Hacker News: jdpigeon

New comment by jdpigeon in "Taste in the age of AI and LLMs"

jdpigeon — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 17:22:25 +0000

Seriously. Very Claude-y vibes from this post. I guess the value of human effort doesn’t extend to writing your own blog posts

New comment by jdpigeon in "OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent"

jdpigeon — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:37:55 +0000

Did not realize this. That's bizarre!

New comment by jdpigeon in "Smartphones and being present"

jdpigeon — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:13:46 +0000

A few years ago I traded my huge Google Pixel 6 for a 3 inch Uniherz Jelly.

It's not perfect, as I still spend a lot of time on Reddit and HN on the tiny screen while commuting, but it's moved the needle for me.

New comment by jdpigeon in "How bad are childhood literacy rates?"

jdpigeon — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:27:41 +0000

Hmm, it seems that time spent with children has actually been increasing

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/01/parents-children-par...

New comment by jdpigeon in "Show HN: Brutalist Hacker News – A HN reader inspired by brutalist web design"

jdpigeon — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 22:47:32 +0000

This is cool! However I think the page is not interacting with the back button functionality correctly, at least on mobile.

New comment by jdpigeon in "Generative UI and outcome-oriented design"

jdpigeon — Sat, 06 Apr 2024 22:33:32 +0000

Yeah. Unclear after reading this whether anything meeting their definition of GenUI actually exists or whether this is just speculation

New comment by jdpigeon in "Show HN: Bend 2.0 API for transaction enrichment/CO2e estimates"

jdpigeon — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:17:56 +0000

Love to see it! If only I could convince my bosses to invest in tracking this info...

New comment by jdpigeon in "Horrible edge cases to consider when dealing with music (2022)"

jdpigeon — Sat, 11 Nov 2023 19:08:20 +0000

shudder

New comment by jdpigeon in "The Carrot Problem"

jdpigeon — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 17:32:48 +0000

The last tweet is a little confusing. Teacher's unions? Really?

New comment by jdpigeon in "Show HN: Metaverse Intelligence Platform Based on GPT"

jdpigeon — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 15:29:48 +0000

Sounds like BS. Define "Metaverse technologies"

New comment by jdpigeon in "GPT is all you need for the back end"

jdpigeon — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 15:04:18 +0000

I think they're sincere, though? I can't tell and I'm a little concerned

New comment by jdpigeon in "Young adults and mental health: Is more childhood independence the answer?"

jdpigeon — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 10:00:49 +0000

Indeed, the one upside of Cul-de-sac suburbs!

But really, kids should be able to do that in a park instead of having to scramble whenever a car pulls up.

New comment by jdpigeon in "Young adults and mental health: Is more childhood independence the answer?"

jdpigeon — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 09:58:36 +0000

What the Fox News are you talking about?

New comment by jdpigeon in "The Magic of Alleyways"

jdpigeon — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:28:50 +0000

Lovely article. I wish the author would have spent more words explaining why he is so against laneway houses, though.

New comment by jdpigeon in "Show HN: Web search using a ChatGPT-like model that can cite its sources"

jdpigeon — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:37:41 +0000

This is amazing!

New comment by jdpigeon in "What if regular exercise is the best cognitive exercise?"

jdpigeon — Sat, 12 Nov 2022 18:40:05 +0000

There was a rather compelling pathway proposed years ago: skeletal muscle activation leads to the secretion of a protein in the blood called Irisin. This protein then crosses the blood-brain barrier and upregulates brain-derived neurotrophic factor.

New comment by jdpigeon in "Employee gift ideas that make people feel bad"

jdpigeon — Thu, 03 Nov 2022 16:55:04 +0000

For me the best company gifts are small mundane things printed with company-specific inside jokes. Coffee mugs with quotes from the team, references to past projects or humorous incidents, that kind of thing. I'm not going to bring that stuff outside the office, but it does a lot to make me feel like a m member of the team in an "I was there" way.

New comment by jdpigeon in "U.S. workers have gotten less productive – no one is sure why"

jdpigeon — Tue, 01 Nov 2022 01:53:20 +0000

The Humane Interface by Jef Raskin

New comment by jdpigeon in "Ask HN: Have you ever had a changed-your-life moment?"

jdpigeon — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 16:23:20 +0000

seriously

New comment by jdpigeon in "Launch HN: Bend (YC S22) – Automatically measure your company's carbon footprint"

jdpigeon — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 16:29:38 +0000

I'm quite worried about the viability of CO2 offset markets in the absence of legislative action from the US. Since the Supreme Court and Joe Manchin seem to have doomed our chances for stricter CO2 emissions regulation, what's going to incentive companies to purchase more offsets? Is there hope from Europe? China?