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New comment by shawndumas in "Who Uses LLMs?"

shawndumas — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:51:12 +0000

from the article, “There's this common argument that only those who are bad at coding, or don't care about the craft of it, use AI to code. I think this is pretty clearly false. Let's look at a list, shall we?”

Who Uses LLMs?

shawndumas — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 07:51:12 +0000

Article URL: https://neonvagabond.xyz/articles/who-uses-llms.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46762920

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by shawndumas in "Git Rebase for the Terrified"

shawndumas — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:21:48 +0000

Yes! When you are deep in the code, your brain operates in a non-linear way. You try a solution, it breaks a test. You patch the test. You realize the variable name is wrong. You fix a typo.

Without Squash, the main branch history becomes a timeline of your mental struggle.

With Squash, the main branch becomes a catalog of features delivered.

No body needs to take a trip on the struggle bus with me...

New comment by shawndumas in "The RAM shortage comes for us all"

shawndumas — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 19:43:30 +0000

there's no reliable evidence he ever uttered that phrase

New comment by shawndumas in "The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs"

shawndumas — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 17:25:51 +0000

agreed, the interest rates and the overestimation on the stickiness of the pandemic’s increase in internet usage post-pandemic are the primary other contributing factors that, imo, represent the lion’s share; even allowing that the tax changes are tertiary is a stretch much less as the primary/secondary reason

Values of β will give rise to DOM

shawndumas — Mon, 12 May 2025 06:22:54 +0000

Article URL: https://9p.io/cm/cs/who/dmr/odd.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43960165

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by shawndumas in "Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017)"

shawndumas — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:33:05 +0000

second system syndrome

AuDHD: Understanding the Comorbidity of ADHD and Autism

shawndumas — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:31:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.talkspace.com/mental-health/conditions/articles/audhd/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41601853

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Reflections on Six Years in the Fediverse

shawndumas — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:29:51 +0000

Article URL: https://neilzone.co.uk/2024/02/reflections-on-six-years-in-the-fediverse/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40978503

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by shawndumas in "Big Ball of Mud (1999)"

shawndumas — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 21:14:02 +0000

#include

int main() { long long d; std::cout << "Enter a Julian Day Number: "; std::cin >> d;

    if (d < 0) {
        std::cerr << "Error: Invalid Julian Day Number (must be non-negative)." << std::endl;
        return 1; // Indicate an error to the system
    }

    const int DAYS_PER_YEAR = 365;
    const int DAYS_PER_LEAP_YEAR = 366;
    const int DAYS_PER_LEAP_CYCLE = 1461; // 4 years
    const int JULIAN_TO_GREGORIAN_THRESHOLD = 2299161; // Oct 15, 1582

    // Adjust for Julian-to-Gregorian transition
    if (d >= JULIAN_TO_GREGORIAN_THRESHOLD) {
        d += 10; // Account for dropped days
    }

    int a = d + 32044;
    int b = (4 * a + 3) / DAYS_PER_LEAP_CYCLE;
    int c = (4 * a + 3) % DAYS_PER_LEAP_CYCLE;

    int y = (b / 1460) + 1970; 
    d = (c / 4) - 365;

    if (d < 0) {
        y--;
        d += DAYS_PER_YEAR + (y % 4 == 0);
    }

    std::cout << "Gregorian Year: " << y << std::endl;
    std::cout << "Day of Year: " << d + 1 << std::endl; // Add 1 as days are typically 1-indexed

    return 0;
}

Elon Musk Forcing Tesla to Train Self-Driving Cars on His Own Driving

shawndumas — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:55:49 +0000

Article URL: https://futurism.com/elon-musk-tesla-train-self-driving-own-driving

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40928891

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

"Nik": The Mesoamerican Representation of Zero (2021)

shawndumas — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 22:20:45 +0000

Article URL: https://baas.aas.org/pub/2021n1i336p03/release/2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40921869

Points: 66

# Comments: 39

New comment by shawndumas in "The War on Estonian Forests (2022)"

shawndumas — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 18:00:04 +0000

POSIWID: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...

New comment by shawndumas in "Damn Small Linux 2024"

shawndumas — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:55:31 +0000

Compact Linux distribution tailored for low-spec x86 computers. It packs a lot of applications into a small package. All the applications are chosen for their functionality, small size, and low dependencies.

Damn Small Linux 2024

shawndumas — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 18:55:31 +0000

Article URL: https://damnsmalllinux.org/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39318797

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

Microsoft patches 6 zero-days under active exploit

shawndumas — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:23:36 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/11/patches-for-6-zero-days-under-active-exploit-are-now-available-from-microsoft/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33526082

Points: 9

# Comments: 2

What Is “Anti-Work?” – Luciferian Locutions

shawndumas — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 19:49:51 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.alexisdumas.org/2022/01/29/anti-work.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30153266

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by shawndumas in "Manager'ing: An Overview for New Managers"

shawndumas — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:55:42 +0000

A peer of mine got invited to become a manager and was concerned about being ready so she scheduled a meeting with me and these are her notes cleaned up.

The first thing I told her was that if she thought she was truly ready--this will be no-big-deal kinda ready--to be a manager that would have been the first indication that she might not be ready.

This was a need reassurance and she is doing wonderfully.

Manager'ing: An Overview for New Managers

shawndumas — Thu, 08 Jul 2021 17:38:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/shawndumas_managering-activity-6770113330129596416-PmZp

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27775334

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by shawndumas in "LaMDA: Google's New Conversation Technology"

shawndumas — Tue, 18 May 2021 22:47:43 +0000

To echo this comment, zamadatix is exactly right; I need someone quoting me about a Google project as an official representative about as much as I need another hole in my head.

As to the greater point, I want to emphasize that as a human being I want to be careful with how I communicate with others because I care about them not feeling judged, dismissed, othered, or otherwise insulted. The charge that the rules keep changing is overblown; it’s always about respecting people even if you don’t understand or enjoy them.

I know that some might still equate that with “cancel culture” but I can’t help that (and tbh that’s a discussion that we should have over beers and not on the internet).