Hacker News: abstractspoon

New comment by abstractspoon in "Designers changing mockups and calling correct & completed work defects"

abstractspoon — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 03:18:46 +0000

I refuse to work on UI bugs that do not include screenshots annotated to show the exact perceived problems

New comment by abstractspoon in "Boeing "incredibly excited" to serve as nation's only astronaut transportation"

abstractspoon — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:06:10 +0000

Incredibly excited to have been granted a monopoly

New comment by abstractspoon in "Did Anthropic's A.I. Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?"

abstractspoon — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:02:34 +0000

Betteridge says?

New comment by abstractspoon in "NSA, military cyber forces will guard US election systems during midterms"

abstractspoon — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:00:36 +0000

That's a weight off my mind!

New comment by abstractspoon in "Why Tokyo transit gates process contactless cards in under 100ms"

abstractspoon — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:14:14 +0000

New comment by abstractspoon in "Windows 10 breaks less often than Windows 11"

abstractspoon — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 03:10:12 +0000

I've still got two of my 4 machines on windows 10 and often feel grateful for not having upgraded . I'm not a big internet user so I figure the risks are low

New comment by abstractspoon in "Publishers treat authors like outcasts until it's time to go out and sell books"

abstractspoon — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:44:36 +0000

I read somewhere a long time ago that authors also have no control over the book cover or blurb and sometimes even the title

New comment by abstractspoon in "A programming language is a medium for people"

abstractspoon — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:39:14 +0000

AI use =/= engineering

New comment by abstractspoon in "Parasocial media: why influencers aren't your friend"

abstractspoon — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 02:37:57 +0000

I never trust those in the business of self promotion

New comment by abstractspoon in "Oil Slips as Iran Diplomacy Sparks Fresh Hopes for a Market Reset"

abstractspoon — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:02:22 +0000

> Don’t Just Follow the Headline. Forecast What Comes Next.

Is this can AI-ism ?

New comment by abstractspoon in "I hate that I like this song"

abstractspoon — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:37:46 +0000

Whilst I just hate that song

New comment by abstractspoon in "I don't read code anymore"

abstractspoon — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 02:36:16 +0000

I suspect you never really read code in the first place, to see so little value in it now

New comment by abstractspoon in "How long does a database table live?"

abstractspoon — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:59:25 +0000

What an annoying background

New comment by abstractspoon in "A Review of Don Quixote"

abstractspoon — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:54:41 +0000

More a reflection than a review

New comment by abstractspoon in "It would suck to die because I love consuming"

abstractspoon — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 03:55:19 +0000

You only love consuming because it sucks to live

New comment by abstractspoon in "There is more to code review than (automatable) detection"

abstractspoon — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 03:47:48 +0000

I think this applies to the writing of code as well

New comment by abstractspoon in "A Slice of Europe in the Heart of Lucknow – Oranje Castle"

abstractspoon — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:23:08 +0000

Bad link

New comment by abstractspoon in "Pics by Google"

abstractspoon — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:39:42 +0000

Get thee behind me satan

New comment by abstractspoon in "VAT-Inclusive vs. VAT-Exclusive Pricing: The Math Developers Get Wrong"

abstractspoon — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 07:17:42 +0000

Arithmetic 101

New comment by abstractspoon in "Crisis of the Late Middle Ages"

abstractspoon — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 07:46:42 +0000

Happy days!