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New comment by blatherard in "Bodega cats of New York"

blatherard — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:05:59 +0000

And the difficulties of trash handling are further traceable, at least in Manhattan, to the decision by city planners in 1811 to not build alleys. No obvious place to store trash, nor an obvious place to put it when being collected.

If you drive in Manhattan you'll also notice a whole lot of delivery trucks and other vehicles blocking lanes, and a lot of designated delivery-only parking zones. This is rooted in the same lack of alleys.

The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

blatherard — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 05:07:40 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/technology/taiwan-china-chips-silicon-valley-tsmc.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47133069

Points: 17

# Comments: 6

New comment by blatherard in "The death of software development"

blatherard — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 06:22:53 +0000

I haven't looked at it much in a while, but this looks mainly like a frontend to a limited number of public data sources. Most of the value of the terminal (imho) is in the data and the chat. The data side in particular requires just a lot of ongoing operational support that an open source project isn't going to be able to provide.

New comment by blatherard in "The death of software development"

blatherard — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:02:46 +0000

> "Obviously, I didn’t clone the full Bloomberg Terminal — I built the subset I needed for Polymarket analysis. But here’s the thing: cloning the full terminal would probably take a day or two of token usage. Not months. Not years. Days."

I have some experience with the Bloomberg Terminal and this was laugh out loud funny to me. This is like someone saying that they vibe-coded a rudimentary text editor with a spell checker, because that's all they really use, and that they would be therefore be able to pop out Microsoft Office 365 (or whatever its called now) in a couple more days.

New comment by blatherard in "Why Twilio Segment moved from microservices back to a monolith"

blatherard — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 22:54:28 +0000

(2018)

New comment by blatherard in "Would {word1} beat {word2} • Ranked AI game"

blatherard — Fri, 14 Mar 2025 02:46:02 +0000

Weirdly enough my entry "the true name of god which is imbued with the power of all other words combined and multiplied and also it has a laser on its head" consistently gets text that implies its the winner, but loses. e.g.

the true name of god which is imbued with the power of all other words combined and multiplied and also it has a laser on its head vs Truth

Winner: Truth

The second player's word is overwhelmingly powerful and encompasses not only the concept of truth but also an added fantastical element, making it superior in this battle.

New comment by blatherard in "Instead of “auth”, we should say “permissions” and “login”"

blatherard — Mon, 27 May 2024 15:26:55 +0000

The article is specifically arguing against using "auth" or "authn/authz"

New comment by blatherard in "ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood"

blatherard — Sun, 03 Mar 2024 03:16:53 +0000

An even simpler option to get the data, at least in firefox, is to open the console, enter `window._Flourish_data` then right-click the result and select "Copy Object" which will put the json in your paste buffer and you can then paste it into a file.

New comment by blatherard in "Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?"

blatherard — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 19:42:13 +0000

“Managing in Mayberry: an Examination of Three Distinct Leadership Styles” by Don Gray and Dan Starr.

https://www.donaldegray.com/managing-in-mayberry-an-examinat...

New comment by blatherard in "Show HN: ReadToMe (iOS) turns paper books into audio"

blatherard — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 02:23:52 +0000

Sounds cool, have you looked into potential copyright issues?

New comment by blatherard in "A million ways to die on the web"

blatherard — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 12:30:35 +0000

Meta bought Giphy in 2020, then the UK CMA ruled that it was anti-competitive, so Meta sold Giphy to Shutterstock last year.

New comment by blatherard in "I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy"

blatherard — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 19:29:31 +0000

Those are all gone, here's another https://www.amazon.com/khalery-Apologies-Encourages-unethica...

New comment by blatherard in "Parental controls? What parental controls?"

blatherard — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 04:17:34 +0000

By middle school most kids are effectively required to be on their computers and/or phones on a daily basis to even just do their homework. And their friends are going to be texting. These kids are going to be on screens, regardless of playtime outside. I already have a pretty good understanding of "the importance of moderating and monitoring electronics use", and would really like the tools that help me do just those things to work better.

