<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: WhyIsItAlwaysHN</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=WhyIsItAlwaysHN</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:18:25 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=WhyIsItAlwaysHN" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by WhyIsItAlwaysHN in "The newest Instagram “exploit” is the goofiest I've seen"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Social engineering is all you need"</p>
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<p>That's an interesting interpretation of open source.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:34:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48193841</link><dc:creator>WhyIsItAlwaysHN</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48193841</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48193841</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by WhyIsItAlwaysHN in "SQL patterns I use to catch transaction fraud"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The article states that the particular item is a clear sign of fraud. If that was true, then it should be treated in a special manner. A more paranoid bank could enforce it without adhering to this guidance of multi-factor detection.<p>It isn't though, so balancing it with other rules is fine.</p>
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<p>Exactly, hopefully this is not an autoblock in the future.</p>
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<p>Tolls, revenue taxes, ever stricter rules that cause tickets despite technology getting better.</p>
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<p>My experience was with building a new computer. I had gotten all of the parts needed to completely upgrade my pc, keeping only the case.After installing all of them, the computer refused to boot and just showed a generic error with a blinking light. I tried multiple things to troubleshoot like taking out each ram stick, different hdd, reseating cables, different hdd, change to internal gpu, nothing worked.<p>Then I fell asleep and when I woke up in the morning, I had a very strong feeling that the issue was definitely the memory and I had to move the ram to the set of slots for the other channel. And that was the issue, broken slots.<p>What's impressive is not that it worked, but that after waking up I had no doubt that was the problem, even though practically I couldn't conciously identify why I was so confident about it.</p>
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<p>Maybe this is an unpopular opinion, but this seems to just create the search string in the url, aka youtube search already supports these features.<p>If people were really looking for exact title search they could write "term".<p>It is definitely true that youtube's search is optimized for engagement, but going through a separate ui just to search it seems a bit redundant, especially if after I click search I have ti deal with youtube's UI.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:20:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47657865</link><dc:creator>WhyIsItAlwaysHN</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47657865</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47657865</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by WhyIsItAlwaysHN in "Cross-Model Void Convergence: GPT-5.2 and Claude Opus 4.6 Deterministic Silence"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This result sounds very unsurprising at this point of having models that can reliably use tools.<p>Some part of RL training must focus on the length of responses. I would also guess that Anthropic and OpenAI have an incentive to optimize response length without sacrificing user satisfaction/retention.<p>For example, I would be more satisfied if claude code didn't execute a side-effect free script that produces no output. Embodying the concept of silence is semantically close to predicting the output of an empty program, so it's more efficient to say nothing.<p>Even in the past though similar tests gave output like <i>says nothing</i>. I think that points more towards optimizing for less tokens than the implied special understanding by the latest models.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:58:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476263</link><dc:creator>WhyIsItAlwaysHN</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476263</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47476263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by WhyIsItAlwaysHN in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (UTC+1)
Remote: Yes (Europe timezones) Willing to relocate: No
Role: UX Researcher 
Experience: 3+ years
Email: rvbceilx0@mozmail.com<p>I research how people actually use AI products — then make them better. Cognitive science background (MSc), 3+ years on B2B/SaaS at a major tech company. Led the discovery research that took an AI agent from "what if" to production. Ran seven evaluative studies for gen-AI features now serving 100K+ monthly users. Also did a stint as a business analyst in financial services and led an AI data annotation team at a health-tech startup.<p>Methods: interviews, usability/concept testing, surveys, JTBD, journey mapping, quant in R/Python. Thesis on cognitive biases in LLMs.
