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New comment by cjcenizal in "'They take you out of life, out of time': a journey into Spain's cave paintings"

cjcenizal — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:59:22 +0000

As a couple other comments have alluded, we’re the same essential creatures then as we are now. We create, we appreciate beauty, stories, and art. Sometimes it’s hard for me to feel connected to other humans, but stories like this make me feel profoundly connected to humanity. :)

New comment by cjcenizal in "More than sixty percent of the United States is experiencing drought conditions"

cjcenizal — Fri, 15 May 2026 03:13:04 +0000

I think the “first time in 25 years” bit reinforces the idea of persistent drought being a problem.

New comment by cjcenizal in "Bombarding gamblers with offers greatly increases betting and gambling harm"

cjcenizal — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:15:54 +0000

I understand moral arguments but also see how others might not. I think it might be more useful to view this from a societal perspective. Is it to society's benefit to ensure gamblers don't ruin their own lives? To answer that question, what's the cost to society when a gambler ruins their life?

Lost savings means an impoverished individual and potentially an impoverished family and children. These draw support resources from the state and community, are more likely to turn to crime, and are less likely to develop into contributing members of society.

New comment by cjcenizal in "My first year in sales as technical founder"

cjcenizal — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 23:24:41 +0000

A more constructive way to phrase your comment might be: “Is 2/487 conversions a good conversion rate? It seems like a low one to me.”

New comment by cjcenizal in "NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966"

cjcenizal — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 22:57:28 +0000

House of Dynamite on Netflix is a realistic (at least it feels realistic) look at the modern day equivalent. It’s fundamentally an exciting film but I also enjoyed learning how large scale human/technical systems operate during a nuclear crisis.

New comment by cjcenizal in "Friendship Begins at Home"

cjcenizal — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 14:25:17 +0000

Try Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. From the Wikipedia article [1]: “This therapy focuses on challenging unhelpful and irrational negative thoughts and beliefs, referred to as 'self-talk' and replacing them with more rational positive self-talk. This alteration in a person's thinking produces less anxiety and depression.”

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_behavioral_therapy

New comment by cjcenizal in "Why, as a responsible adult, SimCity 2000 hits differently"

cjcenizal — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:38:31 +0000

America as a physical space is largely rural, but 80% of Americans live in cities according to the census.

New comment by cjcenizal in "Homeowners insurance is pricing people out in disaster-prone cities"

cjcenizal — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:38:17 +0000

I see many comments along the lines of, "Good, this is how the market should work" as if displacement is a desirable outcome. Reasoning from first principles, the world we want is one in which we have fewer disaster-prone areas, not more. This would mean lower insurance rates, and fewer instances of displacement. This is a symptom of a deeper problem.

New comment by cjcenizal in "More and more people are tuning the news out: 'Now I don't have that anxiety"

cjcenizal — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:50:18 +0000

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New comment by cjcenizal in "More and more people are tuning the news out: 'Now I don't have that anxiety"

cjcenizal — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 15:02:02 +0000

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New comment by cjcenizal in "The vibe coder's career path is doomed"

cjcenizal — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 01:51:42 +0000

I’m a visual person so having something I can see and experience typically helps me understand someone’s idea better than if they’re describing something and I’m trying to imagine it. It also helps to have a concrete artifact because we can methodically catalogue its characteristics and define which ones are exactly what the person means, kind of what they mean but they still need help refining it, or completely up for grabs. This is why I find prototypes, wireframes, and sketches to be useful tools for defining the solution space.

New comment by cjcenizal in "What does connecting with someone mean?"

cjcenizal — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:04:14 +0000

It’s all relative. You can share something slightly personal or controversial and see where it lands in the other person’s comfort zone. Then it’s up to you to decide what to do with that info.

New comment by cjcenizal in "The vibe coder's career path is doomed"

cjcenizal — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 15:06:54 +0000

Absolutely! AI coding is a communication lubricant. It enables non-technical people to express complex software ideas without the friction of asking a developer for help or even working with a no-code tool.

Software development doesn't occur in a vacuum -- it's part of a broader ecosystem consisting of tech writers, product managers, sales engineers, support engineers, evangelists, and others. AI coding enables each person in the org to participate more efficiently in the scoping, design, and planning phases of software development.

New comment by cjcenizal in "My Family and the Flood"

cjcenizal — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:32:04 +0000

Having children makes me feel vulnerable. They’re like extensions of myself — if they feel pain, I feel it too. To imagine one of them dying… this story broke my heart.

Microsoft Surface parody (2007) [video]

cjcenizal — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 22:21:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565988

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by cjcenizal in "The fish kick may be the fastest subsurface swim stroke yet (2015)"

cjcenizal — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:33:28 +0000

Amazing! This is about the dolphin kick performed on its side, rechristened “the fish kick.” I couldn’t fathom (ha) why the same kick rotated 90 degrees could be faster but it turns out that the kicking motion is constrained by the motion of the water around it. In the dolphin kick, the water moves up and down and is limited by the water’s surface and pool’s bottom. The swimmer frees themself of these constraints by turning on their side.

New comment by cjcenizal in "MacPaint Art from the Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today"

cjcenizal — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:23:29 +0000

I was born in ‘83 and a good chunk of my formative years were spent imagining the world through dithered pixels — playing games, creating art, writing, and exploring. Seeing these images evokes a rush of nostalgia, simply because they’re dithered.

New comment by cjcenizal in "Seven Engineers Suspended After $2.3M Bridge Includes 90-Degree Turn"

cjcenizal — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:30:56 +0000

They chose the right angle. They chose the wrong angle.

New comment by cjcenizal in "Hugging Your Cactus"

cjcenizal — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:46:32 +0000

If you struggle with aspects of yourself or have someone in your life who you struggle to forgive, I recommend reading this. The ideas of "learning to accept and integrate the ugly parts of your soul" and "learning to forgive others" address some of the mental and emotional barriers that I grapple with, and now that they've been planted in my mind, I'm hoping they take root.

New comment by cjcenizal in "Alternative Layout System"

cjcenizal — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:27:20 +0000

Hahaha, actually I think I heard it in Jony Ives’s voice.