Follow the incentives. If I’m in charge of setting alarms, and something bad happens without an alarm going off, it’s my fault. If the alarm goes off and the operator ignores it, it’s their fault.

Vibe patching

Nah things were already going to shit then. Sure it kept getting worse, but that was well on the downslope.

Almost nobody can just arbitrarily decide to go make money in a given hour. You work 40 hours a week, you get paid for 40 hours a week, and that’s it.

Most Internet commentary about landlords and renting is very silly, yes.

I don’t do corporate work on my home computer? I don’t know who’s suggesting corporate IT departments should convert everyone to Linux. “Work computer” and “home computer” are entirely separate use cases.

(Also a ton of MS Office work is being done through the web interfaces now anyway. I find the web versions pretty terrible but people seem to put up with them.)

Backup cameras are required by regulation since the late 2010s. You can’t sell a car with no screen.

In some countries.

Yes, I’m sure that guy made the comment so he could get advice from HN’s top minds about how he doesn’t actually know what his requirements are.

Clearly he made the comment to justify to strangers on the internet why he needs to buy a bigger truck. Truly the need to “adjust the angle of the handlebars awkwardly” is a great burden.

It is fine if one of your key requirements is to compensate for something ;)

Fellow motorbike trailer owner here.

Don’t blame me, I voted for CowboyNeal.

That brought back some memories.