Hacker News: rzzzwilson

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?"

rzzzwilson — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:37:36 +0000

> They care that the product works.

And that's the problem.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Dating apps were never built to deliver you to anyone"

rzzzwilson — Sun, 31 May 2026 04:24:35 +0000

No, they were built to deliver some of your money to the app author. That's all.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Whitehouse.gov/Aliens"

rzzzwilson — Fri, 29 May 2026 08:04:15 +0000

I understand what the page is actually talking about. If I thought it was about extraterrestials I would be less worried.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Whitehouse.gov/Aliens"

rzzzwilson — Fri, 29 May 2026 07:53:54 +0000

If whitehouse.gov hasn't been hacked, if this is a serious statement, then it's past time to get very worried about the current US government. We have seen madness like this before.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "I built an online leather goods store focused on making gift buying less painful"

rzzzwilson — Fri, 29 May 2026 07:50:01 +0000

Copy/pasted from the page right now, after refreshing:

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New comment by rzzzwilson in "Does anyone else find Hacker News visually exhausting?"

rzzzwilson — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:41:53 +0000

Nope.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "I built an online leather goods store focused on making gift buying less painful"

rzzzwilson — Mon, 25 May 2026 02:09:34 +0000

Might want to proof-read a bit more:

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New comment by rzzzwilson in "Why Not GitHub? (2017)"

rzzzwilson — Sun, 10 May 2026 11:34:20 +0000

Simple answer. Microsoft bought github so I moved elsewhere. I find my life to be less "interesting" if I minimize my exposure to Microsoft.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Ask HN: Which IDE are you using?"

rzzzwilson — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:06:10 +0000

Vi, or whatever actually gets executed when I type "vi" at the shell prompt. Used for python, C or whatever other language I'm using at the time.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "The brazen rightwing plan to conquer American schools"

rzzzwilson — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 02:23:54 +0000

Physics has nothing to say about social systems. Leave the last sentence out, it weakens your argument.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Kennedy sets September deadline to identify cause of rising US autism rates (2025)"

rzzzwilson — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:01:03 +0000

I missed the result. What was the cause of autism?

Kennedy sets September deadline to identify cause of rising US autism rates (2025)

rzzzwilson — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:01:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/health-secretary-kennedy-says-us-will-know-cause-autism-epidemic-by-september-2025-04-10/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47684484

Points: 2

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New comment by rzzzwilson in "America: A Bet Worth Taking If You're Built for It"

rzzzwilson — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:25:26 +0000

Thirty years ago I spent a year working in central Illinois. I liked the people there but the company I was working for was quite badly managed and treated the employees poorly, in my opinion. Perhaps as an Australian I expected a slightly more egalitarian environment. After a year I left. I would probably have enjoyed working on either coast more but water under the bridge. At least I learned to fly as a distraction from the intensely irritating job!

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Section 4 of the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution"

rzzzwilson — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:09:54 +0000

While everybody is talking about it, any action is unlikely because that would require too many spines to be grown in the executive branch.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Show HN: Beautiful intuitive weather forecasts that don't rely on numbers/units"

rzzzwilson — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:31:10 +0000

Any way to change units? My location uses the metric system.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Hitler's Edifice Complex"

rzzzwilson — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 08:42:02 +0000

Hmm, sounds familiar...

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Why is Hacker News such an oldschool page?"

rzzzwilson — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 08:30:05 +0000

But then the item I want to view would be harder to select on a phone or tablet. Let's not forget those devices. On my tablet the page currently shows 25 items without scrolling and I can easily select an item of interest without accidental selections. In my opinion the current display works well with a reasonable compromise between to much whitespace and too "fiddly".

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Why is Hacker News such an oldschool page?"

rzzzwilson — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:00:23 +0000

I want a fast page load and no wasted space on the display. I'm not interested in "modern" if I lose any of that.

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Artemis II commander enters tablet PIN on launch livestream"

rzzzwilson — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 01:52:05 +0000

Does this pose a risk seeing how physical and comms access to the tablet is rather limited for now?

New comment by rzzzwilson in "Trump Weighs Sending Another 10k Ground Troops to the Middle East"

rzzzwilson — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:06:03 +0000

Echoes of Vietnam.