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hebleb··on We must pace the frontier
If the models start buying up a bunch of pods and causing damage, couldn't those services just shut off their access?
hebleb··on What happened to TheNumbers.com
Good read, I was so curious how this happened a few months ago
hebleb··on How Kalshi Infects the News
It may take awhile, but it ends by voting in political candidates that actually care about combatting greed and corruption again
hebleb··on Conventional Commits encourages focus on the wrong things
If i'm looking at git history, the ticket number is the most useful piece of info to get more context on the changes for me
hebleb··on Claude Code to be removed from Pro Tier?
I paid for the annual Pro plan in January...I know this mentions new users right now, but is there a chance they just take Code away?!
hebleb··on Polymarket gamblers betting millions on war
It certainly benefits insiders that can bet on outcomes they directly control
hebleb··on Ask HN: Is anyone else experiencing AI fatigue?
Also just generally worried about the mental health of engineers out there right now, with the rapidly changing processes, and the constant messaging that you may no longer have a job soon. Feel like I don't see many people talking about it.
hebleb··on South Korea: 'many' of its nationals detained in ICE raid on GA Hyundai facility
This is all xenophobic nonsense
hebleb··on Bluesky is currently gaining more than 1M users a day
I'm a 100% lurker and it's such a nicer experience before any enshitification. It probably won't last forever, but no ads or spam, and simply seeing a feed of accounts I follow is all I want.
hebleb··on We're going to see the return of diseases we have controlled for decades
You can already see his negative effect based on the 2019 Samoan measles outbreak. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/15/rfk-jr-globa...
hebleb··on Switch off bad TV settings
I'm honestly shocked at the amount of pro-motion interpolation comments there are in here lol
hebleb··on Electrifying everything at the rate required to meet our climate goals
"Electrifying won't fully solve the problem, so don't bother" is also not particularly helpful
hebleb··on A Senior Engineer’s Guide to FAANG Interviews
Man, I've coded a fair amount in my free time, and have even created a couple of money making side-projects, but I just can't grind leetcode no matter how often I try. That plus the rejection after doing long on-sites drains me for days afterwards. I've come to the conclusion that even though I may be missing out on those top salaries, FAANG just probably isn't for me
hebleb··on Get Running with Couch to 5K
I stopped wearing headphones while running when the pandemic started. I really don't think about much. It's become sort of meditative for me.
hebleb··on Elon Musk declares end to remote working at Tesla
I imagine Tesla will be losing a lot of good employees in the near future if this is true
hebleb··on Fark NotNewsletter: Google farked us over
Woah, Fark still exists and looks almost exactly how I remember it 15 years ago
hebleb··on VotePlz – The Easiest Way to Vote
Write in Batman for all I care. There are still elections other than the presidential race that will arguably affect you more on a day-to-day basis.
hebleb··on Is a prenup a good idea?
Who says divorce is the expected outcome of marriage? What's the point of getting married if that's the person's mindset?
hebleb··on Introducing the 2nd Generation Boosted Board
I'm really interested in trying this, but have little skateboarding experience. Is there a steep learning curve to riding one of these in a dense city?
hebleb··on Pittsburgh as a Startup
But Philly has everyone's favorite company, Comcast! I think the city wage tax is a huge barrier for new tech companies from setting up here. The burbs around Philly aren't bad for jobs though
hebleb··on Android Studio 2.0 Released
Some of the apps I work on can only build on ARM, so the emulators were completely useless. Maybe it'll be better now!
hebleb··on My Little Sister Taught Me How to “Snapchat Like the Teens”
I didn't get it until literally this past Sunday. I've always had it installed on my phone, and have maybe ~10 friends on it, but I never actually sent anything. I would occasionally receive a snapchat from my friend, I would chuckle, and that was the end of it.

This Sunday my wife took my phone and just took a silly picture of ourselves during the Super Bowl and sent it to everyone on my list. Within minutes, I was getting a response from pretty much everyone, some people I haven't even talked to in months, and it was fun and made us laugh! I had the dumbest epiphany of my life. It's really just a fast, dumb way to communicate. That's it. Maybe I'll actually use it more now

hebleb··on Here’s $100. Can you win $800M at Powerball?
Those things aren't mutually exclusive
hebleb··on Here’s $100. Can you win $800M at Powerball?
I think most of us realize that they're not going to win, but when the jackpot becomes a national event every 6 months or whatever, there's usually some joy in buying a ticket anyway
hebleb··on Poll: how many productive hours do you have in a day?
I don't know...it's also the solution to productivity. I would waste so much time trying figuring things out without the help of Google, Stack Overflow, API documentation, etc..
hebleb··on Threes: The Rip-offs and Making Our Original Game
I don't see Threes as a game that has to be beaten. I'm picturing the more classic arcade games like Donkey Kong or Tetris where you want to one up your friends by getting a higher score, and getting addicted until you get that high score
hebleb··on Oldest Domain Names
Interesting that think.com is owned by Oracle instead of IBM
hebleb··on Poll: Full-time software engineers over 200k, how'd you get there?
As someone who has been interested in relocating to Austin, can you explain why you say that?