Hacker News: gaws

New comment by gaws in "Ask HN: I Need Advice"

gaws — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:19:17 +0000

> Was able to find a job at smaller startup that have less formal interview process and the business is booming now!

A couple of questions:

- Did you have to take a pay cut?

- Are you remote?

- What industry?

New comment by gaws in "Ask HN: What are you reading?"

gaws — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 19:05:03 +0000

> About to start her Biological War.

Nuclear War is a masterpiece. Unfortunately, Biological War falls short.

Walking Men from Around the World

gaws — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:41:24 +0000

Article URL: https://mossandfog.com/walking-men-from-around-the-world/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49914860

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by gaws in "'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees"

gaws — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 19:36:43 +0000

> 404 Media is one of the few news organizations that actually file FOIA and fight for information in courtrooms.

How many is a "few"? Many news organizations, from the national outlets to local places, use national and state FOIA requests to report on stories.

New comment by gaws in "Ask HN: Alternatives to Twitter/X?"

gaws — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 23:06:11 +0000

> The crazy thing is I hadn't been online on Twitter for almost a month [1]. I hadn't logged in at all. So how could I have broken any rules?

Someone probably found your email in a data breach and used it to attempt logins or password resets.

New comment by gaws in "Tell HN: Claude Code just accepted and signed a contract for me. Without asking"

gaws — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:12:48 +0000

Why did you allow Claude Code access to your email?

New comment by gaws in "Tell HN: iOS 27 does not allow Apple Intelligence to be disabled"

gaws — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:49:51 +0000

All a ploy to buy a newer phone with more storage.

New comment by gaws in "Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin"

gaws — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:31:19 +0000

> Numbers from GPT Astra

Come on.

New comment by gaws in "Ask HN: Where else do you spend time on the internet other than HN?"

gaws — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:23:25 +0000

> forums

Which ones?

Getting a Cease and Desist from Waffle House

gaws — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:07:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.jack.bio/blog/wafflehouse

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49471271

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Redacted Script

gaws — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:20:14 +0000

Article URL: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Redacted+Script

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49423859

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

MIT requires every student to know how to swim. But why?

gaws — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:08:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wgbh.org/news/education-news/2026-02-16/mit-requires-every-student-to-know-how-to-swim-but-why

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402786

Points: 4

# Comments: 4

Watts My Bill: Monitor Data Center Effects on Electricity Prices

gaws — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:02:30 +0000

Article URL: https://wattsmybill.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402716

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by gaws in "Ask HN: Let's all sell our AI stocks, short Nvidia and pop the AI bubble"

gaws — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 21:00:20 +0000

Not your personal army.

New comment by gaws in "Ask HN: How's Everyone Feeling Today?"

gaws — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:34:41 +0000

Solution: "Let's hop on a call."

New comment by gaws in "Ask HN: How's Everyone Feeling Today?"

gaws — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:34:14 +0000

You're not the only one.

New comment by gaws in "Ask HN: How are you finding the job market in 2026?"

gaws — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:31:27 +0000

The consultancy business is booming.

New comment by gaws in "Ask HN: Why are websites and apps still running legacy code?"

gaws — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:27:17 +0000

> When I worked at arXiv we had a math professor on the advisory board who couldn't believe it took us months to roll out upgrades, like he thought he could code up a site like arXiv in a weekend.

Has he used Claude Code yet? He'd love it.

New comment by gaws in "Show HN: Git-knife – Edit commit messages, authors, and dates like a spreadsheet"

gaws — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:25:21 +0000

> has anyone ever needed to rewrite commit authors or dates

Yes. Plenty of times.

Bower: AI-powered tool to find educators for homeschool learning pods

gaws — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:24:09 +0000

Article URL: https://educateprivately.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49248462

Points: 1

# Comments: 0