<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: rubyfan</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rubyfan</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:23:05 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=rubyfan" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "Arithmetic Without Numbers – How LLMs Do Math"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why does every exhibit made with AI look the same?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:55:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434915</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434915</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "DoD Officially Drops 180 Faiths from Military's Recognized Religion List"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This was true 20 years ago (not sure about now). As an atheist/agnostic in basic training I used to try different church services to get away from the barracks on Sundays. If you didn’t you were definitely assigned some cleaning detail instead of having down time. At the time it didn’t come across as discrimination and felt more like a way to keep control. At various times when control was lax bad stuff happened, e.g. fighting, sex, awol, etc. In a new light this does seem like it has a disparate impact.</p>
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<p>Yes it looks that way</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:26:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430565</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430565</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48430565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "SpaceX, Other Mega IPOs Denied Fast Index Entry by S&P"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>At that level they call it financial engineering.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:41:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410566</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410566</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48410566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "What Is a Dickover?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Right the intention was to stop unchecked surveillance capitalism, now they use the normalcy of annoyance to wear you down such that you auto accept terms that you probably wouldn’t agree to if you read them. That’s what they want now.<p>This and other bad behavior will only go away when government says, “no this is predatory and you can’t do it” instead of saying “everything is OK if the user consents to it”.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 19:03:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339584</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339584</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48339584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "What Is a Dickover?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Surprise, they all are!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 01:48:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48331565</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48331565</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48331565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "Green card seekers must leave U.S. to apply, Trump administration says"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It wasn’t ever about illegal immigration. It’s a way to make the position sound logical and tolerable. Now the goal post is moving to make only certain people legal.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 14:29:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248054</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248054</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48248054</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "I don't think AI will make your processes go faster"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> You make it sound like writing good requirements is easy.<p>I am certain I didn’t say that. To be a good product owner one needs skill, care and understanding of the business intent. If you know the business intent but lack the skill to express it as a useful requirement then it’s insufficient; if you have the skill but lack understanding or ability to understand the business intent then it’s insufficient; if you have the skill and understand the business intent but you are careless in your work then it’ll be insufficient too. If the problem space is emergent then having all three might not be good enough either.<p>It’s certainly true that good engineering teams can deeply understand the problem space enough to get to a business outcome without requirement documents.<p>I just wouldn’t bet that LLMs are going to make any of these realities any better, they might exacerbate those issues.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 22:33:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173768</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173768</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48173768</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "I don't think AI will make your processes go faster"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>We now have product owners trying to farm out their work to an LLM. The process didn’t work before because the person writing the requirements either put out vague requirements or bad requirements because they didn’t understand the business intent (or were careless).<p>LLMs just take the same vague or poor requirements and make them look believable until you dig in to them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 13:18:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168682</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168682</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48168682</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "Agents for financial services and insurance"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That’s a gross over generalization. Some of the insurance data here suggests use of AI to make underwriting decisions. There are several states with regulations which could potentially pull these agent solutions into their regulatory oversight if used by the industry to effect insurance outcomes.</p>
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<p>“Silent” seems appropriate given it historically never required such a large storage requirement and the nature of the <i>new</i> feature seems entirely optional; and it’s happening silently as part of a normal upgrade.</p>
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<p>I watched the James Bond movie Spectre recently and came away feeling like the Spectre organization and Ernst Stavro Blofeld were modeled on Palatir.</p>
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<p>sounds delicious</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 02:00:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47871526</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47871526</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47871526</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "Irony as Meta staff unhappy about running surveillance software on work PCs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My guess is people put up with this shit because the job market is terrible right now and most other workplaces in big tech will follow suite soon.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:23:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862574</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862574</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47862574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "Irony as Meta staff unhappy about running surveillance software on work PCs"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The Zuckerberg quote from the article reads like someone running for class president in high school.<p><i>> helps you achieve your goals, create what you want to see in the world, experience any adventure, be a better friend to those you care about, and grow to become the person you aspire to be.</i><p>… If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true. Thank you.</p>
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<p>the power of yet</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:05:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857867</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857867</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47857867</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why do we allow this?</p>
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<p>The pardon is limited to federal offenses, state prosecution is still viable.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 03:19:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47830041</link><dc:creator>rubyfan</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47830041</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47830041</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by rubyfan in "The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nothing will happen until the mid terms or 2028.<p>This administration highlights why the pardon provisions of the constitution need amendment.</p>
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<p>Yeah it is. What I mean is the default is you have not opted in. You must choose to opt in for this type of tracking. It should be a choice that doesn’t preclude you from using a service if you don’t allow tracking.</p>
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