Hacker News: GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=GFK_of_xmaspastHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sun, 21 Jun 2026 10:39:35 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Oracle refuses to accept pro-Google “fair use” verdict in API battle"]]>Oracle does:

"Oracle's clout will come in part from the presence of its CEO, Safra Catz, who did not join the pro-Hillary Clinton chorus of other Silicon Valley honchos, and who is now working on Trump's transition team. " (http://fortune.com/2017/01/17/oracle-trump/)

]]>Sat, 11 Feb 2017 20:02:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13624480GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13624480https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13624480<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Yale will rename Calhoun College to honor Grace Hopper"]]>No reason they can't rename something more appropriate after Calhoun, like a dumpster or sewage plant or something.

]]>Sat, 11 Feb 2017 19:59:46 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13624457GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13624457https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13624457<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Below Deck: Filipinos make up nearly a third of all cruise ship workers"]]>Sounds like someone needs a whole lot of collective labor action.

]]>Sat, 11 Feb 2017 15:18:43 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13622968GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13622968https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13622968<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms"]]>> does this maximize overall welfare

I'm not a utilitarian.

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:08 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13619310GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13619310https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13619310<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Censored on Imzy /Politics for defending Trump supporters against violence"]]>Oh wait mysticlabs appears to be the same person as the author, or at least a serious fan.

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:44:53 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13618736GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13618736https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13618736<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Censored on Imzy /Politics for defending Trump supporters against violence"]]>Boy there's nothing half as exciting as reading a dude's blog post about getting banned from a web forum. (Same guy apparently wrote this : https://medium.com/@trentlapinski/the-berkeley-riots-were-a-... )

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 20:43:40 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13618726GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13618726https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13618726<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "IDEA individual license"]]>Individual, one license.

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:27:02 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13617636GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13617636https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13617636<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Ask HN: Is it more fun ( and wise ) to implement or to read about coding theory?"]]>Turns out an excellent way to improve your skill is to actually implement things.

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:17:10 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13617010GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13617010https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13617010<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "IDEA individual license"]]>I have both intellij (paid edition) and clion open right now.

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:16:09 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13617002GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13617002https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13617002<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Jupiter From Below"]]>Why would someone go to a Michael's when there's no shortage of independent framing shops pretty much everywhere?

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:49:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13616769GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13616769https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13616769<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "CPython migration to GitHub scheduled for today"]]>> don't know how to patch a file or attach a diff to an email

How many minutes does it take to learn those skills?

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 14:07:14 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13615397GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13615397https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13615397<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "H-1B visas mainly go to Indian outsourcing firms"]]>I sell my labor in exchange for money, and so it's in my interest for wages to be as high as possible, if not higher.

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 13:09:30 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13615107GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13615107https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13615107<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Show HN: How to write a tiny compiler"]]>First one I thought of and also you can write it directly.

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 01:46:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13612655GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13612655https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13612655<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Show HN: How to write a tiny compiler"]]>Looking at those slides and watching the first part of the talk, it sounds as if he's re-invented LLVM IR, and poorly.

]]>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 01:05:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13612507GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13612507https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13612507<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave"]]>20 years ago when I was in grad school I did use octave to do my research, and it was 'mostly fine'. (Also I discovered that a couple of the matlab toolboxes I needed were just .m files and there was no technical reason that I couldn't just copy them into a local directory for octave to find; I consider this no worse than 'morally iffy' considering that we had a matlab site license)

]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:55:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13611381GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13611381https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13611381<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Before Straight and Gay: The discreet, disorienting passions of the Victorian era"]]>> I'm pretty sure I have more in common with vagina-loving women (i.e. bisexual women and lesbians) than with only-penis-loving men (gay men).

How many of either do you know and / or call as friends?

]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:46:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13610216GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13610216https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13610216<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Before Straight and Gay: The discreet, disorienting passions of the Victorian era"]]>> Do you ask them if they have a penis, or do you just let them use the bathroom

And in case anybody thinks this is just hyperbole:

http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/self-appointed-bathroom-c...

]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 19:45:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13610201GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13610201https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13610201<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "An Introduction to Solitons [pdf]"]]>What's a genetic algorithm going to get you that a traditional numeric solution won't?

]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:38:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13609544GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13609544https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13609544<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "IBM Bans Remote Work Company Wide – Move or Leave"]]>> retarded

Hey. Hey.

]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:37:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13609532GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13609532https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13609532<![CDATA[New comment by GFK_of_xmaspast in "Ask HN: Why is there no instrument to short a private company?"]]>If they don't believe in the company why would they loan their shares instead of selling them.

]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2017 02:06:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13604043GFK_of_xmaspasthttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13604043https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13604043