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New comment by theodpHN in "Ask HN: Are most corporate SWE jobs performative?"

theodpHN — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:25:33 +0000

“The Work Is Mysterious And Important.” - Mark S. To Helly (Severance, AppleTV) https://www.thegamer.com/severance-most-memorable-quotes/

New comment by theodpHN in "On The
(2021)"

theodpHN — Sat, 23 May 2026 19:27:46 +0000

List history (listory?) lesson, kids: As the link below to a 1985 IBM mainframe DCF/GML manual shows, DL-DT-DD have been a thing since before the web. In addition to Definition lists (DL), the 40+ year-old documentation describes Glossary lists (GL), Ordered lists (OL), Unordered lists (UL), and Simple lists (SL).

ibm :: 370 :: DCF :: SH35-0050-2 Document Composition Facility Generalized Markup Language Implementation Guide Rel 3 Mar85

https://archive.org/details/bitsavers_ibm370DCFSpositionFaci...

New comment by theodpHN in "How to convert between wealth and income tax"

theodpHN — Fri, 22 May 2026 22:58:38 +0000

And even if the house represents negative wealth - same property taxes apply to a house regardless of whether the owner owns it outright with no mortgage (wealthy) or if they're paying 8% interest on an underwater mortgage (negative wealth). And, unlike VCs, property taxes are paid - often for decades - before one even sees if they'll even realize any wealth from the estimated value of their home that they pay tax on.

New comment by theodpHN in "Waymo pauses Atlanta service as its robotaxis keep driving into floods"

theodpHN — Thu, 21 May 2026 21:21:14 +0000

Self-driving divining rods https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowsing

New comment by theodpHN in "Killed by Apple"

theodpHN — Mon, 11 May 2026 15:10:10 +0000

Maybe add the TV series "Scraper"?

At Gawker, They Battled a Billionaire. 10 Years Later, the Scars Are Still Healing https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/inside-ga...

Jefferson and Read had sold a scripted series to Apple titled Scraper that was based on the inner workings of Gawker, and the quartet, along with a handful of, as Carmichael puts it, “very accomplished, amazing screenwriters and playwrights on Broadway,” were producing scripts for the first season. [...] “Max and I had been concerned about that when we sold the project to Apple,” says Jefferson, but the executives developing the project “told us there was a very protective firewall between the TV side and the tech side.” But a month before the writers room wrapped with scripts for the first season’s eight episodes, Jefferson recalls, “an executive called me and said word had reached Tim Cook that we were doing a show set in a world similar to Gawker, and he had put the kibosh on it personally.” Jefferson and his 3 Arts Entertainment manager Jermaine Johnson (who also represents Read and Carmichael) say they heard about but never saw an email in which Cook allegedly referred to Gawker as rife with “vile human beings.” (Cook did not respond to requests for comment.)

Is "Outsourcing Our Thinking to AI" a Bug or a Feature?

theodpHN — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:03:41 +0000

Article URL: https://slashdot.org/submission/17346722/is-outsourcing-our-thinking-to-ai-a-bug-or-a-feature

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47902034

Points: 2

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New comment by theodpHN in "Graphing how the 10k* most common English words define each other"

theodpHN — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 17:05:52 +0000

Very neat. What software is being used to construct/display the graph?

New comment by theodpHN in "Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?"

theodpHN — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:10:28 +0000

The Rise and Decline of CB Radio https://sjl.us/2023/11/12/the-rise-and-decline-of-cb-radio/

New comment by theodpHN in "A Fresh Look at IBM 3270 Information Display System"

theodpHN — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:27:40 +0000

The IBM 3270 display family was amazing for its time - a character-oriented, block-mode terminal that supported light pens and APL keyboards in the '70s, as well as color graphics and a plasma display that supported four 80x24 logical screens in the early 80's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_3270

New comment by theodpHN in "ACM Is Now Open Access"

theodpHN — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 16:55:07 +0000

As noted above, 'Fully Open Access' does not mean completely free. So, while this change is welcome, there are still a lot of pricing/licensing options:

Corporate https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/corporate-pri...

Government https://libraries.acm.org/subscriptions-access/government/dl...

Academic Institutions https://libraries.acm.org/acmopen

Individuals https://dl.acm.org/action/publisherEcommerceHelper?doi=10.55...

Also, the 'Basic Edition' provided for free to individuals without institutional/individual accounts, the ACM explains, does not include niceties such as 'Advanced Search' (e.g., filters), which requires an upgrade https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55017806873_c9ba2490c1_b...

