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You mean the incident where his copilot intentionally locked him out of the cockpit and crashed the plane into a mountain? Hardly seems like an indictment of locked doors to me.
Re:EFF is leaving X on Friday April 10, 2026 @03:16PM (#47722412)
Sorry, it's just a fact about HN informed by visiting it daily for over 13 years.
That’s a good 75% of HN these days.
Anytime this topic comes up, this opinion is invariably at the top of the comments. However I've never seen a non-trivial application made this way. Mind sharing one? More than the query generation, I think people reach for ORMs for static typing, mapping, migrations, transactions, etc.

I'm not doubting that it can be done, I'm just curious to see how it's done.

Re:Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws on Wednesday November 19, 2025 @01:53PM (#45983479)
Am I the victim of the algorithm? Because all I see on HN these days is people pessimistic about tech and society. The tenor here is overwhelmingly negative.

Where are you seeing anyone defend big tech, tech bros, or any tech in general?

Re:An election forecast that's 50-50 is not "giving up." on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @10:20AM (#43332715)
> Democrats are screwed on economic messaging until they join Republicans in dropping neoliberalism.

I disagree. What we're witnessing today is that while people are happy with many of the fruits of globalization (cheap Chinese junk, cheap flights, ability to travel anywhere, remote work, etc, etc) our politicians have just about done everything in their power to increase the price of the things that actually matter: housing, healthcare, childcare, and education.

A Democrat party that could actually deliver on these things (rather than exacerbate the problems as they have done) would fare far better electorally. No need to put in place unpopular, destructive tariffs.

Re:An election forecast that's 50-50 is not "giving up." on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @09:12AM (#43332085)
Clinton era consultants were the only ones saying the obvious: “it’s the economy stupid”. On the other hand it was the Obama era consultants who were fixated on the massive loser that is identity politics
Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting on Friday February 28, 2025 @07:46PM (#43214146)
It is undeniable that European countries police speech more heavily than the US does. They have laws on the books that plainly give them this power. They exercise this power quite regularly. Feel free to argue that it is right for them to do so, but don't muddy the discussion attempting to redefine words.
Re:Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting on Friday February 28, 2025 @03:38PM (#43210291)
Silenced as in, not given access to White House officials? Sorry but there is a difference between that and arresting people for things they say online.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/policing-speech-online-germany-...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr548zdmz3jo

I promise you, its not the "real estate lobbyists" who fought to block subsidized housing for teachers in the Sunset.
Re:Diablo hackers uncovered a speedrun scandal on Saturday February 15, 2025 @02:44PM (#43061607)
Five years ago, Guinness left the following note on their video of Ben Lee's performance:

" It's worth noting that this is no longer a category that our records team monitor - the record has been rested. Our records managers are no longer able to monitor fastest musician records as it has become impossible to judge the quality of the renditions, even when slowed down. In terms of monitoring the number of musical notes, it is not clear if all notes have been played fully. "

Re:US egg prices increased 22% in 2025 and 202% in 12 months on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @02:01PM (#42953428)
So you're suggesting there's some other viable model of egg production that would deliver eggs at 2021 prices? People want cheap eggs. Saying, "well if we just adopted a decentralized, more resource intensive model we wouldn't have problems with bird flu" doesn't address that concern.
Re:Ross Ulbricht was just granted a full pardon on Wednesday January 22, 2025 @10:59AM (#42794145)
Different categories, yes. But mostly drugs.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gh5_2YgWoAABY-O?format=jpg&name=...

In obsidian I have a template to insert a timestamp. I have a "Work Log" file I refresh each month where I just jot down whatever with the timestamp. No further organization required.
Re:Microsoft Is Dead[2007] on Saturday July 06, 2024 @07:11PM (#40894035)
I’ll never understand this narrative. What product category has Apple missed or failed to execute well in since Jobs died? Do you think there’s an iPhone level hardware product out there that Apple would be shipping today if only Steve were still around?

