<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: lswainemoore</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=lswainemoore</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:58:01 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=lswainemoore" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/blue" rel="nofollow">https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/blue</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 23:41:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46625675</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46625675</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46625675</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI is turning us into glue]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/writing-about/ai-and-glue">https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/writing-about/ai-and-glue</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43723135">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43723135</a></p>
<p>Points: 65</p>
<p># Comments: 58</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2025 23:01:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/writing-about/ai-and-glue</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43723135</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43723135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Show HN: Unsure Calculator – back-of-a-napkin probabilistic calculator"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That may be true, but if you look at the distribution it puts out for this, it definitely smells funny. It looks like a very steep normal distribution, centered at 0 (ish). Seems like it should have two peaks? But maybe those are just getting compressed into one because of resolution of buckets?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 03:09:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43701026</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43701026</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43701026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Caltrain's electric fleet more efficient than expected"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Those are not the right population metrics to compare. If you're talking full Bay Area, you might as well talk NYC metro area (MTA claims to serve 15.3 million [1]). Tokyo's even trickier, but I think 36  million [2] seems closer to right.<p>It's probably not worth arguing about too much, because ultimately I agree with you that there's a lot more to be done to reduce car ridership. But pointing at those places and saying "copy them" misses a lot of structural differences.<p>[1] <a href="https://mta.info/about" rel="nofollow">https://mta.info/about</a>
[2] <a href="https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0056b6a98b8b4a48869f822d2c4edbf4" rel="nofollow">https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/0056b6a98b8b4a48869f822...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 21:19:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42845748</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42845748</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42845748</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Caltrain's electric fleet more efficient than expected"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why so negative? Given that the served population is conservatively a quarter of either of those areas, doesn't seem like a fair comparison.<p>More to the point, I've been favorably impressed with the transit options since moving here, and in terms of reliability it's been better than NYC, though obviously there are fewer trains/branches.<p>I'd love to see BART open later, like NYC, but even Tokyo trains stop at midnight.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jan 2025 02:48:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42819017</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42819017</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42819017</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "OpenAI O3 breakthrough high score on ARC-AGI-PUB"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> I believe this sort of core knowledge is learnable through movement and interaction data in a simulated world and it will not present a very difficult barrier to cross.<p>Maybe! I suppose time will tell. That said, spatial intelligence (connection/movement included) is the whole game in this evaluation set. I think it's revealing that they can't handle these particular examples, and problematic for claims of AGI.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:26:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42474689</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42474689</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42474689</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "OpenAI O3 breakthrough high score on ARC-AGI-PUB"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They're in the original post. Also here: <a href="https://x.com/fchollet/status/1870172872641261979" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/fchollet/status/1870172872641261979</a> / <a href="https://x.com/fchollet/status/1870173137234727219" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/fchollet/status/1870173137234727219</a><p>Personally, I think it's fair to call them "very easy". If a person I otherwise thought was intelligent was unable to solve these, I'd be quite surprised.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Dec 2024 19:53:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42474369</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42474369</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42474369</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why does a random content farm control youtube.com/playlists?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/writing-about/a-weird-redirect">https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/writing-about/a-weird-redirect</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38410966">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38410966</a></p>
<p>Points: 32</p>
<p># Comments: 10</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 03:37:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/writing-about/a-weird-redirect</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38410966</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38410966</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Ways to shoot yourself in the foot with Postgres"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>One reason you might not want to run it in production is if it's not a read-only query.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:53:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35704980</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35704980</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35704980</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (April 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Location: US (NYC currently)<p>Remote: sure<p>Willing to relocate: yes<p>Technologies: Python (Flask, SQLAlchemy, Django), JS (React, Next, AngularJS, Typescript), SQL (Postgres, PostGIS), HTML/CSS<p>Resume/CV: <a href="https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/bragging" rel="nofollow">https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/bragging</a><p>Email: lswainemoore@gmail.com<p>About me:<p>Senior software engineer with experience all over the stack; special interest in sustainable technology/maps/making web applications that are fun to use, but most of all interested in working for <i>you</i>, reader. Currently seeking freelance opportunities, or the right full-time job.<p>Check out my website: <a href="https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/blue" rel="nofollow">https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/blue</a>.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2023 17:39:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35443262</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35443262</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35443262</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2023)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>SEEKING WORK | US | remote or in-person (potentially willing to relocate)<p>Technologies: Python (Flask, SQLAlchemy, Django), JS (React, Next, AngularJS, Typescript), SQL (Postgres, PostGIS), HTML/CSS<p>Resume/CV: <a href="https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/bragging" rel="nofollow">https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/bragging</a><p>Email: lswainemoore@gmail.com<p>About me:<p>Senior software engineer with experience all over the stack; special interest in sustainable technology/maps/making web applications that are fun to use, but most of all interested in working for *<i>you*</i>, reader. Currently seeking freelance opportunities, or the right full-time job.<p>Check out my website: <a href="https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/blue" rel="nofollow">https://lincoln.swaine-moore.is/blue</a>.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 23:35:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35432941</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35432941</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35432941</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Show HN: HN Avatars in 357 bytes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>hmmm</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 05:11:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30681878</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30681878</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30681878</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Show HN: Describe SQL using natural language, and execute against real data"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>/*
When it rains does it pour?
