<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: cja</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cja</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:13:46 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=cja" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "The unbearable joy of sitting alone in a café"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Which is a bit tragic for someone like me who lives in a place where I hardly know anyone and is desperate to talk to the other people sitting alone in the cafe</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:31:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497217</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497217</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46497217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "I built physical album cards with NFC tags to teach my son music discovery"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You can also add stream URLs to a card. Thus we have a "radio" card which lets my son play radio stations from all over the world.</p>
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<p>Hammock-driven Development
<a href="https://github.com/matthiasn/talk-transcripts/blob/master/Hickey_Rich/HammockDrivenDev.md">https://github.com/matthiasn/talk-transcripts/blob/master/Hi...</a><p>Default mode network
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_network" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Default_mode_network</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 19:20:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44119702</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44119702</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44119702</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have to believe the deadlines are serious. It helps too if the task is interesting</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 18:40:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41964628</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41964628</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41964628</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, but it's not an invitation :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Oct 2024 11:47:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41961818</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41961818</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41961818</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Some people with ADHD thrive in periods of stress, new study shows"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is obvious - stress is motivating.<p>Give me a deadline in six months and I'll procrastinate for at least five of them, feeling terrible about it throughout. Give me an impossible deadline tomorrow and I become a productivity machine, with no time for anxious overthinking.</p>
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<p>How to use Syncthing on Android now that the app has gone?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Oct 2024 06:23:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41942723</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41942723</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41942723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Syncthing Android App Discontinued"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Likewise</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Oct 2024 19:37:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41897915</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41897915</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41897915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Meta Movie Gen"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's like how LLMs help me with software development. I don't work less, instead I produce more and what I produce is of greater benefit to my clients.</p>
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<p>It's the national religion.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:17:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601725</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601725</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601725</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Learning to Reason with LLMs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Recently I was starting to think I imagined that. Back then they gave me the impression it would be released within week or so of the announcement. Have they explained the delay?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:24:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41523934</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41523934</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41523934</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Thoughts on the Durov Arrest"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They aren't secret. France and its allies having access to Telegram data/systems doesn't affect Ukraine's ability to use it for that purpose.</p>
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<p>It's not used by the Ukrainian military. It is used extensively by Russian military and intelligence</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 08:54:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41377458</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41377458</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41377458</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Thoughts on the Durov Arrest"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Imagine that Ukraine used a US messaging system for military comms. The head of that company visits Serbia (a country friendly to Russia) and is arrested on some charges that you don't agree with. Will you debate the charges or the consequences for Ukraine?<p>Maybe it's because I live very close to Russia and most of the people here probably don't think about the war every day, but the strategic reality of this situation makes all these privacy arguments so trivial.<p>I need to see this happen to someone other than Durov to consider that it's not about the war. While it's only Durov then I really don't think he's discussing privacy issues with the French - they are discussing his access to Telegram's systems and his ability and willingness to give that to the allies of Ukraine. Likewise in Russia they are not discussing the privacy issues, they are trying to lock Durov out Telegram's systems and the military and intelligence services are working on alternative ways to communicate, and meanwhile the effectiveness on the battlefield of the Russian army is compromised.</p>
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<p>Your second sentence contradicts your first</p>
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<p>Why are so many people taking this at face value? There's a war going on and the man in charge of the communications system for one side flew to try to meet his leader and then flew to an enemy country where there was a warrant for his arrest.<p>I'm not saying the French aren't serious about the charges they've published but they're hardly the main point.<p>There's plenty in the media about the use of Telegram by the the Russian military and intelligence services, as well as politicians. For example: <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/telegram-ceo-arrest-pavel-durov-russian-military-communications-france/" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.eu/article/telegram-ceo-arrest-pavel-du...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2024 05:50:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41376341</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41376341</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41376341</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/telegram-ceo-arrest-pavel-durov-russian-military-communications-france/" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.eu/article/telegram-ceo-arrest-pavel-du...</a><p>“They practically detained the head of communication of the Russian army,”</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2024 06:35:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41365041</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41365041</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41365041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>BBC review of reaction of Russian newspapers
<a href="https://x.com/BBCSteveR/status/1827956452373438648" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/BBCSteveR/status/1827956452373438648</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:58:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41355573</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41355573</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41355573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Please could whoever downvoted this explain why? There's plenty of evidence of this. Access to Telegram would be like cracking Enigma</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Aug 2024 06:32:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41354548</link><dc:creator>cja</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41354548</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41354548</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cja in "Is Telegram really an encrypted messaging app?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Telegram is the comms system for the Russian military.</p>
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