models that I sometimes tap into.

...pretty much that's it. My 10 bucks at OpenRouter has lasted me several months for these edge cases.

New comment by schmookeeg in "Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash"

schmookeeg — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:30:02 +0000

Your username is painfully not checking out here. :P

New comment by schmookeeg in "Ubisoft co-founder Claude Guillemot has died in a plane crash"

schmookeeg — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:28:19 +0000

There are more responses to "hard to schedule, hard to afford" than "defer everything possible"

You can fly something smaller and more inline with your budget

You can share the plane with partners

You can get a motorcycle or boat instead.

...I do not disagree that your presented "option 3" is a common one. That hurts me as both an instructor and a mechanic.