<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: Sverigevader</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Sverigevader</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:22:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Sverigevader" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Sverigevader in "Claude Cookbook"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fascinating! Makes me wonder if they were chosen to maximize the contrast between the before and after shots, just to "prove that it "works"".<p>Personally I prefer the before shots all the way down.</p>
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<p>I've never really thought about this but, could it be because they don't want people to "try this at home"? Either because of safety issues, or my actual hypothesis, because they want to keep their possible pool of candidates as big as possible?</p>
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<p>Wait, I don't understand. I thought oatmeal was gluten free, but because of where it's grown and processed, there's a lot of cross contamination with wheat. I buy gluten free oats because of this.<p><a href="https://celiac.org/gluten-free-oats-whats-the-deal/" rel="nofollow">https://celiac.org/gluten-free-oats-whats-the-deal/</a></p>
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<p>It's very minor but, with the Snipping Tool, the screenshot automatically ends up in the clipboard after dragging the box. As far as I know with macos I have to open the preview and copy it from there. There may be an option in macos to get the same behavior but I don't know about it.</p>
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<p>About hitting the print screen button by accident. I have the same issue and like you I can sometimes get out of it by hitting ESC. I think this sometimes fails because the snipping app isn't in focus (even though it's covering the entire screen).<p>The trick I found to get out of it is to hit ALT+TAB. It ironically puts another app into focus and when that happens, the snipping tool exits. Snipping tool is pretty great though. I wish macOS had the same.</p>
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<p>Well, you could say that the proposed alternative is: Consider not working there.<p>This means, work somewhere else, or even _do_ something else.</p>
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<p>Great comment! I was inspired by this article <a href="https://every.to/superorganizers/how-to-build-a-learning-machine-299655" rel="nofollow">https://every.to/superorganizers/how-to-build-a-learning-mac...</a> about Simon Eskildsen, which led me to his blog <a href="https://sirupsen.com/" rel="nofollow">https://sirupsen.com/</a>, which then led me to create <a href="https://juliusrobert.site" rel="nofollow">https://juliusrobert.site</a> for myself. It's not a traditional blog per se but it checks some boxes and I have the same quote as you do here as a reason to do this <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/#writing-about-things-i-ve-found" rel="nofollow">https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/#writing-abo...</a></p>
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<p>Tipping has been forced into Sweden for around 10-15? years now. I do not like it one bit. No one pays by cash, so they baked the tipping into the payment terminals. They usually come with 4-5 pre-made options with percentages, and _sometimes_ a "no gratuity" option, which will input your original total. IIRC it's always possible to skip it by pressing the (usually) green button to "continue". It'll always input your total and you can skip the entire thing and just blip your card.<p>Some customers started to input their PIN code (which you sometimes have to do) instead of their total when this was a new thing. It made for some hilarious totals.<p>One of the most egregious examples I can remember was a restaurant where you order digitally, and when done, you go and get your food/drinks yourself from the serving window. And they asked for tips... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<p>Sigh... I do sometimes tip though, never for lunch, but sometimes for dinner.</p>
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<p>It's thanks to this site that I learned that Kobo uses a really bad renderer for epubs unless converted to their own ebook format (Kepub). It make a huge difference in appearance and performance on a Kobo device.<p><a href="https://standardebooks.org/help/how-to-use-our-ebooks#kobo-faq" rel="nofollow">https://standardebooks.org/help/how-to-use-our-ebooks#kobo-f...</a></p>
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<p>It can make a huge difference in performance and batterylife, as well as how well images are rendered. I learned this by chance through this (great) site <a href="https://standardebooks.org/help/how-to-use-our-ebooks#kobo-faq" rel="nofollow">https://standardebooks.org/help/how-to-use-our-ebooks#kobo-f...</a><p>This was after a year or two of suffering through bad performance and a janky experience. Except for the purchased books of course. Somehow I never thought it was possible to fix.</p>
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<p>This is a bit off topic but I noticed that you've included a moderation log at the bottom. I don't think I've seen that before. I really like it!</p>
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<p>Hmm, didn't we do this for cloning? I remember hearing about this on Lex Fridman when he interviewed Max Tegmark.<p>If I recall correctly, the entire world is in agreement that cloning is illegal, and even that some people in China (could be just one) even went to prison for it.</p>
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<p>I'd like to add my perspective here. I drove 50 miles to and from work every day for 5 years, around Stockholm, Sweden. 80 % highway traffic.<p>The only driving aid I use (rely on) on is ACC (Automatic Cruise Control), to keep my speed and distance (maximum) to the car in front of me. I almost always stay in the rightmost lane doing the speed limit.<p>Without a doubt Tesla drivers consistently stood out as the most "strange". Drivers of all brands can be stressed and drive too fast, but Tesla drivers were janky, couldn't stay in their lanes, and very often didn't keep a safe distance to the car in front of them.<p>Worst part, they didn't seem aware of their surroundings. They would merge in the most insane situations/positions or dangerously try to pass other drivers.<p>I don't know if they relied on their hardware to guide them, this autopilot thing, or whatever else they have, but it puckered me up good.</p>
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<p>Dylan Beattie talked about this exact thing at NDC this year. <a href="https://youtu.be/By4Gb1RKZpU?t=1428" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/By4Gb1RKZpU?t=1428</a>. Timestamp included. The entire talk is very good though.</p>
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<p>Nice catch! I didn't even realize that myself. I get more or less the same result as you now.</p>
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<p>Still can't handle the question:<p><pre><code>  I have three doors in front of me. behind one is a great prize. Behind the other two are bad prizes. I know which door contains the prize, and I choose that door. Before I open it the game show host eliminates one of the doors that contain the bad prize. He then asks if I'd like to switch to the other remaining door instead of the one I chose. Should I switch doors?`


