<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: runjake</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=runjake</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:53:59 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=runjake" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "AI;DR (AI; Didn't Read)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I guess I'm in the minority. I don't mind an AI response if it's informative, concise and well-crafted.<p>The problem is that those kinds of responses are rare in the tech world. But when you have someone competent at the helm, it's much better than reading human slop.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 21:00:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337566</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337566</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49337566</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Were Touch Bar's problems software rather than hardware?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The Tx SoCs communicated with the main system over Ethernet, IIRC, at least with the T2 SoC.<p>The Tx SoCs themselves should have never locked up because there was a watchdog that would power cycle it when it became unresponsive.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:41:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320564</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320564</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320564</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Were Touch Bar's problems software rather than hardware?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As others mention, the Touch Bar ran on its own CPU, well, SoC.<p>The T1 and T2 and its associated controllers were actually part of a gradual and public transition to Apple Silicon!<p>Most people didn’t realize it at the time though.<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_T2" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_T2</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:37:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320521</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320521</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49320521</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Ask HN: Move AI news from Hacker News to somewhere else?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah, about half the time, mostly due to poor memory, I use the hcker.news site just because it's faster, more readable and configurable. I'm usually narrowing down to a topic of interest, rather than trying to exclude something.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:05:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313318</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313318</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49313318</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "I turned my RSS feeds into an e-ink newspaper to stop reading on my phone"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is wonderful.<p>About the only good thing to come out of the open web dying is a revitalization of open and accessible computing hobbies.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:18:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305299</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305299</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49305299</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Ask HN: How much money do you spend monthly on subscriptions for AI models?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>$40-60, not counting day job stuff.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:10:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302506</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302506</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302506</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Ask HN: Move AI news from Hacker News to somewhere else?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What? No, it's not time to move AI news somewhere else. It's one of the biggest tech and business topics, if not <i>the</i> biggest.<p>If the HN audience didn’t want AI stories, they wouldn’t keep making the front page. You may not like it, but AI isn’t going away. It’s going to keep evolving and become integral to tech.<p>If you want a version of Hacker News without AI, I suggest the following website with the AI filter. But then you'd be ignoring the biggest technological advancement in a long time.<p><a href="https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude" rel="nofollow">https://hcker.news/?ai=exclude</a><p>But, if you're not into AI and you're planning to stay in tech, I suspect you're going to have a hard time adapting.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:07:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302465</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302465</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49302465</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Hello, me. It's been a while"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Half the time I have my headphones on playing nothing. I'm just using the noise cancellation to find some silence.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:33:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301945</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301945</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301945</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Ask HN: How are you preventing brainrot?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Basically, I do stuff like I did before the Internet.<p>I still code for fun.<p>I write detailed specs for AI. Although I feel like this is, or is about to be, obsolete.<p>I read books.<p>I play chess.<p>I play words games.<p>I make stuff with wood and tools.<p>I go more places.<p>I cook more food.<p>I am not jaded about any of this. I am highly adaptable and refuse to think about myself as a victim.<p>I am optimistic and excited to see what the future holds. But it will require much adaptation and reflection on my identity as part of that process.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:20:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301769</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301769</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49301769</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Flock updates privacy, accountability, security, and transparency safeguards"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For my miscellaneous Flock queries, I use case number "abc123".<p>My police chief is okay with it and the case number "abc123" is FOIA-exempt out of operational security concerns.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:56:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287916</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287916</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287916</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Ask HN: What browser do you use?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Brave with all the cruft turned off except Brave Shield. Chrome isn't bad either.<p>I'd love to be able to tolerate Safari, but it's just not a good day-to-day desktop browser.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:28:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287487</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287487</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287487</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>> Do not assume I haven't read.</i><p>It's hard not to, given your comments in this thread.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:52:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262825</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262825</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262825</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Here's how my assessment selected Go (long before LLMs):<p>- I had to write a moderately complex program. I didn't want to do it in C, and I didn't want to learn Rust.<p>- So I spent roughly about 2 hours becoming familiar with Go and playing around in Go playground. I decided that this would work.<p>- And then I got started on my program and I was immediately productive and that software is still running today, along with all the other stuff I've written since then.<p>Programmer productivity is excellent with Go. And it has a thriving ecosystem. Of course, some things could be better, but I don't really have much issue with it's error handling or types.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:21:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262374</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262374</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262374</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p><i>> Who cares? Languages are tools, LLMs are tools. Use the ones more appropriate for what you are trying to do.</i><p>The article <i>specifically</i> discusses how Go is well-suited for LLMs. It's not going on about general programming topics.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:17:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262317</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262317</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49262317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Ask HN: How did you teach analog electronics to your kids?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I originally learned with an old Radio Shack electronics kit like this one:<p><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/electronics/comments/g6vyjc/old_electronics_kit_given_to_my_dad_when_he_was/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/electronics/comments/g6vyjc/old_ele...</a><p>I tried to get my kids interested with the modern equivalent, Snap Circuits, but they didn't take to it. It was too limited and toy-like.<p>I later acquired an old electronics kit like the above, and they were much more interested in that. You can still find the older kits on eBay for not too much money.<p>Keep in mind they may not take to it like you did. My kids' own interests went to more mechanical stuff and small gasoline engines and electric motors instead.<p>Don't steer their interests, feed them. Provide breadcrumbs for their curiosities.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:13:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258745</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258745</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49258745</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Hyperspace"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It says it’s a paid app right on the linked page.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:08:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253625</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253625</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253625</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Hyperspace"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don’t understand. It mentions multiple times it’s not free right on the linked page. And if you open the App Store link? It also mentions it’s a paid app.<p>What am I missing?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:08:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253620</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253620</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49253620</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Oracle bans AI-generated code from OpenJDK"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I do understand what you're saying, but at the same time, of course it's natural -- it's, well he's, a thing that exists.<p>We don't have to like it. From Larry's perspective, our natures are strange and perhaps repulsive to him.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:30:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251286</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251286</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49251286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If Zuck gets his way, he gets more control, maybe he gets significant control of the market. Then, he'll probably close his models, if the past is any indication, which leads to bad results.<p>Maybe Zuck has, but I haven't seen a pledge that he'll keep models open. And even then, he might not stick to his word, citing dangers or some other excuse.<p>But yeah, open models is a great concept.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:56:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49248068</link><dc:creator>runjake</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49248068</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49248068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by runjake in "Ask HN: Do people with authism have emotions?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And even people with psychopathy disorders have emotions.</p>
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