<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: forbiddenvoid</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=forbiddenvoid</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 09:50:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=forbiddenvoid" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by forbiddenvoid in "Introduction to Obsidian"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I know that it's just a super common distinction between pilers and filers, but I really struggle to comprehend the usefulness of just "dumping everything" in one place and hoping that search will sort it out.<p>At a certain threshold, doesn't it just become impossible to remember what you do or don't have in that pile?<p>When search fails, is it because it isn't there? Or is it because the search just didn't find it?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:21:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760095</link><dc:creator>forbiddenvoid</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760095</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47760095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by forbiddenvoid in "Wit, unker, Git: The lost medieval pronouns of English intimacy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We still have "both" and it's quite commonly used. It's even used _in_ the article, and in several comments here in this very discussion.</p>
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<p>The medium is the message. I feel like this should be more obvious in 2026 than at any other time in history.<p>If the author does not care to take the time to craft their message, why should I care to take the time to read it?<p>If you used AI, and I cannot tell, I don't care that you used AI. But when it's clear and present almost immediately, I feel as though the author does not respect their audience (of which I am a member).<p>As every composition teacher would say: "use your own words."</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:32:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712915</link><dc:creator>forbiddenvoid</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712915</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by forbiddenvoid in "Bitmap fonts make computers feel like computers again"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I immediately suspected AI writing. Then I quickly checked a couple of their older posts, and sure enough: completely different tone, language, grammar.<p>There may come a day when we can no longer reliably tell the difference, but for now, I'd just prefer not to see this kind of writing popping up on HN.</p>
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<p>More than one solution can exist for the same problem.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:17:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47669127</link><dc:creator>forbiddenvoid</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47669127</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47669127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by forbiddenvoid in "The Australian government has announced gambling advertising reforms"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> "Today it's gambling advertising, tomorrow it's alcohol, then it's sugary drinks, fast food, critical minerals and who knows what else comes next," chief executive Kai Cantwell said.<p>Good? I really hope that we are approaching a day when we realize that advertising itself is harmful, and leads to contra-social behavior in general.</p>
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<p>I would say that it is less that DoorDash makes it worse than it is that DoorDash's model removes any incentive for making it better.</p>
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<p>This has been common parlance in much of the US for a long time. I would hesitate to even call it slang at this point. It's a pretty commonly used term.</p>
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<p>Not the person you asked but:<p>ADHD is a debilitating neurological disorder, not a mild inconvenience.<p>Believe me, I wish that just drinking coffee and "trying harder" was a solution. I started medication because I spent two decades actively trying every other possible solution.<p>> what would you recommend if one is against the idea of medication in general for neurological issues that aren't deterental to ones life?<p>If your neurological issues aren't impacting your life negatively, they aren't neurological issues. I don't know what else to say to this. Of course you shouldn't treat non-disorders with medication.<p>> do you feel the difference between being medicated and (strong?) coffee?<p>These do not exist in the same universe. It's not remotely comparable.<p>> have you felt the effects weaken over time?<p>Only initially, after the first few days. It stabilizes pretty well after that.<p>> if you did drink coffee, have you noticed a difference between the medication effects weakening on the same scale as caffeine?<p>Again, not even in the same universe. Also, each medication has different effects in terms of how it wears off at the end of the day. For some it's a pretty sudden crash, for others it tapers, and some are mostly designed to keep you at a long term level above baseline (lower peaks, but higher valleys).<p>> is making life easier with medication worth the cost over just dealing with it by naturally by adapting to it over time (if even possible in your case)?<p>If I could have solved the biological issue "naturally" I would have. ADHD comes with really pernicious effects that makes adaptation very challenging.</p>
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<p>It's very presence in the list is already a drain on my attention that I didn't ask for and do not want. The fact that it requires any action on my part to remove it from the queue is an issue in and of itself.</p>
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<p>I will not hide my disappointment that this headline was not, in fact, referring to the classic adventure game.</p>
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<p>The AI turned me into a newt!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:33:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236743</link><dc:creator>forbiddenvoid</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236743</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46236743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by forbiddenvoid in "Things I want to say to my boss"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In the long run, this makes for very interesting rhetorical analysis of the work.<p>Your example of Braveheart, for instance, involves two views of the past through the lens of the _present_. So even in that context, both of those views are tinted by the experience and environment of the observer.</p>
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<p>I hope so. Random accusations of "this feels like AI" don't add anything to the conversation and are genuinely harmful to those accused when there is no AI involved.<p>AI has it's demons, for sure, but there is an awful lot of jumping at ghosts these days.</p>
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<p>I would consider it more of a necessary evil than a flaw. Both the writer and the audience need to be able to connect with the story, and you're just going to have a better connection if it feels more familiar to you.</p>
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<p>It's a construct that long predates AI. And using it with such intensity and frequency is more likely a sign that this _wasn't_ AI generated, since AI writing tends to _not_ repeat things quite so often.</p>
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<p>Just a note, because I think the footer might be confusing: this essay was written by just one person. There are 24 essays each year, each one written by a different anonymous contributor.</p>
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<p>You _can_ literally do this in your head, and also, it doesn't matter what the numbers are, what the product is or what the sum is.</p>
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<p>Companies pay out severance mostly for compliance with the WARN act. If they could get away with not doing this, they absolutely would.</p>
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<p>Every time one of these pops up on HN, it's always an abandoned, unfinished project. Why do these OS projects never get completed?</p>
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