desmondwillow
Re:A Periodic Map of Cheese
on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @02:09PM (#47852285)
Claude prefers it.
Re:Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashe...
on Wednesday March 25, 2026 @08:59PM (#47525473)
Consider whether this is an uncharitable comment --- someone with little expertise in a discipline has made a rookie mistake and didn't realize that the wires weren't produced individually.
Professionals overestimating their knowledge is a very common thing!
Re:Launch HN: Captain (YC W26) – Automated RAG for Files
on Friday March 13, 2026 @09:48PM (#47372478)
Congratulations on the launch, Edgar and Lewis! I tried out https://pg.runcaptain.com/ ---
1. I can't seem to select the text during text generation without it being deselected as soon as more text is generated.
2. It seems like it tries to emit citations, but doesn't emit proper links and instead just wrote [filename].
> one of the most common pieces of advice Y Combinator gives to startups [153_do_things_that_dont_scale.pdf].
Re:VisualJJ – Jujutsu in Visual Studio Code
on Sunday February 01, 2026 @05:31PM (#46850078)
I'm quite surprised to hear that "programming languages have reached a terminal state": there are (imo) at least four in-progress movements in the industry right now:
1. Memory safety 2. Better metaprogramming capabilities 3. Algebraic effects 4. Solver/prover awareness
Even if LLMs become capable of writing all code, I think there's a good chance that we'd want those LLMs writing code in a language with memory safety and one amenable to some sort of verification.
Re:JavaScript Temporal Is Coming
on Thursday January 30, 2025 @11:07AM (#42879052)
The DurationFormatter proposal allows you control over which units you want formatted and at what brevity: eg. 1 yr, 3 hours, and 3m. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...
I partially implemented it in the icu4x library.
Re:Ask HN: How to learn marketing and sales as a solo entrepreneur?
on Friday January 03, 2025 @09:53AM (#42586118)
I'm feeling sales-curious myself as a currently rather technically-focused student. Find me at https://github.com/kartva/ and my email at sendtokartavya at gmail dot com.
(I didn't see an email in your about so this is the best way I know to contact you)
Investing a possible Linux bug: small sbrk calls succeed despite low RLIMIT_AS
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)
on Monday September 11, 2023 @05:51PM (#37474202)
Hey, so the careers page just redirects to Raytheon's website, at which point the link leads to a search page with the term "FlightAware" that doesn't yield any results.
How can I apply?
Re:Ask HN: What are you predictions for 2023?
on Sunday December 25, 2022 @11:34AM (#34128568)
100% Chaotic Neutral predictions. Love it.
Re:Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Ba...
on Saturday May 21, 2022 @02:42PM (#31460603)
> By contrast, removable-battery phones are all garbage practically as soon as you open the box. The Samsung XCover is only 2 years old, might not even get Android 12, and definitely will never get anything after Android 12.
That isn't a property intrinsic to removable-battery phones; An Apple phone with a removable battery would be the best in terms of software and battery longevity, both of which are factors which serve to prolong the life of the phone.