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New comment by shnock in "Honda is killing its EVs"

shnock — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 01:13:15 +0000

This is a classic example of slippery slope fallacy, and not in the spirit of intellectual curiosity for which this forum exists

New comment by shnock in "Ex-GitHub CEO launches a new developer platform for AI agents"

shnock — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 04:18:22 +0000

By listening to your friends and circle

New comment by shnock in "Meditation as Wakeful Relaxation: Unclenching Smooth Muscle"

shnock — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:27:08 +0000

This is known. https://www.energyarts.com/qigong-exercises/

Let's Build Rad Shit Together

shnock — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 23:06:24 +0000

Article URL: https://trond.ai/p/lets-build-rad-shit-together

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46493343

Points: 3

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New comment by shnock in "Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?"

shnock — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 02:46:31 +0000

DCC is êxcéllént. I have also been enjoying Pale Lights and The Years of Apocalypse.

New comment by shnock in "Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students"

shnock — Thu, 22 May 2025 22:16:21 +0000

They are not, that is expectation of future performance based upon past. Reality is too complex and dynamic for that.

New comment by shnock in "NSF faces shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions"

shnock — Fri, 09 May 2025 17:42:12 +0000

The definition of "enemy" is not limited to "people that are trying to kill you"

New comment by shnock in "In my life, I've witnessed three elite salespeople at work"

shnock — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:04:26 +0000

Why?

New comment by shnock in "Blogs rot. Wikis wait"

shnock — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 05:06:44 +0000

This? https://getindie.wiki/

Thank you from a long-time hater of Fandom and PE-driven enshittification and lover of community-driven knowledge work

New comment by shnock in "Cognitive load is what matters"

shnock — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 00:47:27 +0000

Having given up programming, what do you do now?

New comment by shnock in "My son (9 yrs old) used plain JavaScript to make a game, and wants your feedback"

shnock — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:17:39 +0000

Unreal. Thanks for helping me retrain my mental arithmetic

New comment by shnock in "How I ship projects at big tech companies"

shnock — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:07:32 +0000

I like the cut of your jib. Let’s let the sails loose on this venture and see if we can’t move the needle.

New comment by shnock in "Buy payphones and retire"

shnock — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:33:44 +0000

Not everyone can buy USA bonds. Is the population of winners and losers all humanity?

New comment by shnock in "Open Source on its own is no alternative to Big Tech"

shnock — Sun, 27 Oct 2024 09:58:57 +0000

Same, but not necessarily due to nationality. It very much depends on the company culture and interpersonal relationship in question

New comment by shnock in "Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court"

shnock — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 02:46:40 +0000

Human attention and energy is relatively limited though, and the medium of the Internet and its control is just for that

New comment by shnock in "Chemistry Nobel: Computational protein design and protein structure prediction"

shnock — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:16:36 +0000

I think PhD's are generally different enough in Europe vs the US that this might be less surprising upon further research

New comment by shnock in "B-Trees and Database Indexes"

shnock — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 01:32:45 +0000

Confluence, but we're already in deep w Atlassian

New comment by shnock in "I've built my first successful side project, and I hate it"

shnock — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 10:57:28 +0000

Serious question, especially if there’s follow up reading. Where does that principle of assuming baseline good things about the other speaker in polite conversation come from?

New comment by shnock in "There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)"

shnock — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 02:08:59 +0000

r/rational

New comment by shnock in "There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)"

shnock — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 01:46:58 +0000

Extremely strong recommend of Pale Lights, Unsong

Strong recommend to all of QNTM's, especially their SCP work (linked), Ra, Fine Structure. Also to PGTE, Worth the Candle

Recommend to Worm.

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