  Big answer:

  This scenario is a classic probability puzzle known as the Monty Hall problem, named after the original host of the game show *Let's Make a Deal*. Here's how it works and what you should do:

  1. **Initial Choice**: You choose one of the three doors. At this stage, the probability that you have selected the door with the great prize is \( \frac{1}{3} \), and the probability that the great prize is behind one of the other two doors is \( \frac{2}{3} \).

  2. **Host's Action**: The host, who knows what is behind each door, then opens one of the remaining two doors to reveal a bad prize. This step is crucial because the host always reveals a bad prize and always chooses one of the doors you did not pick.

  3. **Decision Point**: You now have the option to stick with your original choice or switch to the other unopened door. Here’s why you might consider switching:
   
  - If your original choice (let's say you chose door 1) was correct (which has a probability of \( \frac{1}{3} \)), then the other two doors (2 and 3) both have bad prizes, and switching would cause you to lose.
   
  - However, if your original choice was incorrect (which has a probability of \( \frac{2}{3} \)), meaning the prize is behind one of the other two doors, the host's action of opening another door (say he opens door 3, revealing a bad prize) leaves the door with the prize (door 2) still closed. Switching in this case would lead you to win.

  4. **Probability of Winning**:
  - If you do not switch, you win if your original choice was the door with the prize (probability \( \frac{1}{3} \)).
  - If you do switch, you win if your original choice was not the door with the prize (probability \( \frac{2}{3} \)).

  Therefore, **you should switch doors**. Switching doors doubles your chances of winning the great prize, from \( \frac{1}{3} \) (if you stick with your original choice) to \( \frac{2}{3} \) (if you switch). The switch works in your favor because it capitalizes on the probability shift caused by the host's action of revealing a bad prize behind one of the doors you did not initially pick.</code></pre></p>
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<p>Same for me! It was like a brick of programming in the face. If I recall correctly, I owe my gratitude to someone called "DarkAlex" on the "PSP-Hacks" website/forum for getting me interested.<p>My reason for starting with that scene was to play my "backed up" games but I remember screaming with joy when I got a C++ program onto the PSP which displayed some colours and bars. I could change them with the buttons and joystick.</p>
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<p>I would have preferred prompt crafting.</p>
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<p>This is surreal! Are we watching Silicon Valley season 7? Laurie Breem is this your doing? Are going through every CEO you can find in an attempt to get Sam Altman to realize he was the right person all along?</p>
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<p>Interesting! I bought metal straws a while back for use at home, and I used to clean them in the dishwasher. After a while I realized that my stomach acted up almost every time I used them (regular aspartame sweetened sodas). It stopped when I started washing them by hand. My theory: There was detergent or rinse aid left inside. About as unscientific as you can get but I'm "certain"...</p>
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