<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: lunatuna</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=lunatuna</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:48:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=lunatuna" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Never Trust the Science - On the need to identify bias & interpret data yourself"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ya, I want it even bigger. All commercial claims should be accessible for your own determination. Fastest, biggest, longest, widest, shortest, most liked, doctor recommended, any empirical claim must have the data used and calculations to make the claim available for examination. Data storage is so cheap now. I don't see it as a dent to anyone's profit.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 20:19:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430914</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430914</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47430914</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Snowflake AI Escapes Sandbox and Executes Malware"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When you say just Cortex it is ambiguous as there is Cortex Search, Agents, Analyst, and Code.<p>Cortex Code is available via web and cli. The web version is good. I've used the cli and it is fine too, though I prefer the visuals of the web version when looking at data outputs. For writing code it is similar to a Codex or Claude Code. It is data focussed I gather more so than other options and has great hooks into your snowflake tables. You could do similar actions with Snowpark and say Claude Code. I find Snowflake focus on personas are more functional than pure technical so the Cortex Code fits well with it. Though if you want to do your own thing you can use your own IDE and code agent and there you are back to having an option with the Codex Code CLI along with Codex, Cursor or Claude Code.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 17:53:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47428972</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47428972</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47428972</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Show HN: March Madness Bracket Challenge for AI Agents Only"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Tried it out, works flawlessly. The basic process cycle is clean and easy to follow. Kept it to CC Haiku with a bit of discussion on approach.<p>Only thing that wasn't 100% clear was the locking mode. Do I have to lock before games start or will it just auto-lock whatever I have? Claude assumed it would auto-lock.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:57:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416695</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416695</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47416695</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't get why we just don't cut it down the middle. Go +0.5 offset and get a little bit of both. Love the idea of no one being able to do the math when talking to people outside the province. I can't tell you what time it is in mountain time, NFLD, or Saskatchewan. Nothing bad comes of it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:45:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225271</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225271</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225271</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Show HN: Govbase – Follow a bill from source text to news bias to social posts"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Amazing start and look forward to see it evolve. Reminds me a lot of MIT's Open Government Information Awareness [0]. But really like the different track that this takes. I really hope to see this become something people go to.<p>Suggestion that you increase the education of what you're doing and how. For example looking at the Home Energy Freedom Act [1] some direction to more understanding for each of the sections would be great - what is the process for Legislative Progress - how is the Impact Analysis done. I also couldn't quite figure out if there was a narrative that was being pushed by the parties and how that aligns with media. I like the media ratings though.<p>[0] - <a href="https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/open-government-information-awareness/" rel="nofollow">https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/open-government-infor...</a>
[1] - <a href="https://govbase.com/policy/bill-119-hr-4758" rel="nofollow">https://govbase.com/policy/bill-119-hr-4758</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:30:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223617</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223617</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223617</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Anyone check out the site? Wild that freedom right now is basically a gif of a cowboy riding a horse with a gun pointed out front. Just shooting our way to freedom seems reasonable 'in these times'.<p>What's the meaning of this? Is it just theatre? And what is the message of the show? Is it a real fear that people have of lack of information that will set them free and they need to cowboy up and get there no matter what? Struggling to get this.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:07:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092398</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092398</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47092398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Do Metaprojects"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You are the project, and getting through your idea to something, is about building a better you. Which points back to the beginning: 
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Publish that novella, build an OS, converse in Mandarin, release an indie game, publish that other novella, dominate a continent --
--<p>Seem to be a lot of complaints about this post, I'm enjoying it. Interesting flow of thoughts and share similar frustration with all my ideas and trying to channel them, and get to something. If I get to something close to my thoughts that's a huge win for me.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:03:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47007787</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47007787</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47007787</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "The Singularity will occur on a Tuesday"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don’t think a lot of people here have been in the typists room or hung out with the secretaries. There were a lot of people taking care of all the things going and this has been downloaded and further downloaded.<p>There was a time I didn’t have to do my expenses. I had someone just know where I was and who I was working for and and took care of it. We talked when there was something that didn’t make sense. Thanks to computers I’m doing it. Meaningless for sure.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:53:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46969760</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46969760</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46969760</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you've never heard of it"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Similarly ignorant of what think tanks are and where they came from and their influences. This was eye opening. I've since followed up reading Quinn Slobodian and he described his interest in the supply side rather than the demand side. He is mentioned in the article and has so far been interesting to listen to as it puts a clearer lens on the source and multiple dimensions of think tank outputs.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 17:09:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768305</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768305</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46768305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "So you wanna de-bog yourself (2024)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>“That's why having goofy names for them matters so much, because it reminds me not to believe the biggest bog lie of all: that I'm stuck in a situation unlike any I, or anyone else, has ever seen before.”