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New comment by makeitshine in "A 1960s schools experiment that created a new alphabet"

makeitshine — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:41:31 +0000

Having taught for about 15 years, your feeling that pedagogy, as taught in most professional development sessions, is quackery, is not wrong. There are so many hucksters writing books and doing seminars.

New comment by makeitshine in "Chomsky on what ChatGPT is good for (2023)"

makeitshine — Mon, 26 May 2025 00:49:04 +0000

What does age have to do with understanding any of this? He has been developing new, and refining old theories, over decades. It's ridiculous to expect someone to stop purely because of age, or to think they need your protection from discussing their views.

New comment by makeitshine in "America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back"

makeitshine — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:11:20 +0000

The US has forced prison labor. We can talk about how bad the Chinese government is, but their economy is not built on forced labor anymore than the US is built on prison labor.

New comment by makeitshine in "GPT 4.5 level for 1% of the price"

makeitshine — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:18:03 +0000

In the above Chinese this doesn't really make sense.

New comment by makeitshine in "GPT 4.5 level for 1% of the price"

makeitshine — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:17:23 +0000

It's shorthand for something or it's a typo. It doesn't make sense otherwise.

New comment by makeitshine in "Computers and Mice – Mister Rogers Neighborhood"

makeitshine — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 02:21:00 +0000

About two years ago, I left 15 years of teaching to go back to software. I got started teaching when an elementary school teacher I knew asked if I wanted to volunteer a few times a week. It was mostly reading and math in small groups. I loved it.

New comment by makeitshine in "The State of Vim"

makeitshine — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:40:04 +0000

Vim may die, but vim-mode will definitely be around.

New comment by makeitshine in "Building a Medieval Castle from Scratch"

makeitshine — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 03:21:00 +0000

Most fun at a rave I've ever had was at this castle. The guy built it free climbing the whole time and was in conflict with the government over how he got the rocks, which he mostly pulled from riverbeds on public land.

Another out there spot is in Lucas, Kansas. That guy was also fiercely anti-government.

New comment by makeitshine in "I am rich and have no idea what to do"

makeitshine — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 00:19:50 +0000

As someone who isn't rich, but has taken extensive time off work, I love not working. The last 18 month break I took may have been the happiest I've ever been. I'll never be rich, because I'm not motivated by money, but I've never been bored or rudderless.

New comment by makeitshine in "China to Build Thorium Molten-Salt Reactor in 2025"

makeitshine — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 01:48:23 +0000

You can hate the Chinese system for how it limits human rights, cracks down harshly on dissent, and stifles many creative outlets. Hating China or the Chinese people, which are like anywhere, generally lovely people, is silly.

There's plenty of nonsense coming from the mouth of the Party, but it doesn't make the US news, because it's not aimed at the US. There's also a lot less news overall which discusses and critiques the Party and what its representatives say, for obvious reasons.

Mellified Man

makeitshine — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:15:19 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellified_man

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42456963

Points: 6

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New comment by makeitshine in "The world of tomorrow"

makeitshine — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 01:33:18 +0000

There is plenty of disillusionment with the modern world in China and Taiwan and Korea.

New comment by makeitshine in "Why America's economy is soaring ahead of its rivals"

makeitshine — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 15:24:11 +0000

I just look at things like this and worry. https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe

New comment by makeitshine in "The deterioration of Google"

makeitshine — Sun, 01 Dec 2024 14:10:22 +0000

The HN community seems split between people who want simple products that do one thing well, and others that want continual feature churn and additions. What was Google Docs need exactly to be better? It seems to work perfectly for the targeted users.

New comment by makeitshine in "Chimpanzees' performance on computer tasks changes when people watching them"

makeitshine — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 06:35:13 +0000

I feel you on this. I forget all shortcuts. I'm sure it's like me watching my mother use a computer.

New comment by makeitshine in "FreeBSD: How Can We Make It More Attractive to New Users?"

makeitshine — Sat, 12 Oct 2024 15:01:58 +0000

I think Docker support is probably a far bigger deal breaker for people than a cartoon demon.

New comment by makeitshine in "Just for Fun (2022)"

makeitshine — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 05:01:38 +0000

I enjoy learning and teaching. In my spare time I build, or often half build things, and then write about aspects of the process. For the longest time I didn't even share my blog with people. I recently started sharing one particular series and I've gotten a number of comments on "why?" or "why not just use X library instead of building it from scratch?" Doing something just because seems lost on some people.

New comment by makeitshine in "I sped up serde_json strings by 20%"

makeitshine — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:24:36 +0000

I'd assume you could use bindgen and create bindings no problem.

New comment by makeitshine in "In ‘The Book Against Death,’ Elias Canetti rants against mortality"

makeitshine — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 03:58:46 +0000

It's not possible to escape death, and all timelines will feel short when it comes to their end. Reducing the suffering of life, whether mental or physical, seems a more achievable pursuit. To die without cancer, dementia, chronic pain or the so many other ailments would be amazing.

New comment by makeitshine in "I prefer rST to Markdown"

makeitshine — Wed, 31 Jul 2024 23:28:29 +0000

That was a rhetorical question in the article. It's immediately followed by:

> ..Okay yeah that's actually a pretty good reason not to use it. I can't get into lisps for the same reason. I'm not going to begrudge anybody who avoids a tool because it's ugly.