How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more successfully

Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by devoutsalsa on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @12:27PM (#44108444)

I once wrote a personal’s ad in SQL on Craigslist, back when they had that section. A DBA replied and asked if I wanted hawking. She had a Cooper’s hawk. I met her at a commercial park in a Saturday morning. She was driving a Honda CRV, the hawk was in the front passenger seat, and I hopped into the back seat.

She started driving and spotted some crows. The hawk saw them as well. Wearing a “don’t kill me either your claws” glove, she moved her hand to the hawk, who gleefully jumped on. She rolled down her window, stuck the hawk outside, and it was basically a drive by shooting with a bird bullet. This happened three times.

My most vivid memory of this was her ripping the crows apart into pieces and putting the then into a bucket, like it was sushi you’d order from KFC.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by cs02rm0 on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @03:34PM (#44110015)

I once wrote a personal’s ad in SQL on Craigslist, back when they had that section. A DBA replied and asked if I wanted hawking.

I feel I have to reply, but I have no idea what to say.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by deadbabe on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @06:23PM (#44111180)

For starters he could post what the hell his SQL query was.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by senkora on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @02:13PM (#44109318)

I bet she was a very good database administrator.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by layer8 on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @02:34PM (#44109504)

Probably the hawkish type.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by dmd on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @12:32PM (#44108486)

And you didn't get married!?

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by throwanem on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @12:37PM (#44108520)

Not OP, but I'm friends with crows. Imagine having to try to explain that...

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by srean on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @01:56PM (#44109204)

Very intelligent birds.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by IAmBroom on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @02:23PM (#44109393)

"Baby, those body parts mean nothing to me! I love crows!"

Don't hate the player, baby.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by throwanem on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @02:53PM (#44109685)

They have a much stronger sense of propriety than most humans. So really do most animals other than us and perhaps some close relatives. I'm not actually sure that says anything in our favor.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by 3cats-in-a-coat on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @03:17PM (#44109901)

And this, kids, is a Markov chain.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by kstrauser on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @02:58PM (#44119446)

I know this person IRL, and I'm certain it's not.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by 3cats-in-a-coat on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @10:04PM (#44122415)

Prove it with SQL.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by kstrauser on Thursday May 29, 2025 @02:43PM (#44128942)

  DO $$
  BEGIN
      ASSERT (
          SELECT
              COUNT(1)
          FROM
              friends JOIN posters ON friends.id = posters.id
          WHERE
              posters.username = 'devoutsalsa'
      ) = 1,
      'He''s in there, I swear it!';
  END;
  $$;

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by qingcharles on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @02:13PM (#44109314)

This is peak HN.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by tsss on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:18PM (#44110342)

That's really horrible. Crows can feel pain too, you know.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by patrick41638265 on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:19PM (#44110354)

Reading the first paragraph of this made me think how LLMs must feel when someone tries prompt injection on them

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by speakfreely on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @04:22PM (#44110371)

I've reread this a few times and I still can't figure out if there's something wrong with me or something wrong with this post.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by cryptonector on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @05:27PM (#44110807)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44109901

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by isatty on Tuesday May 27, 2025 @05:03PM (#44110654)

Whatever this is, write more.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by MarceliusK on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @03:08AM (#44113389)

This is one of those stories that just keeps escalating into "am I in a dream or a side quest?" territory... Also, "sushi you’d order from KFC" is going to haunt me

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by JSR_FDED on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @04:20AM (#44113804)

I feel like I’ve just taken someone else’s medicine.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by _pktm_ on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:08AM (#44116807)

I would dearly love to see that ad; any chance you still have it or could more or less reconstruct it?

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by devoutsalsa on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:54AM (#44117384)

I was looking for it in my email, but I think it's long gone.

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Re:How a hawk learned to use traffic signals to hunt more su... by _pktm_ on Saturday May 31, 2025 @09:42AM (#44144245)

Thanks for looking! It just sounded like the kind of clever I love.

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