<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: sokka_h2otribe</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=sokka_h2otribe</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 09:19:53 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=sokka_h2otribe" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by sokka_h2otribe in "Pentagon raised threat of Israeli spying on U.S. to highest level, sources say"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"dang! Those fuckin puppers ate the shoe again"<p>I would assume simple</p>
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<p>You need a silicone caulking tool, and a video. I have spent many years caulking like a fool listening to other fools who spray water and use their thumbs. Don't. Use the tool. Use the kind with a little oval tip usually (I mean, there are exceptions with harder caulks but for softer e.g bathroom caulks this is more superior.)<p>There's one UK guy on YouTube that convinced me of the evils of water/iso sprays and the beauty of the proper silicone caulking tool.<p>The little wedge shaped caulking tools btw are not enough, as you need some stick to it so you can get around certain angles/items.</p>
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<p>30 years ago you weren't recorded and if you were your recording didn't share across social media networks. This and awareness of it I suspect drives a greater fear of embarrassment. Although you did mention this, I wanted to emphasize it</p>
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<p>The backing of the loan is in part based on the value of the asset, so you need to add collateral to accommodate a reduction in the asset value.<p>Basically you have to pay a lot more if the building value goes down</p>
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<p>Your roofs are (often) concrete flat roofs with structural floor<p>The American roofs mentioned are typically significantly inclined, made of a less rigid material (wood, asphalt shingles), and not built to the expectations of supporting as much.<p>When OP says 'the worst place' they mean it is not a structural place, it is hard to access, and it serves an important function that is best not to mess with.<p>Note, I do not fully agree with OP but I get the points made.</p>
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<p>Writing quality was distracting. Very breathey. Hard to understand if I was getting important information or not -- but it's ok, some people will defend this style.</p>
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<p>I think you're missing their point, even if I can agree with part of your premise.<p>There was an outdated but relevant saying<p>'In America, you can criticize president Nixon anytime'<p>'Yes, but in Soviet Union you can also criticize Nixon anytime.'<p>The point is not that they're safer but that they're not a relevant concern in the same way. (According to OP)</p>
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<p>Certainly an OK book to read.<p>The trouble with this book for me was that it often recommends deferring to the other persons sense of self over your own.<p>There are times this is right, and there are times where it is very shallow. In fact, it can even be very inauthentic & fail to develop your own internal tools.<p>I think if it helps you start something, great! But for me personally at the youthful age I read the book - it was negative. Today I'm sure I could read it and only take the positive.  Mostly it depends on whether you think you "must" behave in those ways, or if you "could, sometimes, by choice"</p>
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<p>Member of household = significantly bigger. I believe your numbers suggest a household size of 1 person.   I also would suggest that most likely old people live with their families, and skew towards "which member" of the household went to the doctor.<p>Well, with such a low mean age it could also be very young people skewing the number, im fully speculating.</p>
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<p>It's not based on writing they didn't read...<p>The feedback is to the author of the post complaining (understandably) about their manager using AI and destroying the carefully written document.<p>That post alone is plenty to give feedback on absolutism and the nuances of existing in the world with mostly neurotypical people. [My interpretation of the feedback]<p>We dont care about the manager, they don't matter. This is not "defending" or "justifying" the manager, in case you see it that way.</p>
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<p>Another way to look at it, is that bldc motors are sort of like solenoids with the motion between between poles of the motor. There's a limit in both cases to what you can do and how much flux you can push</p>
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<p>You too were inspired by the children's light up shoes? I know I was</p>
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<p>Uhh, you know you could skip the vaccine and just call it a tax..</p>
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<p>I got halfway through. I'm tired of AI writing sometimes here. <<That's what most calculators get wrong>>. Not, that's $11, it's NOT very significant.<p>AI slop ATM seems to indicate heavy importance on all your sentences, but not all of your sentences are that important. It makes it harder for me to skim personally, and ultimately, it's harder to edit because it "sounds" ok as it is (even when it's not.)<p>But, in my experience, the AI writing slop [negative experience] is everywhere here.</p>
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<p>I honestly think you're wildly missing the point.<p>Writing is not about writing. Admittedly, that is a trick sentence [what does it mean??] and it exists because I'm trying to get you to re-evaluate my next words. And, I am doing this because I think you are missing the point.<p>Writing is about organizing your thoughts. You cannot have someone else organize your thoughts. Once you approach writing as a thought excercise, and <i>not</i> an output excercise, then there is a world of nuance and writing is more than just organizing your thoughts.<p>Further, you have allegedly spent 3 years on this. I know you're busy. That said, you can certainly spend 3 days on writing if you spent 3 years working on this.<p>Please don't double down on acting like everyone is just a hater. There is more depth to the criticism than I think is being acknowledged.<p>P.s, if you feel "blocked" writing and think of it as just about output, try this:
(0) Ask yourself what you want to convey, why; to whom. 
(1) Write without inhibition
(2) Edit, cut, delete.  Refer to (0); look at what seems higher word count in proportion to its value.<p>There are other tips to editing and writing. This is one rough off the cuff formula that I think tracks & may benefit you, especially since you seem to see yourself as a worse writer than you may actually be.</p>
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<p>It has nothing to do with missing "coauthored by Claude"<p>The problem is you're wasting other people's time, with long and low quality writing.<p>One of the points of writing your own words is to gather your own thoughts. The value of writing skills is to organize the delivery. But the first point is that they are your thoughts.<p>I think your replies are seriously missing the criticism.</p>
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<p>The problem with that attitude is it normalizes it, which is extra scary for military</p>
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<p>I think the procedure is being misinterpreted. This isn't a scam, it's just a common social convention. It's not a scam by the waiter because they have a limited amount they can do this for and they have just chosen to do it for you.</p>
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<p>To whatever degree you are serious, this can be a phase change thing.<p>Cheese melting takes energy
Cheese freezing, releases energy.<p>So you do actually get the temperature to remain at the melting point of the cheese for a longer period of time if you have enough % cheese to be significant.</p>
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<p>Refinancing and loans work differently outside of the U.S. what I don't remember is exactly how. If I recall, you can't refinance without paying</p>
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