Hacker News: stanski

New comment by stanski in "Italy blocks US use of Sicily air base for Middle East war"

stanski — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:23:19 +0000

If they could remember they wouldn't keep making the same mistake multiple times. But I guess no danger of that.

New comment by stanski in "How BYD Got EV Chargers to Work Almost as Fast as Gas Pumps"

stanski — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:26:34 +0000

I may be in the market for a new car soon, which I hope to keep for at least a decade, so this kind of thing bothers me. I don't want to buy something that's already years behind on efficiency.

New comment by stanski in "Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car"

stanski — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 20:42:18 +0000

I think that's the point - to discourage (certain) people from living there at all. Except it turns out people are capable of never-ending suffering and persevering through it.

You would think Israelis would already know this very well.

New comment by stanski in "Ask HN: Have you ever cloned a cat?"

stanski — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:05:07 +0000

Grieving for a pet is totally a thing. Comparing its importance to that of a child might be taking it a little far. Nothing would compare to losing a child.

New comment by stanski in "Bye Bye Gmail"

stanski — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 21:48:21 +0000

Been using Zoho for years with no issues. Both via the web interface and IMAP.

New comment by stanski in "Canada Announces Divorce from America"

stanski — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:23:17 +0000

Putin is a traitor to Russia but there he is still, 25 years on with no end in sight. The public is too easy to manipulate.

New comment by stanski in "Canada Announces Divorce from America"

stanski — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:15:40 +0000

A couple of tiny steps between the likes of Venezuela and Greenland and China though, eh?

New comment by stanski in "Kidney Recipient Dies After Transplant from Organ Donor Who Had Rabies"

stanski — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 19:36:46 +0000

> We're gonna need that cornea back.

Not exactly a sentence you would hope to hear...

New comment by stanski in "EU lawmakers push to ban term 'veggie-burger'"

stanski — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:07:22 +0000

This is ridiculous. A burger is a construct.

Sure, you can't call a veggie patty a beef patty, but how does the meat industry own the word burger?

New comment by stanski in "Way past its prime: how did Amazon get so rubbish?"

stanski — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 12:13:38 +0000

So they sold their account to a fraudster who also moved into their old address? Sure, it's possible but now verging on the ridiculous.

They can use common sense for the refund. They are just choosing not to.

New comment by stanski in "I bought the cheapest EV, a used Nissan Leaf"

stanski — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:11:43 +0000

I thought about this too - own a small electric vehicle for 90% of the family needs and rent a bigger SUV when the need arises.

Until you do the math and realize that the 3-4 annual trips of multiple days would end up costing thousands of dollars in rental fees per year. Plus the usual inconveniences around renting.

Suddenly the math does not look so appealing.

New comment by stanski in "RFK Jr. Promises to Reveal the 'Cause' of Autism Next Month"

stanski — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 19:59:49 +0000

My guess is Jerome Powell.

New comment by stanski in "Skip the exit interview when you leave your job"

stanski — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 14:51:44 +0000

My wife was recently re-hired by a place she had previously left. The director who wanted her back was given a hard time by HR precisely because she had pointed out issues during her exit interview. She didn't feel like she was burning any bridges at the time.

You may have the best intentions but it doesn't mean the other side does. Lesson learned.

New comment by stanski in "Tesla Robotaxi launch is a dangerous game of smoke and mirrors"

stanski — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 20:23:13 +0000

Especially on the Tesla he drives.

New comment by stanski in "I ditched my Pi-hole but still block ads with NextDNS"

stanski — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:19:15 +0000

My last problem with pihole was that I had forgotten the root user password on the system I installed it on. Exactly because I had set it up and then literally forgotten it...

New comment by stanski in "Microsoft unveils Majorana 1 quantum processor"

stanski — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:17:30 +0000

Only if you use them in conjunction with an HTML5 supercomputer. (Sorry, I couldn't resist with Nikola in the news again)

New comment by stanski in "I'm Done with Ubuntu"

stanski — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:06:25 +0000

Been using opensuse for both my personal laptop and a server for many years now.

Still don't understand why it's not more popular.

New comment by stanski in "Show HN: I made a service to convert WordPress blogs to Hugo"

stanski — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 18:20:01 +0000

The vast majority of WordPress sites are static sites with no use for comments.

New comment by stanski in "To Log into WordPress, You Now Have to Agree Pineapple on Pizza Is Good"

stanski — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 20:57:21 +0000

Only if you already have a narcissistic personality.

New comment by stanski in "USPS carriers love their new mail trucks"

stanski — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 21:33:48 +0000

Reminds me of the Pilatus PC-6. Another ugly duckling (in some people's eyes) that's a workhorse.