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New comment by eweise in "A Trampoline"

eweise — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:47:33 +0000

I sweated the years we had a trampoline. It was visible from the street so anyone could have jumped on it and broke their neck. One of my children's friends did get hurt but fortunately, not enough to become an issue. They're a huge liability and not sure insurance covers them.

New comment by eweise in "My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded"

eweise — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:52:01 +0000

I've driven manuals my whole life. Never needed the engine to be louder so that I knew when to shift.

New comment by eweise in "My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded"

eweise — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 22:26:09 +0000

I bought a Miata as my midlife crisis car (I'm 60 is that still midlife?). I have to say I didn't realize how much fun this car is. Its turned boring trips to the store into an experience. Cruising down the street with the top down feels really relaxing. Plus its just amazing in corners. I don't drive fast but now I don't slow down for corners. Its like a go kart. I know everyone is moving to hybrid and electric vehicles but having a stick shift sporty convertible is just way more fun.

New comment by eweise in "Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career"

eweise — Mon, 11 May 2026 22:28:51 +0000

AI is pretty good at figuring out what the right thing to do is.

New comment by eweise in "I cancelled Claude: Token issues, declining quality, and poor support"

eweise — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 20:47:47 +0000

I give Claude small incremental tasks to do and it usually does them flawlessly. I know how to design the software and break into incremental tasks. Claude does the work. The productivity increase has been incredible. I think I'll be able to bootstrap a single person lifestyle business just using Claude.

New comment by eweise in "The quiet disappearance of the free-range childhood"

eweise — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:56:43 +0000

When my child was an infant, my wife parked in a parking lot and starting chatting with a friend about 10 yards away. Minutes later a woman came by and starting claiming the child was not safe and was going to call protective services. This freaked both of us out that a stranger could potentially have the power to cause the government to become involved with our family. Fortunately, we didn't let that experience prevent us from letting our kids wander freely. But it does just take one over-concerned parent, to get you into trouble.

New comment by eweise in "A data center opened next door. Then came the high-pitched whine"

eweise — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:02:47 +0000

I used to live near a busy street. I eventually got used to the noise but when I bought my house I made sure to find a quiet spot. Now, its dead quiet at night and the difference in my quality of life is significant. I also made the city put shades on the street lights so they wouldn't shine on my house. Another huge improvement.

New comment by eweise in "Revealed: Face of 75,000-year-old female Neanderthal from cave"

eweise — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 19:14:46 +0000

I never thought they were dumb once I saw that they could power a car with their feet.

New comment by eweise in "Let yourself fall down more"

eweise — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:37:03 +0000

My grandfather fell down, broke his leg and then died in the hospital.

New comment by eweise in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

eweise — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 05:17:41 +0000

Does the car get points on its record?

New comment by eweise in "Florida judge rules red light camera tickets are unconstitutional"

eweise — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 18:03:54 +0000

Four people in my family drive my car. I'm supposed to track that? sure.

New comment by eweise in "Magical Mushroom – Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producer"

eweise — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:44:45 +0000

they grow in my yard without any effort.

New comment by eweise in "Kernighan on Programming"

eweise — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 16:49:43 +0000

I haven't worked in a codebase in 20 years that didn't have some sort of tests.

New comment by eweise in "Painless Software Schedules (2000)"

eweise — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:34:12 +0000

Here's a real schedule: CEO: we need to launch x end of Q2 PM: Here are the four monthly milestones Engineer Mgr: Let's estimate the stories. Now put them into eight sprints Go!

New comment by eweise in "The Sovereign Tech Fund invests in Scala"

eweise — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 19:10:00 +0000

Part of that I think is the culture and not the language. Personally I try to use the least powerful method that gets the job done and that usually keeps me unblocked. In practice that usually means using it as a better Java and not going down the functional monad path. I know scala has gone through a rough patch and maybe migrating from 2 to 3 is painful. But if you try starting a new project now with the latest Scala 3, I think you'll find that its pretty nice. Even IDE support is pretty good.

New comment by eweise in "Miami, your Waymo ride is ready"

eweise — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 16:51:26 +0000

If Waymo is not cheaper, I don't see how it replaces Lyft/Uber. I imagine that not having to pay drivers and the deal with the associated liability, will eventually be cheaper so will free up money.

New comment by eweise in "Miami, your Waymo ride is ready"

eweise — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:37:19 +0000

Isn't that how it always is when new technology disrupts an existing market? We no longer have telephone operators, toll booth agents, gas pump attendants, etc

New comment by eweise in "Eat Real Food"

eweise — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 22:56:48 +0000

Try Google

New comment by eweise in "Eat Real Food"

eweise — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:08:33 +0000

AI says legumes are anti-inflammatory.

New comment by eweise in "Eat Real Food"

eweise — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 21:04:56 +0000

Dairy is not healthy fats.