<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: jrm4</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jrm4</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:45:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=jrm4" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jrm4 in "Is "colorectal cancer" rising in "young people"?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Most of my downvotes I'll take very proudly, but this one just confuses me</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 13:38:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322968</link><dc:creator>jrm4</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322968</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48322968</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jrm4 in "Hold on for Dear Life"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A good update. The next good question might be, okay, what happens next knowing all of this?<p>I ask because (yes as someone who has dabbled in crypto and also respects the generally valid views of the haters) this stuff isn't going away. For many use cases, love it or not, it works and will be used by some?</p>
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<p>Okay, so another pro-tip for prep. I can promise it's not bad at all <i>if</i> you're already very regular.<p>So what you do is, schedule it for weeks or months out as you can and <i>use that</i> to develop good eating and fiber habits over that time. You have a deadline and real stakes in the game. You will literally hurt more unless you get that straight before then.<p>Win-win.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 20:43:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48285701</link><dc:creator>jrm4</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48285701</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48285701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jrm4 in "Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Again, try Ocenaudio. I'm old enough to have used Cool Edit/Adobe Audition. Similar flow to those.</p>
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<p>Have you tried Ocenaudio (which is roughly the same as old school Cool Edit/Audition?)<p>Far more intuitive, I think. Keyboard shortcuts and cutting and pasting similar to what you'd get in e.g. Word.</p>
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<p>Hehe <i>ditto</i><p>I get flak for this, but Audacity is my "proof" that GIMP's name is why people don't use it, not the UI.<p>Like GIMP, Audacity's UI is awful, but people still use it. :)</p>
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<p>As for point 3, I've found that the especially silly looking one that works so that the tube "points out of your forehead" eliminates that problem in an even better way.</p>
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<p>That seems -- quite high actually?</p>
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<p>I often get (perhaps reasonable) pushback for this, but the level to which CPAP equipment and supplies are gatekept by the industry is <i>absurd.</i>  They're a fan tube, a mild heating element, and a sensor, and I'm nearly certain that it would be pretty difficult to harm yourself using one "wrong" -- especially as opposed to other medical items and drugs available OTC.<p>Also, yes, they're pretty cool. I don't love that I seem to need mine right now, but at least I know a guy. :)</p>
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<p>At no point was the name a factor FOR YOU.<p>Your individual anecdote isn't data.</p>
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<p>Why the worst outcome, though?  "Sticky notes" are absolutely superior to third-party password managers in regard to "attackers."<p>Third-party password managers INCREASE your threat surface by orders of magnitude more than sticky notes, period. They change the number of holders of secrets from two to three, and that third one is now a juicy target. This is not theory, this has happened frequently.<p>Sticky notes (even better, a little private physical notebook) keep this limited to your physical location which is much easier to secure; the grandmas and grandpas I know who do this (I do similar) have a far better track record than anything else.</p>
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<p>Not at all, even if the data collection is exactly the same. "Where the authority comes from" matters a lot, probably much more than the actual collection itself.</p>
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<p>GOOD. Those cameras are absolutely an infringement on 5th Amendment rights.</p>
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<p>Third-party password management as an isolated paid service (i.e. you don't get password management unless you pay specifically for the password management) is just a terribly bad idea all around.<p>Waiting for people to get this.</p>
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<p>Weird take, but okay.<p>So, I like the hip-hop.  Timbaland and RZA have embraced it; a number of other unknowns who are okay but not great haven't.<p>But nice try!</p>
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<p>This is personal opinion anecdata, but I'm noticing the following.<p>It's only the mediocres that rail against AI; actual geniuses are like "hey, another tool. Cool."</p>
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<p>Yes, me too.<p>And also, no one would USE IT. That's my point. It really is that simple.<p>I'm not primarily talking about "being offended." Jokes are fine in some contexts.<p>I'm saying that if you want people to take your software seriously, it needs a serious name. And that the GIMP people very very stupidly missed a huge opportunity by not doing that.</p>
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<p>But what it DOES mean is -- okay, is it really worth it to KEEP it, or might you be able to get adoption, fans, traction, possibly more developers etc. etc. if you were to change it?<p>What is the strong motivation behind keeping the name and was it valid?<p>(No. The answer is no, it was not. There's no real good reason to keep it compared to the potential upsides.)</p>
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<p>Thank you for this. I hate doing "offense aside" but.<p>Offense aside, you can still understand that this is a <i>bad idea</i> without bringing in the spectre of "is it offensive."<p>Like I'm saying elsewhere, what if it was called "Poop-edit" or similar? People would quite reasonably not believe it to be quality software, even if it was.</p>
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<p>This is so painfully wrong it hurts; many a company has lived and/or died PURELY on name.</p>
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