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Happy to stop using Hacker News. Thanks. Please ban.

There is nothing special or important about a single entire Bitcoin. It’s completely arbitrary. The question is whether Bitcoin is scarce. If there are millions of trillions of tra…

Doesn’t want to talk to the media because she “wants to protect her mental health.” Kicks off a media shitstorm by refusing to talk to the media. Risks tens of thousands in fines, …

It’s not artificial scarcity, it’s outright fake scarcity. The total supply of Bitcoin is 21,000,000 coins. However, every single coin is 100,000,000 individual assets. 21,000,000 …

Using a toilet without a bidet is the equivalent to stepping barefoot into dog crap, the crap gets all in between your toes, and then you use dry paper towels to clean off. Disgust…

Don’t touch the bidet with your hands? The nozzle and water are clean. Not sure what you’re worried about there.

Stop posting your life and thoughts on the internet! Privacy advocates have been screaming about this for years but no one seems to care until they have a gun in their face. The re…

The biggest problem I have with Amazon is USPS theft. I have had dozens of packages delivered in my mailbox despite the fact that my mailbox is 3” tall. Amazon doesn’t care, USPS d…

I’ve never been asked to print a barcode and put it in the box. I just returned a $300 item last week, and all they wanted me to do was ship it back. This is also true for Amazon b…

Why is this content on Hacker News? It has absolutely nothing to do with tech.

If you’re saving cash you’re legitimately losing money. The market is so wild that it doesn’t even make sense to make a down payment. Just take the PMI.

Borrowing rates are just too low, and banks are letting people and businesses lever up way beyond reasonable levels. Short term rentals are lucrative. Owners can earn many multiple…

I think where people get into trouble is when they try to implement a true microservice architecture without actually understanding the tradeoffs and complexities. You will likely …

LeetCode is an excellent collection of problems you’ll never encounter in real life. If you don’t have a computer science background you might learn some things. Otherwise, it’s ju…

Other “groups” don’t have national broadcasts and major websites.

Well with that attitude I expect you’ve opened a room in your house to a homeless person. Otherwise you’re just a NIMBY hypocrite.

Ah, interesting. I stopped after book 6. Can I jump straight to 8 or do I need to slog my way through 7?

The problem with this is who is the arbiter on what is, or isn’t, a conspiracy theory. The main stream media in the US seem to innately believe certain claims, without evidence, wh…

I would argue that this title is less editorialized. This title plainly states the main fact and subject of the article. Whereas the NPR title leaves the cost nebulous so that we c…

I cannot believe so many cities in California allow camping anywhere in public. No wonder people are fleeing California cities. I cannot imagine what the exodus in NYC would look l…

I’ll take that hypothetical problem over what we had in the past. A dozen different plugs, a dozen different cables, multiple required docks, incompatible charging bricks, propriet…

Way too risky. It would have to be significantly above market rate before I would consider it. Risk of damage to the property.

It’s because virtually no one outside of Hacker News seems to have these problems. The rest of the world seems to love the singular port.

How is this any different than buying the wrong cable in the past? You used to have to choose USB2, USB3, USB3.x, micro USB, mini USB, DisplayPort, Mini DisplayPort, HDMI, mini HDM…

Season 4 is bad because the book is bad. Unfortunately, the source material doesn’t get any better after this.