<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: ccvannorman</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ccvannorman</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:02:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=ccvannorman" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people's minds"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah the article makes it seem like "just use rationality and facts" is missing a huge part of the equation; I feel like it's common knowledge that this is not the gap in modern convincing. (and don't you dare try to use facts to persuade me otherwise!)<p>More likely in my opinion it's the context that matters here. If people know they're trying to be convinced of something and know they're talking to an AI, they may feel like they can trust (what they consider to be) an unbiased and rational AI. There's probably a fallacy associated with the assumption that an AI convincer is more rational and fact based, while it's more probable that the AI in the real world is, in fact, funded and trained by a think tank that wants you to vote against your own self-interests.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:26:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754908</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754908</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49754908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Yes/No/Cancel causes Aspirin sales to soar"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I thought this was going to be about a marketing success example for Aspirin! ... Although, I guess in a roundabout way it was.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:36:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388815</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388815</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49388815</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We're (re) building MathBreakers.com, a math game sandbox/platform. It's built on Node/PlayCanvas and is a full 3D game engine including our unique math-based primitives and triggers/cinematic system (similar to Unreal's).<p>We make math a joy to play with and spark wonder through experience.<p>Prime numbers literally come to life, sprouting legs and personalities, as signals from the spirit world animate them; but when your best friend is portaled to the spirit world and NullCorp tried to shut down all research, you find yourself battling and puzzle-solving across a myriad of landscapes to bridge the two worlds and get your friend back.<p>Tests are ongoing! Reach out if you want to take a dip into our infinite universe.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:58:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251028</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251028</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251028</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "AI's debt binge can't last, hidden borrowing reaches $1.65T"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My AI recommended that a chuckle at this comment would be a great balance of engagement, humor and foresight.<p><i>chuckle</i></p>
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<p>This was very helpful. Thanks</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:36:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48894334</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48894334</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48894334</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Check out the new US passport"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>yes but it's an optional limited edition run</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 21:08:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48701776</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48701776</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48701776</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>MathBreakers, Your Limitless Math Universe. It's a math game platform teaching fundamental grade school concepts like Fractions in an immersive 3D world with virtual manipulatives (no equations or worksheets).<p>Re-reading the Lean Startup to hone our GTM, market validation and growth engine.<p>(mathbreakers.com)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:38:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530173</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530173</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is cool. Sent you a connection request on LinkedIn :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:32:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530080</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530080</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48530080</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "ICE denies having a protester database. A letter to Congress sheds more light"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Posting a level 3 meme comment? Straight to list.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 14:45:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477104</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477104</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I looked at all linked articles and could not find an example of the points (they show a square grid of points with n~=100 but no other ordering of points to show the more optimal layout(s)).<p>Is there anywhere an image example of a superior layout for example with n>={100,1000,10000}..? I would love to see it. I am imagining it would look somewhat like a sloppy pizza.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 07:21:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219053</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219053</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48219053</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>you'd better be careful wth your typos, as well</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 13:02:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47586764</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47586764</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47586764</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Dark Alley Mathematics"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>took me a few reads but this is indeed correct (lol)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2026 04:20:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46921263</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46921263</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46921263</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "GitHub Actions is slowly killing engineering teams"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I just finished an implementation of CI across three codebases totalling >50k lines and I can confirm a lot of the author's pain points, especially around logging and YAML variables.<p>Commit with one character YAML difference? Check.<p>Commit with 2-3 YAML lines just to add the right logging? Check.<p>Wait 5+ minutes for a YAML diff to propagate through our test pipeline for the nth time today? .. sigh .. check<p>BUT, after ironing all these things out (and running our own beefy self-hosted runner which is triggered to wake up when there's a test process to snack on), it's .. uh.. not so bad? For now?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 14:32:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913283</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913283</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913283</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Apple introduces new AirTag with longer range and improved findability"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We use them on our cats and have found the trouble-maker cat 3 times out of 3 when needed (in an urban apartment area; most recently the cat was scared by a noise which may have kept her hidden out all night in the cold, unless we had found her/shooed her back to the house)</p>
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<p>By your reasoning, Putin invading the US and kidnapping President Trump for his crimes is equally valid</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 21:54:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46492691</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46492691</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46492691</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Instacart reaches into your pocket and lops a third off your dollars"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I would personally pay $2x market price for a Phone, Computer, Tablet that guaranteed privacy (via whatever technical means necessary) for all my interactions with the internet.<p>Is that so much to ask?<p>Could the next "Apple" produce such hardware/software stack to black box this for the consumer -- simply buy "Pineapple" products and guarantee this stuff can't touch you (user obsfuciation for all external platforms could be a hard technical challenge, I know - hence the big value if delivered)</p>
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<p>I can't help myself and surely someone else has already done the same. But the query<p><pre><code>  obj.friends.filter(x=>{ return x.city=='New York'})
  .sort((a, b) => a.age - b.age)
  .map(item => ({ name: item.name, age: item.age }));
</code></pre>
does exactly the same without any plugin.<p>am I missing something?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 20:25:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45725844</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45725844</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45725844</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Police Break Up Lego Theft Ring"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>they'll take apart this criminal empire brick by brick</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 14:06:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45694801</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45694801</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45694801</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Claude Sonnet 4.5"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That is also not enough. An agent could build an application that functions, but you also need to have a well-designed underlying architecture if you want the application to be extensible and maintainable - something the original dreamer may not even be capable of - so perhaps a shared extended dream share with a Sr. architect is also needed. Oh wait .. I guess we're back to square 1 again? lol</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2025 14:18:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45438042</link><dc:creator>ccvannorman</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45438042</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45438042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ccvannorman in "Comprehension debt: A ticking time bomb of LLM-generated code"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I joined a company with 20k lines of Next/React generated in 1 month. I spent over a week rewriting many parts of the application (mostly the data model and duplicated/conflicting functionality).<p>At first I was frustrated but my boss said it was actually a perfect sequence, since that "crappy code" did generate a working demo that our future customers loved, which gave us the validation to re-write. And I agree!<p>LLMs are just another tool in the chest; a curious, lighting fast jr developer with an IQ of 85 who can't learn and needs a memory wipe whenever they make a design mistake.<p>When I use it knowing its constraints it's a great tool! But yeah if used wrong you are going to make a mess, just like any powerful tool</p>
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