<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: JakeStone</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=JakeStone</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:58:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=JakeStone" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "ChatGPT Work"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah... No.<p>I can get some useful results from codex at work, because I have to, except for when I don't. I accept that risk factor and compensate by reviewing _everything_ it spits out.<p>But we all know what coding is, in a very broad stroke manner, sure.<p>What does an end of month report mean? I automatically increase the font size when I send the spreadsheet to Paul. I review tickets and provide a meta write-up on Friday. Or maybe Monday, because Fred didn't get back to me until 5:30 Friday, and I closed my laptop at 4.<p>These are just little things, and they're repetitive, but each time, there's some little idiosyncracy. I have reservations regarding any piece of software being able to finesse that.</p>
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<p>If Claude ends up grabbing my C# TOML library, in my defense, I wrote it when the TOML format first came out over a dozen years ago, and never did anything more with it  Sorry.</p>
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<p>Not unexpected, but it looks the oldest kid, Ingress, is being ignored again. IIRC, there was some badge you could earn by doing a number of those scans.<p>Or is Ingress even still around?</p>
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<p>It'll get cleared up.<p>TACO</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:52:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47186946</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47186946</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47186946</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "Dell UltraSharp 52 Thunderbolt Hub Monitor"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've got big monitors, that I hook up to my work laptop and my own laptop.  I make it work with a kvm hub. It's really sweet, for my use.<p>I keep a browser, an IDE, and a terminal pretty much side by side on the bottom one.  I keep slack, email, and a clock on the top monitor.  I also place pullout tabs from my IDEs on the top one.<p>Thing is, no matter the cost range, I generally have to replace the KVM hub about once a year. I've just come to accept that as a part replacement cost. <shrug> This thing has its own KVM hub internally.  Maybe I'm just rough on my KVM, but if someone puts significant wear and tear on this monitor, I'd imagine that part would wear out, which seems like a potential money sink if you have to keep calling the warranty folks.<p>For me, it's too much of a risk, but YMMV.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 20:24:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46651727</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46651727</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46651727</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "Inside CECOT – 60 Minutes [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's ridiculous that this has to be done.<p>I'm honestly speechless.  But thanks for the magnet link.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:43:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361843</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361843</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46361843</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "An exposed .git folder let us dox a phishing campaign"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I agree with never deploying a .git folder to prod.<p>Part of our deployment script for sites has something like:<p><pre><code>  git clone -d 1 -b $BRANCH https://blahblah.tld/project
  rm -rf .git*
</code></pre>
So no .git directory, .gitignore, and so on.</p>
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<p>I've not had that kind of experience in over 30 years. I'm a bit older now, and I would hope that my response would be something similar to:<p>Me: "Am I under arrest?"<p>No: "I would like my attorney present before starting this discussion. Please provide me some contact information so we can schedule this."<p>Yes: "I wish to have my attorney present. I will not be answering any questions or discussing this matter."<p>Now, I don't know if I'm actually that brave, but I've at least got a plan.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:47:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45697828</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45697828</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45697828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "Meta puts stop on promotion of tell-all book by former employee"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I should be getting my physical copy on Tuesday.  Physical so that Bezos can't have it edited or deleted from my Kindle.<p>Good job, Zuck!  I didn't even know this book existed, and likely wouldn't have cared, until you decided to drop the hammer on her.</p>
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<p>Anyone else having an issue with it not showing anything in Firefox mobile?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:39:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40658711</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40658711</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40658711</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "Show HN: Pi-C.A.R.D, a Raspberry Pi Voice Assistant"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I didn't know that, but I'm glad I have my MacBook in clamshell mode with an external camera with a physical cover.<p>I mean, I appreciated the little green light, but the fact that it seemed necessary indicates to me that humanity still needs some evolving.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2024 02:22:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40351019</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40351019</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40351019</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "96% of US hospital websites share visitor info with Meta, Google, data brokers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have a regular prescription I have gotten refilled at Kaiser Permanente for years. I use their online site and get my meds mailed to me.<p>It may have been 2 years ago or so, but the process stopped working and wouldn't accept my confirmation after giving my credit card info. I've got a handful of privacy tools on my browser. I finally gave in and temporarily white listed the pharmacy and still cleared out any trackers. Sent the web admin a basic, "WTF, folks?" and got a BS non answer.<p>Fast forward to maybe November or December last year. Refill time, and the trackers were even worse. I kind of need my meds though. So I created a new account on my computer, and ordered my meds.<p>Then I filed a complaint of a possible HIPAA violation, starting at <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/filing-a-complaint/index.html</a> and was polite, factual, and provided some non hysterical examples of how a prescription could indicate a specific health issue with resulting advertising or PII release to parties not needing it.<p>I received an email at the end of February. I was probably not the only person that sent a complaint, but the end result is that KP is being investigated.<p>Yay.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2024 19:36:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40016804</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40016804</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40016804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "An Easy Fix"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That was fun. Got it by 2:00, but also played a few hunches with a cowboy move here and there that may have saved time.<p>Still not going to convince me to respond to Slack that quickly, though.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 08:48:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38830496</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38830496</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38830496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "Piracy Is Back: Piracy Statistics for 2023"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No verifiable sources cited, just large amounts of scary percentages.<p>If everybody is pirating, then everything will go away. We've heard this since cassette tapes, video tapes, decss, torrents, and we'll continue hearing it with new tech.<p>I say to the streaming companies and the content creators, stop bluffing. Shut it down since pirates are apparently chatting you billions.<p>Cash in your options, go to your private island retreat and never darken our door again.  I have physical books, and walks are usually nice.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 14:23:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38556637</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38556637</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38556637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "Grok is an AI modeled after the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>To grok is to drink.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 14:28:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38151404</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38151404</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38151404</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "The Techno-Optimist Manifesto"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Get a load of this clown.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2023 01:30:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37909212</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37909212</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37909212</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "Ask HN: Why are some YC startups not posting salary ranges when law requires it?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They just immediately receive the delete button.<p>Maybe 5 years ago or so, I got an email that sounded good in terms of domain and tech stack, and with good detail on tasks and responsibilities.<p>As I reached the bottom, I saw a salary heading and assumed it would have a good range.  It said something like $80k - $2 million.<p>Immediately deleted and a filter placed in my email to never hear from them again.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2022 16:48:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33971455</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33971455</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33971455</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "Looped Square Or ⌘"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I call it the "flower" key, mainly due to the response I got from a couple other devs when I switched from years of Windows to doing some Mac stuff, and didn't know that it was called "command".</p>
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<p>Well that could explain why there was a kerfluffle when checking my Advent of Code account earlier.  It worked a few minutes later, so all good.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:20:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28946754</link><dc:creator>JakeStone</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28946754</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28946754</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by JakeStone in "H3: Hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing system"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>DGGRID was very useful for me when I first started experimenting with hexagon partitioning.<p>One of my projects is using the Dymaxion projection, which H3 uses, and I've found H3 to be a lot faster for my uses.  YMMV.</p>
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