Hacker News: tene80i

New comment by tene80i in "New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag"

tene80i — Sun, 03 May 2026 20:35:56 +0000

Not sure we think of Banksy as being particularly subtle. Innovative and impactful, sure - but the message is usually quite clear, no?

New comment by tene80i in "OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of ER patients vs. 50-55% by triage doctors"

tene80i — Sun, 03 May 2026 19:40:34 +0000

It’s a peer reviewed study in one of the world’s top science journals. It’s not some random person on a podcast.

New comment by tene80i in "Thoughts and feelings around Claude Design"

tene80i — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:24:45 +0000

A lot of engineers find it difficult to conceive of product and design (and marketing, and management…) as actual skilled work. It’s all con artistry orbiting engineering.

New comment by tene80i in "Ask HN: Stepping into a new role as a Senior, mentoring dos and dont's?"

tene80i — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:07:59 +0000

Skills frameworks are great. Your mentee can rate themselves at different levels across different competencies. You can have a discussion about where you see them differently on any areas. You can agree, based on your experience and their ambitions, on what growth areas they ought to focus on in the coming months /year etc. The structure really helps, as does putting it partly on them. People are often not bad at rating themselves if there are clear skill level descriptions.

New comment by tene80i in "Ask HN: Can you give me feedback on this feature"

tene80i — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:30:58 +0000

Ok great. I would frame your product in those terms. It’s not an abstract feature - it’s an improvement on job boards! Sounds like a promising idea.

New comment by tene80i in "Ask HN: Can you give me feedback on this feature"

tene80i — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 22:01:35 +0000

True but what about existing job boards? They also mean you don’t have to go to every company website. Is this approach better than that?

New comment by tene80i in "Ask HN: Can you give me feedback on this feature"

tene80i — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:03:50 +0000

The way to think about this is: what user (jobseeker) need does this solve, or make easier? What does the user currently do, and why is this better?

New comment by tene80i in "Sky Wins Irish Court Order to Unmask 300 Pirate IPTV Users via Revolut Bank"

tene80i — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 22:14:49 +0000

You’ll find that a pretty unpopular attitude around here (hence the downvoting on your comment, and I assume mine shortly), but you are right.

New comment by tene80i in "Apple Just Lost Me"

tene80i — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:04:38 +0000

In the UK? Over 85% of people have a passport.

New comment by tene80i in "Need UI advice for a retro site I created"

tene80i — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 22:21:08 +0000

It looks retro! Seems spot on if that’s what you’re going for. Looks like a hand rolled forum from the 90s. No UI problems if that’s the vibe!

New comment by tene80i in "Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS"

tene80i — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:35:32 +0000

RSS is a useful interface, but: "Do most people just want direct alerts?" Yes, of course. RSS is beloved but niche. Depends who your target audience is. I personally would want an email, because that's how I get alerts about other things. RSS to me is for long form reading, not notifications I must notice. The answer to any product question like this totally depends on your audience and their normal routines.

New comment by tene80i in "Ask HN: What are your go to sources for relatively unbiased global news?"

tene80i — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:03:52 +0000

NYT, BBC, Reuters.

New comment by tene80i in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

tene80i — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 08:23:47 +0000

How so? You mean businesses vs private individuals filming the street? Or police, for example?

New comment by tene80i in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

tene80i — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 07:40:26 +0000

That's quite an antagonistic way to request an explanation, particularly as it seems straightforward:

If you needed consent to film people in the street, security cameras (in public places) couldn't be used. They _are_ used. So it must not be the case that you need consent to film people in the street. Assuming there is not just widespread lawbreaking, I suppose.

New comment by tene80i in "Bars close and hundreds lose jobs as US firm buys Brewdog in £33M deal"

tene80i — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:18:10 +0000

Pubs have been in decline for years, because people don't go / drink as much, and because of our starting position: this is a country where there are pubs everywhere. But Brewdog is a chain of pubs and a brewery – this is much larger than the standard story of "village supporting three pubs can now only support two".

As for the "torn" reporting, there's no contradiction – companies can go bust ethically or unethically. You don't have to screw your retail investors / fans. You just can. And they have.

New comment by tene80i in "Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy"

tene80i — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:03:08 +0000

Yeah, I mean millionaire authors are one thing, but saying "Most authors don't make enough money to live on, so I'm not going to pay them for their work" is a bit absurd.

New comment by tene80i in "The new Design for Stack Overflow is now live [beta]"

tene80i — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:00:35 +0000

The answer can often be found on the business end. Stack Overflow is in a huge decline. It needs to change or it will just die.

New comment by tene80i in "Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy"

tene80i — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:47:50 +0000

Sure, ebooks could be cheaper, but they’re still cheap as hell. $5-10 for what, ten hours of entertainment? A fraction of what you pay to dine out. I mean, you can be as cheap as you like, but this thread exists because you’re promoting your cheapness tactics for others to emulate, which, at scale, actively harms the very things you are enjoying. You can be cheap! It’s just parasitical, which is why I suggested it was a shameful thing to announce.

New comment by tene80i in "Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy"

tene80i — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:33:23 +0000

Books are staggeringly affordable (aside from hardback), and if even they seem too expensive, libraries exist and offer ebooks. I would honestly be embarrassed to announce this – it reveals something very unflattering.

New comment by tene80i in "Show HN: I built an iOS app that turns EPUBs into audiobooks"

tene80i — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:51:21 +0000

Both examples on your images - Call of the Wild, and Pride and Prejudice - have audiobooks available. Maybe better to showcase books that really don’t have audiobooks, if that’s the intended use case.