Off the top of my head, since Jobs death Apple has launched AirPods, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, Car Play, Home Play, M-series MacBooks, and they’ve greatly expanded their services business.

Re:DJI ban passes the House and moves on to the Senate on Monday June 17, 2024 @01:40PM (#40708563)
The resistance to socialized healthcare in America can be easily understood without resorting to bizarre strawmen about hating poor people. Healthcare is of course a huge part of our economy and lives. Many (most?) people are satisfied with the status quo and are hesitant to see (what they consider to be) a huge increase in government power, spending, and general involvement in their lives. It's the same impulse that motivates people to oppose new housing -- people are loss averse and hate change.
Re:Restaurants Place Big Bets on Cooking Robots on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @12:16PM (#40648092)
What are you arguing? That restaurants are getting squeezed by their suppliers? And btw Americans eat out more frequently now than just about any other time in history.
Re:Spotify: Droppin' Some Fake Beats on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @08:24AM (#40645395)
Advances are recouped from the sales of your albums or tickets. Assuming you’ve made a good faith effort to fulfill your obligations you don’t need to repay the advance or pay interest on the advance if your album doesn’t sell.
Re:Spotify: Droppin' Some Fake Beats on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @07:30AM (#40644987)
It’s astounding how often people conflate advances and loans when talking about the music industry. If anything it’s closer to seed capital than a loan.
So what are you saying? That deliberately misinterpreting and sensationalizing a clear statement is justified because of the size and success of OpenAI? There’s no good faith reading of PGs statement that implies Altman couldn’t have remained CEO of YC if he wanted to.
> In the US 1/4 of all US homes are owned by financial institutions.

That is not true unless you consider having a mortgage equivalent to renting from a bank.

What is true is that in some metro-areas like Atlanta, 1/4 of sales (in certain price categories) are to investors.

Re:Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2024) on Monday April 01, 2024 @04:16PM (#39898666)
Location: San Francisco Bay Area/NYC

Remote: Yes, but prefer in office

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: C, C++, C#, Python, Javascript, Typescript, Java, Kotlin, Haskell, Pytorch, Tensorflow, Pandas, OpenCV, CUDA, OpenGL, Open3D, Unity, ROS 1/2, MoveIt, Android (Userspace and Kernel), MBED, Arduino, STM32, AWS, Postgresql

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J9YuPGhCOnt6SvqBI_oNh9lq...

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dane-mason-1998592a2/

Github: https://github.com/danem

Email: [email protected]

Full stack developer with experience ranging from robotics to web development. I have over 10 years of professional experience wearing many hats.

Re:Vancouver's New Mega-Development on Thursday March 14, 2024 @06:56PM (#39709956)
What corruption are you referring to?

Who built the house/apartment you live in? A real estate developer, right?

Re:Show HN: Rank a Random Subject Everyday on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @06:49AM (#39287389)
In what way does it “destroy” diversity? Do you think anyone is persuaded by these rankings to change their beliefs?

It’s just a fun game and maybe an interesting insight into the minds of English speaking reddit/hacker news users.

Re:Anduril announces Roadrunner, jet-powered VTOL drone on Friday December 01, 2023 @04:00PM (#38492302)
It's meant to attract talent and investors.
Re:Is this radical redesign of GIMP possible now? on Saturday November 11, 2023 @03:21PM (#38234128)
Blender underwent a huge UI overhaul that brought it closer in line with software like Maya. They even made left-click to select the default which was a huge turn off to newcomers.

If anything Blender proves that paying close attention to UI and making it mostly align with user expectations matters.

Re:We Need Scientific Dissidents Now More Than Ever on Friday August 11, 2023 @08:41PM (#37095744)
He never said these platforms don’t feature any amount of censorship, or that certain types of content don’t face unique hurdles that other types do not.

The fact is, it’s still vastly easier today to disseminate your ideas — no matter what they are — than at any other time in history. Do you really think radio, newspapers, tv stations, and book publishers weren’t just as influenced by large corporate and political interests?

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