<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: sergiosgc</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sergiosgc</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:55:11 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=sergiosgc" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by sergiosgc in "Europe's Largest Unions Demand Right to Cancel Work on Days Above 30C"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Read the article. This applies to outdoor jobs only.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:43:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48861470</link><dc:creator>sergiosgc</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48861470</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48861470</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by sergiosgc in "AskHN:How do you handle skill atrophy from using coding agents?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The URL returns a 404...</p>
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<p>Because that holds true only for efficient markets.</p>
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<p><a href="https://archive.is/VLWWE" rel="nofollow">https://archive.is/VLWWE</a></p>
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<p>> Asimov's laws of robotics are flawed too, of course.<p>I always find the common references to Asimov's laws funny. They are broken in just about every one of his books. They are crime novels where, if a robot was involved, there was some workaround of the laws.</p>
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<p>Why didn't the author of the article take the 30s I did, and redo the experiment today, with Claude? Rather important, since Claude is what impressed Dawkins, and that impression is the core subject of the article.</p>
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<p>I asked Claude the great wall question, and the answer is not what the article describes:<p>That claim is false — and it actually mixes up two separate myths!<p>The Great Wall of China is not visible from Spain. Spain is roughly 9,000+ km away from China — no artificial structure on Earth is visible from that distance with the naked eye.<p>You're likely thinking of the popular myth that the Great Wall is "visible from space" or "from the Moon." That's also false:<p>(it then goes on with a detailed, perfect answer).</p>
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<p>Of course. I'm not rooting for the US' downfall. It is a loss of western values. It saddens me, but it is a fact they're veering away from the French Revolution principles.</p>
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<p>> If they are mapping that to "reduction in green energy" or "reversal of green energy adoption" I think they are very wrong indeed.<p>Because there is a global trend towards green energy use, caused by economic factors. It's bound to be more expressive outside the US, because of politics.</p>
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<p>It's still to be determined if the drop is temporary. From the outside (EU) I see a downward uninterrupted trend since 9/11 and the Patriot Act.</p>
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<p>Have you tried it with something like OpenSpec? Strangely, taking the time to lay out the steps in a large task helps immensely. It's the difference between the behavior you describe and just letting it run productively for segments of ten or fifteen minutes.</p>
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<p>I'm Portuguese, so read this as a view from outside. Brexit traded rigid limits on national action for soft limits. It is bonkers, because the soft limits are much harsher!<p>Take, for example, trade policy. Facing trade tariffs from the US, Europe can call the bluff, the UK is way too small to have any cards on the negotiating table. It is much better to be in a huge economic block than to face the bully alone. On paper you have more formal power alone, in practice you have no power whatsoever on your own.<p>The absence of formal action limits can be deceitful. Limits are not only there anyhow, they are worse for you outside the economic block.<p>So, no, you won't be better in 20 years. In fact, given the direction the world is going, you'll be worse than even today.</p>
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<p>No. The article explains they do not cure the underlying issue, whatever it is. We have many such drugs, widely accepted as safe and effective.</p>
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<p>Great idea, nice proof of concept. It'd be nice to see a translation into English after we finish the sentence, as it'll inevitably introduce words I don't known yet, and there's a learning opportunity.</p>
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<p>Portuguese has the word "mestre" from the same Latin origin. Since it has evolved in a separate context, it may give a glimpse of the original meaning, way before slavery. A "mestre", in Portuguese, is one of three concepts:<p>- Someone who has mastered some art;<p>- A teacher;<p>- The lead artisan in a team, the one who has mastered the art, teaches and leads.<p>The slave master is a very narrow interpretation on these meanings, and the woke push against the word is myopic. The word has a long history, none of it connected to slavery.</p>
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<p>I tend to draw the line at intrinsic vs extrinsic behavior. The model layer must be able to maintain all intrinsic properties. Whenever it would talk outside the application, it's beyond the domain of the model.<p>Taken to the extreme, you could model all intrinsic constraints and triggers at the relational database level, and have a perfectly functional anemic domain model.</p>
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<p>As with most tasks, you learn by doing. You can't learn to play tennis from a book, in the same fashion you can't learn to think from a book.<p>Find an area where you have to disassemble large problems into small ones, where you have to plan a few steps of the solution. Any knowledge area will do. Writing was suggested in another comment, it's a good playground. As is programming, where there is ample literature of puzzle problems to solve. Algebra, if you are so inclined although, beware, it veers a bit into the abstract. There are physical hobbies with that characteristic too: anything involving woodwork or building stuff out of parts (or disassembling and reassembling, like mechanics).<p>Having picked up a hobby, apply the hours. Start with stuff you can do, don't overshoot complexity. Then, evolve from there. As with all new activities, embrace failure. Don't just accept failure, expect it, learn from it, step on past failures to evolve.<p>P.S. I can't imagine not having an inner monologue, or its dual, spatial imagination, but a relevant part of the population doesn't have either, with no ill effects on the thought process. It's amazing, to me, but it seems they are not required for thinking.</p>
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<p>I know this is a popular opinion, but you'll be hard pressed to find a Tesla owner that shares your opinion. It could be self-selection, or it could be that Tesla's user interface actually works very well.<p>In my opinion, it's the latter, after observing how my parents adapted to driving a Tesla. I was actually concerned it'd be a hard transition, but I only had a couple "support calls" related to the car.</p>
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<p>Maybe because VW, for example, has actually skirted pollution laws, with intent. Or because PSA management publicly derides any effort for EV transition. Or maybe because Toyota has for 20 years falsely promised EV fuel cells/engines in the next five years, all the while happily selling ICE vehicles.<p>If you look closely at any big corporation management, they are all egomaniacs. Just not childish enough to publicize that fact.</p>
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<p>Step back a bit and ask yourself: Why not? If it's a great car, and if it has been technologically updated, should you really care that much about a new front grill design?<p>We consider cars more fashionable than shoes.</p>
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