<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: kentosi</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=kentosi</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:35:16 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=kentosi" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Show HN: I Wrote a Book on Java"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I haven't yet had the luxury to experiment with the latest version of Java, but this is one of the reasons why I wish Java introduced named parameters the say way kotlin and scala do.<p>Eg:<p><pre><code>  data class Make(makeId: String, name: String)
  data class Model(modelId: String, name: String)

  data class Car(make: Make, model: Model, year: String, ...)
</code></pre>
Now you can go ahead and order the params whichever way you wish so long as you're explicitly naming them:<p><pre><code>  val v1 = Car(make = myMake1, model = myModel1, year = "2023", ...)
  val v1 = Car(model = myModel1, make = myMake1, year = "2023", ...)</code></pre></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:50:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41632064</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41632064</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41632064</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "GitUI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Even after 10 years, SourceTree is still my goto when I need UI click-and-drag.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 01:53:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38907371</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38907371</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38907371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Show HN: Atlassian Design for Bootstrap v5"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't think that this is associated with Atlassian (the JIRA company) in any way. Or at least I can't find any association on this github page.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2023 12:55:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37764390</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37764390</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37764390</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Thoughts on the Remarkable 2"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hey thanks for sharing your experience with their customer service. This alone is dissuading me from purchasing the tablet.<p>I wonder if there's a chance of compensating for this terrible service by getting good contents insurance with the product?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:13:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37133575</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37133575</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37133575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Show HN: Learn Japanese by Reading on iOS and macOS with Manabi Reader"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nice concept.<p>How does it add to Anki? Ie - just the word in isolation? Or within a sentence? If the latter, how is this sentence generated?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jun 2023 14:24:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36165492</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36165492</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36165492</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "916 Days of Emacs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sorry for the naive question, but if you're changing all your bindings to vim, then why use emacs at all? Is there any extra functional difference?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2023 19:25:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35560838</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35560838</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35560838</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Twitter merged into a new entity called X Corp"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://archive.ph/2023.04.10-210939/https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/twitter-inc-x-corp-elon-musk-x-nevada.html" rel="nofollow">https://archive.ph/2023.04.10-210939/https://slate.com/techn...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 21:51:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35517829</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35517829</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35517829</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Twitter merged into a new entity called X Corp]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/twitter-inc-x-corp-elon-musk-x-nevada.html">https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/twitter-inc-x-corp-elon-musk-x-nevada.html</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35517825">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35517825</a></p>
<p>Points: 31</p>
<p># Comments: 3</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Apr 2023 21:50:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://slate.com/technology/2023/04/twitter-inc-x-corp-elon-musk-x-nevada.html</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35517825</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35517825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "The digestive systems of carnivorous plants"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I find it so fascinating that these plants developed carnivorous characteristics across totally separate lineages, geographies and timelines.<p>I also read somewhere that plants have gone in and out of carnivory (through the process of millions of years of adaptation, of course).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 12:34:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35196253</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35196253</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35196253</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Amazon is closing its cashierless stores in NYC, San Francisco and Seattle"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Slightly misleading title. They're closing 8 of their stores across NYC, SF, etc, and this is after they just opened a few more across the US.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2023 14:39:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35029939</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35029939</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35029939</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Dear Youtube: Please please please have an option to filter out "shorts" on the web version.<p>None of the normal controls exist: playback speed, jump to position, etc. The desktop web interface is a terrible place for these.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:51:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34823726</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34823726</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34823726</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Ask HN: Laid off folks, are you getting hired?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>New York here. Been just over 2 weeks since getting laid off. I'm getting calls from recruiters and have interviews lined up, but it's been tough.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2023 17:27:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34727572</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34727572</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34727572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "A new vertical farm will grow 3M pounds of mycelium a year for fungi-based bacon"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Scrolling down shows that it's not available that widely yet. Damn.<p><a href="https://myforestfoods.com/mybacon" rel="nofollow">https://myforestfoods.com/mybacon</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:07:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32567880</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32567880</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32567880</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Ask HN: Any certification that is worth it? Legitimately helped your career?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Depends on the stage of your career.<p>Back in the early 2000s when I was fresh out of university I did the Sun Certified Java Developer course. It made me stand out of the vast number of other graduates looking to get into the industry. I landed an awesome job straight away.<p>My advice would be to get 1 or 2 meaningful ones if you really want them. Avoid littering your resume with a bunch of certificates, since that adds a negative bias I find.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2022 17:19:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31876980</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31876980</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31876980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "The enigmatic Portuguese R (2013)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As an English speaker who learnt Portugal Portuguese (PT-PT), which has its own "r" pronunciations, imagine my surprise and confusion when I heard Brazilian Portuguese (BR-PT) for the first time :-)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2022 19:06:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29938770</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29938770</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29938770</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Boox Mira Pro – 25.3" E Ink Monitor"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> *E Ink monitors' refresh speed is not as high as conventional monitors',<p>So what is the refresh rate then? I can't seem to find it in the Specs section.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 18:11:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29433117</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29433117</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29433117</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Paid influencers must label some posts as ads, German court rules"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>True, but banning it would mean a drop in engagement with the platform, which would in turn hurt YouTube/Instagram's profits.<p>That's my guess.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:44:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28471684</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28471684</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28471684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "How to Work Hard"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The parent's comment wan't implying that luck was everything, but to point out that luck is also an important factor.<p>> There are three ingredients in great work: natural ability, practice, and effort.<p>And luck, Paul. Don't forget luck.<p>Hard work is only sustainable when you occasionally get that carrot at the end of the stick, before moving onto the next bit of hard work.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2021 22:17:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27682482</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27682482</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27682482</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "Squarespace S1"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sorry but I'm really not clued up on reading S1s. How does one find out when they intend on hitting the market?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2021 21:04:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26839078</link><dc:creator>kentosi</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26839078</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26839078</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by kentosi in "The new reading stack"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A while back while learning a foreign language I stumbled across <a href="https://www.wattpad.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wattpad.com/</a><p>Note that I've only used it for reading and not for tracking my reads, finding recommendations, etc.</p>
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