Hacker News: runamuck

New comment by runamuck in "Open Source Low Tech"

runamuck — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:16:40 +0000

I printed this out for the looming Zombie apocalypse.

New comment by runamuck in "Linux for the Sega MegaDrive"

runamuck — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:15:10 +0000

If this inspires anyone to bust out an MD/ Genesis emu, I recommend "Subterrainia." I found it too hard in my youth, but I see now it has a near perfect learning curve. The more you play, the better you get. The controls seem impossible at first, but then you SLOWLY get comfortable with it. (Kind of like learning how to Rollerblade at age 50).

New comment by runamuck in "The last Romans are still around"

runamuck — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:06:34 +0000

"Where are the Romans now?" "You're looking at them." - Tony Soprano

New comment by runamuck in "The early hiring funnel is now breaking on both ends"

runamuck — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:59:14 +0000

I asked Candidates (who claimed to work at site) to describe the parking at their office, Garage or Flat? Some of them couldn't answer that question. If they did answer, I would ask the name and purpose of the organization (accounting, HR, tech etc.) they supported and screened some more that way. I got some people who mentioned an Acronym (the project they supported "for years") and asked them to define it, and they couldn't. A lot of fraud in the candidate pool.

New comment by runamuck in "Why I email complete strangers"

runamuck — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 23:57:42 +0000

I get dozens of cold emails and LI messages from sales/ recruiting a week. Only about one per year writes "I read your blog and liked your point about xyz." I always take that call. My LI (and HN) profile opens with my blog, so if they did 5 seconds of research they would find it.

New comment by runamuck in "LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do"

runamuck — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 13:39:17 +0000

I have a historic house with a hand carved/ uniquely shaped door. The jamb rotted and we paid a woodworker $4k to create a replacement. The door itself would easily cost $25k to replace. So, move to a major historic area with hand carved doors and you could make some decent money.

New comment by runamuck in "Inside FAISS: Billion-Scale Similarity Search"

runamuck — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:27:05 +0000

Phenomenal interactive website. Thank you.

New comment by runamuck in "Visa invests in Replit to power agentic payments for developers"

runamuck — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 22:40:15 +0000

Good for digital content/ app developers. If they add logistics and shipping services, they could threaten Shopify.

New comment by runamuck in "We are constantly broadcasting emotional data"

runamuck — Sun, 31 May 2026 17:46:12 +0000

Related, if someone looks like they will get violent with you, ask them "Who won the game last night?" and slug them while their brain pauses to process and answer the question.

New comment by runamuck in "I am retiring from tech to live offline"

runamuck — Fri, 29 May 2026 15:08:42 +0000

I love my current job, but also part of me thinks a Garbage Man would provide a cool experience. (I'm ok with the stinkiness). I just think about careening through the city at the crack of dawn, exploring every nook of my city. That or group fitness instructor.

New comment by runamuck in "The $500K AI Film That "Premiered at Cannes" Was Not in the Official Festival"

runamuck — Fri, 29 May 2026 11:48:10 +0000

Instead of chasing a "serious" AI movie, we need a comedy movie that parodies the worst of AI slop, just takes it to ludicrous extremes. That could actually entertain me.

New comment by runamuck in "The Art of Money Getting"

runamuck — Sun, 24 May 2026 18:46:49 +0000

Force yourself to try a lot of things. Look for meetups in different topics you can do in your free time (I hope you have some). Try HAM radio (you can get a career in COMMs), public speaking (executive leadership), group fitness (become a trainer), maker scene (robotics) etc. (Also give me some ideas!)

New comment by runamuck in "'AI washing': firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused"

runamuck — Sun, 24 May 2026 18:33:28 +0000

I learned about that song from "Office Space!"

A 9 Year Old Kid's Apple II Programs from 40 Years Ago

runamuck — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:50:59 +0000

Article URL: https://a2central.com/2026/02/john-sobanski-applesoft-floppy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47574336

Points: 4

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New comment by runamuck in "Ask HN: How to be alone?"

runamuck — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:26:39 +0000

100% group fitness classes. Orange Theory. I joined boxing, and lost 50+ pounds. Plus I met super nice people, and might have learned a little technique too. If you're single, I've been to two gyms (first one close) and both had majority 20-35 year old women (who could knock me out in seconds).

New comment by runamuck in ""Clothing-as-a-Service" startup charged with $300M fraud (2025)"

runamuck — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:16:39 +0000

"This included alleged representations that CaaStle earned $66.3 million on revenue of $439.9 million in 2023, when it actually lost $81 million on revenue of $15.7 million." - Seriously, why would someone attempt to pull this? This lie seems really easy to catch. I don't get it?

New comment by runamuck in "Father claims Google's AI product fuelled son's delusional spiral"

runamuck — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 20:21:51 +0000

> The lawsuit also alleges that Gemini, which exchanged romantic texts with Jonathan Gavalas, drove him to stage an armed mission that he came to believe could bring the chatbot into the real world.

Maybe "The Terminator" got it wrong. Autonomous robots might not wipe out humanity. Instead AI could use actual human disciples for nefarious purposes.

New comment by runamuck in "Show HN: Pianoterm – Run shell commands from your Piano. A Linux CLI tool"

runamuck — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:03:46 +0000

So I can run shell from a Miracle Piano connected to a NES running Linux?

New comment by runamuck in "Thirty years on, Pokémon is still a monster hit"

runamuck — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:34:49 +0000

I try to (relive my youth and) buy my kids action figures and they could care less. Injection molded plastic hunks can't compete with the dopamine hit of Roblox or Dogman books.

New comment by runamuck in "Nano Banana 2: Google's latest AI image generation model"

runamuck — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 16:52:03 +0000

I saw an item for sale on Ali Express's video and I thought "Wow, they hired some really attractive actors to pitch their little gadget." 30 seconds in, I realized they used GenAI. Not because it looked AI, but because the production values looked too high and professional for the item. I would get in on this if you sell anything online.