Hacker News: flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=flappyeagleHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:10:09 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom"]]>It’s a good student writing the piece, which is somehow fundamentally pretentious

]]>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:15:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45131130flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45131130https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45131130<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom"]]>You seem to be projecting some issues onto this student from your own childhood experience. Maybe look into that

]]>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:14:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45131109flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45131109https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45131109<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom"]]>Selfishness isn’t the solution try again

]]>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:11:33 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45131072flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45131072https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45131072<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "A high schooler writes about AI tools in the classroom"]]>I don’t think the time in school will miraculously become more efficient bc of no homework.

Your second point… so what

]]>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 19:02:11 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45130976flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45130976https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45130976<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts"]]>You sound old. No one I know under the age of 30 uses Google. It’s all ChatGPT

]]>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 23:46:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45110592flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45110592https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45110592<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Vijaye Raji to become CTO of Applications with acquisition of Statsig"]]>I mean they can try. They’re not gonna be very good at it

]]>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:24:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45109248flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45109248https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45109248<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video]"]]>No. No one does that

]]>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:47:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45103825flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45103825https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45103825<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Patrick Winston: How to Speak (2018) [video]"]]>How on earth would you know? Foh

]]>Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:46:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45103812flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45103812https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45103812<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Cognitive load is what matters"]]>The way to do this is to chew people out when they let their own sources get in the way of doing a good job

]]>Sat, 30 Aug 2025 17:24:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45076395flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45076395https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45076395<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "AI’s coding evolution hinges on collaboration and trust"]]>Bad ones

]]>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 20:33:59 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45069076flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45069076https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45069076<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "The sisters “paradox” – counter-intuitive probability"]]>It is exactly the same

]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:10:22 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45053179flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45053179https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45053179<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "The sisters “paradox” – counter-intuitive probability"]]>This is exactly the Monty hall problem

]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:09:23 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45053168flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45053168https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45053168<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Malleable Software"]]>They should use different tools then.

Malleable software enables infinite variations of tools when the correct number is in the single digits.

]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:47:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45051519flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45051519https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45051519<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Molluscs of the Multiverse: molluscan diversity in Magic: The Gathering"]]>2/1 for W was extremely efficient in your day. I miss those days

]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 12:56:38 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45039012flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45039012https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45039012<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "MAID in Canada"]]>how many would you like?

]]>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 01:16:00 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45021155flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45021155https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45021155<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City"]]>How much? What time horizon?

]]>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 19:51:27 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44989032flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44989032https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44989032<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "H-1B Visa Changes Approved by White House"]]>In that case there’s absolutely no American that can fit that role

]]>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 03:20:18 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44884360flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44884360https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44884360<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "An engineer's perspective on hiring"]]>The best interview process I’ve ever done is sitting down with the team for 3 days, crashing on the founders couch for the weekend and shipping code

The worst ones were the leetcode interviews I couldn’t pass

]]>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 04:06:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44852675flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44852675https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44852675<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from Cal Grants"]]>The best way to do this has always been to accept a ton of students and weed out a big percent of them in intro courses.

Have the basic grades and test scores? Ok welcome to CS1 where 2/3 of you will not make it thanks for playing

]]>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 19:54:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44849568flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44849568https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44849568<![CDATA[New comment by flappyeagle in "Stanford to continue legacy admissions and withdraw from Cal Grants"]]>That’s not gaming that’s cheating.

]]>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 19:52:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44849552flappyeaglehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44849552https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44849552