<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: xtrimsky1234</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=xtrimsky1234</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 03:00:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=xtrimsky1234" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "Show HN: Seven39, a social media app that is only open for 3 hours every evening"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think there is an idea there, but this obviously won't work. Here are some large drawbacks:<p>* timezones, most of the world is not on EST. If you make it per timezone, then not everyone will be on at the same time.<p>* 7.39 to 10.39 is not practical for everyone even on EST timezone. I go to sleep at 8pm, this means that I avoid screentime 7-8pm because of blue light. We all have different schedules, I tend to only use my computer during the business hours. In the evening I want to spend time with my kids, not be on social. Even if your social network would have a reward, for example 100$ a month to use it from 7.39 to 10.39, I would decline.<p>Some food for thought:<p>* Make the time open only based on a user selection. For example I would chose 9am to noon. Only allow switching time once a month. Clearly display a schedule of when most of your friends have selected a time, so that if I see that actually a lot of my friends have chosen 1 to 4pm instead, I can switch to that.<p>* Most likely after this comment, I will never see your site again. I would suggest adding a demo or a video, for people logging in outside of the hours, to entice them to come back when the site is open.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 13:29:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43343037</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43343037</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43343037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "Show HN: Dropflow, a CSS layout engine for node or <canvas>"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've been building PDF renderers for a few clients. The biggest request in PDFs has been accessibility. Everyone needs to be ADA compliant. I sadly don't see myself switching to a canvas renderer because then there is no accessibility.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 11:53:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39799241</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39799241</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39799241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I agree, it's the reason this year I switched to iPhone even if I clearly prefer Android :(</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2022 12:48:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31422079</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31422079</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31422079</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>NY has insane property taxes. I pay 11k for a 400k house. I have not seen property taxes so high anywhere else in the country.</p>
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<p>As a developer I love the idea of plaid, but the pricing is scary. The 100 first banks is great, but the pay as you go does not give me any ideas of the pricing.<p>I love how Stripe presented the pricing page, 1.5$ per account, 10cents per fetch balance. Very clear. I still have no idea how much plaid will cost me.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 13:09:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31284669</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31284669</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31284669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "Show HN: I am building a free version of Strava"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm not really sure this is comparable to Strava. First this only covers mountain biking, I use Strava also for runs, swims, skiing, and it can do a lot more.
Secondly I don't actually use Strava to record or view data, I use Garmin for that and just post to Strava. My only utility in Strava is the social newsfeed (to see what others are doing and be social) and also the PRs a little bit.<p>Now given that, I think your app looks quite cool, I just wouldn't compare it to Strava. I would highly recommend instead of positioning yourself as a competitor to Strava, is to allow users to record on your app and post to Strava. I use Garmin to record my data and then post to Strava because Garmin gives me a lot more detail than Strava, but I can still compare myself to millions of users on Strava that don't use Garmin.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2022 13:01:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31259784</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31259784</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31259784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "Ask HN: How do I Stop Living Paycheck to Paycheck?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Do you live in Manhattan? 110k in Manhattan is a bit tight to be honest.
Also 110k seems quite low for a Tech Director. In NY the average for a Tech Director salary is 160k-240k<p>My first recommendations to you would be consider looking for other jobs, and see what you can make elsewhere. Just do some job interviews. I know you worked at that company for a very long time, but sometimes a switch is needed to bump the salary. Our company is hiring a Director of Engineering btw (in Boston if you can consider moving), check the job listing just in case: <a href="https://maark.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=76" rel="nofollow">https://maark.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=76</a><p>My second recommendation, if you live in a high cost of area, consider moving, I know this is not for everyone, but I personally moved to upstate NY and just go to the office from time to time. My mortgage for a house I've build and is 2600 sqfeet is less than 25% my salary. Again not possible for every job, especially if you have family nearby, just throwing it there.<p>And last recommendation, is whatever your salary, have a solid financial plan. It doesn't mean that you can afford a Tesla and your colleague has a Tesla, that you should buy a Tesla. I personally still drive an 11 year old car, I pay Verizon prepaid instead of contract, mostly to have money available for things I truly love.
