<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: jowdones</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jowdones</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:27:44 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=jowdones" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jowdones in "Jaywalking legalized in New York City"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There's also waiting 1-2 minutes for green light on a pedestrian semaphore while the street is entirely empty of cars. If no cops are in sight I definitely cross the street. Usually one or two people get encouraged and also cross but there's always the sticklers who would wait the end of the world if not given the green light.</p>
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<p>On the plus side, this would solve the housing problem too. Without the nuisance of sleep requirements we would move to the offices and live, ahem, produce there 24/7. Much like cattle.<p>This is the great future the visionary OP envisions for us.</p>
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<p>I agree with the longpost :)<p>Also I suspect some people are more tolerant on alcohol than others and I don't mean being allergic to alcohol. Like I was never able to drink and not feel pretty nasty afterwards, even small amounts (not that this deterred me from doing it occasionally). But I see lots of people who can have 2-3 beers and be totally fine and like 10 beers and fairly ok next morning. Not me, and only way I explain it is they are better equipped genetically to processing alcohol than me.<p>So alcohol doesn't help me much but doesn't mean it helps noone.</p>
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<p>Well it's generally recommended to "go far" cautiously in several steps otherwise you can severely damage yourself.<p>Anyhow I expect you to be fairly young so that explains it somewhat. If you're 50 though then it's double weird :)</p>
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<p>I bought one and only one Amazon share. Hence as per your "solution", I own part of the company.<p>Explain how that makes me love 5+ days in the office. Btw, it's so cool how you put that +. Not just 5 weekdays, but also weekends.</p>
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<p>>> To be fair I'm not trafficking anything<p>Why don't you try it next time, let us know how it went :)<p>Now seriously I think they must have had some dogs or devices to sniff up the drug, otherwise I can't explain how they isolated him from the crowd.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Oct 2024 19:30:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41802577</link><dc:creator>jowdones</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41802577</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41802577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jowdones in "On 17th century "cocaine""]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>She had it easy. A local guy got 3 years in prison with no parole for bringing like 70 coca leaves. The level of retardness of some countries is unbelievable.<p><a href="https://cluj24.ro/pictor-clujean-condamnat-la-inchisoare-pentru-frunze-de-coca-voia-sa-le-picteze-iccj-a-stabilit-o-practica-judiciara-de-la-caz-102049.html" rel="nofollow">https://cluj24.ro/pictor-clujean-condamnat-la-inchisoare-pen...</a></p>
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<p>>> I don’t have a CS degree, I don’t think Leetcode-style interviews are any kind of indicator of job performance, and I think you can be a successful Staff engineer and never write a line of production code in that role.<p>Then don't fucking call yourself an engineer! Be a project manager, a product manager, sales, IT admin, QA, anything but mimicking a prestigious brand like Chinese "Adidos" shoes try to capitalize on the success of the original.<p>If you can't program you're not an engineer, period!</p>
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<p>Terrible, terrible article. In summary "where do you see yourself in 5 years" is now labelled as "evidence". : facepalm:</p>
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<p>Lots of unexploded ordnance. Reminds me of the story of the guy who tried to weld an artillery shell (and blew up), he was sure it's safe coze his father used it for 40 years as a gardening tool:<p><a href="https://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/eveniment/accident-stupid-a-murit-dupa-ce-a-incercat-sa-sudeze-un-proiectil.html" rel="nofollow">https://stirileprotv.ro/stiri/eveniment/accident-stupid-a-mu...</a></p>
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<p>Well @rini, maybe English is not your native language (neither is mine) but between "maybe there's hopefully some yet undiscovered low hanging fruit" and "LLMs are cracking all the genomes and all molecular biology" there's as much distance as between "riding a bicycle" and "interstellar travel at warp speeds".</p>
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<p>Well it seems to me that games from 10 years ago run on a today's integrated GPU just fine. But that's not the case with TODAY's games which barely run on a dedicated GPU from a few years ago.<p>So until game developers will completely ceise to target the powerful dedicated GPU of today and limit themselves willingly to technology 10 years in the past, we won't see the death of dedicated GPU.<p>Only place where that could happen would be Soviet Russia by decree of the central committee of the party. In a competition based capitalist society it will happen... never. Someone will always use the latest and greatest GPU and if you don't do it too your company falls behind. Hence: not a chance.</p>
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<p>>> Fundamentally, we have no evidence of anything that will happen in the future.<p>Yeah, by this line of thought Jesus will descend from Heaven and save us all.<p>By the same line of fantasy, "give us billions to bring AGI", why not "gimme a billion to bring Jesus. I'll pray really hard, I promise!"<p>It's all become a disgusting scam, effectively just religious.  Believe in AGI that's all there is to it. In practice it's just as (un) likely as scientists spontaneously creating life out of primordial soup concoctions.</p>
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<p>OLX is basically a second hand flea market. Only form of protection you have is the price: should be so low as to not hurt you much in case the product is defective and seller ghosts you. I never had a problem and bought many things on it, most expensive a ZX Spectrum clone with CP/M and floppy drive for 400 euro. My brother bought a couple of brand new smartphones for like 50% discount and they were genuine. It works more often than not but there's always the risk.</p>
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<p>>> In a graduating class of 5000 computer science majors at a good university<p>Jézus Krisztus and people are wondering why there is a job crisis underway. I had to attend my nephew's university graduation  this summer and was shocked to see some 500 computer science majors, thinking where will all these people find a job? And you're talking of 5000 as a "sure thing".<p>Well it ain't no sure thing anymore and graduate inflation surely don't make things better.</p>
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<p>LOL. That's a good one :))</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 18:25:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41419064</link><dc:creator>jowdones</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41419064</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41419064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jowdones in "Starliner crew reports hearing "sonar like noises""]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sounds like the background music in horror movies, when the Aliens are about to attack.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:37:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41418239</link><dc:creator>jowdones</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41418239</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41418239</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jowdones in "AnandTech Farewell"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A bit sad. But I haven't checked the site in 10+ years. It was hot in the heydays of the Internet and Pentium processors, reading reviews about CPU and motherboard performance really helped in deciding what to buy when a top of the line computer was already obsolete a year later.<p>Progress has essentially halted since 15+ years. Back then a new computer really coud do something the old one didn't even dreamt of. Now what can the new generation of CPU do? Watch YouTube shorts even shorter? :) Or the new Android or Apple phone? Send more pictures on WhatsApp? Literally don't see any difference between my current phone / computer compared to what I had 10 years ago. (I don't play games, maybe there it's visible somewhat).<p>Anyhow, it was nice while it lasted but all good things must come to an end ... Bye Anandtech, you will be remembered.</p>
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