Hacker News: xgl5k

New comment by xgl5k in "San Francisco to ban software that "enables price collusion" by landlords"

xgl5k — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 20:53:32 +0000

They will do anything besides build more housing.

New comment by xgl5k in "Show HN: I made a Mac app to search my images and videos locally with ML"

xgl5k — Thu, 16 May 2024 18:13:59 +0000

i'm definitely interested in that

New comment by xgl5k in "U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPhone monopoly"

xgl5k — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 20:33:52 +0000

In the US there is only iMessage and regular SMS. SMS is interoperable with iMessage. People are just making a much bigger deal about the green bubbles than they should.

New comment by xgl5k in "Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU"

xgl5k — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:42:37 +0000

This is a geopolitical ploy to thwart America's dominance in Tech, as a cope for not being able to produce any homegrown rivals to America's tech giants.

New comment by xgl5k in "Apple announces ability to download apps directly from websites in EU"

xgl5k — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 13:38:45 +0000

The EU is not exactly doing this exclusively for privacy. This is a geopolitical ploy to thwart America's dominance in Tech, as a cope for not being able to produce any homegrown rivals to America's tech giants.

New comment by xgl5k in "Clicks – Physical keyboard for iPhone"

xgl5k — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 21:56:39 +0000

Steve Jobs probably rolling in his grave seeing this lol

New comment by xgl5k in "The great cousin decline"

xgl5k — Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:14:32 +0000

Exactly. Not only do I know all my first cousins very well, but I also occasionally meet up with 2nd cousins and once a blue moon will even catch up with or run into third cousins.

New comment by xgl5k in "Show HN: Beeper Mini – iMessage client for Android"

xgl5k — Tue, 05 Dec 2023 20:54:03 +0000

Easier to kill something when it is a small niche area that few people know about rather than wait until it gets bigger and more people use it.

New comment by xgl5k in "Physical attractiveness and intergenerational social mobility"

xgl5k — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:37:48 +0000

I don't think anyone doubts that taller, more attractive men are more likely to be promoted or end up in positions of power. Most obvious example is presidents; average height for presidents is 6 feet.

New comment by xgl5k in "Physical attractiveness and intergenerational social mobility"

xgl5k — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:32:42 +0000

Maybe the proper thing to track is household income, household net worth.

New comment by xgl5k in "Export Controls on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items"

xgl5k — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:22:36 +0000

yes we are already amidst Cold War II.

New comment by xgl5k in "Export Controls on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items"

xgl5k — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:21:45 +0000

Cold War II has already started

New comment by xgl5k in "Export Controls on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items"

xgl5k — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 13:21:05 +0000

US and USSR were decoupled in the Cold War; US and China will probably be decoupled in Cold War II.

New comment by xgl5k in "Export Controls on Advanced Computing and Semiconductor Manufacturing Items"

xgl5k — Tue, 17 Oct 2023 16:51:38 +0000

Both the US and China are working to decouple their economies long term, starting with the most critical sectors first. Both sides are aware that there are short term consequences and some of their businesses may suffer but that in the long run decoupling will be better for their respective countries.

New comment by xgl5k in "The FTC sues to break up Amazon over an economy-wide “hidden tax”"

xgl5k — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 12:34:45 +0000

Tech is still immature compared to those other industries. I believe generally the more mature an industry is, the more it moves from disruption to rent-seeking. There may be a time at some point in the future to consider breaking up tech when but right now it makes more sense to break up the more mature industries.

New comment by xgl5k in "The FTC sues to break up Amazon over an economy-wide “hidden tax”"

xgl5k — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:21:45 +0000

Even with Google search being so dominant, there are alternatives like DuckDuckGo, Bing, Yahoo. Many people are also starting to use ChatGPT as an alternative to some of the things they used search engines for.

On Android you can sideload apps, install alternate app stores.

Implying these companies are monopolies is an overstatement.

New comment by xgl5k in "The FTC sues to break up Amazon over an economy-wide “hidden tax”"

xgl5k — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:20:20 +0000

Most of the disruption is done by startups not the big companies.

The influence is nowhere near as negative as the impact from the other industries I mentioned.

They gained gained market share by providing better goods and services than the alternatives.

Still, there are viable alternatives to essentially every good or service provided by these companies.

New comment by xgl5k in "The FTC sues to break up Amazon over an economy-wide “hidden tax”"

xgl5k — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 13:03:29 +0000

FTC should go after other industries that are far more harmful to customers than tech. ISPs, healthcare/insurance, etc. Tech should be no where near the top of concerns for the FTC.

This is a political stunt. If Lena Khan and the FTC were actually interested in consumer protection, they would go after other industries first.

New comment by xgl5k in "Public exposure to BPA exceeds acceptable health safety levels"

xgl5k — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 21:01:14 +0000

they should be wearing gloves

New comment by xgl5k in "Public exposure to BPA exceeds acceptable health safety levels"

xgl5k — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:51:36 +0000

also glass/metal food storage containers instead of plastic ones. And, always decline to take receipts at stores.