Hacker News: wattt

New comment by wattt in "Show HN: A Simple Website for Checking Cloudbleed from Browser's History"

wattt — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 02:25:05 +0000

Mouse-based design. Not ideal for me on a mobile phone where I have no mouse!

New comment by wattt in "Website builder Wix acquires art community DeviantArt for $36M"

wattt — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:48:11 +0000

Flickr is the only part of Yahoo that is worth anything. The question is how much.

New comment by wattt in "Ask HN: What're the best-designed things you've ever used?"

wattt — Mon, 20 Feb 2017 14:03:33 +0000

You mean real estate agent. Landlords generally get the cheapest shit because otherwise it cuts into the bottom line.

New comment by wattt in "Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper (1807)"

wattt — Sun, 19 Feb 2017 16:16:33 +0000

80% of the world's Muslims were still permitted in during the ban.

New comment by wattt in "Facebook Has No First Amendment Right to Send Unauthorized Texts, Says Court"

wattt — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:11:53 +0000

You might be interested in mbasic.facebook.com.

New comment by wattt in "Facebook Has No First Amendment Right to Send Unauthorized Texts, Says Court"

wattt — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:11:10 +0000

Surprised it has not been mentioned yet, but mbasic.facebook.com would solve the issue in both articles. I don't even have a facebook account and I'm constantly referring people to the slimmer version. I guess they must not advertise it.

New comment by wattt in "Ask HN: Should I continue to work for free?"

wattt — Tue, 07 Feb 2017 15:44:11 +0000

Upvoting for the correct use of all caps.

New comment by wattt in "The High Cost of a Home Is Turning American Millennials into the New Serfs"

wattt — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 09:28:55 +0000

> by Segway

What planet are you living on where this is true? Do you work for Segway's marketing department or something?

New comment by wattt in "Vancouver house prices are falling"

wattt — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 09:25:09 +0000

I didn't say similar things didn't exist in Canada, I said "Jim Crow" didn't exist in Canada because that was the subject of the comment I was replying to. Thanks for the scolding though.

New comment by wattt in "Did you know we have so many Canadians on H1B in America?"

wattt — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:31:46 +0000

Thank you for this, I remember reading about this a few years ago. IIRC my work would be covered but I'll double check!

New comment by wattt in "Vancouver house prices are falling"

wattt — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:29:09 +0000

The BC Liberal goverment has been in power too long, but people really like to play Real Estate Casino so the legacy lives on for now.

New comment by wattt in "Vancouver house prices are falling"

wattt — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:20:18 +0000

Six months ago people knew this was coming. If they bought at that time they were just ignoring the writing on the wall because they wanted to play real estate casino. No sympathy for sad house flippers, sorry!

New comment by wattt in "Vancouver house prices are falling"

wattt — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:16:29 +0000

Keep in mind if you get capital gains you pay tax twice to both governments. You make it sound like it is a huge deal but factor in the increased accounting costs and in most cases the advantage isn't that great at all.

New comment by wattt in "Vancouver house prices are falling"

wattt — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:14:13 +0000

No they mean increase. Rents are high and it is causing problems for retail workers who have to commute 2h to get to work because of living costs in the city.

New comment by wattt in "Vancouver house prices are falling"

wattt — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:12:42 +0000

Likewise

New comment by wattt in "Vancouver house prices are falling"

wattt — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:12:03 +0000

Canada didn't have Jim Crow laws, wrong country.

New comment by wattt in "Vancouver house prices are falling"

wattt — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:11:08 +0000

So you want Vancouver to be a Prince Edward Island!

New comment by wattt in "Vancouver house prices are falling"

wattt — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 12:10:38 +0000

One of the proposals was to look at energy use. Which is sorta absurd for "green" Vancouver to encourage cheats to waste energy on things to make the empty home look active. Not sure if that is what actually got implemented though.

New comment by wattt in "Did you know we have so many Canadians on H1B in America?"

wattt — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:44:23 +0000

That is... Weird. I'm a Canadian who does business in US (but I do not reside or physically work there). I have always understood TN as the way to go. I have relatives on L-1 and P-1 visas and I always give the L-1 guy a hard time because the path to become a citizen is beholden to his (now bankrupt) employer. Never even considered that any of us would qualify for H1B. I suspect it is "lazy" legal departments who just file Canadians with all of their international people.

New comment by wattt in "Ask HN: Best Node.js static blog generator?"

wattt — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 11:38:03 +0000

If that is the case why not use Jekyll? It is the most popular thing out there that I am aware of.