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New comment by shawndumas in "1k Words: A Writing Contest"

shawndumas — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 18:07:24 +0000

from the dog’s pov; so much noise and so many strangers. the smell of fresh dirt, then cement, water… so much water. the kids were excited and when it was done, oh the days of swimming, fetch, and fun. soon the stress was forgotten. the hot days of cool water and the smell of the food on the grill. but then the kids grew and left. and then the adult male was gone, too. now this is a reminder of how much fetching and roughhousing we did. now she’s gone a lot too. stupid fence; at least i could swim… but no.

New comment by shawndumas in "Did Claude increase bugs in rsync?"

shawndumas — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 02:03:57 +0000

i feel like OP put their money where their mouth was. they dug in and did the analysis. they also capitulated and rewrote the lest interesting and easiest part of the post; the prose.

i also am seeing them engage aptly with constructive criticism and adapting the material while handily dispatching the non-constructive critiques. most of which amounts to a colossal missing-of-the-point.

they have made no out of proportion claims, no non-recreate’able analysis, used exactly the correct tools, and, frankly have addressed all of your points

i am not sure you’ll agree with anything i’ve said either so feel free to misunderstand me too

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.