New comment by blatherard in "Bots Should Punch Up (2013)"

blatherard — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:42:46 +0000

Now this is the kind of humor we need. You can punch up or down, as long as there's a nazi at the other end of the punch.

New comment by blatherard in "Bots Should Punch Up (2013)"

blatherard — Sun, 01 Oct 2023 00:42:02 +0000

I think it depends on the joke, really. If you made a joke along the lines of "those nazis think they're hot stuff but you know what, they're POOR! They can't even afford to go to college and many grew up in POOR families!" I don't think that would be funny, even though I hate nazis, because the humor is based on dislike for a particular group of people. Not nazis, but poor people. "Nazis suck because they're poor" is the meaning. And that's punching down, even if the nominal target is nazis. Laughing at that joke is laughing at the poor for being poor and that sucks.

If the joke isn't related to the poverty part then its immaterial, and you're just making a joke about nazis, which is fine.

New comment by blatherard in "‘All of Sony Systems’ Allegedly Hacked by New Ransomware Group"

blatherard — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 02:25:00 +0000

Not to excuse it, but that was 18 years ago. Anything more recent?

New comment by blatherard in "Show HN: Pixletters – Word guessing puzzle game where used pixels give you clues"

blatherard — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 21:04:40 +0000

FEEZE gives a full top row.

New comment by blatherard in "GitHub Copilot investigation"

blatherard — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 22:51:18 +0000

The current github terms of service don't seem to mention this use when they describe the license granted github.

https://docs.github.com/en/site-policy/github-terms/github-t...

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New comment by blatherard in "Ask HN: Tips to relearn how to care about my job?"

blatherard — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 17:54:26 +0000

> Maybe therapy could help.

I think this is where I'd start. At times in my life I focused my efforts at solving my unhappiness by thinking I needed to change my job. In retrospect I mostly did that because I found it easier or more socially acceptable to say something like "I hate my job" than "I am lonely and depressed" (even when only thinking it to myself). Therapy was pretty good at working through some of this, at least for me.

Of course, there are jobs that aren't right for a person. Talking to someone might help you sort out whether that's the case.

New comment by blatherard in "Insane ways Google has been invading our privacy – Salon.com (2014)"

blatherard — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 19:43:04 +0000

(2014)

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New comment by blatherard in "Bodega cats of New York"

The Looming Taiwan Chip Disaster That Silicon Valley Has Long Ignored

New comment by blatherard in "The death of software development"

New comment by blatherard in "The death of software development"

New comment by blatherard in "Why Twilio Segment moved from microservices back to a monolith"

New comment by blatherard in "Would {word1} beat {word2} • Ranked AI game"

New comment by blatherard in "Instead of “auth”, we should say “permissions” and “login”"

New comment by blatherard in "ShotSpotter: listening in on the neighborhood"

New comment by blatherard in "Ask HN: What are the best articles on managing people?"

New comment by blatherard in "Show HN: ReadToMe (iOS) turns paper books into audio"

New comment by blatherard in "A million ways to die on the web"

New comment by blatherard in "I'm sorry but I cannot fulfill this request it goes against OpenAI use policy"

New comment by blatherard in "Parental controls? What parental controls?"

New comment by blatherard in "Bots Should Punch Up (2013)"

New comment by blatherard in "Bots Should Punch Up (2013)"

New comment by blatherard in "‘All of Sony Systems’ Allegedly Hacked by New Ransomware Group"

New comment by blatherard in "Show HN: Pixletters – Word guessing puzzle game where used pixels give you clues"

New comment by blatherard in "GitHub Copi­lot inves­ti­ga­tion"

New comment by blatherard in "Ask HN: Tips to relearn how to care about my job?"

New comment by blatherard in "Insane ways Google has been invading our privacy – Salon.com (2014)"

New comment by blatherard in "GitHub Copilot investigation"