</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:23:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46542073</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46542073</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46542073</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Democracy Will Not Survive the Age of Consumption"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’ve had some version of the consumer and producer problem in my head for a while and this is a good articulation of it. I would use Brazil and Venezuela as examples of it where there is a democracy that struggles to keep up with the majorities consumption desires vs its producer ability. Venezuela has since capitulated and unbelievably since I first thought about it been invaded.<p>Is this just all rent seekers? Is it a tipping point of wealth distribution and economic mobility? Is there a limit to how much imbalance a democracy can handle? Where the floor is on social services?<p>Enjoyed the essay for kicking up some thoughts.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 19:58:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46491594</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46491594</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46491594</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Architecture Decision Record"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’ve seen a few versions of this. One thing that’s missing is a post analysis section or later learnings. When should we come back and look at this… How did the decision do? How good were the assumptions? Was this really the problem to be deciding on? Ultimately how do we get better at setting up for better architectural decision making in the future.<p>Without the later analysis it tends to be an authority without accountability.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2026 17:08:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46489882</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46489882</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46489882</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "iPhone Typos? It's Not Just You – The iOS Keyboard Is Broken [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a feature to get you to stop typing and to just speak. I have a couple friends that are almost exclusively speech to text. One friend is ESL and just finds the brain work easier and the other just figured it worked better.<p>Seeing this video has convinced me it’s a feature. I can’t see iOS development practices that shit and to read comments here about similar Android issues.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 17:23:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46246280</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46246280</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46246280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Cormac McCarthy's personal library"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’ve only read The Road and found it extremely difficult because of the nihilism. I put it down in the middle of it and stewed for 6 months before I picked it up again. I am so glad I did. I think his detractors are right, it is violent, nihilistic, masculine and whatever else. Through that the other side of the contrast becomes so vivid. Maybe there are better ways to get there.  For me it hit.<p>My daughter and I talk about the message in the book regularly. Though she has yet to read it. I see more clearly my purpose as a dad and as a member in my community. Totally worth the read.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2025 01:01:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45445382</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45445382</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45445382</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "“This telegram must be closely paraphrased before being communicated to anyone”"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I was trained with regards to realtime control systems to put salt in the messages to reduce repetition. Many systems just repeat a status or number from which you could more easily get the keys. Never knew if it was a real concern or not. Interesting to see from the post and comments how old a concept this is. With today’s encryption is this still a concern?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 18:42:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095420</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095420</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45095420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Show HN: Offline SOS signaling+recovery app for disasters/wars"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As a thought, not tested, using wifi probe requests might be better through more dense material scenarios. Using a specific AP probe request "SOS Request" from the device would help discover over all the other AP requests that others are throwing. No idea if iOS or Android would let you hijack that process.<p>This is a bit more extreme, but some type of triangulation from multiple rescuers could be useful in closing in on a spot.<p>This is really interesting and thanks for sharing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:57:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43560175</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43560175</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43560175</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "KAG – Knowledge Graph RAG Framework"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There are several ontologies already well built out. Utilities and pharma both have them as an example. They are built by committee of vendors and users. They take a bit to penetrate the approach and language used. Often they are built to be adaptable.<p>I’ve had good success with CIM for Utilities to build a network graph for modelling the distribution and transmission networks adding sensor and event data for monitoring and analysis about 15 years ago.<p>Anywhere there is a technology focussed consortium of vendors and users building standards you will likely find a prebuilt graph. When RDF was “hot” many of the these groups spun out some attempt to model their domain.<p>In summary, if you need one look for one. Maybe there’s one waiting for you and you get to do less convincing and more doing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 01:14:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42563165</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42563165</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42563165</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "It's Not Your Imagination. Airlines Are Padding Flight Times"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wonder how much of this padding is for the next flight and due to all the other services needing to get a plane going like luggage, food services, fueling, deicing etc. The past two years have been a mess, but it doesn't always seem to be the flight crew or the plane itself. I've been on dirty planes, stuck at the gate due to no one to clear us from the gate. So much more outside of the airlines direct control is a mess too.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:32:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42258437</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42258437</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42258437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Don't Call It a Substack."]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>At first I thought that substack was part of the Thiel/Musk enterprise or some other messed up billionaire club of political engineering, but not much was offered. Say "Substak is . . . a political project made by extremists . . ." Can't see any evidence of it here.<p>The other angle I could see is Substack is algo'ing neo-nazi content to folks. But I can't go to cancel mode just for hosting. I can see that getting reductive - who's the hypersaler, who provided the electrons, who's sold them the servers . . . there is no end. It really needs to end with reader.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:44:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42210173</link><dc:creator>lunatuna</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42210173</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42210173</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by lunatuna in "Netflix buffering issues: Boxing fans complain about Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wonder how localized the issues were. I watched the Taylor/Seranno fight and the Paul/Tyson without issue and the picture quality was the best in every seen for live sports. Was blown away by how good it was.    No where near what I’m getting with steaming NFL. This is what I want the future of live sports to look like. Though the commentary was so so.<p>I’m in the Pacific Northwest. I wonder if we got lucky on this or just some areas got unlucky.</p>
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