<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: cuttysnark</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cuttysnark</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 08:16:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=cuttysnark" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cuttysnark in "Anthropic reported diary entry to police, woman faces felony charge"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The more sensible thing would be to link to any example of any lab anywhere offering enterprise solutions—with the opportunity to negotiate—to individuals.<p>People are confused at your take because it’s based on a reality that so far you’ve only described as the better/obvious option for individuals. Companies treat corp customers  and individual customers differently. This isn’t new.<p>My company <i>did</i> negotiate the data policy amongst other things for our enterprise plan, I was involved in the process. I can say with certainty that they’re not picking up the phone for _one dude_ who wants the same thing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 13:27:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978132</link><dc:creator>cuttysnark</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978132</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49978132</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cuttysnark in "California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It’s weed. A whole cohort of people and kids are no longer drinking alcohol (like they did) or never really started because THC and/or CBD is now legal in vapes, gummies, drinks.<p>I visited Charleston and was surprised they’ve only legalized THC insofar as THC drinks are available at <i>bars</i>. But a lot of the young people were drinking cans of it instead of spiked seltzer, which was the only alcohol anyone was holding. No beer, no wine.<p>Similarly: they all were smoking computers—not a single analog cigarette in sight. Tobacco farmers in shambles?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:19:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49891340</link><dc:creator>cuttysnark</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49891340</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49891340</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cuttysnark in "My life was changed by four sentences in four books"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There’s a huge gap and missing inspirational book sentence between “doing music and nothing else”, the proceeds of which bought a house, and selling a tech company for tens of millions.<p>The real cliffhanger was the part where he almost fell into successful serial entrepreneurial pursuits, but a book purchased as a joke warned him he’d better not.</p>
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<p>Sounds like your relationship is suffering. If it’s as you describe, in my eyes, that counts as broken.<p>Do you have any biological children? This child is not yours, you made that sufficiently clear.</p>
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<p>Culinary hats serve the important purpose of helping catch stray hairs, not unlike a hairnet.</p>
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<p>I experienced this. I only lived in the U.K. for 6 months, but the number of chiefly British phrases/words/idioms that nestled their way into my way of speaking and stayed (20+ years on) was interesting and somewhat surprising.<p>For example, I never said "supposed to" again — "meant to" has always sounded and felt so much better. Similarly, "can't be bothered/asked" often exactly describes the situation in a way that "I don't want to" seemingly can't.<p>I'd also like to add "bum bag" v. "fanny pack" was a valuable lesson and a memorable laugh.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:43:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48762393</link><dc:creator>cuttysnark</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48762393</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48762393</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cuttysnark in "Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've had some success with local models by chaining "agents" together in a workflow. Each agent has a different prompt and uses a different ollama model based on what their role is. The project manager, schema agent(qwen3:14b), etc. doesn't use the same model as the coding agent (qwen2.5-coder:7b). Between each step is an orchestrator and with a Playwright task which attempts to surface errors to the agent who introduced the previous code block. Only error-free blocks are forwarded to the next workflow step.<p>Probably the biggest improvement was including a backend-for-agents service definition which instructed the schema agent they were to <i>only</i> produce only a manifest based on the task, and to pass off that off to the next agent.<p>In short, I split tasks up into many pieces by defining a workflow where agents are only allowed to do very specific things before their work is passed along. This keeps them grounded and capable while also creating places for me to intervene if a workflow was say 25% or 90% successful.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:41:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48544634</link><dc:creator>cuttysnark</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48544634</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48544634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cuttysnark in "A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Since then we've gotten: position: sticky — which is like fixed but only "fixes" itself once its Y offset is satisfied. Updating the bookmarklet to also check for that, in addition to position: fixed would help modernize it a bit.</p>
