Hacker News: KillerRAK

New comment by KillerRAK in "Firewood Splitting Simulator"

KillerRAK — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:41:38 +0000

good exercise!

New comment by KillerRAK in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"

KillerRAK — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 13:24:11 +0000

Without experience, programming with AI (vibe coding, I guess) can be compared to being a rat in maze... You work your way through a project, but the dead-ends exact a high cost in terms time, attention, and ultimately cost.

With experience, you see these dead ends before they have a chance to take hold and you know when and how to adjust course. It's literally like one poster said: coding with some buddies without ego and without the need to constantly talk people out of using the latest and greatest shiny objects/tools/frameworks.

I've really enjoyed going back a revisiting old ideas and projects with the help of AI. As the OP stated -- it has restored my energy and drive.

New comment by KillerRAK in "Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly"

KillerRAK — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 13:32:19 +0000

User experience is inversely proportional to piracy.

Every time I have to login using a code, not only am I annoyed that I once again after to re-enter my uid/pwd despite being a paying customer, I'm also reminded I'm paying yet another monthly fee for a service.

Streaming companies: you're asking for it. Begging for it.

New comment by KillerRAK in "Most 16-year-olds don't have servers in their rooms"

KillerRAK — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 02:12:07 +0000

Keep at it -- your skills will be growing in demand as the cloud pendulum swings back.

New comment by KillerRAK in "New study finds microplastics infiltrate all systems of body, alter behaviour"

KillerRAK — Tue, 29 Aug 2023 13:40:04 +0000

Someone hired a PR firm and launched a campaign. That is all -- continue living your life.

New comment by KillerRAK in "Love Song to Costco"

KillerRAK — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 11:56:35 +0000

Costco is the best!

In addition to having a great curated product selection that one can trust, they appear to treat their employees well as they always have a great attitude and top-notch customer service.

New comment by KillerRAK in "Are You a Sharecropper? (2003)"

KillerRAK — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:13:26 +0000

As true today as it was 18 years ago -- Just replace Operating System/Platform with your Public Cloud of choice.

Are You a Sharecropper? (2003)

KillerRAK — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:10:30 +0000

Article URL: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2003/07/12/WebsThePlace

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29107387

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by KillerRAK in "Plotinus: A searchable command palette in every modern GTK+ application"

KillerRAK — Sat, 22 May 2021 14:33:44 +0000

Such an under-appreciated feature by macOS users and devs alike.

New comment by KillerRAK in "About that Hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 trial"

KillerRAK — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:10:17 +0000

Nothing quite like a site titled "Better Science" with the disclaimer:

"While I understand the basics of a clinical trial, I’d like to point out that I am no medical scientists. Most of the issues here were spotted by other people and I have linked to the sources."

You cannot make this s@#t up!

Put on your critical thinking caps folks -- there's a lot of bad info out there.

New comment by KillerRAK in "Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums"

KillerRAK — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:43:55 +0000

Wow, you all are really taking this fact hard. It's ok -- I know was shocked when I first heard this back in high school.

Reading thru the comments, it sounds like New Jersey has great parental benefits, but you will be sharing them with a few more million people than Denmark, so ymmv.

It comes down to this: you sound like a complete idiot comparing social programs of these small Countries to large Country. Stop.

New comment by KillerRAK in "Finland to give dads same parental leave as mums"

KillerRAK — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:49:18 +0000

I love a good, "X Nordic Country provides Y for FREE -- so should the United States!" Where Y is some socialized benefit.

Let's put this in perspective: Finland's population is around 5.5 million people. That's somewhere between the populations of South Carolina and Minnesota.

Get a grip people -- The United States is not even remotely equivalent to Finland in terms of demographics and population. Find a nice U.S. State that doles out great Parental benefits, and move.

New comment by KillerRAK in "Nototo – Build a unified mental map of notes"

KillerRAK — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 12:48:39 +0000

Very interesting. There’s certainly something to this associative memory phenomenon. Case and point. I stumbled across this on accident, by listening to the radio while commuting to work in the morning. Some shows repeat themselves throughout the day. If I hear the repeat on my commute home, I can recall an amazing number of details around my morning commute at the same time in the show. It’s pretty amazing and I’m trying to find a way to exploit this outside of listening to Howard Stern on my commute to/from work. :-)

New comment by KillerRAK in "How a shampoo bottle is saving young lives"

KillerRAK — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 16:10:01 +0000

Why do I read this headline to myself in Adam Sandler's voice???

New comment by KillerRAK in "The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Amazon and Apple"

KillerRAK — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 16:14:04 +0000

What's the old saying about sleeping with dogs?

Yeah. That.

New comment by KillerRAK in "We’re Measuring the Economy All Wrong"

KillerRAK — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 16:05:58 +0000

Thank you -- this had to be said. Political discourse is useless here in this echo chamber.

New comment by KillerRAK in "iOS 12 introduces new features to reduce interruptions and manage Screen Time"

KillerRAK — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 22:26:27 +0000

And still no native calculator for iPad. Oh well, maybe they'll squeeze it in next year. Imagine the cheers and adulation that'll bring from the WWDC keynote audience...

New comment by KillerRAK in "Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines"

KillerRAK — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:25:03 +0000

And don't get me started about removing the glowing apple logo on the back of the screen. No reason for it -- now the back of the MBP looks just as shitty and cheap as every other craptop on the market.

New comment by KillerRAK in "Making the Touch Bar useful by abandoning Apple guidelines"

KillerRAK — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:23:34 +0000

I refuse to buy the new MBPs for corporate use. Just keep buying the older model. The new one is an unmitigated, overreaching, disaster. Oh and BTW, if Apple discontinues the older MBP, I will NEVER buy a MBP with a Touch Bar. Utterly ridiculous. I look forward to reading about what a stupid technology blunder this was years from now in a listicle of tech mistakes.

New comment by KillerRAK in "Scientists move Doomsday Clock ahead to 2 minutes to midnight"

KillerRAK — Thu, 25 Jan 2018 18:23:17 +0000

The Mayans applaud the efforts of these scientists.