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New comment by sombrero_john in "How to become a pure mathematician or statistician (2008)"

sombrero_john — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:10:13 +0000

Your personal experience does not line up with the empirical evidence at all.

Some people are (much) smarter than others. It sucks, but that's life.

New comment by sombrero_john in "Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone""

sombrero_john — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:10:51 +0000

Renting is perfectly fine. NYC has the strongest tenant protection laws in the country.

New comment by sombrero_john in "Pontevedra, Spain declares its entire urban area a "reduced traffic zone""

sombrero_john — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:04:11 +0000

There are many teachers, social workers, and bartenders living on the UWS. Hardly the top 0.1%.

New comment by sombrero_john in "iPhone dumbphone"

sombrero_john — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:58:22 +0000

There are plenty of non-social-media time-wasters. Reddit, YouTube, and the site you're on right now are just some examples.

New comment by sombrero_john in "iPhone dumbphone"

sombrero_john — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:31:30 +0000

Way too much friction. I don't have the luxury of going "off the map" for a week.

New comment by sombrero_john in "Can an email go 500 miles in 2025?"

sombrero_john — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 16:21:54 +0000

You answered your own question. IT staff is expensive, a SaaS subscription less-so.

New comment by sombrero_john in "Yes I Will Read Ulysses Yes"

sombrero_john — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:22:27 +0000

Ulysses is the kind of book people read just so they can tell other people that they read it.

New comment by sombrero_john in "A single line of code cost $8000"

sombrero_john — Thu, 01 May 2025 04:00:35 +0000

We are providing users with valuable features at a faster rate, saving them and us time, which is a far more valuable asset than "the user's battery, CPU, memory, bandwidth, the company's cloud costs and energy usage".

New comment by sombrero_john in "A single line of code cost $8000"

sombrero_john — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:20:22 +0000

> Instead of writing better software, which might slow down development, just spend more money.

Except this is unironically a great value proposition.

New comment by sombrero_john in "America desperately needs more air traffic controllers"

sombrero_john — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 21:34:59 +0000

You must be younger than 31 to qualify for training as an ATC: https://www.faa.gov/faq/what-are-age-requirements-individual...

New comment by sombrero_john in "Tesla has the highest fatal accident rate of all auto brands, study finds"

sombrero_john — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:35:22 +0000

> A comment I read about the study suggested the conclusion that men take more risks while women take bigger risks.

Or women's weaker musculoskeletal systems provide less protection against blunt force trauma?

New comment by sombrero_john in "Is it better to fail spectacularly?"

sombrero_john — Mon, 21 Oct 2024 16:16:53 +0000

Dig a little deeper into your dataset and you will find that the reason these people didn't end up homeless is because most of them have well-off / supportive families, trust funds, or Ivy League degrees.

That said I agree that people give in to fear too much, which prevents them from taking risks.

As America's Marijuana Use Grows, So Do the Harms

sombrero_john — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 17:08:38 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/cannabis-marijuana-risks-addiction.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41743399

Points: 6

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New comment by sombrero_john in "Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11"

sombrero_john — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:06:58 +0000

Most people don't know about the massive lawsuit.

New comment by sombrero_john in "The Death of the Dining Room"

sombrero_john — Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:04:42 +0000

Restaurants are more expensive than ever.

New comment by sombrero_john in "Hardest problem in computer science: centering things"

sombrero_john — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:53:11 +0000

A well-designed product will sell better than a slightly-less-well-designed product

New comment by sombrero_john in "Mass timber is great, but it will not solve the housing shortage"

sombrero_john — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 20:41:35 +0000

What kind of toll are you talking about?

New comment by sombrero_john in "New 13- and 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 chip"

sombrero_john — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 17:07:52 +0000

Good enough for local development

New comment by sombrero_john in "Finding a new software developer job"

sombrero_john — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 20:57:13 +0000

OP is obviously ranting because they are frustrated and dejected. Have a little empathy.

New comment by sombrero_john in "There's More Proof That Return to Office Is Pointless"

sombrero_john — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:22:38 +0000

lol