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New comment by NoNameHaveI in "I went to America's worst national parks so you don't have to"

NoNameHaveI — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 13:57:33 +0000

You CLEARLY have never been to Wisconsin or the Upper Peninsula in summer.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "The house is a work of art: Frank Lloyd Wright"

NoNameHaveI — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:47:14 +0000

Remember that Wright told HotR owner/designer Alex Jordon that he wouldn't hire him to design a chicken coop. You are correct; both should be visited. However, get ready for monotony at HotR. Room after room after room of Jordan's curiosity collection.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "The house is a work of art: Frank Lloyd Wright"

NoNameHaveI — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:44:41 +0000

Having visited multiple Wright buildings, I must say this: no photograph or video will EVER do it justice. The man was a master of light. Wright buildings MUST be visited in person to experience this. You will FEEL it.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Copilot edited an ad into my PR"

NoNameHaveI — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:39:07 +0000

Similar to the Second Law of Thermodynamics which states entropy tends to increase over time in a closed system, I propose the Nth Law of Privatization: enshitification tends to increase with market capitalization/share over time.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Chicago artist creates tourism posters for city's neighborhoods"

NoNameHaveI — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:46:13 +0000

KEEP. JOHNNIE'S. SECRET. Lines are long enough as it is. We don't need tourists messing it up. Signed, -Mont Clare resident

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Chicago artist creates tourism posters for city's neighborhoods"

NoNameHaveI — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:43:02 +0000

Hey! I live in Galewood! OK, Mont Clare really. But you would not be wrong in either case. People see/hear about Chicago (the city, not burbs) and think it is just deep dish, The Bean, and crime. But out here in the bungalow belt, it is working class schlubs just living quiet lives. Aka, the REAL Chicago. If you want a better picture, look up "Blues Brothers Mrs. Tarantino". Yes, I know that's Cicero, but close enough. If you drove that street today, nearly 50 years later, you'd think no time has passed at all.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon"

NoNameHaveI — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 19:52:23 +0000

As a Yocto enthusiast, I am curious as to how much elapsed realtime would be needed for a clean Yocto build. Yocto is thread heavy, so with 288, it oughta be good.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War"

NoNameHaveI — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 11:36:59 +0000

I'd like to believe that Silicon Valley mgmt is Pro-Trump in the same way that Oskar Schindler was "pro Nazi". You may not personally like who is in office, but you pretend to in order to survive.

Ask HN: Starting a New Role with Ada

NoNameHaveI — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:20:59 +0000

So, good news. After a unexpectedly long absence from employment, I am 95% certain that I will receive an offer for a contract job as a product owner. This position will largely involve supervising the development/maintenance of code written in Ada. Even though I have over a decade of experience with C/C++/Assembly, I have ZERO experience with Ada. I doubt I will be writing much Ada myself, but I believe I will need to learn Ada.

So here are my questions:

1. Reading code is usually pretty straightforward. However, all software requires domain knowledge. When starting a new role, how do you bring yourself up on domain knowledge quickly?

2. If you know Ada, what resources to learn Ada do you recommend?

3. What Ada pitfalls do you advise to look out for?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47152724

Points: 10

# Comments: 5

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Writing code is cheap now"

NoNameHaveI — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:05:33 +0000

2 things to think about here: 1. Coding is just one phase of the software development life cycle (SDLC). We still have to gather requirements, design, test, release, and most importantly maintain. I was taught, albeit years ago, that code spends most of its life in maintenance and that is the phase where the most money is spent. 2. Keep in mind Amdahl's law. The limit of software cost as coding cost approaches zero is the cost of the other phases of the SDLC. Apologies to Amdahl for the cheap, dirty bastardization.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "We installed a single turnstile to feel secure"

NoNameHaveI — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:00:36 +0000

When I began work at my last company, we all had to badge in to get in the parking lot, where there was 6 lanes 6-10a and just 2 other times. We also had to pass through 1 of 4 turnstyles, and we were subject to bag inspection going both in and out. We were trained to NEVER leave my badge in an unguarded location (ie my locked car at home, at lunch, etc). We were also trained to NOT display our badges off campus, especially when travelling. This made me make DAMN SURE I knew where my badge was at at times. Same hook in the closet. When walking OUT through the turnstyle, I usually either put it in my bag if I had one, tucked into my shirt pocket, or just tucked under my shirt.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "We installed a single turnstile to feel secure"

NoNameHaveI — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:45:55 +0000

I'm going to wager the risk of corporal punishment is a significant deterrant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_in_Singapore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Michael_Fay Not coincidentally, Singapore has one of the lowest recidivism rates globally. https://www.sps.gov.sg/files/annual%20reports/Press_Release_...

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Running RISC-V in a VM to test my snaps"

NoNameHaveI — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:35:45 +0000

"The problem? I don’t own any RISC-V hardware." Seems like a YOU problem. There is PLENTY of affordable (< 200 USD) RISC-V Orange Pi RV2 boards available for immediate shipment. http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontro... Shoot, if you are testing LOTS of architectures, then get a FPGA dev board and test away. I can't testify about the availability of a IBM 360 open source firmware design, but I know for a fact that Xilinx makes RISC-V available.

Ask HN: Should CompSci Education Change

NoNameHaveI — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:50:48 +0000

How do you think CompSci education should change in the wake of AI generated code? Keeping in mind that degree programs cannot simply keep adding credit hours, what do you think should be added? What should be subtracted? Thank you for your thoughts.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47137155

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "The Missing Semester of Your CS Education – Revised for 2026"

NoNameHaveI — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:46:13 +0000

I'm glad to see there is a "Beyond the Code" section that discusses comments. Here's what I typically told my students in Intro to Programming" Good comments lend insight into the code. Reading the code itself tells you the what. Comments should explain the why. Comments like "i+=1; /* Increment i */" are of little value. However comments such as "We increment i mid loop so that we can peek ahead at the next value for a possible swap" are more useful. Use a narrative voice when writing comments, like you are explaining the code to your grandparent. This make digestion easier. Remember, code spends most of its life, and most of its expense, in the maintenance phase. The easier you make your code to understand, the less it will cost and the longer it will live.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem"

NoNameHaveI — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:51:18 +0000

Fun fact: Garfield LOVES lasagna, and hates Mondays. Oh. Wait!

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "It's Always the Process, Stupid"

NoNameHaveI — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:49:16 +0000

I am compelled to quote Fred Brooks: "There is no silver bullet". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Silver_Bullet

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "How Kids' TV Got Way Too Normal"

NoNameHaveI — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:26:29 +0000

I am going to use a term that is hard to measure: authenticity. A lot of TV programming today, not just for kids, but in general, seems to just pander to the audience rather than tell it as it is, with genuine struggle and strife. There are exceptions (The Bear, most notably). But a lot of it just seems like pablum and slop generated to attract eyeballs rather than to tell a story. Kids sense, and dislike, condescension.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Meow.camera"

NoNameHaveI — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:31:01 +0000

"Future generations are gonna look back at us for our treatment of animals, especially farmed animals, much the way we look back at our slave owning ancestors." I predict that in the next 100 years, or less, consumption of animal products will be much the same taboo as tobacco consumption (in the USA) is today. Yes, they will still be around, but if you enjoy them openly, you will be a bit of a social pariah in many circles.

New comment by NoNameHaveI in "Picasso painting vanishes en route to Spanish exhibition"

NoNameHaveI — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 22:03:18 +0000

I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Exhibition.