<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: erikerikson</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=erikerikson</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:16:36 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=erikerikson" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "'Ghost jobs' could soon be illegal in New York"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In addition there are direct financial costs through increased unemployment insurance claim period duration.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:15:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48563604</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48563604</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48563604</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Peopleless economy? Not technically impossible"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Being determined doesn't require awareness.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:21:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557694</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557694</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557694</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Show HN: Hackers for Granny (defense against industrialized elder fraud)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Near the end of describes an anti-virus like scanner that you install and looks for "patterns" that look like scams.  For whatever that means and if it feels trustworthy to you.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:33:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556873</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556873</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48556873</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Workers are spending over 6 hours a week botsitting AI, fueling job frustration"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If we know, why would a lot of us be shocked?  Seems contradictory.<p>That's probably too much a troll so while I get that you are grinding your anti-capitalism axe, you're also seeding hopelessness and trapped falsely fatalistic thinking.  It has gone this way but it doesn't have to and the whole arrangement is a local optimum with much higher global optima available.<p>In fact there are many of us who have created a parallel life and extend ladders all the time (within our capacity) for others to join us.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:59:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492151</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492151</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48492151</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Workers are spending over 6 hours a week botsitting AI, fueling job frustration"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Here in stupid town we stab ourselves with knives.  It hurts and we get infections but everybody does it.  We don't even remember why we do it any more but we do so you have to as well.<p>The real problem is the amount of value that gets left on the table.<p>Also, mental health is just as much a part of health and well-being as the physical.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:30:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48491718</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48491718</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48491718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Anti-social: It's fads, not friends, which now dominate social media feeds"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Oops, they hit the 'f' key when typing the headline.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:25:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452358</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452358</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48452358</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Apple reveals new AI architecture built around Google Gemini models"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yet?  Maybe they are but embedding adds or paid signal amplification/probability tweaking has already been floated on the market and may already be a product.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.masswerk.at/elizabot/" rel="nofollow">https://www.masswerk.at/elizabot/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:28:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427064</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427064</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I am more of a "huh, interesting demo, I'm gonna check in on it later" sayer than a naysayer.  My biggest reason, with coding, is that I already, before AI, struggled to deal with too many distractions from my coding and too many piles of low quality output.  I should probably check in since it's been a bit but every time I've tried to generate some simple project, I look through it and think what terrible garbage with so many errors.  After two decades of developing my craft, I struggled with most of my fellow human programmers too.  The business loves delivery it now even if then someone is revisiting it hundreds of times more to fix it in little bits for a total effort cost of 10-100 (or higher) times more.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 17:21:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427001</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427001</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48427001</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "They’re made out of weights"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sorry, you're right.  Thank you for pointing that.  I'm unfortunately past the edit window.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:29:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414798</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414798</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48414798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "They’re made out of weights"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Only because you haven't met toasty yet.<p><a href="https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec?si=LFJMXZ2yGu4fxXzL" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec?si=LFJMXZ2yGu4fxXzL</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:25:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48400078</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48400078</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48400078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Roughly a quarter of American professionals hit a wall in their careers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When you control what work means you can live much more cheaply.  Unless you love the high COL areas and high burn lifestyle, it might be time to work on something more personally and emotionally worthwhile.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:18:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361343</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361343</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Roughly a quarter of American professionals hit a wall in their careers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Microsoft took a pause in some areas for a moment but has been a brutal dog eat dog environment for a long time and never really stopped.  I tried to get the job there once and got back channel on why I was denied: the interviewer didn't believe I'd emotionally handle the psychological environment.  They went with somebody far more aggressive.<p>These companies are not monoliths though. Statistics really matter.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:06:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361195</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361195</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48361195</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "2026 HIPAA Security Rule Update"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Actually, I summarized the whole bunch which included your case.  Note, for example, that the range starts with $100.<p>I completely agree that the offers of credit monitoring are completely insufficient.  Mixing that with feelings about the credit system muddles things a bit but I'm no fan of the incompetence of that system either even though there is some social good in the underlying provision.<p>I'm not telling you not to be angry.  You have every right to be.  I would suggest noting that at some level you can end up maximizing the damage it does to you.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 14:26:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323519</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323519</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48323519</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Can we have the day off?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Nobody wants to till the land anymore.<p>Yes, no-till farming has demonstrated excellent results<p>Also, a reference to population trends might be interesting.  Nobody is wrong (I've spent my spring preparing fields) but could be close but actual data would be good.  Meanwhile farms have been failing at increased rates.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 12:02:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307718</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307718</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48307718</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "Tech CEOs are apparently suffering from AI psychosis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hah.  Prescription for CEO AI psychosis: buy more AI, invest more time in AI, this naysayer says you can make 100x organizations!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 16:49:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296942</link><dc:creator>erikerikson</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296942</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296942</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by erikerikson in "2026 HIPAA Security Rule Update"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I avoid LLMs but wasn't concerned with case law as much as a specific law on the books, whether used or not.  A peer comment offered mishandling of mail not addressed to you.</p>
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<p>Good example.  I believe the correct behavior is to write "Not at this address" rather than "Return to sender" these days</p>
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<p>I was aware of the de facto state but not the book, thank you for sharing that.<p>Still, I was hoping for examples.</p>
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<p>I'll bite: examples?</p>
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