<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: smileysteve</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=smileysteve</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:55:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=smileysteve" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by smileysteve in "US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And if Sadam did, then by proxy the US did.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:26:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689238</link><dc:creator>smileysteve</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689238</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47689238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by smileysteve in "$96 3D-printed rocket that recalculates its mid-air trajectory using a $5 sensor"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's even worse when your goal is commercial viability of carrying a relatively flammable liquid.<p>Tankers moving at a slow speed, across a narrow strait.<p>They don't have to sink to not be commercially viable; a few deck fires negatively impact your days at sea without incident.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:12:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390806</link><dc:creator>smileysteve</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390806</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47390806</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by smileysteve in "Layoffs at Block"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You and the poster above disagree about the state of Twitter.<p>Twitter had been a growth company, it was early/missed the market with Vine, but was showing ad growth.<p>Now, as a private company, backed by the world's richest man, sovreign wealth funds, and banks that have written down their stakes, it has different economics than a tech / growth company.<p>It's ad revenue is now, not in the ballpark of the fortune 500 or trendy Instagram ads, but somewhere between reddit and sin site markets.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:52:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47176281</link><dc:creator>smileysteve</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47176281</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47176281</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by smileysteve in "Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Did the maker movement end? I dont think so<p>Bump.<p>Because we had our first high profile murder using a 3d printed weapon just last year.</p>
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<p>> But sure, let's not work on multiple paths.<p>The article is about a sign of failure of one of the multiple paths that was pursued by Japan and Ca State subsidies that was attempted over the last 20 years.<p>You can work on multiple paths, but to not measure and adjust defeats the purpose.</p>
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<p>I think you just described American cable boxes... Except they charge us a monthly fee and an additional monthly fee for the box.<p>Or any smart tv with free ip tv.</p>
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<p>It's metric chasing;<p>If the metric is everyone passes, then you either taught really well or lowered the standard.</p>
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<p>In context of the thread, that's because AI fixes the key problem with comments, because it maintains them when the code is updated.</p>
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<p>> engineer that submitted it<p>This is a poor metric as soon as you reach a scale where you've hired an additional engineer, where 10% annual employee turnover reflects > 1 employee, much less the scale where a layoff is possible.<p>It's also only a hope as soon as you have dependencies that you don't directly manage like community libraries.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:26:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024425</link><dc:creator>smileysteve</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024425</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47024425</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by smileysteve in "Ask HN: Why are electronics still so unrecyclable?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>To put this in perspective, there are huge issues recyling lead acid batteries exposed this year.<p>I consider lead acid batteries relatively simple with all materials being large and not particularly binding.<p>But it's somehow easy to outsource this to a smelter with inappropriate smelting, and no controls on worker safety.<p>So anything smaller, more complex, or more interewined, with things like silica involved...</p>
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<p>> when it was about differences in fiscal policy and taxation.<p>It was never only about that. But they weren't saying the quiet part out loud.</p>
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<p>Keeping a 1-2 car's length stopping distance is likely over a 50% reduction in at fault damages.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 02:58:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832927</link><dc:creator>smileysteve</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832927</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46832927</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by smileysteve in "Ross Stevens Donates $100M to Pay Every US Olympian and Paralympian $200k"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Many companies provide a life insurance benefit equal to 50%-150% of annual salary.<p>If your sport has any mortality or long term risk (concussions, cardiac events) then this could be seen as a nice extra insurance policy.</p>
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<p>S launched in 2012.<p>X launched in 2016.<p>Both launched with slow rollouts.<p>Meanwhile, the average car in use today is 13 years old and getting older. (I currently drive a 22 year old car)<p>It definitely turns me off buying a used model S to know it's being discontinued. And if I extrapolate that to the 3/Y, a new purchase.<p>Given my desire for a midsize family sedan, it makes it feel like BMW i4 or Porsche Taycan just won me over in the future.</p>
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<p>Alt; typical western coverage. Has completely ignored other journalists publishing of the plight fitness bands have caused in doctors "am I getting a cold, my watch/ring says I'm getting a cold, give me antibiotics now"<p>Or how vo2 max is hard to measure, or how not wearing a wearable or wearing it loose changes results, to, I gave an llm a range to rate without really giving it context of what I want the range to really represent or the methods of gathering data.<p>Tldr; author bought everything, read nothing, complained to an expensive professional, and now hopes that we read his article.</p>
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<p>Because corn fed beef isn't as flavorful as grass fed beef. (Or healthy for the cattle)</p>
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<p>Historically, this is called "fiber", and has already been regulated to be required in European breads</p>
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<p>Only on a local level.<p>And businesses can already expense that tax, so it's 20% off, while individuals have been subject to the SALT cap</p>
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<p>So close to realizing the issues with the 2018 tax bill.<p>- 20% maximum corporate tax<p>- Personal Salt cap<p>Made it less expensive for an llc to buy a home than for most individuals.<p>To make individual ownership on par with corporate, individuals need to be in a lower tax bracket, be able to deduct taxes 
, interest, and insurance. And the $10k cap really hurt the ability for local property taxes to make it better for the individual. The new $40k cap may put it slightly towards the individual in some jurisdictions.<p>But raising corporate rates or reducing corporate deductible expense re real estate is the most efficient policy to encourage individual ownership.</p>
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<p>Anecdotally, only the "health focused" people around me understand that the food pyramid was for a different time and based on other interests.<p>And I don't think adults on a grand scale question it, or process nutrition labels.<p>Boomers in particular (who engrained Gen x and millennial diets) are most likely to follow grains (and margarine) diets.</p>
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