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New comment by fco356pal in "Pizza, pasta, potatoes, protein – how Italian children became so overweight"

fco356pal — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 16:18:13 +0000

Pasta and other carbohydrate-rich foods are nowhere near as bad as sugar for children. In the Nutella filled pastry, it is not the bread that’s the problem.

Sugar (particularly in beverages) and lack of exercise are the main contribution of child obesity increase worldwide.

Don’t blame the potato.

New comment by fco356pal in "Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake"

fco356pal — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 15:57:19 +0000

One of the best corporate investments in recent history. >100x returns in 10 years

New comment by fco356pal in "Show HN: I made some transistor animations"

fco356pal — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:51:19 +0000

Very cool!

New comment by fco356pal in "Ask HN: How much software do you build for yourself these days?"

fco356pal — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:10:40 +0000

Been writing code for 15 years. Now, I spent all my time defining specs, creating tests, and validating Claude’s/ChatGPT code (not reviewing, but validating with tests). The speed of development and quality of code is just amazing.

Doesn’t mean I don’t use existing code. In fact, LLMs tend to be great at finding existing libraries and reviewing potential sources should always be part of your prompt. Writing code from scratch is good for prototyping, but existing libraries tend to be much more robust and battle tested

New comment by fco356pal in "Texas spent $4.5M in Spy SUVs that scan phones in 3 minutes"

fco356pal — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:41:01 +0000

I’m sure that, on average, most people across the country don’t know or fully understand the implications (not just Texans). But I’m surprised the state government approved such a program in a state where people tend to be highly protective of their privacy, deeply suspicious of government overreach, and generally prefer to take matters into their own hands.

New comment by fco356pal in "What AI did to stackoverflow in a graph"

fco356pal — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:26:58 +0000

So many insights in my past came from stackoverflow answers. But it always required reading through tens of discussions and combining solutions. Young engineers will never know the pain.

New comment by fco356pal in "I started a “dirt notebook”"

fco356pal — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:41:11 +0000

I agree with this. I've bought two fancy notebooks in my left and they are still clean, elegant, and unused. It feels wrong scratching notes and rip pages, so I am just afraid to use it

New comment by fco356pal in "Texas spent $4.5M in Spy SUVs that scan phones in 3 minutes"

fco356pal — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 02:28:33 +0000

I can’t believe Texans are fine with that. Won’t end well

New comment by fco356pal in "How to stop Claude from saying load-bearing"

fco356pal — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:46:34 +0000

Is this the new goblin problem?