<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: throwayEngineer</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=throwayEngineer</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:17:28 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=throwayEngineer" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwayEngineer in "Announcing Startup School 2019"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I tried doing this last year, but I missed the first week due to spam filter.<p>I still feel bad about taking a spot</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2019 23:40:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20309746</link><dc:creator>throwayEngineer</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20309746</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20309746</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwayEngineer in "How Bad Are Things? (2015)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What should humanity do?<p>The big hitters are Drug addiction and Chronic Pain.<p>I don't have a solution for drug addiction, but I can't blame our generation for not finding a solution. No generation has, and given caffeine addiction, it's extremely hard for others to help with.<p>Chronic Pain needs to end. Between Doctors of Physical Therapy and medications, there are little reason for people to be experiencing chronic pain. Take note that the author was very generic about their meaning on that.<p>The rest of the stuff are significantly smaller and usually involved a traumatic event.<p>What can we do?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2019 14:07:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20294470</link><dc:creator>throwayEngineer</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20294470</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20294470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwayEngineer in "I was seven words away from being spear-phished"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Okay but let's be clear. Clicking a link won't steal your information.<p>Going to a bad link and giving your details is how you are phished.</p>
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<p>It's scare.<p>Yes.<p>It's a rock trading card that people have been trading for thousands of years.<p>The industrial uses exist, but it's a vehicle of Economic exchange.<p>This is why I find Bitcoin useful. It's nuclear chemistry proof.</p>
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<p>Pegged centralized currencies have existed for years.</p>
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<p>This is already centralized.<p>The governance and distribution is hand picked.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:14:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20211708</link><dc:creator>throwayEngineer</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20211708</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20211708</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwayEngineer in "Lockheed has an opening for engineers with VAX experience for the F22"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Faster development time? Lower energy costs? Cooler? Faster?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 11:13:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20211701</link><dc:creator>throwayEngineer</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20211701</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20211701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwayEngineer in "Ask HN: Should I get the new Macbook?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I consider it bad capitalism. A kid if possible. But I understand if you need to hit compile on an iOS app</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2019 01:01:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20208906</link><dc:creator>throwayEngineer</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20208906</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20208906</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwayEngineer in "Mazda is purging touchscreens from its vehicles"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I find it fascinating to hear tech people hate on touch screens, when this is the best-in-class feature about Tesla. Can HN be consistent?<p>The reality is that people prefer more features than less, and buttons are not the best way.<p>What you probably hate are old, unresponsive automotive touch screens.<p>The future will use more microphones, be faster, use AI to predict what you want to do, etc....<p>But this seems like a "pop opinion", popular on the internet, but little basis in reality.</p>
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<p>Is there any benefit to having competitive languages?<p>It seems it would only make communicating ideas harder.<p>Culture? At what expense?</p>
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<p>In every country, in every world, in every decade of humanity, in every department.<p>But this time will be different.<p>Very interesting take.</p>
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<p>Thank you for these ideas. I think I will keep things free.<p>I have a day job that Pays great.<p>I need to find a way to incorporate premium features.</p>
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<p>>often we rip on government agencies from our perch on...Hacker News, when we really have no idea what's going on.<p>In a single department, we don't know.<p>As a whole, it's been shown over and over that like any organization, government becomes corrupt.<p>Between defense and universities, I've heard depressing ancedotes as well.<p>It's lucky and temporary you had a good experience.</p>
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<p>How else do we describe the misunderstandings of the uneducated.<p>Can you blame a high school grad for seeing 1 vaccine death and not understanding those are extremely low probability vs death due to disease?<p>I think everyone should know Math, but if they cannot, they should defer to professionals.</p>
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<p>I could convert my website to a paid model, but as you mentioned I use it for growing my career.<p>But really, I just wanted to help people.<p>Here is my great question, can I help more, if I charge money?</p>
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<p>The whole identical twins separated at birth thing makes me believe environment is the only thing a parent can provide.<p>Children do not listen to their parents for very long.<p>A decent school, technology like a laptop, and maybe an awareness to dissuade bad friends. That seems like all you can do.</p>
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<p>This is precisely why I don't feel bad about asking innocent questions.<p>If they can't handle basic conversation, it's them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2019 17:32:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20167152</link><dc:creator>throwayEngineer</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20167152</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20167152</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by throwayEngineer in "Benefits of talking to strangers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's fine. Not every conversation turns into friendship.<p>Most of mine I am trying to find similarities or learn new things.<p>After the conversation is over, it won't matter how you opened, it won't matter if the person felt suspicious. I can't control your upbringing or your day.<p>You either are friends, or you likely won't see them again.<p>No one died.</p>
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<p>Ask them,<p>>do you have any fun plans tonight/weekend?<p>>So where do you work?<p>It basically doesn't matter. I sometimes do the awkward, "hello I'm Michael, what are you doing this weekend?"</p>
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<p>Has any internet provider sold data previously?<p>They sell ip address, websites visited, and home address?</p>
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