Hacker News: thagerty

New comment by thagerty in "Stop trying to sell me things while I'm trying to use the thing you already sold"

thagerty — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 17:58:56 +0000

I knew sales were taking over when the therapist started trying to upsell the massage service while I was on the table. Being in IT, I was probably desensitized to this in software, but it bothered me during what was supposed to be relaxing. It certainly helped me make a decision never to return.

New comment by thagerty in "Ask HN: Just turned 20 any advice to a you IT student"

thagerty — Sat, 03 May 2025 23:33:35 +0000

Build a diverse network made up of your peers while in school. Don't get caught up in the competition trap, thinking you always have to be better than the next guy to get ahead. It can work, but as they say, it's lonely at the top, and your ROI in building relationships with future leaders is high - something you'll never regret as you try to figure out which way the wind is blowing.

New comment by thagerty in "A SpaceX team is being brought in to overhaul FAA's air traffic control system"

thagerty — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:40:24 +0000

I don't know about the crossover of technical expertise, but this smells like the perfect hedge against the possibility that Congress gets the cajones to defund anything Musk is involved with. You get your funding involved/intertwined with public safety issues, and voila, funding requests are fast tracked.

New comment by thagerty in "Free green power in Sweden is crippling its wind industry"

thagerty — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:46:07 +0000

Probably is a non-issue, but there is a concerted effort to trash talk anything that might cut into you know who's profits.

New comment by thagerty in "Ask HN: I can't work in tech anymore. Help?"

thagerty — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:52:11 +0000

I doubt coding is the only thing you can do. A lot of us get into coding because we are good at problem solving. If you can define your long term goals, and make an inventory of your resources, I bet you, along with the help of your family, can figure out a solution. I quit my IT job at 35 and became a massage therapist. The act of building my own house at 30 gave me the confidence to try the career change. You can gain a lot of energy doing things you care about, even if it's hard work.

New comment by thagerty in "Why are religious teens happier than their secular peers?"

thagerty — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 21:41:57 +0000

Check back with them in 20 years.

New comment by thagerty in "Why do strawberries seldom live up to their promise?"

thagerty — Fri, 02 Aug 2024 13:09:30 +0000

Who the hell writes this crap?

New comment by thagerty in "Why do we need hedge funds and traders?"

thagerty — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 23:40:31 +0000

Wow. Keep your last question, turn it into an emphatic statement, and throw away the rest. Your education begins today. If you'd ever had a share of something the hedgies decided to short into oblivion, you would understand this.

New comment by thagerty in "22% reduction in traffic emissions without quality of life decline is possible"

thagerty — Mon, 29 May 2023 23:24:33 +0000

Many short trips in cars are good candidates for alternative transportation. https://www.velomobileworld.com/ambassadors/tom-hagerty/

New comment by thagerty in "How do I learn problem solving skill in programming?"

thagerty — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 13:59:52 +0000

The problem is that people tend to look for solutions before they truly know the problem. Practice searching for problems, at the lowest levels, again and again. This detective type skill will train your mind to break things down into manageable pieces. Solutions to problems that have been broken down far enough are usually self evident. But you are looking at end products, wondering why you can't solve anything. Does that make sense?

New comment by thagerty in "Train derailments occur roughly 1k times a year in the United States"

thagerty — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 01:29:56 +0000

Translation: We're never going to address rail union safety concerns.

New comment by thagerty in "Ask HN: How did you connect with passionate people?"

thagerty — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 01:26:19 +0000

First of all, you need to find out what you are passionate about, which has been suggested already, but then you have to put in the work. This will open many doors, as people you want to meet understand that learning is important, sharing their knowledge with you, maybe hoping to learn something from you. Don't be afraid to accept offers of collaboration from out of the blue, but keep your standards high. Even if you have to spend some time in a backup plan, keep your wheels moving and be ready to adapt when opportunities come along that fit your goals.

New comment by thagerty in "The Crypto Collapse and the End of the Magical Thinking That Infected Capitalism"

thagerty — Fri, 20 Jan 2023 20:15:16 +0000

cue the crickets

New comment by thagerty in "Nobody works, nobody gives a damn anymore because of socialism"

thagerty — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:23:15 +0000

Ah yes, the time tested socialism scapegoat. Just enough high schoolers swallowed the capitalist economics fallacies force fed during their formative years to make this a profitable pursuit for many decades after. But the tide is turning. Judging by the comments, we the peasants are figuring out what slavery looks like these days.

New comment by thagerty in "US Teases 'Major' Science News Amid Fusion Energy Reports"

thagerty — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:48:24 +0000

New comment by thagerty in "We are all conspiracy theorists"

thagerty — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 12:16:17 +0000

Any time a piece of propaganda uses the term 'your friend' over and over again, ask yourself why are they assuming you have friends, and why they are using this medium to build their base out.

New comment by thagerty in "Crypto is the ‘commoditisation of populist anger, gambling and crime’"

thagerty — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:22:46 +0000

If people truly understood how the central banks and wall street spend every minute of every day stealing from us, they'd not be so quick to give up on crypto.

New comment by thagerty in "How to Navigate Arguments During Holiday Dinner"

thagerty — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 18:22:53 +0000

Don't go.

New comment by thagerty in "Why wasn’t FTX’s fraud detectable on the blockchain?"

thagerty — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:38:47 +0000

Maybe the answer is as simple as you have to be looking for it. How many naysayers or watchdogs understand it enough to know where to look? All I know is it would be very sad if all of crypto vanishes because of a relatively miniscule number of bandits.

New comment by thagerty in "What not to say to someone who has just been laid off"

thagerty — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:34:36 +0000

The same thing happens after elections. The 'winners' (some, not all) prance around with fake compassion, using the moment to signal their virtues, and their 'good' choices. If they only knew how ugly it is.