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Let me just copy this review comment into my prompt.

a few hours later

Fixed!

Re:Protecting My Attention at the Dopamine Carnival on Monday July 14, 2025 @10:22PM (#44567283)
Mixed bag for me. I spent a day running in circles working on a github action based on lots of very bad info from chatGPT. I also just reviewed a PR that allowed for remote function execution. The dev that wrote the code has been very open about their use of AI. He thought it was good because he wasnt thinking.
Re:As Computer Coding Classes Swell, So Does Cheating on Monday May 29, 2017 @09:34PM (#14442511)
This reminds me of My last year at university. At our final senior project we each had to give a group presentation. I remember this one group that showed off this VB6 program (which was considered outdated language even then). They didn't know how to run the program without opening visual studio and clicking run. They didn't even have basic understanding of compilation/run phases. They couldn't answer basic questions about the code. Obvious to everyone they copied the code. Yet they still passed the class.
Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @02:54PM (#13878719)
I've mostly stopped using Facebook. Besides that last check on Sunday, I haven't used it since. I still have an account, but I don't know the password. I could easily reset it myself, but its just enough friction to make it a pain. I also now have someone accountable to (my wife) and that helps a lot as well.
Re:Is Facebook a Structural Threat to Free Society? on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @03:08PM (#13870508)
Long time facebook addict. I was the kinda person that would check FB every 10 minutes -- yeah, it was a huge issue for me. I could tell it was effecting my work and job.

6 weeks ago I had my wife change my facebook password and log me out of everything. There was a genuine feeling of loss and withdrawal for the first 2 weeks. I felt very disconnected and felt like I was missing out. I asked my wife to sign me in on Sunday. I had 100+ notifications and a few messages. Only 1 direct message and 1 direct post - both from the same person about the same topic. Everything else was just junk.

It turns out that Facebook was providing nothing of value to me. It wasn't even connecting me to friends in a meaningful way. 2 messages relevant to me in 6 weeks. It is mind blowing how much time I was spending reading status and linked articles and looking at photos. Just wasting time and energy.

Re:Show HN: A random startup generator on Thursday April 23, 2015 @04:04PM (#9429455)
My favorite http://tiffzhang.com/startup/index.html?s=197744525037

Scrubn

"THE AGGRESSIVE WAY TO SCRUB."

Re:Atom.io: Multi-Folder Projects on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @03:30PM (#9383477)
I still prefer a full IDE like IntelliJ for my day to day work. If I do use a pure editor it is going to be Sublime (and sometimes vim).
Re:If you are storing important info in Evernote, think twice on Sunday February 22, 2015 @04:05PM (#9091088)
Personal anecdote: I've been using Evernote Premium for 4 years (coming on 5). I have over 800 notes and I am not aware of any data loss issues.
Re:Dell XPS 13 Review on Thursday February 19, 2015 @04:06PM (#9077050)
> Darwin isn't a "true" *nix, but it's close enough for me.

Yosemite is a registered UNIX 03 product.

http://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/

What a luxury these people have to complain and be worried about high income jobs coming to their town. The town I live in would fall all over itself to have Google build a campus here.
Re:What is Meteor.js? on Friday December 19, 2014 @12:04PM (#8773109)
I think Meteor will need the big app to get mindshare like RoR got with Twitter.
Why aren't they considered market participants?
I like in Columbus, GA, which is right next to Fort Benning, one of the largest Army bases in USA. If these soldiers were included in the stats, then our numbers would look better.
Re:Where Did Time Come From, and Why Does It Seem to Flow? on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @11:03AM (#8521302)
I read the book and watched the documentary, "The Fabric of the Cosmos" by Brian Greene.

He gave a good explanation of time. Right before the big bang, the universe was in a 'perfectly' ordered state. Since the big bang the universe has become less and less 'perfect'. What we think of as Time is really just things getting less and less organized.

[1] http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000XUDGV2?btkr=1

Re:GoDaddy Released My Personal Information to a Spammer Troll on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @10:18AM (#7597886)
She did handle her problem by reporting it to GoDaddy.
Re:GoDaddy Released My Personal Information to a Spammer Troll on Wednesday April 16, 2014 @10:15AM (#7597874)
Seems sketchy? She has evidence to back up her claims including an email from godaddy.
Re:You will become who you choose to be around on Thursday March 27, 2014 @11:44AM (#7481065)
Surround yourself with world class olympians - become world class olympian.
I am always surprised when people start talking about specs for phones. This has never once been an input into my buying decision for me.
Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO on Tuesday February 04, 2014 @11:21AM (#7178356)
I thought it was a reflection from a teleprompter.
Re:Our Culture of Exclusion (or, why I'm not going to *conf) on Thursday January 30, 2014 @07:27AM (#7150247)
I can't remember the last time I went to a conference in Atlanta and saw drinking events scheduled.
Re:What Programming Languages Do You Struggle To Hire For? on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @10:29AM (#7144370)
For most programmers its not the new language, its the custom libraries, obscure frameworks, legacy code, or tooling that is going to be an issue for them.
Re:Using your computer as little as possible? on Sunday January 26, 2014 @11:36AM (#7125632)
If I had a free second at any point in the day I would end up checking Facebook or reddit. I just couldn't stop myself so I deleted them. I deleted the Facebook and reddit app from my phone and iPad. This helped a lot. I still checked both in the browser so I ended up deactivating my fb account. I also use Stay Focused which is a chrome extension that blocks sites after a set time. I put reddit and a few other sites on the list. I still check HN. I see this site as educational and I don't regret reading the articles.
Re:Sustainable Micro Home that Costs Less Than $30,000 on Tuesday November 05, 2013 @02:12PM (#6677361)
Isn't this just a fancy mobile home?
Re:Why no one is looking for ‘rockstar programmers’ on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @08:57AM (#6126589)
Thankfully I have never heard someone call themselves a rockstar programmer.
Re:Antiprism on Friday June 21, 2013 @08:35AM (#5917706)
If they want to reach a bigger mainstream audience they'd do well to change their name and logo. The word "Pirate" isn't associated with doing good.
> C'mon ppl, developers are not that lazy!

Challenge Accepted

Re:Why HN was down on Monday February 18, 2013 @03:31PM (#5240446)
I've made several posts to SO and then realize the answer moments later. I usually just self-answer.
Re:Why Do Cars Have Brakes? on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @09:33AM (#5207010)
analogies gone wrong -- terribly wrong
Re:Paying Top Dollar for Condos, and Leaving Them Empty on Monday February 11, 2013 @06:22PM (#5204092)
But they aren't really using the city services either.
Reading this guys bio humbles me. He's done more in the last 10 years as a student than I've done in the past 10 years professionally.

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