<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: jonah</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jonah</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:39:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=jonah" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jonah in "Tennessee is about to make building chatbots a Class A felony"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>But datacenters are fine?<p><a href="https://www.datacenters.com/locations/united-states/tennessee" rel="nofollow">https://www.datacenters.com/locations/united-states/tennesse...</a></p>
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<p>I'd highly recommend watching Perfect Day by Wim Wenders. It's a really sweet film.<p>"Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquility. Some encounters also lead him to reflect on himself."
-- <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27503384/" rel="nofollow">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27503384/</a></p>
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<p>That's a really effective way to get a group of people to do horrible things. Break it up into small pieces where each one isn't that bad in and of itself.</p>
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<p>Too bad Winchester didn't become an architect.<p>Julia Morgan, Winchester's contemporary, was the first woman to obtain an architecture license in California in 1904 and had a very prolific career throughout the state including her most famous - Hearst Castle - commissioned in 1919.</p>
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<p>The general public will self-host it's built in to your next phone or laptop straight out of the box or maybe from the App Store.</p>
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<p>Sure, but compare this to "turn[ing] off" combustion engines a mere four years after commercial adoption rather than 162 years later (now). Back then, going back to horses wouldn't have been as big of a deal as it would be now.</p>
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<p>There is a UK company that does this - servers that attach to residential water heaters.<p><a href="https://www.heata.co/company/heata-unit" rel="nofollow">https://www.heata.co/company/heata-unit</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:04:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589436</link><dc:creator>jonah</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589436</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47589436</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jonah in "Some uncomfortable truths about AI coding agents"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Exactly why I put "self-driving" in quotes. Right now AI assisted coding might generally be at the equivalent of Level-2 or -3 self-driving. Getting to autonomous coding agents will be like the step change that is Level-4 or -5 driving.</p>
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<p>Sounds a lot like "self-driving" cars - "they are good enough 95%+ of the time, you’re not going to pay as much attention as you should".<p>Same thing happens here, you get complacent and miss critical failures or problems.<p>It's also similar in that it "take[s away] many of the fun parts". When I can focus on simply driving it can be engaging and enjoyable - no matter the road or traffic or whatever.</p>
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<p>Also, breastfeeding and not weaning them off on to "baby foods" too soon is better in the same ways you describe.</p>
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<p>The first building I thought of was the Binoculars Building in Venice, CA.<p>Originally designed by Frank Gehry for Chiat/Day it's not part of Google's campus.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars_Building" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars_Building</a></p>
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<p>You can experience all of those ecosystems - and more - just in Columbia if you choose to.<p>We did a lot of bussing around there couple years ago - none of them or as nice as these motor coaches! (We were generally not taking the longer routes though.)</p>
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<p>Super interesting thing to pursue. Will be neat to see where you go with this.<p>Small nit: don't name incidents until you have the official name. It could cause confusion once it is named.<p>Instead, something like "New detection near Colusa" or "New incident 10 mi NW of Colusa".</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://petapixel.com/2026/03/11/he-tried-to-stop-adobe-from-training-its-ai-on-his-photo-library-he-lost/">https://petapixel.com/2026/03/11/he-tried-to-stop-adobe-from-training-its-ai-on-his-photo-library-he-lost/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47344110">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47344110</a></p>
<p>Points: 6</p>
<p># Comments: 2</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/haarp-weather-conspiracies/686264/">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/haarp-weather-conspiracies/686264/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47328291">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47328291</a></p>
<p>Points: 5</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 20:17:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/haarp-weather-conspiracies/686264/</link><dc:creator>jonah</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47328291</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47328291</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jonah in "Ask HN: Can I repurpose a Bluetooth voice remote as input device for a PC?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I just want the button, no speakers or headphones though.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:34:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314256</link><dc:creator>jonah</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314256</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314256</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jonah in "Ask HN: Can I repurpose a Bluetooth voice remote as input device for a PC?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Relatedly, I want a bluetooth "skip 30s" button to use while listening to podcasts on iPhone. Anyone have a recommendation?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:21:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314083</link><dc:creator>jonah</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314083</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47314083</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jonah in "I baked a pie every day for a year"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Just seeing your question - here are some notes:<p>The key is to have small (rice grain/pea size) chunks of butter evenly distributed through your dough without "working" it too much which generates gluten resulting in a "tough" crust.<p>My latest approach is this one: Evenly mix the salt and sugar with 2/3 of the flour and then quickly mix in the cold butter with a food processor* - just enough to distribute it through the dry ingredients. Then quickly mix in the remaining flour.<p>Dump that mixture into a bowl - it will crumbly and too dry for a crust. Now, carefully sprinkle cold vodka (to wet the flour without producing gluten) and cold water over the dough and FOLD it in with a spatula*. Envision the flaky layers you want in an ideal crust and understand that you are trying to mechanically create those layers with the spatula.<p>Then, form into a ball, wrap in plastic and chill for several hours. Then, you can take it out, dust the ball with flour and roll it into a pie pan-sized disc. Don't be afraid to use enough flour on the surface and dough ball to keep it from sticking.<p><a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/cooks-illustrated-foolproof-pie-dough-recipe" rel="nofollow">https://www.seriouseats.com/cooks-illustrated-foolproof-pie-...</a>
<a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/myths-that-need-to-go-away" rel="nofollow">https://www.seriouseats.com/myths-that-need-to-go-away</a><p>* Another approach, if you don't have a food processor is to freeze your butter and then grate it directly into the bowl of dry ingredients tossing the flour frequently to coat the individual bits of butter and preventing them from clumping together. Once all the butter is grated and mixed in, add the liquid and fold it in.<p>*If you are having issues with the dough being too dry or wet add the liquid a bit at a time while working it in and just stop when it gets to the right consistency.</p>
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<p>I generally think that as well and so was surprised to read that they're planning to not label CRISPER fruits as such.<p>"European Union’s Parliament and Council, the bloc’s governing body, reached a provisional deal in December to “simplify” the process for marketing plants bred through new genomic techniques, such as by scrapping the need to label them any differently from conventional ones."<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47271338">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47271338</a></p>
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<p>Both things you mentioned.</p>
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