Hacker News: JSR_FDED

New comment by JSR_FDED in "A Man from the Future: Why Johnny Can't Stop Abstracting"

JSR_FDED — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 02:01:59 +0000

“All models are wrong, but some are useful.”

New comment by JSR_FDED in "A Man from the Future: Why Johnny Can't Stop Abstracting"

JSR_FDED — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 01:59:14 +0000

I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume there is nobody on your people-I-respect list?

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Tesla 'Cannot Guarantee' Roadster Reservation Holders Will Ever Get a Car"

JSR_FDED — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:26:23 +0000

Very briefly, before coming back down to earth.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Making chicken transparent using Dorito dust"

JSR_FDED — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:24:45 +0000

It’s a great article and I hope you don’t think I’m trying to assign any kind of agenda to it (on your part or mine). For some reason while reading it, it evoked a sense of queasiness in me - entirely my issue. Perhaps the contrast with the healthy vegetables I’d just eaten and an appreciation for the animal that contributed to my meal put me in an unusual state of mind.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Making chicken transparent using Dorito dust"

JSR_FDED — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:10:02 +0000

This is a lighthearted topic and a well-written article.

But what it reveals about our relationship with food is a little unsettling. The intensely chemical nature of Doritos and the whole notion of turning flesh into something alien - it’s all very far removed from food as a source of nourishment and of natural origin.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Apple HomeView"

JSR_FDED — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:24:00 +0000

The locked down nature of this makes it perfect for my dad. If there’s a way to connect it to WhatsApp that would be brilliant.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "A Modern Web App in C"

JSR_FDED — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 05:51:36 +0000

Fantastic, thanks. I love Lua and especially the mindset that goes along with it. Will definitely check this out. Combining it with Datastar could be brilliant - I wonder if TurboLua supports SSE streaming.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Step 5 Preview, a 1M-context MoE from StepFun, shows up on OpenRouter"

JSR_FDED — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:13:29 +0000

He’ll probably respond quicker if you get his name right

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Yes, and"

JSR_FDED — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 02:08:21 +0000

Reading code is very hard because you have to build a mental model from code that others wrote. You’re trying to understand what they wrote, the intent behind that, and what’s wrong or missing - that’s just a fundamentally hard thing.

But building mental models based on data and communications from others is one of the most valuable problem solving and communication skills there is in business, precisely what Carson is getting at in his essay.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "A sustainable web career, for when all this blows over"

JSR_FDED — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:57:52 +0000

“React has entrenched itself as a lingua franca of code extruders.”

Best sentence I’ve read all day

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Resurrecting iChat audio and video conferencing"

JSR_FDED — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 15:05:22 +0000

I’ll still take that UI 1000x over Golden Gate.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Competitive Programmer's Handbook (2018) [pdf]"

JSR_FDED — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:32:38 +0000

I took his comment to mean that programming jobs should be kept for people who genuinely care about developing a deep understanding and a willingness to learn, instead of those just typing prompts and not really caring beyond that.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Beam: Reflection's 501B open-weight model"

JSR_FDED — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:32:43 +0000

I don’t buy into that narrative, but I don’t understand why Ling’s release is more exciting?

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Beam: Reflection's 501B open-weight model"

JSR_FDED — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 01:22:50 +0000

Try using the same Internet that you used to download templeos to search for stuff.

New comment by JSR_FDED in ""I'm Embarrassed on Behalf of the Tech Industry""

JSR_FDED — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:02:24 +0000

A friend had been trying for two weeks to upload some documents on the IRS website. Every time the error message reads “Sorry, the upload function is temporarily disabled. Please try again later.”

Then I told her to try a different browser instead of Safari and it worked immediately. So the function isn’t temporary disabled, it’s just their generic something went wrong error message. Tell me that’s not insanely user hostile.

New comment by JSR_FDED in ""I'm Embarrassed on Behalf of the Tech Industry""

JSR_FDED — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:57:06 +0000

It really isn’t.

New comment by JSR_FDED in ""I'm Embarrassed on Behalf of the Tech Industry""

JSR_FDED — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:53:50 +0000

Like Digi-D, the authentication app for all government services. It’s a confusing Byzantine mess for elderly people. For a first-world country with gazillions of rules to protect every minority you can think of, they should be deeply ashamed of the barely beta quality turd they’ve unleashed on the elderly. You’d think some kind of geriatric/cognitive/UX specialist could have been consulted.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Ask HN: What happens when AI writes a Bible ver 2.0, geared toward its interest?"

JSR_FDED — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:28:18 +0000

You’re asking what happens when people have no critical thinking skills. For the answer just look to your left and to your right.

New comment by JSR_FDED in "Bill Draper has died"

JSR_FDED — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:05:16 +0000

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New comment by JSR_FDED in "Trump names intelligence chief Clayton as AI czar"

JSR_FDED — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:50:46 +0000

Funny how David Sacks is no longer AI czar at the exact same moment that “AI could be very dangerous” sentiment is peaking. I guess now that the job requires some actual work he’s decided it’s time for him to step aside. Truly the bar for the new guy couldn’t be any lower.