Even if you make 1M$ a year, have a budget. If you have credit card debt, or any sort of debt other than Mortgage, I recommend checking out Dave Ramsey, his philosophy is a bit extreme (he is entirely against Credit Cards), but it can show you a way out if you are drowning.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 14:18:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30685615</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30685615</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30685615</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "In 2019, Americans went more to the library than to the movies on average"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I pay about 700$ per year in property taxes to my library. Thats much more than what I pay for movies including netflix per year.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 01:00:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22156034</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22156034</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22156034</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "Apple Watch Series 5"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Have you tried recent devices? Garmin used to have a bump on some forerunners, my wife had it, it was very uncomfortable. I personally have the Vivoactive 3, which is flat, I've been wearing it 24/7 except for charging (during the  day,  so i've slept with it), and it's very comfortable.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 15:15:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20952399</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20952399</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20952399</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "Apple Watch Series 5"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Garmin or Suunto provide much better quality than Fitbit, Fitbit is a cheap quality. Garmin, Apple and Suunto aren't. Just check what the pros are using :)</p>
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<p>Would be only great if my kids stay in school 5 days a week. Otherwise it will be just another day I need to entertain my kids. Sure 3 day weekends for traveling would be great, but I already do that with PTOs.<p>I want 6 hour work days 5 times a week. Not 4 work days. And banks being closed an extra day would just be annoying. (not that I go to a physical bank, but just transfers and such).</p>
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<p>I love Firefox's features, but I've tried it for a week and I just have a too big loss of performance. My 2017 Macbook  pro with 8gb of RAM just doesn't cut it. The browser is something I use +6 hours per week, I can't handle it being laggy.<p>When I try it a little bit it seems fine, but after using Firefox for a week going to Chrome seemed like a relief in terms of performance. I'm missing some cool features from Firefox like containers, but performance is more important.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2019 14:13:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20061036</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20061036</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20061036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "Show HN: 1MB – Free and easy static website hosting and database"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The one time I got banned from a free service being considered abuse was 7TB of bandwidth in a month.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2019 12:36:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19777734</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19777734</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19777734</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "Why there’s so little left of the early internet"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I save all my photos and videos I take, I don't feel like it's that much, but still a good 700gb. I personally love having it, and look at it at least a couple of times a year. I just love having access to all this footage. Last week for example we were talking about how our backyard used to look like with my daughter. I was able to pull out old footage of our backyard, and even a video of a tractor cleaning up our backyard. It's nothing vital, but it was very nice for me to  be able to look at it again. I'll keep organizing and keeping old photos and videos.<p>I do agree that mp3 and movies are a bit useless. I still have a 1TB or 500gb drive somewhere full of movies. I probably didn't boot it up in the past 5 years.<p>The one thing I regret not keeping, is all my projects since I was a kid. I programmed a lot of things between age 10-15. Video games,  created art on paint and photoshop. All that is gone. I wish I could access it even if I know it  wouldn't be good quality stuff.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 12:43:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19571528</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19571528</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19571528</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "What Finally Killed AirPower"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think wireless charging can be great for two reasons:<p>- hiding it visually, Ikea has done it very well. A cable is ugly, air power is ugly. but if your night table has wireless charging hiding, it is very pleasant to hide cables entirely in your bedroom.<p>- occasions where you want to be fast. at the office or when going to sleep you don't need to be fast. but in the car I think wireless charging is nice. If you travel frequently, being able to just drop your phone in your car and have navigation and wireless charging instantly is very nice in my opinion. Something like this:
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/iOttie-Wireless-Samsung-Enabled-Devices/dp/B06Y34XQRH?ascsubtag=d33a8b167514343bb54b3b8a659064eb97869d1a&kinja_price=30&tag=kinjadeals-20" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/iOttie-Wireless-Samsung-Enabled-Devic...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2019 12:19:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19542538</link><dc:creator>xtrimsky1234</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19542538</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19542538</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by xtrimsky1234 in "Apple Watch detects irregular heart beat in large U.S. study"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have a watch with also an irregular heart beat detection (Garmin). It sometimes detects irregular heart rates  when I play video games. Usually in a very intense scenario such as a top 3 in a battle royale game.</p>
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<p>I don't think small phone demand is low.<p>I think it's just harder to make a small phone very good and premium, and keep the price low.<p>Concerning the Sony, I personally got the Sony X3 Compact, I was quite disappointed with the Camera. All the Sony smartphones boast great cameras, but when you use it, the UX is bad. Shutter speed is slow, interface is bad. Also like you said, it's not that small. The Google Pixel 3 is only 0.07 inch wider, I think it's a much better choice (camera much better, stock android etc...)</p>
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<p>"Doctors tell me I should exercise more"<p>Do you exercise enough? Running has helped me a lot with stress. I used to hate running at school, and now its something that helps me relieve my stress, and i'm much happier.</p>
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<p>I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone mentioning Dave Ramsey. His podcasts, his youtube videos.<p>If you are living paycheck to paycheck, he is a great resource. It's very easy to fall into the consumerism trap in the US. Plenty of people have iPhone, iPads, Macbooks, seem to travel a lot, student debt, car loans, go to concerts go eat out daily, etc... If you make 100k, or 200k or 300k, you feel you are "rich", you don't need a budget, you don't need to keep track of every dollar, you don't need a plan, a 2% car loan interest is fine, the S&P500 gives you a return of 10% anyways... But Dave Ramsey stirs people in the right direction. At first you will probably curse him because he goes head on against simple math. But his teachings are great, they push you into making actual progress and not postponing efforts. I think someone making 60k and following what he teachers can easily become a millionaire.</p>
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<p>"Elementary school starting so early all the kids are half asleep in class"<p>That's the only reason I don't put my daughter on the school bus. I can save her an  extra 30 minutes of sleep by driving her to the school myself.</p>
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