Hacker News: tdsamardzhiev

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Turbine “torture” for Greek islanders as wind farms proliferate"

tdsamardzhiev — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 21:14:13 +0000

Yeah, reading the comments, I was surprised how personally some people seem to take it.

>> has to be a lie - they haven't died from lack of sleep

C'mon guys, you can't be serious?!

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Valve’s Steam Deck wows reviewers: ‘The most innovative gaming PC in 20 years’"

tdsamardzhiev — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 07:48:16 +0000

Umm.. maybe? I'll wait and see. Not that I have much of a choice with the current hardware availability issues..

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Valve’s Steam Deck wows reviewers: ‘The most innovative gaming PC in 20 years’"

tdsamardzhiev — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 18:50:39 +0000

I'd insta-preorder a cooler running, less powerful, fanless version.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "I would like a job writing Haskell"

tdsamardzhiev — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 14:09:30 +0000

Chaos Group does some cool work in Haskell: https://www.chaos.com/all-products

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Facebook/Instagram consider shutting down in EU if they can't move data to US"

tdsamardzhiev — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 20:44:42 +0000

> Well, it won't happen.

One can dream, no?

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Unlearning perfectionism"

tdsamardzhiev — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 15:40:58 +0000

> perfectionism is doing things the right way and make the best out of the limits you encounter

This is 'being a reasonable homo sapiens'. Perfectionism is having absurd expectations and refusing to do anything unless they're met.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Activision Blizzard pushes out dozens of employees over workplace misconduct"

tdsamardzhiev — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:17:09 +0000

It's the game industry way. Diversity this, inclusiveness that, but when you want to go on holiday for Orthodox Easter instead of Catholic Easter, we have a problem. And you realize it's all pandering and saving face in front of the public.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "John Deere hit with class action lawsuit over alleged tractor repair monopoly"

tdsamardzhiev — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 11:50:25 +0000

I thought about it. Maybe it's a cultural difference. Maybe you're right, at least when it comes to right now and American society. Sorry if my comments seem crude or inconsiderate.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "John Deere hit with class action lawsuit over alleged tractor repair monopoly"

tdsamardzhiev — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 23:35:40 +0000

And I expect decent counterarguments, but here we are.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "John Deere hit with class action lawsuit over alleged tractor repair monopoly"

tdsamardzhiev — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 23:34:17 +0000

The creation of such laws is only a matter of (perhaps very long) time. You think this is an "arbitrary" viewpoint? Fine, give me your best argument why what John Deere is doing is "good".

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "John Deere hit with class action lawsuit over alleged tractor repair monopoly"

tdsamardzhiev — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 07:19:43 +0000

I don't think having a monopoly should be a requirement to take legal action against nasty practices in general. If somebody is beating his wife, should that be ignored because, you know, she can move out?

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Ask HN: Would you pass an interview for your current position?"

tdsamardzhiev — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 07:07:10 +0000

It's a 100% pure lottery. I'd easily answer some of the questions, but for others I stand no chance without prep time. For example, I've re-learned implementing a self-balancing binary tree at least 3 times in the past, and I literally can't remember anything about it.

I've always found such questions lame, because (1) you rarely need this kind of thing, (2) when you actually do, you can find the information within 5 minutes, and (3) if you don't know it, well... you're not gonna suddenly come up with somebody's PhD thesis during a stressful job interview.

And you may say "yeah, they don't expect you to, they just want to see how you think". That's bullshit, because people know this questions come up often and will sit down and study them in order to game the interview process.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Ask HN: Do most of the regulars have their own side projects that make money?"

tdsamardzhiev — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 16:52:09 +0000

If I start a side project, I find myself wanting to work on it instead of my daily job. But if I make the project my daily job, I want to work on something else. So no side projects for me, please. And I know plenty of other people who function like that.

Also, if you work hard on your job/project/startup for 7-8-9-10 hours a day, that's probably already past the point of diminishing returns.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Poll: Which FAANG is the most likely to decline in the years ahead?"

tdsamardzhiev — Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:26:18 +0000

Ordered by chance of decline (IMHO):

1. Netflix (~50% chance) - I feel it's only bundled with the rest of FAANG to make it sound better. In any case, HBO/Disney/Apple/whoever producing a cultural phenomenon like "Game of Thrones" would be enough for Netflix to lose the lead. Netflix wants to game viewers based on big data, but I feel like that will only lead to more and more generic stuff being produced.

2. Facebook (~25% chance) - It has pissed off multiple governments and other tech giants. Younger generations don't really care about it, and older people are starting to understand that it thrives on outrage.

3. Google (~10% chance) - Most of their services are slowly becoming worse, but I feel there's at least another decade before disruption time.

4. Apple (~1% chance) - Even if they need to allow additional app stores by law, I don't see that significantly impacting their bottom line. iPhone/iPad/Watch are the device to own in their categories, and the latest crop of Macbooks have been absolutely stellar. Additionally, they have by far the most devout userbase out of any big tech company. If anything can hurt Apple, that's the NIH syndrome, but it's more of a long-term concern.

5. Amazon (0% chance) - Yeah, not happening. Amazon is synonymous with online retail in a time when online retail is what keeps the world going. And AWS is only going to grow, even if it somehow manages to fall behind Azure. Labor unions will certainly show up, but so will automation.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Google no longer producing high quality search results in significant categories"

tdsamardzhiev — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 17:58:55 +0000

I'd pay for a search engine where I get to customize this kind of stuff.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Happy New Year HN! What are your plans for the new year?"

tdsamardzhiev — Fri, 31 Dec 2021 16:11:15 +0000

I will move to a part-time job and start a physics degree. There are many crazy things coming up in science, and I want to be a part of it.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)"

tdsamardzhiev — Tue, 28 Dec 2021 08:55:04 +0000

The amount of time it takes to learn all that is like 15 minutes. And it's one-time investment.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Apple CEO Tim Cook 'secretly' signed $275B deal with China in 2016"

tdsamardzhiev — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 06:13:13 +0000

It's not the size, it's how you use it.

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Keep the web free, say no to Web3"

tdsamardzhiev — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 10:02:45 +0000

Reminds me of that early Facebook game where you could "buy" your friends, and every time someone buys them, they become more expensive.

(with extra steps)

New comment by tdsamardzhiev in "Crypto lobbying is going ballistic"

tdsamardzhiev — Wed, 08 Dec 2021 09:55:30 +0000

Or centuries. Back in late 17th century, people thought the Ottoman Empire will fall apart any moment now, but the "falling apart" took like 200+ years.