Hacker News: stcroixx

New comment by stcroixx in "Office is too slow, so Microsoft is making it load at Windows startup"

stcroixx — Thu, 01 May 2025 14:43:09 +0000

Skilled programmers working on boring stuff like office. Most programmers today don't have the skills they think they do and would find working on something like Office boring.

New comment by stcroixx in "Everything we announced at our first LlamaCon"

stcroixx — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:58:26 +0000

Dumb fucks is what the founder of the company has thought about it's users since day 1. They've been caught lying to cover up terrible things they've done so many times it's just assumed at this point. Anyone relying on their services is being taken advantage of first by Meta, and then by their own failed economy that won't provide an alternative. I've never once considered what Europe thinks.

New comment by stcroixx in "Ask HN: My CEO wants to go hard on AI. What do I do?"

stcroixx — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:12:15 +0000

Splintered streaming services cost more than a cable package used to.

New comment by stcroixx in "Software engineering job openings hit five-year low?"

stcroixx — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 21:08:30 +0000

Some are H1B fraud where they already have the person they want and advertise and interview to fool USCIS.

New comment by stcroixx in "AI killed the tech interview. Now what?"

stcroixx — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:47:35 +0000

I've had a great career and very positive feedback from every employer. I would do absolutely terrible in this kind of interview.

New comment by stcroixx in "Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies"

stcroixx — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 18:19:39 +0000

Well, we're pretty unhealthy. These agencies don't seem to have been very successful at making us healthy. Probably time to try another approach.

New comment by stcroixx in "Beej's Guide to Git"

stcroixx — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:35:29 +0000

I was a developer for a long time before git and used many different VC systems. Didn't need to read the book on any of them and had no problems. For most cases, VC is simple. Git is just designed for this complicated case that applies to a tiny sliver of developers. I've never once pushed to more than one remote in like 10-15 years of using it.

New comment by stcroixx in "Beej's Guide to Git"

stcroixx — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 13:32:10 +0000

Spot on. I think it won because of who created it. I love linux and have been a daily user for like 25 years, but that doesn't mean I'm going to have a positive bias towards new tools or projects Linus makes like git. I think had some no name developed this it would have been laughed at by the majority of devs because, as you say, it's target use case is very specific and rare making it the wrong tool for most of us. Might have the worst interface I've ever seen. Before using it, I spent close to zero time thinking about version control and didn't need to understand anything about it's internals and had zero problems in the software dev lifecycle. Now, people are proud to waste time learning implementation details of their version control tool?

New comment by stcroixx in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

stcroixx — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:18:37 +0000

The US has planned for that scenario by heavily investing in defense to minimize risk to our security even if our allies abandon us. The rest of the NATO alliance does not appear to have done this and appears quite vulnerable. I know where I'd rather be.

New comment by stcroixx in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

stcroixx — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:13:04 +0000

I do everything in my power to stop the US from funding Israel and any foreign war I think is immoral.

New comment by stcroixx in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

stcroixx — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:10:48 +0000

Everyone outside China saw tankman and the other protesters get killed by the CCP in 1989. I think another group of brave Chinese like them will one day succeed in defeating the CCP and China will be welcomed into the international community.

New comment by stcroixx in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

stcroixx — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:03:32 +0000

Maybe, but I don't think that would be the outcome. It's a risk I'd be willing to take. Personally I'd never side with communists for any reason at all, even if it meant my life became a little more difficult.

New comment by stcroixx in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

stcroixx — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:08:40 +0000

I don't advocate war, but I'd prefer a relationship similar to Russia or North Korea. No trade whatsoever. No trade with nations that trade with China.

New comment by stcroixx in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

stcroixx — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:31:04 +0000

The US and most of Europe share a military alliance. The US and China are adversaries.

New comment by stcroixx in "Supreme Court upholds TikTok ban, but Trump might offer lifeline"

stcroixx — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 20:12:26 +0000

Do you dispute the persecution of Uyghurs in China? The UN, US Dept. of State, House of Commons in the UK and Canada, Dutch Parliament, French National Assembly, New Zealand, Belgium, and the Czech Republic?

This is not a government to be friends with. It's time we go our separate ways from the CCP.

New comment by stcroixx in "Some things to expect in 2025"

stcroixx — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:35:57 +0000

Yes, I've worked on small teams of highly experienced people where code reviews may only happen a couple times a year for the purpose of knowledge transfer. This is how I've seen it work on what I would consider the most critical and best performing code I've been exposed to. High volume, high stakes stuff in finance and health care.

New comment by stcroixx in "Some things to expect in 2025"

stcroixx — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:59:01 +0000

The kind of work you're describing doesn't benefit the company, it benefits the individual. It's not what they were hired to do. The poor quality code they produce can be a net negative when it causes bugs, maintenance issues, etc. I think it's always the right choice to boot such a person from any company once they've been identified.

New comment by stcroixx in "Some things to expect in 2025"

stcroixx — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:49:59 +0000

This is the norm on my majority H1B team. Nobody sees anything wrong with it but me so I stopped caring too.

New comment by stcroixx in "Walgreens says locking up products to prevent shoplifting hurts sales"

stcroixx — Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:45:21 +0000

This really only happens in states where the majority of residents share an ideology that criminals shouldn't be held responsible for their actions.

New comment by stcroixx in "Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals"

stcroixx — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 14:36:48 +0000

Indians don't coast like Euros. Average standard of living is much lower in India which motivates them to do things to raise it.