<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: prawn</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=prawn</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 06:42:48 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=prawn" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by prawn in "EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Context of this discussion is Canada (and Europe). It's not at all reliable for them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 12:33:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49725983</link><dc:creator>prawn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49725983</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49725983</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by prawn in "iOS 27, iPadOS 27, and macOS 27"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I found people suggesting Raycast to replace Spotlight search and that's been far better and more consistent for me since I switched.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 03:27:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49721769</link><dc:creator>prawn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49721769</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49721769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by prawn in "Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I wear this category for hiking rather than running (prefer sneakers over boots - less weight). Current shoes are something waterproof from Columbia that I've worn in snow and desert trails and quite like. Bought on special in the US just before heading into snow, so didn't research much. Previously had Nike Wild Trail. And many years back, I think it was Nike Trail that I bought in NZ, but never saw that moniker again.<p>I was looking at Nike ACG stuff recently, but the colourways in AU are black (clodhopper!), neon blue, white with khaki, camo, or an odd light brown. And on the side it spells out "All Conditions Gear" like you're an idiot who can't remember what your shoes are for.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 11:07:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49694925</link><dc:creator>prawn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49694925</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49694925</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by prawn in "Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hoka is everywhere amongst runners in Australia; it got noticeable marketshare very quickly. I think they actively do trial sessions with public running groups?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 07:19:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693094</link><dc:creator>prawn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693094</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49693094</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by prawn in "Nike exits the S&P 100 after 18 years and a $200B market-cap wipeout"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think they do have that - Nike SB for skate/street, Nike ACG for trail, etc. That said, I have twice gone to re-buy a trail-oriented shoe of theirs that I liked in the past, and found that it never stuck, and the new options in that space were garish or over-reliant on mesh which just lets in dirt and thorns.</p>
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<p>Yes, I can't remember seeing a bathroom or laundry here that didn't have a floor drain. Seems insane for that to not be standardised. I briefly lived with a bathroom in the UK that was carpeted?!</p>
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<p>Not sure of their business split, but maybe it makes financial sense purely supporting their European customers.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 02:59:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49653041</link><dc:creator>prawn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49653041</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49653041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by prawn in "I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>"Asking the model such as question is a pointless endeavor."</i><p>It used a medical term that is not an actual term. I asked it to explain how and why it would do this, having a rudimentary understanding of the technology. I learned the technical reason. How is that a pointless endeavour to learn more about the tool I was using?<p>Using a term like "admit" assumes the reader (on a technical site) understands the context and what is being suggested. A bit like someone saying, "The landscape spoke to me." I don't reply to the landscape architect and say "Mate, the landscape can't actually speak" because I understand the sentiment and getting pedantic is pointless in that moment.</p>
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<p>Are you talking about South Park or Trump here?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:59:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636357</link><dc:creator>prawn</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636357</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636357</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by prawn in "I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've had Claude completely invent a word, and then admit under questioning that it was because it seemed plausible.</p>
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<p>Also Australian, and I think there's something worth doing in this space, but I don't know how effective this Albo plan will be. Maybe there's an angle whereby an algorithmic sort (other than chronological, alphabetical, etc) loses liability protection somehow so the media companies are discouraged.<p>On Instagram, I can opt-out of "suggested content" but it reverts every 30 days or so. I would vastly prefer the default be that I have to opt-in every 30 days...</p>
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<p>They're asking if there's an end game. If the single family homes get rezoned to three storey blocks, does that just become 10-storey towers and then arcologies, each more efficient than the other.<p>Maybe the answer is that the current single family home is an arbitrary point on the scale too, and should just be evaluated on merits for current and future needs.</p>
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<p>I never used that, but I like Rain Parrot in Australia. Not sure if it's similar. It will tell me that it's likely to rain in x minutes, then stop y minutes later, and it's almost always fairly accurate.</p>
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<p>I agree.<p>A simple and unremarkable person could once upon a time have their basic factory job (or similar), make enough to own their home, and have a decent unremarkable life with their family. I think the pressures of housing costs or rent and other costs of living squeezed those people, often to distress. It's obviously not the entirety of a solution, but it's surely part of it.</p>
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<p>Ha - yes, I've witnessed that when they "clean" bugs from the reverse of the mirror only to litter the useful side!</p>
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<p>First bird I thought of and was surprised not to see get a ranking was the rainbow lorikeet, one of the more common birds in suburban Australia.<p><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_lorikeet#/media/File:Rainbow_lorikeet.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_lorikeet#/media/Fi...</a></p>
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<p>Not sure if it's different over there, but farming in Australia (whether with questionable water reliance or not) is considered sacrosanct and pushback would be a political risk. Any foreign-owned alfalfa exporters would just throw lobbyists behind broader farming coalitions (small farmers, ranchers, locals, etc) to protect themselves. Residents will cop water restrictions before then, as has happened before.</p>
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<p>My family has volunteered a few times to spend a day planting trees on farmland given over to conservation in Australia. It’s good fun and very sociable. There’d be organisations that do this in many countries.</p>
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<p>It's a tribute and he tells you that in the second paragraph.<p><i>"But now that Elise is gone I cannot restrain myself from telling the world something about the remarkable person with whom I shared the past 36 years of my life."</i></p>
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<p>Amusingly, there are 18 stars in the header banner of the poster. Missed opportunity!</p>
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