Hacker News: szgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=szgeHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:33:47 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by szge in "AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion"]]>I wonder what's going on; they still don't have a potential solution after 7 hours and they have multiple teams on it. Never seen anything quite like this

]]>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:53:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48948834szgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48948834https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48948834<![CDATA[New comment by szge in "Bombarding gamblers with offers greatly increases betting and gambling harm"]]>I'm in Canada where the promotions aren't quite as aggressive, but I've collected in the ballpark of $10k over the past three years through these free bet sportsbook promotions as well as collecting daily bonuses from this new wave of "sweepstakes" online casinos.

To make the "free" money and not ruin your life, You must have the discipline to look at things from a purely numbers perspective. It has to be mechanical and not emotional. If some action is +EV, and bet sizing is correct relative to variance, then you should perform the action. Never chase losses with a -EV bet.

The terrible thing about gambling is that there is no limit to how much you can lose, and you can also lose way more money than you actually have. It's a dangerous game.

]]>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 05:06:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450725szgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450725https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47450725<![CDATA[New comment by szge in "Whototext.com – Pick a Friend to Text"]]>You want to chat with a friend, but you have so many of them and don't have a reason to reach out to anyone in particular.

WhoToText.com will pick a random friend for you so you can start a conversation.

GitHub: https://github.com/szge/whototext

]]>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:04:49 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42094766szgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42094766https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42094766<![CDATA[Whototext.com – Pick a Friend to Text]]>Article URL: https://www.whototext.com/

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]]>Sat, 09 Nov 2024 15:04:49 +0000https://www.whototext.com/szgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42094765https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42094765<![CDATA[Oxford scientists crack case of why ketchup splatters from near-empty bottle]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/the-physics-of-keeping-those-last-bits-of-ketchup-from-splattering/

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]]>Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:13:26 +0000https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/11/the-physics-of-keeping-those-last-bits-of-ketchup-from-splattering/szgehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33743742https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33743742