Hacker News: desmondwillow

New comment by desmondwillow in "A Periodic Map of Cheese"

desmondwillow — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 18:09:39 +0000

Claude prefers it.

New comment by desmondwillow in "Running Tesla Model 3's computer on my desk using parts from crashed cars"

desmondwillow — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:59:02 +0000

Consider whether this is an uncharitable comment --- someone with little expertise in a discipline has made a rookie mistake and didn't realize that the wires weren't produced individually.

Professionals overestimating their knowledge is a very common thing!

New comment by desmondwillow in "Launch HN: Captain (YC W26) – Automated RAG for Files"

desmondwillow — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:48:26 +0000

Congratulations on the launch, Edgar and Lewis! I tried out https://pg.runcaptain.com/ --- 1. I can't seem to select the text during text generation without it being deselected as soon as more text is generated.

2. It seems like it tries to emit citations, but doesn't emit proper links and instead just wrote [filename].

> one of the most common pieces of advice Y Combinator gives to startups [153_do_things_that_dont_scale.pdf].

New comment by desmondwillow in "VisualJJ – Jujutsu in Visual Studio Code"

desmondwillow — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 22:31:38 +0000

I'm quite surprised to hear that "programming languages have reached a terminal state": there are (imo) at least four in-progress movements in the industry right now:

1. Memory safety 2. Better metaprogramming capabilities 3. Algebraic effects 4. Solver/prover awareness

Even if LLMs become capable of writing all code, I think there's a good chance that we'd want those LLMs writing code in a language with memory safety and one amenable to some sort of verification.

Orienting Towards Wizard Power

desmondwillow — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 07:47:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Wg6ptgi2DupFuAnXG/orienting-toward-wizard-power

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44363795

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by desmondwillow in "JavaScript Temporal is coming"

desmondwillow — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:07:39 +0000

The DurationFormatter proposal allows you control over which units you want formatted and at what brevity: eg. 1 yr, 3 hours, and 3m. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

I partially implemented it in the icu4x library.

New comment by desmondwillow in "Ask HN: How to learn marketing and sales as a solo entrepreneur?"

desmondwillow — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 14:53:35 +0000

I'm feeling sales-curious myself as a currently rather technically-focused student. Find me at https://github.com/kartva/ and my email at sendtokartavya at gmail dot com.

(I didn't see an email in your about so this is the best way I know to contact you)

Investing a possible Linux bug: small sbrk calls succeed despite low RLIMIT_AS

desmondwillow — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 09:03:29 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.vashishtha.in/small-sbrk-sizes-with-rlimit/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42520867

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by desmondwillow in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2023)"

desmondwillow — Mon, 11 Sep 2023 21:51:23 +0000

Hey, so the careers page just redirects to Raytheon's website, at which point the link leads to a search page with the term "FlightAware" that doesn't yield any results.

How can I apply?

New comment by desmondwillow in "Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2023?"

desmondwillow — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 16:34:51 +0000

100% Chaotic Neutral predictions. Love it.

New comment by desmondwillow in "Apple Shipped Me a 79-Pound iPhone Repair Kit to Fix a 1.1-Ounce Battery"

desmondwillow — Sat, 21 May 2022 18:42:57 +0000

> By contrast, removable-battery phones are all garbage practically as soon as you open the box. The Samsung XCover is only 2 years old, might not even get Android 12, and definitely will never get anything after Android 12.

That isn't a property intrinsic to removable-battery phones; An Apple phone with a removable battery would be the best in terms of software and battery longevity, both of which are factors which serve to prolong the life of the phone.