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New comment by yeahsure in "Do the math: How we took over ChatGPT accounts"

yeahsure — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:14:22 +0000

Yeah... idk, sounds like when I was starting out almost 30 years ago my clients constantly lowballed me saying "but think of the exposition! this project will give you" lol

New comment by yeahsure in "“The Mind in the Wheel” lays out a new foundation for the science of mind"

yeahsure — Thu, 15 May 2025 20:02:02 +0000

Just another N=1 anecdote: It didn’t work for me when I was dealing with depression a few years ago.

I also lost a dear friend to suicide and he was very succesful and active on his field when it happened. Nobody saw it coming.

It's just not that simple.

New comment by yeahsure in "“The Mind in the Wheel” lays out a new foundation for the science of mind"

yeahsure — Thu, 15 May 2025 19:58:25 +0000

This comment comes across as quite naive. If the solution were truly that simple, we wouldn't see so much people suffering from depression, anxiety, addiction, etc. around the world.

New comment by yeahsure in "The Alexa feature "do not send voice recordings" you enabled no longer available"

yeahsure — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 15:32:54 +0000

Well, for starters, I guess keeping the "do not send voice recordings" toggle would be a good idea.

New comment by yeahsure in "My Struggle with Doom Scrolling"

yeahsure — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 12:47:59 +0000

AFAIK - "Doomscrolling can also be defined as the excessive consumption of short-form videos or social media content for an excessive period of time without stopping"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomscrolling

New comment by yeahsure in "Facebook Banned Me for Life Because I Help People Use It Less (2021)"

yeahsure — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 19:01:06 +0000

I did that for Facebook (unfollowed everyone but my direct family). It worked great for a time. Now my feed is filled to the brim with suggested posts from pages and groups that have nothing to do with me and low-quality fake AI images to push controversial fake news. It's become unusable unfortunately, so I don't use it anymore.

New comment by yeahsure in "Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?"

yeahsure — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 18:52:57 +0000

Yes, I've been considering both options! WXT seems to fit my use case better at the moment, so I might give it a try.

As for stream names, I’ve looked into it as well, but from the limited research I’ve done, it seems like only paid services are available.

I doubt there's a way to get the radios' programming since these are mostly small radios with very basic websites and online presence. Best I can get is an MP3/AAC stream and that's about it.

New comment by yeahsure in "Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?"

yeahsure — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 10:31:16 +0000

I'm working on a new design for a site I run just for fun.

It's a simple site for streaming local radios from my city, Mendoza (Argentina): https://www.radiosdemendoza.com.ar

It was built with WordPress, and the new theme is using Tailwind and AlpineJS. I hadn’t used AlpineJS before, so this project was a great way to experiment with it.

I don't have any monetization on it, and I'm not sure if I'll pursue that for this site.

Next up, I plan to build a Chrome extension. I have limited experience with that, so it should be a fun challenge.

New comment by yeahsure in "SEC has not approved Bitcoin ETFs [fixed]"

yeahsure — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 23:11:01 +0000

They would have made more money by tweeting the ETF got rejected. My guess is this was a mistake by an intern or something like that.

New comment by yeahsure in "Egyptian banks suspend debit card use in foreign currency"

yeahsure — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 23:42:31 +0000

We have a similar situation in Argentina, with the exchange rate being around $350 pesos but the "black market" rate around $1,000.

The only way to get dollars at the official rate is to import goods from abroad, so you can pay the central back in pesos and they settle the invoice with dollars.

Of course, you can only do this if you have connections, otherwise you will be waiting for a long long time (months probably) until your request is approved.

EDIT: Forgot to mention that you can still use a local debit or credit card to make purchases abroad. You will have to pay around $650 pesos for each dollar. The government taxes the heck out of every purchase abroad to discourage people from spending. Still there's a gap, so people use it while they can.

New comment by yeahsure in "Loneliness reshapes the brain"

yeahsure — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:23:14 +0000

I had the same exact experience while travelling through Southeast Asia for several months a few years ago.

I came to the same conclusions you did, and I'm glad you were able to condense it in such a way.

It frustrated me though, to see that their youth were losing their old ways though. Of course it came with some benefits, but I saw them everywhere staring at their phone screens and could only feel nostalgic.

New comment by yeahsure in "Ask HN: Found a leak of US citizens personal data. Should I report it?"

yeahsure — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 05:48:31 +0000

There are so many possible bad outcomes that can result from these options. Not a good idea at all imho.

New comment by yeahsure in "Being OK with not being extraordinary (2021)"

yeahsure — Thu, 24 Nov 2022 01:28:59 +0000

This comment reminded me of a video Tim Ferriss posted recently on Youtube which basically said something very similar: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kgO_Og-__HU

Very insightful!

New comment by yeahsure in "Upgrade to Linux"

yeahsure — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 23:20:04 +0000

Resources page: "even Mac users can upgrade!"

- Link to a 1 minute tik tok video on how to boot Kali off of a thumb drive??

New comment by yeahsure in "TITO: Electric Argentine car"

yeahsure — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 21:22:30 +0000

I live in Argentina and this is correct. The (fake) official exchange rate is used by the government and media to paint a better picture of the terrible situation that we're in, it should not be used nor trusted anywhere to make any calculations on the cost of living, inflation, salaries nor anything else.

New comment by yeahsure in "Bitcoin Is a Hideous Monstrosity Made Out of Computers and Greed"

yeahsure — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:48:41 +0000

Not all of us have the privilege of having been born un Sweden. Your comment reeks of privilege and dissociation with the rest of the world, where things work very differently.

New comment by yeahsure in "Uber funds new lobbying group to deny rights for gig workers"

yeahsure — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 20:08:22 +0000

I might be very wrong, but in my humble opinion Uber drivers are their workers as much as iOS app developers could be considered Apple employees or Youtubers could be considered Google employees. Just because you provide a service through someone's platform doesn't mean you're automatically their worker.

New comment by yeahsure in "iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU"

yeahsure — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 23:57:32 +0000

I live in one of these countries. There are lots of people who earn a lot less than 12k/yr but buy brand new iPhones. Why? Because their resale value is awesome. They lose very little value over the years, because a lot of people want to own one, so even used ones retain value. Even if it's something old like an iphone 6 or something like that.

If you buy an android phone, chances are you're going to sell it for a lot less than you got it for unless you're talking about a flagship that's not too old.

New comment by yeahsure in "Secure messengers in war time"

yeahsure — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 00:59:30 +0000

so "the US" could be offensive? Just curious, English is not my main language.

EDIT: Also totally agree on your other comments about Signal vs Telegram

New comment by yeahsure in "The Hidden Costs of Living Alone"

yeahsure — Fri, 22 Oct 2021 22:38:38 +0000

Your comment clearly demonstrates OP's argument. Parents believe their time is more important than that of people without children.