<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: stephenbez</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=stephenbez</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 13:02:17 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=stephenbez" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "A Princeton PhD applied to 2,300 jobs and still can't get one"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I worked at an HFT firm and initially they were focusing on hiring people like MIT grads and programming competition winners. But eventually they realized their social skills were often not the best and went for a more well-rounded candidate.<p>I worked at another firm in the finance space that hired a PhD with poor social skills who had to be let go because he would try to aggressively “checkmate” other people by proving them wrong and say that they were dumb. It got so bad that other people refused to be in meetings with him.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:26:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50152920</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50152920</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50152920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "cmart's Hardcore Coworking"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’ve been doing this virtually through Focusmate and have done 3000 sessions:<p><a href="https://www.focusmate.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.focusmate.com/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 05:24:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49918025</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49918025</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49918025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Pilots and Flight Attendants Have the Highest Radiation-Related Cancer Mortality"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_X-ray" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_X-ray</a><p>“[Backscatter X-ray] is one of two types of whole-body imaging technologies that have been used to perform full-body scans of airline passengers”</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:40:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858192</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858192</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49858192</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Dear people who work at the airport"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If someone works at the airport and is screaming at people with limited English proficiency who rarely fly, that is the fault of the rude employee. They should get a different job.<p>It’s a customer facing role where the main responsibility is directing confused and anxious people.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:24:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300029</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300029</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49300029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Dear people who work at the airport"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Wow, I had read his book but had no idea that he was so influential pushing efforts to remove separated bike lanes in California.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 15:15:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299859</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299859</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299859</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Bike Bureau: Report Bike Lane Obstructions"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How is this better than the official NYC 311 app?<p>I am assuming that maybe except for some TLC vehicles reporting won’t change anything. Do you have a different experience?<p>I could probably report 20 vehicles a week on a 2 block stretch of road.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:28:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287483</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287483</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287483</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Meta Ran Ads That Contained AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Imagery"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What do you mean? You can use Linux on a Chromebook just fine if the user is an adult but if the user is a child there is some Chromebook restriction?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:17:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49197030</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49197030</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49197030</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "9front "This Was Supposed to Be Fun" Released"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I got “402 PAYMENT REQUESTED”</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:17:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156932</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156932</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Return-to-office mandates are killing workplace trust"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When I checked part of this article, Pangram said 100% AI.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:25:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156223</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156223</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "We Tested Nonstick Cookware: Coatings Don't Need to Look Worn to Shed Particles"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If you cook with extra virgin olive oil, having the pan temperature reach the Leidenfrost effect will lead to the oil smoking.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:46:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49070456</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49070456</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49070456</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "It's getting harder to focus every day"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah I’ve done nearly 3000 sessions on there and it’s been a life saver.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:08:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035013</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035013</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "The form asked my permission to share my health data. It wouldn't let me say no"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When I went to my most recent doctor’s appointment they told me that I needed to sign on the signature pad that I agreed to be treated.<p>I asked to see the agreement I’m signing and they lied to me and said it’s something I’ve already agreed to even though the last updated date on the document was after my last visit.<p>Then they said that if I wanted to actually read what I’m signing that it could delay being seen by the provider and made a big deal about trying to find the paper.<p>Eventually I was able to find the full documents I was agreeing to in MyChart and it wasn’t just that I was okay with being treated.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:11:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928414</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928414</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48928414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "U of Chicago law school bans laptops from classes amid AI backlash"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Students would just connect to their own hotspot and not have any restrictions.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:00:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48907027</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48907027</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48907027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Why American ambulance rides are so expensive"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Was this Cigna? Same thing happened to me in SF in the same timeframe.<p>It took 5 times of me calling and explaining that they can’t charge it as out of network before they adjusted it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:25:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855402</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855402</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48855402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Ask HN: What cool stuff have you all been using Fable 5 for?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You are using Fable as an executive coach for you? I’d be curious to learn more.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:53:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810976</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810976</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48810976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Job application asked for my SAT scores"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>High graduation rates are an important metric to administrators.  If a professor gave a failing grade to 1/3 of the class they would be in hot water.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:44:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638639</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638639</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48638639</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Show HN: I built a Red Flag Warning zone-check tool for the East Bay in 48h"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Cool. You may want to explain what a Red Flag Warning is and some general details about what that means if you are in a red flag warning zone or not.<p>I lived in the Bay Area for a while and didn't know. It would also be cool if for entering the address it did autocomplete with valid addresses.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:43:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497414</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497414</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My S&P 500 fund has done this and will continue to do this without any work or investments of time.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 19:02:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327783</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327783</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48327783</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Refuse to let your doctor record you"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>By that line of thinking, even if AI scribes are terrible, you can only blame the doctor because they didn’t check their notes.<p>In this case as the patient, all you care is there was an inaccurate diagnosis in your notes. If the doctor were typing them up by hand, presumably that would not have happened.<p>Similarly if Tesla Self Driving cars got into collisions at 3x the rate of non-self driving, would you defend Tesla because all issues are the drivers fault who are supposed to have their hands on the wheels and paying attention?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:55:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47902392</link><dc:creator>stephenbez</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47902392</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47902392</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by stephenbez in "Midlife Sleep Irregularity Linked to Higher Risk of Major Cardiac Events"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They do define it clearly in the 45 page linked PDF. They look at 7 day standard deviation of bedtime, then separate it into 3 groups where the worst one is labeled irregular.<p>The standard deviation of the worst groups bedtime was 108 minutes.<p>“For bedtime regularity, the median variability was 33 min
(IQR 13) in the regular group, 59 min (IQR 15) in the fairly regular group,
and 108 min (IQR 55) in the irregular group. For wake-up time regularity,
the corresponding values were 41 min (IQR 19), 73 min (IQR 15), and 114
min (IQR 41), respectively. For the sleep midpoint regularity, the median
variability was 33 min (IQR 13) in the regular group, 55 min (IQR 11) in
the fairly regular group, and 93 min (IQR 40) in the irregular group.”</p>
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