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New comment by andra_nl in "A Broken Heart"

andra_nl — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:53:40 +0000

Still, I'm going to quote the living daylights out of "These coding agents are very much like a power saw. Profoundly useful, and proportionately dangerous."

Even though this particular case may not be fair, the comparison feels like a very fair one to me. The notion that these things can be very valuable in capable hands, but costly in others.

New comment by andra_nl in "Show HN: isometric.nyc – giant isometric pixel art map of NYC"

andra_nl — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 12:55:30 +0000

Will "Retro art" do?

New comment by andra_nl in "Heat stress mitigation by trees and shelters at bus stops"

andra_nl — Thu, 08 May 2025 12:08:30 +0000

Can you support this claim somehow? Because on the face of it this sounds dangerously wrong.

New comment by andra_nl in "Diagrams AI can, and cannot, generate"

andra_nl — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:37:03 +0000

Fair point. What the author does mention is that if you have to do a lot of work getting proper results out of AI (and potentially contend with hallucinations), you may as well do the actual work yourself and be more confident about the end result.

That being said, I think part of the potential is repeatability. Once you've done the work of property prompting for the desired result, you can often save the adjusted prompts (or a variation of it) for later use, giving you a flying start on subsequent occasions.

New comment by andra_nl in "Generate impressive-looking terminal output, look busy when stakeholders walk by"

andra_nl — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 08:40:31 +0000

I run i3wm (poorly :P). Does anyone know whether it would it be possible to trick i3lock (or something similar) into showing the output of this "tool" instead of a static image?

Would be a fun look, with the added bonus of some colleagues potentially being tricked into thinking they have an opportunity to mess with my machine. :D

New comment by andra_nl in "Self-Hosting a Firefox Sync Server"

andra_nl — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 08:45:04 +0000

I completely understand the feeling, but when's the last time pointing fingers actually got you anywhere? :)

New comment by andra_nl in "An AI Event Hired John Mulaney to Do a Comedy Set and He Brutally Roasted Them O"

andra_nl — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 07:28:05 +0000

To be fair, not _just_ in tech. :)

New comment by andra_nl in "What We Watched: A Netflix engagement report"

andra_nl — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 07:30:20 +0000

So is asserting that everyone is crazy, except you. :P

New comment by andra_nl in "The Scourge of Airport Noise"

andra_nl — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 05:31:29 +0000

Yeah, for me that one's right up there with every cookie-cutter cookie-prompt on every website.

"We care about your privacy"

no. you. do. not.

Please don't pretend.

New comment by andra_nl in "Pangram"

andra_nl — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 11:10:00 +0000

Back in my Apple fanboy days, I was delighted to come across a pangram referring to Jobs and Wozniak, but I can no longer quite recall it, and my Google Fu is failing me. I think it was:

Jobs and Wozniak quibble mightily over expensive coffee.

It checks out, but it feels weird that I can't find a reference to it online.

New comment by andra_nl in "Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)"

andra_nl — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 22:43:45 +0000

Well, not exactly tab completion, but I have `fzf`[0] tied to my history search.

That allows me to type `soriloco`, punch ctrl+r and be prompted with `some ridiculously long command` (if, of course, I've run it before).

Combined with infinite history this trick has saved me a bunch of typing and even proper remembering. :P

[0]: https://github.com/junegunn/fzf

New comment by andra_nl in "Ask HN: Best Alternative to Homebrew in 2021?"

andra_nl — Tue, 02 Nov 2021 15:32:23 +0000

Could you give (or point to) a description how compiling binaries using GitHub Actions can be done? Sounds really nice. :)

New comment by andra_nl in "Advanced console.log Tips and Tricks (2020)"

andra_nl — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:45:10 +0000

Also, none of this stuff should ever be used in production code, only during development (at least IMHO). So even if some things were browser specific, it shouldn't hurt anyone but yourself if you run into incompatibilities while using any of it.

New comment by andra_nl in "Advanced console.log Tips and Tricks (2020)"

andra_nl — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 05:27:26 +0000

Same here.

New comment by andra_nl in "What is the best dumb TV?"

andra_nl — Sat, 03 Oct 2020 09:00:06 +0000

The article actually addresses this:

Monitor displays are relatively darker than TV displays. This is because monitors are designed for people who sit up close.

It may not be a problem when you’re watching a movie in a dark room. If you watch with the windows open during the day, however, your monitor won’t be able to produce enough brightness to give you pleasant viewing experience.

New comment by andra_nl in "GitHub CLI 1.0"

andra_nl — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:01:54 +0000

Damn, I should RTFM, 'cause that sounds super useful!

New comment by andra_nl in "GitHub CLI 1.0"

andra_nl — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 21:00:01 +0000

Hey, thanks for sharing. I was wondering about hub vs GH.

Shepherding Random Numbers

andra_nl — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 18:00:14 +0000

Article URL: http://inconvergent.net/shepherding-random-numbers/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12857549

Points: 119

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