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New comment by adamredwoods in "Where is the AI jobs crisis?"

adamredwoods — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:55:31 +0000

Bold claim to say "no signs" based on non-contextual numbers. I think I recall somewhere that most jobs added were in healthcare.

>> The May jobs report reinforced this with nonfarm payrolls jumping by 172,000, confirming that there are no signs of workers being replaced by ChatGPT.

New comment by adamredwoods in "Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?"

adamredwoods — Wed, 27 May 2026 20:28:40 +0000

No one needs to disprove, because no religion has ever had proof of an existence of a god(s).

New comment by adamredwoods in "Ask HN: When and why did you start believing in God?"

adamredwoods — Tue, 26 May 2026 06:32:21 +0000

There is absolutely no god(s). It is a false fabrication of the human mind.

New comment by adamredwoods in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

adamredwoods — Sun, 24 May 2026 16:56:23 +0000

I can't find that in your reference. Additionally, signed by Jefferson into law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naturalization_Act_of_1802

New comment by adamredwoods in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"

adamredwoods — Sun, 24 May 2026 06:21:08 +0000

The United States was literally built on the idea of immigration.

https://www.cato.org/blog/founding-fathers-favored-liberal-i...

New comment by adamredwoods in "Meta to receive $3.3B in tax breaks for its $10B Louisiana data center"

adamredwoods — Fri, 15 May 2026 21:01:06 +0000

From https://sherwood.news/tech/hyperion/

>> Per the report, the package of tax breaks and incentives was achieved through local officials bound by nondisclosure agreements, quietly struck legislative deals, and parliamentary sleight of hand to avoid public scrutiny of the deal.

>> So the residents of Richland Parish did not have much of a heads-up on what was coming.

No voting, no public interests, only closed-door politics.

New comment by adamredwoods in "The beginning of programming as we'll know it?"

adamredwoods — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:25:24 +0000

>> The computers will come for all of our jobs eventually, but those of us who refuse or decline to embrace the most powerful creative tools we’ve ever been given will be the first to fall.

It's being mandated by almost all companies. We're forced to use it, whether it produces good results or not. I can change a one-line code faster than Claude Code can, as long as I understand the code. Someday, I'll lose understanding of the code, because I didn't write it. What am I embracing?

New comment by adamredwoods in "Ask HN: I burnt out from software development. What now?"

adamredwoods — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:41:35 +0000

>> But AI has sucked the joy of the craft even in my free time.

I agree, and you are not alone. Those who love the craft of programming are forced into a weird situation, and that's where AI sucks away soul.

Perspective and patience changes many things. Work on altering perception by taking workshops, classes, volunteering, reading, poetry, etc. Whatever as long as it's something you haven't experienced before.

Also, I think it's okay to work on your own projects without AI slop-coding. This is how we learn, by doing. There is still expertise to be gained.

New comment by adamredwoods in "Multiple Sclerosis"

adamredwoods — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:24:59 +0000

A family member recently died from this. It was gut-wrenching to watch the fast decay of life happen, once full of life, then death, with three years. I donated to find a cure.

New comment by adamredwoods in "Claude helped me find direction in life"

adamredwoods — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:21:26 +0000

I'm glad it has helped you. I've used it for some mild life experiences, but I am suspicious about sharing deep emotional experiences with a private company that stores everything. I wonder if creating a throw-away account would offer more anonymity.

New comment by adamredwoods in "Ask HN: Why does solving problems via drawing/diagrams work?"

adamredwoods — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:12:16 +0000

Drawing is thinking. Organizational thinking. Viewing a problem from a different perspective.

New comment by adamredwoods in "Spotify says its best developers haven't written code since Dec, thanks to AI"

adamredwoods — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:13:56 +0000

The co-CEO gives a terrible example. A developer is working while commuting? How clear is one's thinking skills during that time? How safe is that to deploy a production commit? Does Spotify test in prod?

New comment by adamredwoods in "I am happier writing code by hand"

adamredwoods — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:56:01 +0000

>> For me it's a highly rewarding and enjoyable activity, just like studying mathematics. Nevertheless, the main motivator for me has been always the final outcome

There are two attitudes stemming from the LLM coding movement, those who enjoyed the craft of coding MORE, and those who enjoy seeing the final output MORE.

New comment by adamredwoods in "We mourn our craft"

adamredwoods — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:46:04 +0000

I agree with the nolanlawson's sentiment. What's interesting is many of the opposing statements here seem to be less interested in the actual code, and more interested in the final state. Both are valid, but one is going away due to technological advancements. That is the mourning.

There are some of us who enjoyed the code as a thing to explore. Others here don't seem to like that as much.

New comment by adamredwoods in "We mourn our craft"

adamredwoods — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:43:13 +0000

Natural language is not a programming language. Programming is precision. Natural language is fuzzy.

>> spend my retirement having fun in it.

People who have reaped the rewards of their careers tend not to be the ones concerned about their futures. Apathy.

New comment by adamredwoods in "We mourn our craft"

adamredwoods — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 17:38:31 +0000

Computers did feel like magic... until I read code, think about it, understood it, and could control it. I feel we're stepping away from that, and moving to a place of less control, less thinking.

I liked programming, it was fun, and I understood it. Now it's gone.

New comment by adamredwoods in "Alex Honnold completes Taipei 101 skyscraper climb without ropes or safety net"

adamredwoods — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:35:51 +0000

In the rain! Here's another video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljtXTBenYlc

New comment by adamredwoods in "Alex Honnold completes Taipei 101 skyscraper climb without ropes or safety net"

adamredwoods — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:30:02 +0000

He needs the ultimate focus, there can be no mistakes. That's amazing you got to see the actual climb!

Do you have any photos on social media?

New comment by adamredwoods in "Ban HN posts with links behind paywalls – YES or NO?"

adamredwoods — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:00:01 +0000

No. Good information can be behind a payed site, and possibly, more investigative. Free sites can sometimes be less verified or partial information. I think the goal would be to have the most accurate link possible, rather than many links that only contain a subset of the information.

New comment by adamredwoods in "Ultrasound Cancer Treatment: Sound Waves Fight Tumors"

adamredwoods — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 01:57:30 +0000

Chemotherapy isn't always successful, and depends on the tumor's characteristics, but the idea is yes, less chemo. Histrophy is similar to resection, physically removing a tumor. I've seen chemo options for both scenarios with resectable cancers. For example, hormonal therapy is usually prescribed after resectable breast cancer, regardless of outcome. Or, chemo first to shrink the tumor, and have better surgical margins.