<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: jkmcf</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jkmcf</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 08:39:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=jkmcf" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "Tell HN: Tired of Generic Long Form A.I Posts"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm tired of long winded posts that bury the lead, AI or otherwise. Long form can be worthwhile, but many times it's just the writer performing an unnecessary guitar solo.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 02:36:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304247</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304247</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47304247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "Most of the US economy is in a recession"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I was going to use this quote yesterday, but correlation is not causation.<p>I prefer the one where the national debt increases more under "fiscally responsible" republicans.<p>More correlation: more jobs are created and inflation is lower under democratic administrations.<p>GDP is also better with a Dem president, but it partially depends on the makeup of congress.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_by_presidential_party" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._economic_performance_by_p...</a><p><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deficit-us-presidents-since-reagan/" rel="nofollow">https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/deficit-us-presidents-sinc...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:23:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47303228</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47303228</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47303228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "The Dilbert Afterlife"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The day before the night I first saw Office Space, way after becoming an underground hit, I had my first encounter with the TPS communication barrage. It made the movie funnier and my work life sadder.<p>Similar thing happened with Idiocracy recently...</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:31:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46672343</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46672343</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46672343</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "Here is the 15 sec coding test I used to instantly filter out most applicants"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Funny, I got it wrong because the reader view showed the equals sign, but I had to go to the website to check my answer, which does hide it.</p>
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<p>Lots of complaints about Netflix, but for the money, combined with Prime, I only miss affordable NHL, which is split between too many providers.<p>I agree that I wish Netflix had less lowbrow content, but they target a wide audience, and let's be honest, most people willing watch crap.<p>And seriously: go for a walk, read a book, play a  game, or work on a hobby? TV shouldn't be your life, and it's long been one of the big societal problems.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:45:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162796</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162796</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162796</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "I have been writing a niche history blog for 15 years"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I love to support creators, but I wish there was something common between free and significant subscription price so that I could show appreciation more readily.<p>Examples I would use without thinking for worthwhile-to-me content:<p><pre><code>  - "tip" options in the App Store
  - 10/year
  - 1/month
</code></pre>
Similarly, I'm surprised these newsletter gatekeepers haven't implemented a tip jar where you put in $/year and it gets divided based on readership.<p>I know this has been tried in other ways, but I think Substack and Medium could make this work.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:35:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162650</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162650</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46162650</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "ADHD and monotropism (2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Your first sentence is gold.<p>It's only in the past few hundred years where focus actually matters: knowledge workers, and some factory work where lack of attention resulted in injury.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2025 19:23:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46026466</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46026466</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46026466</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "How to stay sane in a world that rewards insanity"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They were called Sophists in Ancient Greece and were despised by Socrates because their arguments were based, not on truth or facts, but whatever rhetoric would convince the audience.</p>
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<p>We have similar problems in Colorado re: pipes leaking. People don't want to pay the full cost of water, which includes supporting infrastructure. Municipalities are caught between these unfunded costs and taxpayers refusing to pay 1¢ more. I believe the utilities require political approval to raise rates, so that doesn't happen either.</p>
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<p>We replaced e pluribus unum with in god we trust. How's that working out?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:40:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830002</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830002</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45830002</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "After delays, Egypt set for lavish opening of grand museum"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I would add that these finds would, and many did, find there way to the black market, ending up in private collections, which is almost as bad as their destruction.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:58:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45773544</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45773544</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45773544</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "The MacBook Air 2025 Is Now Cheaper Than a Random Mid-Range Windows Laptop"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Contrary to what others say, I don't think MacOS  is that bad. In general, it's perfectly stable. There has been an increase in situational paper cuts -- I haven't experienced any I recall, but one cannot discount that others encounter weird problems. In the end it's significantly more stable than Windows and  completely free of crapware.<p>Personally, the new look is annoying at worst, but it doesn't affect my day to day at all.<p>The biggest Apple problem is the same as its been for a decade: languishing Apple app development.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:51:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45651256</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45651256</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45651256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "Indefinite Backpack Travel"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I love my merino wool socks and non-base layers, but my skin is generally too sensitive for most brands.<p>I should try the smartwool underwear because there stuff is  better than the competition, especially the small players.</p>
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<p>My 2¢: Feedly's free plan is great and their web UI awesome. The features I want from the pro plan do not warrant the price.<p>I've switched to using Feedbin. I don't mind paying for it even though I could keep using Feedly for free, but the web UI ads annoyed me enough to look elsewhere.<p>The best Apple app is easily Unread, both for UI and UX. It still is t perfect for me, but the problems are minor and the author pleasant to interact with.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:23:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45539445</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45539445</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45539445</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "Migrating to React Native's new architecture"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think the devil is in the details.  There are some recent Rails conference talks on YouTube about adding "native" support.<p><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=VbMt_4STWIo" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/watch?v=VbMt_4STWIo</a><p>As the other commenter said, it may not be as "native" as you'd like.<p>I remember using the Hey app and being amazed at how well it worked (and this wasn't Hotwire Native at the time, I think) and I'm kind of sensitive to mobile apps not working as expected.<p>I don't know anything about React Native aside from my dislike for the complexity of React and how it perverts web operability, not to mention it is epically overkill for most use cases.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 13:58:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45347143</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45347143</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45347143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "After 50 years, The Magic Circle finally inducts Penn and Teller"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Gives me Rush vibes when Rolling Stone finally put them on the cover 41 years, 19 albums, and millions of sales and sold out tours later. Not to mention the R&R HOF…</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 01:17:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45341744</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45341744</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45341744</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "Configuration files are user interfaces"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think human editable config files become unsustainable after they reach a certain size, and while I like Ansible a lot, you probably shouldn't be embedding code in them.<p>For well over a decade, I've felt we missed the boat with XML, XSD, and friends to make a generic, literal user interface for configuration such that you didn't need to rely on referencing documentation for valid options and such and usable interfaces could be presented instead of editing the text directly.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 19:33:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45338378</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45338378</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45338378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "Ask HN: Generalists, when do you say "I know enough" about any particular topic?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"one level deeper" is a great way to look at it!<p>You aren't really a generalist if all you do is solve the problem without understanding anything, and this approach will usually bite you or your replacement down the line.  Just consider solving "I need a message queue", "I need to add Elasticsearch", or gods forbid, "We need a frontend JS framework".  I've been at companies where this has happened, and it's a dumpster fire weeks afterward.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:14:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45262531</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45262531</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45262531</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "Migrating to React Native's new architecture"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ruby on Rails' Hotwire Native is basically augmented "plain HTML", and requires practically zero effort for Android and iPhone support.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:55:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45262331</link><dc:creator>jkmcf</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45262331</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45262331</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jkmcf in "I asked four former friends why we stopped speaking (2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I used to be the one who reached out to everyone.  Lack of reciprocity and a general frustration led me to stop keeping in touch with most everyone, which had the obvious outcome.<p>OTOH, when I see these people after years, it's like no time has passed. 
OTOOH, in order to be friendly, I have to overcome my general annoyance with their lack of effort.</p>
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