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<p>Comments decrying or dismissing the disclosure to the public of long-hoarded information <i>is</i> saying that, IMO, and that's the joke. It sounds like a point no reasonable person would make. "there's too much going on right now for this long-awaited transparency" has got to be the silliest thing I've heard on HN in a while.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 17:31:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42823065</link><dc:creator>cuttysnark</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42823065</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42823065</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cuttysnark in "Trump orders release of last JFK, RFK, King assassination files"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"No, don't finally release the top-secret files that have had a huge impact on our culture and have led to decades of confusion, distrust in government, and wild conspiracy theories."<p>..said no one, ever.</p>
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<p>> Afaik bootstrap is getting replaced by tailwind.<p>By whom? Not by me.<p>> Which is actually pleasure to work with.<p>Have you heard of jQueryUI, by chance?</p>
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<p>> Something's not right there.<p>I agree. To me, TWBS is just a collection of intuitive components that have been tested vigorously. They also function in a way that way people are used to because of their lineage. That they can be styled in a way that makes them <i>not</i> look stock...ices the cakes.</p>
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<p>jQuery got the Nickelback treatment. Except I really did enjoy using jQuery, and only moved on because "the industry" was and I didn't want to be left behind.<p>Looking back now, we all were lead down a path of needless complexity. Even thought I'd never use jQuery or jQueryUI professionally now, I still have a voice in the back of my mind that will pop up every now and then to say "well, if it's not gonna be complex or long-lived..." when something calls for a quick UI.<p>I feel this way about Bootstrap and maybe now am old enough that I don't care if it upsets other developers.</p>
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<p>Saying it out loud made it click. Thank you.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2024 22:21:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41891241</link><dc:creator>cuttysnark</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41891241</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41891241</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cuttysnark in "Autism's Four Core Subtypes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> it's a little heavy on the ass<p>I hadn't heard this idiom before so I looked it up and I couldn't find anything relevant. What does this phrase mean in this context?</p>
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<p>cc: 4242424242424242<p>cvc: 424<p>exp: 2/4/24<p>Fond memories of speed-running the checkout flow in Stripe sandbox.</p>
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<p>I'm in love, I didn't know I wanted this, and now here it is. With an explanation from the author that touched on things I was feeling but couldn't quite but into words. To ice the cake, saved the file to disk and ran it with WiFi off, just to see. Sure enough, it's <i>all in there</i>, self-contained with no fetched dependencies.<p>One caveat being that in the file:// protocol URL params don't work e.g. ?app=c53f8e9f-4b7a-4315-bb8a-f6557f6be30b<p>This is fixed by running a local webserver, which isn't a huge deal. I'd be happy to learn of an easier way.<p>Thanks for sharing this.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:24:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173023</link><dc:creator>cuttysnark</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173023</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41173023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cuttysnark in "Twitter kills its San Francisco headquarters, will relocate to South Bay"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>From where I'm standing, it looks like when Dorsey was CEO, leftist accounts got more leniency and were more likely to <i>not</i> be banned after being reported for offenses—be them legitimate or not; this was the opposite for accounts on the other end of the spectrum. When Musk took over, this phenomenon was completely and totally inverted. IMO.</p>
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<p>While I tend to agree with your sentiment, this particular project resurrects bricked-by-corporate e-waste—I'd call that a win.<p>Plus, let's have fun while we can. On the next planet, cameras will be recyclable, limited to 12 holographic shots, and wrapped in humble cardboard. You'll have to take it to the local colony druggist for developing. Perhaps you'll browse Earth Imports section while you wait.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:44:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40969923</link><dc:creator>cuttysnark</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40969923</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40969923</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by cuttysnark in "Sam Altman is not on YC's board. So why claim to be its chair?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That mistake is that it's not true. Altman has earned a name for himself in the truth-telling/transparency department. He wasn't briefly sacked for his fashion sense.<p>In the article they quote Marc Fagel, who previously served as the regional director for the SEC's office in San Francisco:<p>"Misstating the qualifications of executives is something the SEC takes seriously,"</p>
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