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sosborn

2,394 karma · joined February 23, 2013

Digital Communications Director in the education space.

Proficient in Japanese (JLPT Level 2) and lived/worked there for nearly 10 years. Hoping to move back soon.

Based in Honolulu.

Love my job, but always open to other opportunities.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-osborn-0580481/

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sosborn··on Kalshi and its co-founders face felony charges for violating Utah gambling laws
LDS is pretty strong here, and have historically been the ones opposing legalization efforts.
sosborn··on Jailbreaking the Switch 2
They do still sell physical copies.
sosborn··on Linus Torvalds's first LLM-assisted patch series
I think a lot of people are stuck in 2023 when thinking about AI quality. It's gotten so much better that it's basically a totally different product now.

It isn't perfect, but it's certainly useful.

sosborn··on An Update on Orion for Linux and Windows
> But this is not to tell every Safari user that they are irrational or wrong in any way for using Safari over Chrome (or any other browser, for that matter). Does Safari use more battery than Chrome? In these tasks it sure seems to, but it’s not by a massive amount, potentially costing you about 0.5% of your battery life every hour. Is that enough for you to switch browsers if you prefer Safari’s UI or reliability or privacy options? I suspect not.
sosborn··on Automattic has a new board after failed attempt to put CEO on leave
Most of the organizations/departments running wordpress aren't interested in customized software builds and all of the infrastructure that requires. They want something they can pay a simple monthly fee for, and host it with a company that deals with security, backup, etc.
sosborn··on Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives
There's no practical reason we can't have good public transit AND better cars.
sosborn··on The Productivity Mirage
I think you the nail on the head. Go to any hobby sub on Reddit and you see the same story play out.
sosborn··on Show HN: QR code renderer in a TrueType font
If they know it's a url, all they need to do is wrap it in an <a> tag. Laziness probably wins out though.
sosborn··on The real cost of owning a home
> And if the dues doubled in just three years then you bought into a mismanaged HOA, which makes it worse.

Not necessarily true. Our HOA fees doubled precisely because of drastic insurance premium hikes. There wasn't much that could be done by them to avoid that, and in fact they worked hard to reduce some of those premiums the following year, which resulted in a lower monthly fee for everyone.

sosborn··on Gemini 3.5 Flash
This matches my experience with human too FWIW.
sosborn··on Venom and hot peppers offer a key to killing resistant bacteria
How many billions of people start their day by getting one Scotch Bonnet (or two smaller ones), two oranges, lime and a piece of ginger into a cold press and then drinking it in one go on an empty stomach?
sosborn··on Venom and hot peppers offer a key to killing resistant bacteria
I would be worried about long term damage. In 10 years you might be in a world of hurt from this. At the very least I would let your doctor know that you are doing this and see what they think of it.
sosborn··on Ti-84 Evo
CAS capabilities are prohibited in the SAT: https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/sat/what-to-bring-do/calcu...
sosborn··on We accepted surveillance as default
> all i see is retargeted ads for stuff I already bought.

IMO, nothing exposes the folly behind targeted ads as much as this.

sosborn··on Tailscale's new macOS home
TBF - It still does "just work," The fact that it doesn't completely fit into your (and my) preferences doesn't really change that, and if that's the standard, then everything will fall short of it.
sosborn··on First Western Digital, now Sony: The tech giant suspends SD card sales
Building production facilities isn't like flipping a switch.
sosborn··on Meta and YouTube found negligent in landmark social media addiction case
Early Facebook was kind of a great mix. It had enough people on it, it was making money, and the advertising was much more reasonable. At the time it really was a place to connect with IRL friends.
sosborn··on Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?
I really doubt that 30% productivity gain would result in 30% developers losing their jobs. Believing this would require an assumption that businesses and economies will never grow.
sosborn··on The recurring dream of replacing developers
Those are all products.
sosborn··on The Dilbert Afterlife
It’s almost as if the roles/titles aren’t the determining factor.
sosborn··on Iran Goes Into IPv6 Blackout
Most of what's happening in the word can be boiled down to either someone craving power, or someone in power desperately struggling to hold on to it.
sosborn··on Bose has released API docs and opened the API for its EoL SoundTouch speakers
Unless you are listening through the same studio monitors in the same room or headphones as the mixing engineer, it will never be the same.

IMHO, people place too much importance on "accuracy". While accuracy might be objectively measured, it means nothing when it comes to individual taste.

sosborn··on Spotify reportedly investigating Anna's Archive's scraping of their library
For an independent artist, exposure matters more than album sales as it leads to ticket sales.

For large labels, exposure is a solved problem and album sales are all that matters.

They are all trying to maximize revenue, they just have different ways of going about it.

sosborn··on Are Apple gift cards safe to redeem?
At the scale these companies operate and the number of actual scammers they block because of their 0 - 100 policies, I can see how they got there. I bet all of us have had the luck (?) of out card being blocked because someone out there was able to get a hold of the credentials. Collateral damage like this, as devastating as it is to the individual, is probably a drop in the bucket for the company.

I'm not excusing this. What happened here shouldn't happen, and there should be quick resolutions and explanations available to the aggrieved parties.

sosborn··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/business/hub/difference-betwee...
sosborn··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)
If the tool doesn't adhere to those standards, the resulting signature isn't legally compliant (at least, not in a way that satisfies corporate structures).
sosborn··on Is it a bubble?
A great example is the DotCom bubble. Wiped out a lot of capital but it really did transform the world.
sosborn··on AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem
Read the thread again. You lost the plot. Pay attention to the usernames.
sosborn··on AirPods libreated from Apple's ecosystem
Again, that's what I'm saying. We are in agreeance but you really seem to want to argue.
sosborn··on Rebecca Heineman has died
The original Bard's Tale was my first RPG and I've been hooked ever since.
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