*/<p>SELECT
  date,
  wban,
  stn,
  year,
  mo,
  da,
  temp,
  count_temp,
  dewp,
  count_dewp,
  slp,
  count_slp,
  stp,
  count_stp,
  visib,
  count_visib,
  wdsp,
  count_wdsp,
  mxpsd,
  gust,
  max,
  flag_max,
  min,
  flag_min,
  prcp,
  flag_prcp,
  sndp,
  fog,
  rain_drizzle,
  snow_ice_pellets,
  hail,
  thunder,
  tornado_funnel_cloud,
  usaf,
  name,
  country,
  state,
  call,
  lat,
  lon,
  elev,
  begin,
  end,
  point_gis,
  fake_date
FROM
  `fh-bigquery.weather_gsod.all_geoclustered`
WHERE
  lat IS NOT NULL
  AND lon IS NOT NULL
  AND lat != 0
  AND lon != 0
  AND lat != 1
  AND lon != 1
  AND lat != -1
  AND lon != -1
  AND lat != 2
  AND lon != 2
  AND lat != -2
  AND lon != -2
  AND lat != 3
  AND lon != 3
  AND lat != -3
  AND lon != -3
  AND lat != 4
  AND lon != 4
  AND lat != -4
  AND lon != -4
  AND lat != 5
  AND lon != 5
  AND lat != -5
  AND lon != -5
  AND lat != 6
  AND lon != 6
  AND lat != -6
  AND lon != -6
  AND lat != 7
  AND lon != 7
  AND lat != -7
  AND lon != -7
  AND lat != 8
  AND lon != 8
  AND lat != -8
  AND lon</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 03:59:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29587553</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29587553</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29587553</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "The most effective malaria vaccine yet discovered"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Unless I'm misreading the link, those numbers (~600k/yr) are global. Still, staggeringly high, and concentrated in a region.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:42:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26919560</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26919560</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26919560</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "It's time to build: a New World's Fair"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nitpicky/unsolicited UI feedback:<p>I do a lot of double/triple clicking to highlight text as I read online (fidgeting, but also helps keep track of where I am). On your site, triple clicking unintentionally hits the twitter share button, which opens a new, unwanted window. Bit annoying.<p>Medium does something similar, but they offset the button so you have to move cursor in between clicks to actually trigger the button.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 20:17:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26482252</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26482252</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26482252</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Become Shell Literate"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>OP didn't say it wasn't more portable--just that it being more portable doesn't always mean it's better. Sounds like for your use case, portability is very important and trumps the benefits of an IDE. That might not be true for someone who doesn't, say, run multiple computers.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:45:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25414809</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25414809</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25414809</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Are Heroku and Heroku-hosted sites down?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Would be interested in hearing what heroku users are using for automated failover when heroku goes down.<p>Obviously can't live in the application code (b/c that's unreachable at that point), but is there an easy way to configure Cloudflare or something to switch to a static site hosted somewhere else?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2020 16:50:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22594378</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22594378</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22594378</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "How Quantum Teleportation Works"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><a href="http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/fossils-3" rel="nofollow">http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/fossils-3</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 23:04:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21540487</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21540487</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21540487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Advantages of Peer Learning"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>anyone have a good resource for finding groups interested in studying same stuff as you? meetup.com seems fairly limited on this front in my area (DC)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:33:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21537981</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21537981</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21537981</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lswainemoore in "Gitlab More Than Doubles Valuation to $2.75B Ahead of Planned 2020 IPO"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Thanks! Glad to hear it. I will be an especially happy camper if this means that file folding works efficiently.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2019 16:09:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21006821</link><dc:creator>lswainemoore</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21006821</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21006821</guid></item></channel></rss>