<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: swaits</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=swaits</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:12:41 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=swaits" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "RFC 454545 – Human Em Dash Standard"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> especially when it was once suggested that frequent use could imply neurodivergence<p>When you think folks have come up with every inventive way to pathologize a personality trait, they start gatekeeping punctuation. It’s the ultimate reach—turning a standard grammar tool into a "symptom" just to fuel the modern obsession with finding new ways to be a unique victim.<p>Suggesting that a horizontal line is a diagnostic "tell" for neurodivergence is peak internet brain-rot. It’s not a condition; it’s middle-school English. We’ve officially hit a level of performative absurdity where people are trying to claim clout through a keyboard stroke. It’s not a disability; it’s a stylistic choice.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:47:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47327280</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47327280</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47327280</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "Alabama offers three tricks to fix poor urban schools"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes. I realized I should’ve clarified that and edited it into my comment in parallel with your comment.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:07:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47073866</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47073866</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47073866</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "Alabama offers three tricks to fix poor urban schools"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, indeed. I should’ve mentioned that in my comment.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:05:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47073842</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47073842</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47073842</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "Alabama offers three tricks to fix poor urban schools"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Their solution is that you must read at a 3rd grade level in order to get promoted to 4th grade. It brought them from basically the worst State to the 30th percentile in reading for 4th graders.<p>So, common sense? If you’re requiring proficiency in order to promote, then I’d expect to see significantly better results than this.<p>It’s noteworthy that they’re still basically the worst in 8th grade reading and math. Might take some time for these literate 4th graders to get up to 8th grade age.<p>I don’t think Alabama is a model for anything related to public education.</p>
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<p>> What is it like in the US these days?<p>For the average American citizen, status quo.<p>For the scofflaws and illegal immigrants, the realization that accountability for their actions might be right around the corner must be unnerving.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:12:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46792036</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46792036</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46792036</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "KAOS – The Kubernetes Agent Orchestration System"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Kunernetes leads the way in “tools that make it possible to work with Kunernetes” spawns.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 02:00:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749909</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749909</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46749909</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "Canada Announces Divorce from America"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You're confusing economic status with cultural ideology.<p>If pushing ESG mandates, DEI initiatives, 'Stakeholder Capitalism' (over shareholder primacy), and top-down climate interventions isn't the platform of the modern elite Left, what is? The fact that they are wealthy hypocrites doesn't make them right-wing.<p>But if you prefer the term 'Technocratic Globalists,' fine. The point stands: Carney played to that room rather than the reality of the Canadian economy.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:22:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46706090</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46706090</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46706090</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "Canada Announces Divorce from America"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada, gave a magnificently powerful speech before the gathered elites that will be discussed many years from now. Decades, likely.<p>Extremely unlikely.<p>Davos is 95% elite echo chamber, virtue signaling, and complete bullshit, with only a rare 5% historical exception where the gathering actually resulted in binding, real-world consequences.<p>Anyone that thinks this speech will have any lasting impact is delusional.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:53:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46705728</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46705728</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46705728</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "Vibe coding is a hobby. Let me explain"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I did not RTFA. Just came to reply to the clickbaity title: coding is a hobby (and a job) for me. Using AI is just a tool in that.</p>
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<p>Probably works pretty well with atopile.<p>Previous discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44542880">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44542880</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 16:15:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46680669</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46680669</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46680669</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "RISC-V is coming along quite speedily: Milk-V Titan Mini-ITX 8-core board"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>“People who care about these things” enough that they’re buying Mini ITX RV motherboards? Definitely well under 1% of the market.</p>
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<p>Ignore idiots and trolls. Do your thing. Don’t worry about the noise.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:42:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646822</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646822</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646822</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "First impressions of Claude Cowork"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This comment isn’t going to age well. Just my $0.02.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:40:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646802</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646802</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646802</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "First impressions of Claude Cowork"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Spot on. The value of skills is using a much smaller context to improve the quality of the output.<p>This is plainly obvious to anyone who understands how these LLMs work.</p>
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<p>You did make a good call on skills.<p>Anything that lets us compose smaller tasks into larger ones effectively is helpful. That’s because self-attention (ie context) is still a huge limiting factor.<p>As someone who uses these tools a lot, and who sits on the bleeding edge everyday, I agree with you.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:35:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646750</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646750</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46646750</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "Briar keeps Iran connected via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when the internet goes dark"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Keeping things in perspective, no, there is no reasonable concern of this happening in the US in the near term.<p>The places where this happens, like Iran now, are in extremely different situations than anything in the US, or any other Western country.<p>That shouldn’t discourage people running meshes though.</p>
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<p>This unlocks some really nice stuff in the future!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 04:02:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408309</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408309</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46408309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "Spaced repetition for efficient learning (2019)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Unfortunately seems to be too old to include coverage of FSRS and the associated optimization algorithms. Would love to see Gwern’s updated thoughts on this.</p>
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<p>`jj` isn't new. It's definitely not *very* new.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2025 22:22:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46177099</link><dc:creator>swaits</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46177099</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46177099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by swaits in "Stacked Diffs with git rebase —onto"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Definitely let your keybinding keep you from trying out and using a fantastic tool.</p>
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