Looking for a team that uses research to make decisions, not to validate them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 23:15:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225644</link><dc:creator>WhyIsItAlwaysHN</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225644</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225644</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by WhyIsItAlwaysHN in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (February 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (UTC+1) Remote: Yes (Europe timezones)
Willing to relocate: No<p>Role: UX Researcher (mixed-methods / product discovery)<p>Experience: 3+ years<p>Email: rvbceilx0@mozmail.com<p>UX researcher with a background in cognition and communication, 3+ years on data- and AI-driven B2B/ERP products. I run mixed-methods studies (interviews, usability tests, concept tests, surveys, diary studies, JTBD, journey mapping, basic telemetry) and turn messy workflows and stakeholder questions into clear, actionable recommendations for product, design, and engineering. I’m mainly looking for interesting, challenging work with teams that are willing to listen to research; I’m flexible on domain and stage.</p>
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<p>The OP just writes well. Also an llm is unlikely to write "thru"</p>
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<p>I hope you're hiring for an agent developer position, otherwise it's not going to be a very effective signal</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:22:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46618936</link><dc:creator>WhyIsItAlwaysHN</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46618936</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46618936</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by WhyIsItAlwaysHN in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (UTC+1)
Remote: Yes (Europe timezones)<p>Willing to relocate: No<p>Role: UX Researcher (mixed-methods / product discovery)<p>Experience: 3+ years<p>Email: rvbceilx0@mozmail.com<p>UX researcher with a background in cognition and communication, 3+ years on data- and AI-driven B2B/ERP products. I run mixed-methods studies (interviews, usability tests, concept tests, surveys, diary studies, JTBD, journey mapping, basic telemetry) and turn messy workflows and stakeholder questions into clear, actionable recommendations for product, design, and engineering. I’m mainly looking for interesting, challenging work with teams that are willing to listen to research; I’m flexible on domain and stage.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 16:21:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478395</link><dc:creator>WhyIsItAlwaysHN</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478395</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46478395</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by WhyIsItAlwaysHN in "Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My own plug, translate between SQL dialects, state stored in URL so you can share it:<p><a href="https://sqlscope.netlify.app/" rel="nofollow">https://sqlscope.netlify.app/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 21:59:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46379724</link><dc:creator>WhyIsItAlwaysHN</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46379724</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46379724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by WhyIsItAlwaysHN in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: Copenhagen, Denmark (UTC+1)<p>Remote: Yes (Europe timezones)<p>Willing to relocate: No<p>Role: UX Researcher (mixed-methods / product discovery)<p>Experience: 3+ years<p>Email: rvbceilx0@mozmail.com<p>UX researcher with a background in cognition and communication, 3+ years on data- and AI-driven B2B/ERP products. I run mixed-methods studies (interviews, usability tests, concept tests, surveys, diary studies, JTBD, journey mapping, basic telemetry) and turn messy workflows and stakeholder questions into clear, actionable recommendations for product, design, and engineering. I’m mainly looking for interesting, challenging work with teams that are willing to listen to research; I’m flexible on domain and stage.</p>
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<p>Ideally it's not weeding out but distributing into education paths which fit every student.<p>From my experience studying electrical and computer engineering, I definitely prefer that they chose to put hard electrical engineering courses in the first semesters because I knew immediately not to focus on them because I didn't like them.</p>
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<p>They will not choose to write it. Would you work on something consistently if nobody cared about it?<p>There needs to be a reward for doing essays. That reward can be emotional eg. "the teacher I respect liked my essay" or "my essay was read in class" or "the teacher gives feedback that makes me feel a sense of growth". In that case, maybe kids will do it.<p>However, I think it's hard for a teacher to inspire respect to a classroom and the difficulty scales with the number of people in the class, so grades are used as a hack.</p>
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<p>Outages would not be picked up</p>
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<p>You might want to add a simple description of each company. I don't know half of them and in this dopamine shot optimized format, I don't really have the patience to research every one of them in a different tab.</p>
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<p>Some groups will be more disadvantaged than others by being investigated. For example for welfare, I expect fraudsters to have more money to support themselves or less people to support (unless the criteria for welfare is something unexpected).
So I'd say that there also needs to be more protections than just providing money.<p>Nevertheless the idea of giving money is still good imo, because it also incentivizes the fraud detection becoming more efficient, since mistakes now cost more. Unfortunately I have a feeling people might game that to get more money by triggering false investigations.</p>
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