<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: mcnnowak</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=mcnnowak</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 03:19:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=mcnnowak" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Try playing Dungeons & Dragons or Pathfinder (or any number of other systems.) Pathfinder is super deep and complex.<p>There's also an entire community of people who play Table Top Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs) solo and use the outcomes of their play reports to blog or write fiction.<p>Also, the tooling around these games is very interesting if you want to build an app: Crafting calculator? Generative hexcrawl maps? Random tables? Statistics tools for dice rolls?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:28:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694288</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694288</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694288</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Wealth tax will just create an industry around hiding wealth for the rich</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:36:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953743</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953743</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Steam Machine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm really disappointed that the new controller takes AA batteries though.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:43:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45909026</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45909026</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45909026</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What's to stop someone putting some Terms of Service clause on their site, or creating a license which guarantees the site owners ownership of any content generated by scraping their site?<p>Like some sort of legal honeypot trap.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:33:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43427130</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43427130</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43427130</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Does DNA have the equivalent of IF-statements, WHILE loops, or function calls?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Any tips or "get your foot in the door" advice on how someone currently in a CS career, but interested in biology could make this career transition? As a simple CS-minded person, I don't see any LeetCode for synthetic biology sites :)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 20:26:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942618</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942618</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38942618</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Tesla Cybertruck Pricing and Specs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Prices assume ... est. gas savings of $3,600 over 3 years.<p>Seems shady</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2023 21:08:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38479100</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38479100</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38479100</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Why do recipe writers lie about how long it takes to caramelize onions? (2012)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As someone with limited counter space, cleaning while you cook is essential for saving time while cooking.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 May 2023 16:51:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36047023</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36047023</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36047023</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Pinball is booming in America"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You can slap the buttons hard to get the table to wobble a bit, you can tap the cabinet with your wrists, you can grab the table tightly and move a leg or a hip in the opposite direction while keeping your body rigid, you can even slide the whole table if you're feeling desperate and want to burn a warning.<p>It's a super physical game if you're taking risky shots and having to recover from bad situations constantly, and the pros make it look like they're barely nudging at all by taking safe shots and making minor corrections with nudges.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 22:06:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35968398</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35968398</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35968398</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Run Llama 13B with a 6GB graphics card"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've always wondered if we could get a "good enough" general model, then add plugins for shortcomings.<p>E.g., Can this model solve math problems? ~%50 of the time. Can this model identify math problems? ~99.9% of the time. Ok, then divert math questions to the math plugin and mathematical-problem-language-parser which has ~99.9% accuracy on supported math problems.<p>I know it's a stopgap, but it seems like it'd make these models super useful on certain tasks quicker.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2023 20:50:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35954309</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35954309</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35954309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Generally my advice when people ask me is as follows:<p>1. In the beginning, going to the gym is the hardest part. Incentive: if you go to the gym consistently for a while you are rewarded with no more post workout muscle soreness, and easy newbie gains.<p>2. Do compound lifts if you can (squat, bench, deadlift (warning deadlifts are not for everyone, and may not be all that beneficial), pullups/pulldowns.) Add a bit of weight or reps each week. Aim for 3-6 sets. No one will care if you start with an empty bar. If you add reps, if you get up to around 10-12, add weight instead. These number are flexible and there is no right answer.<p>3. For accessory exercises or things that target single muscles: try a bunch of stuff and try new stuff often. If you don't like it, don't do it. If you like it, work it into your routine. These are generally fun but unnecessary until you hit a plateau/wall in another lift and do some research on what you want to do to get past that plateau/wall.<p>4. Good form is more important than adding weight. Don't hurt yourself.<p>5/Bonus. Try watching some cringey YouTube fitness influencers and see if they're doing anything that looks fun and try that.<p>Also follow the golden rule: clean up and put your damn weights back.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:19:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34585007</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34585007</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34585007</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Top Programming Languages 2022"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The Apache ecosystem is fairly Java-heavy, Android, etc..</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:24:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32568135</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32568135</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32568135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A VR game where you take a snapshot or ghost of yourself performing some movement or throwing an item, which then repeats itself in the world. Then you can make more snapshots and string them together to create a Factorio-like game which uses the snapshot of those movements to assemble products.<p>E.g., ghost 1: pick up ore, throw ore -> ghost 2: catch ore, crush ore, throw crushed ore -> ghost 3: put ore into furnace -> ghost 4: pick up metal bar, throw metal bar, etc..<p>Then the player is running around building interactable buildings with produced resources and that oh so satisfying factory spaghetti starts forming.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 18:48:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31508831</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31508831</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31508831</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Lessons learned from running Apache Airflow at scale"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm also interested in this topic, but can't find anything other than "Top 10 things you should STOP doing as a data engineer" etc. content-mill, clickbait on Medium and other sites.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2022 17:16:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31481885</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31481885</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31481885</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Ask HN: How does your company do Project and Portfolio Management?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Managing a product line or group of products and being able to record the specifications or different attributes for each SKU or product.<p>Pretty much a record of origin for compare/contrast/historical data/being able to link back to the definitive "thing".</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29394522">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29394522</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 2</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 17:11:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29394522</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29394522</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29394522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game preservation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"We want to keep old games available so we can keep making money off them."</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:56:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29260479</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29260479</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29260479</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Modern Data Practice and the SQL Tradition"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sounds pretty dismissive. AI and Big Data are buzzwords that shouldn't be used very often. Data Science is about creating solutions that are right for the size of your data, and the questions being asked of it.<p>A C++ program with a couple megs on the heap is appropriate, just as an ETL pipeline is appropriate for  gigabytes to terabytes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2019 17:41:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21484684</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21484684</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21484684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "The Free Stack – Running Your Application for Free on AWS"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why is everyone so concerned with $20/mo? If you're running a business, this should be the least of your concerns. Building on AWS means easy scaling for the future.<p>Who wants to redesign their entire project if it takes off?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2018 23:32:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17622290</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17622290</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17622290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Aristo – A system that reads, learns, and reasons about science"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Question: What is the meaning of life?<p>Aristo's Answer: As of now, no other life in universe other than earth.<p>Confidence: 52.29%</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 21:54:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17298420</link><dc:creator>mcnnowak</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17298420</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17298420</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by mcnnowak in "Humble Book Bundle: Data Science"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Note: The default donation split gives most of the money to O'Reilly and Humble Bundle, not Code for America.</p>
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