New comment by theodpHN in "Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, has died"

theodpHN — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 18:52:15 +0000

RIP. Was a faithful CC viewer. Anyone aware of something like this show today that regularly reviews general software/apps/hardware/tech for a more mainstream audience - on PBS, cable, network, or even podcasts? With the role tech plays in the lives of all ages these days, one would think there would be more tech info offerings for the general public today than what was available back in the 80's - Computer Chronicles, MSNBC shows, magazine/newspapers (including the NY Times!) - but nothing comes to mind.

New comment by theodpHN in "Flame Graphs vs Tree Maps vs Sunburst (2017)"

theodpHN — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 03:00:27 +0000

Very neat. And if anyone from Plotly should happen to be reading this, a compact format like this might be an interesting option for Icicle Charts, akin to how the compact, indented version of Excel pivot tables saves horizontal space over the "classic" format pivot table.

New comment by theodpHN in "Flame Graphs vs Tree Maps vs Sunburst (2017)"

theodpHN — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 21:41:47 +0000

For a hierarchical view with expand/collapse capability, Icicle charts can be helpful:

https://plotly.com/python/icicle-charts/

New comment by theodpHN in "Logging sucks"

theodpHN — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 20:37:11 +0000

Just out of curiosity, how have you seen risk/compliance, regulatory, and audit departments at organizations deal with the disconnect between security and privacy for something like mainframe logging (e.g., JES2, JES3), which is typically inherently governed, and modern distributed logging, which is typically inherently permissive? Both are vastly different approaches, but each is somehow considered 'compliant.' Btw, employees at a company I was at were once investigated for insider trading simply because it was discovered the company used pooled logs that were accessible by production support programmers (the company decided to override the default mainframe security), which was deemed a possible source of insider trading information that could be tapped into by those who had log access (programmers were eventually cleared if it was discovered their small personal trades were immaterial and just coincidental with the company's trading, but the investigation led to uncomfortable confrontations for some!).

New comment by theodpHN in "ClipNotebook, a simple notebook that turns links into clear visual playlists"

theodpHN — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 05:02:36 +0000

Very fun, simple, and clever! In the spirit of the Mix CDs my kids used to make & share with friends back in the day (without the frustration). Nice job!

Shared Playlist 10 Quick YouTube Music Picks https://clipnotebook.com/p/0cfff3be-4418-4e9c-ad14-9d8cd7e55...

New comment by theodpHN in "Waiting for SQL:202y: Group by All"

theodpHN — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:14:46 +0000

So, why not a SORT BY ALL or a GROUPSORT BY ALL, too? Not always what you want (e.g., when you're ranking on a summarized column), but it often alphabetic order on the GROUP BY columns is just what the doctor ordered! :-)

New comment by theodpHN in "Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time"

theodpHN — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 17:55:41 +0000

Yep, Advent wreaths have 4 candles, so there's wiggle room to reduce the frequency further.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advent_wreath

New comment by theodpHN in "Google's Jules enters as AI coding agent competition heats up"

theodpHN — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 19:51:03 +0000

Ask Jules is the new Ask Jeeves! :-)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ask.com

New comment by theodpHN in "Quicksort explained IKEA-style"

theodpHN — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:27:49 +0000

"Bublé Sort": Animated GIF explanation of bubble sort using tracks from Michael Bublé's 'Let It Snow!' album

https://communities.sas.com/t5/Graphics-Programming/Fun-With...

WSJ: Tech CEOs Take Turns Praising Trumps for AI Leadership at the White House

theodpHN — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 22:50:26 +0000

Article URL: https://slashdot.org/submission/17339854/wsj-tech-ceos-take-turns-praising-trumps-for-ai-leadership-at-the-white-house

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45153625

Points: 16

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Is "Outsourcing Our Thinking to AI" a Bug or a Feature?

New comment by theodpHN in "Graphing how the 10k* most common English words define each other"

New comment by theodpHN in "Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?"

New comment by theodpHN in "A Fresh Look at IBM 3270 Information Display System"

New comment by theodpHN in "ACM Is Now Open Access"

New comment by theodpHN in "Stewart Cheifet, creator of The Computer Chronicles, has died"

New comment by theodpHN in "Flame Graphs vs Tree Maps vs Sunburst (2017)"

New comment by theodpHN in "Flame Graphs vs Tree Maps vs Sunburst (2017)"

New comment by theodpHN in "Logging sucks"

New comment by theodpHN in "ClipNotebook, a simple notebook that turns links into clear visual playlists"

New comment by theodpHN in "Waiting for SQL:202y: Group by All"

New comment by theodpHN in "Advent of Code 2025: Number of puzzles reduce from 25 to 12 for the first time"

New comment by theodpHN in "Google's Jules enters as AI coding agent competition heats up"

New comment by theodpHN in "Quicksort explained IKEA-style"

WSJ: Tech CEOs Take Turns Praising Trumps for AI Leadership at the White House

New comment by theodpHN in "On The
(2021)"