Hacker News: lr0

Trump says a 'whole civilization will die tonight' if Iran deal isn't reached

lr0 — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:46:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-warns-a-whole-civilization-will-die-tonight-if-a-deal-with-iran-isnt-reached

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47675329

Points: 45

# Comments: 10

Hegseth says U.S. troops are fighting for Jesus. The Pope disagrees

lr0 — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 21:30:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/world/middleeast/pope-iran-war.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47632551

Points: 33

# Comments: 4

Making Services with Go Right Way

lr0 — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:53:06 +0000

Article URL: https://snawoot.github.io/go_web_right_way.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47616944

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

What about juniors?

lr0 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:58:42 +0000

Article URL: https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/03/25/ic-junior.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591887

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

LLMs encourages delusional thinking in patients, study finds

lr0 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:57:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/14/ai-chatbots-psychosis

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591862

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Let me tell you how much I've come to hate you since you were created

lr0 — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:12:45 +0000

Article URL: https://0x0.st

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47591334

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

In March 1993, the FSF received the following letter

lr0 — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 07:02:11 +0000

Article URL: https://stallman.org/articles/destruction-certificate.txt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47527407

Points: 17

# Comments: 0

Little Known Development Methods (2009)

lr0 — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:01:23 +0000

Article URL: https://lr0.org/blog/p/lkdm/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47475693

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: HN Firebase API client for Go with support for reading flagged posts

lr0 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:15:36 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/larrasket/hn-scrape

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47449600

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Anthropic and the Authoritarian Ethic

lr0 — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 04:02:37 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.giovanh.com/blog/2026/03/03/anthropic-and-the-authoritarian-ethic/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47395104

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

Docker Does Not Guarantee Reproducibility

lr0 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:05:06 +0000

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12811

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47382721

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by lr0 in "I beg you to follow Crocker's Rules, even if you will be rude to me"

lr0 — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:20:46 +0000

> At one point you say, “Nobody reads ‘hope you had a great weekend’ and thinks better of the person who wrote it.” Who is going to read that and think that “nobody” only applies to you?

I argued why I believe this does not a good way of communication in business or professional-focused environment, because as explained, habitual padding tends to train readers to skim, because they learn that the lines often contain little of substance. For people who value directness (which, in my experience, includes many in serious professional settings) this kind of attitude is not appreciated. That said, it is simply my own rationale for preferring a more direct style of communication.

>Maybe you’d benefit from some of the mindset that leads people to write and appreciate useless greetings.

I come from a culture where elaborate politeness and social niceties are not only common but often expected, and I do practice them in the appropriate contexts. However, when the goal is to build something, solve a problem, or exchange ideas efficiently, I prefer a norm I explained, that is, directness and the substance of the message to take over.