Hacker News: snake42

New comment by snake42 in "Quad9 to exit France"

snake42 — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:04:23 +0000

This is an insane take. Where does it stop? Are we going to be tracked and surveilled from every service?

New comment by snake42 in "The Public Should Own Half of the Big A.I. Companies"

snake42 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:10:24 +0000

Blaming an event that happened in 1789 for the first and second world wars seems incredibly far fetched. Maybe we should blame the aggressors who started the wars.

New comment by snake42 in "The Public Should Own Half of the Big A.I. Companies"

snake42 — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:03:05 +0000

Is income tax stealing?

New comment by snake42 in "Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording""

snake42 — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:18:05 +0000

Did you not read the article?

Ellison's warning came during an hour-long Q&A at an Oracle financial analyst meeting in September 2024.

New comment by snake42 in "Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)"

snake42 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:05:57 +0000

From the article: the Moneypoint plant will continue to serve a limited backup role, burning heavy fuel oil under emergency instruction from Ireland’s transmission system operator EirGrid until 2029.

New comment by snake42 in "Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)"

snake42 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 17:03:09 +0000

The top comment currently on this post is talking about the cost impacts being transferred to the poor and middle class with lots of discussion. I think people are well aware of and discuss the social impacts.

New comment by snake42 in "America vs. Singapore: You can't save your way out of economic shocks"

snake42 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 19:36:37 +0000

The same way that an employed person would plan for this. Catastrophic insurance plans put a cap on how much your medical bills can be.

New comment by snake42 in "America vs. Singapore: You can't save your way out of economic shocks"

snake42 — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 18:19:23 +0000

FIRE doesn't depend on having a tech job. Its all about income to expense ratio. Planning for medical events is something that gets talked to death in these communities.

New comment by snake42 in "Fixing retail with land value capture"

snake42 — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 04:29:50 +0000

Manhattan doesn't have enough groceries? Do you have a source for that? Everywhere in the city I go has plenty of grocery stores.

New comment by snake42 in "Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist Credit Card Number"

snake42 — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:30:39 +0000

How does that not violate their right to freedom of speech and assembly?

New comment by snake42 in "Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist Credit Card Number"

snake42 — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:55:41 +0000

Non-citizens have constitutional rights as well. The DHS having the ability to produce subpoenas without judicial oversight is definitely a bad thing.

New comment by snake42 in "CISA’s acting head uploaded sensitive files into public version of ChatGPT"

snake42 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:34:47 +0000

You really think that every other administration has had this level of incompetence? The current bumbling and corruption is absolutely unparalleled.

New comment by snake42 in "How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart"

snake42 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:41:30 +0000

Sure, but they are accounting for size shrinkage which the original poster was saying they didn't.

I don't really know how you can account for quality either. User surveys? Ingredient sourcing? But then again I think this kind of reporting is just a general barometer. Some other comments are pointing to data sources that might do more of this.

New comment by snake42 in "How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart"

snake42 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:50:54 +0000

Even if ice cream is lower, if the price of staples is going up you have to make cuts elsewhere.

New comment by snake42 in "How have prices changed in a year? NPR checked 114 items at Walmart"

snake42 — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:39:51 +0000

In the article it says:

To account for possible changes in package sizes, we focused on the price per unit, whether it was an ounce of salsa or a square foot of aluminum foil.

New comment by snake42 in "Sergey Brin's Unretirement"

snake42 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 15:46:29 +0000

I might have missed it, but I don't see this quote in the article. Either way, it feels disingenuous when a place like business insider posts these criticisms of FIRE like it is the ultimate gotcha.

Finding a purpose outside of work seems like the main issue most people struggle with when doing FIRE. Once you get going, the saving is automatic and addictive to some, but figuring out what to do with your life to give it meaning outside of a traditional work context is not just an issue with FIRE.

New comment by snake42 in "I program on the subway"

snake42 — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:21:20 +0000

Why would you ever think this an acceptable thing to say?

New comment by snake42 in "Counter-Strike's player economy is in a freefall"

snake42 — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:57:45 +0000

Its probably because you don't know many under 40 year olds. Its been a popular game for a long time.

New comment by snake42 in "FLX1s phone is launched"

snake42 — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 02:33:00 +0000

My banking app works without any issues, but I do have google play enabled.

New comment by snake42 in "Nvidia buys $5B in Intel"

snake42 — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:25:22 +0000

The U.S. government won’t have a seat on the board and agreed to vote with Intel’s board on matters requiring shareholder approval “with limited exceptions.”