Hacker News: throw_this_one

New comment by throw_this_one in "Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I'd like"

throw_this_one — Wed, 06 May 2026 16:16:42 +0000

Why does it matter, as long as it accomplishes the task?

New comment by throw_this_one in "How to tolerate annoying things"

throw_this_one — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 17:23:15 +0000

Probably it's learned behavior from the parents. When your parents had good intentions but really panicked or scolded you like the world was going to end when you did something wrong... that can have a subconscious impact in your life that every wrong move and every thing that happened could be a matter of survival.

New comment by throw_this_one in "Why aren't smart people happier?"

throw_this_one — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:54:53 +0000

Yeah I mean literally cleaning my house, watching dirt suck up, and reorganizing can be much more satisfying than fixing some stubborn backend systems bug that takes years of knowledge to have the mental tools to fix - lol

New comment by throw_this_one in "Apple M5 chip"

throw_this_one — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:39:16 +0000

Buggy. Random slowness in the UI going well below 120hz. Massive battery drain for no reason. UI elements just looking out of place, big print, random places.

The UI itself is supposed to be intense to render to some degree. That's crazy because most of the time it looks like an Android skin from 2012.

And on top of this all -- absolutely nobody asked for this. No one asked for some silly new UI that is transparent or whateveer.

New comment by throw_this_one in "Apple M5 chip"

throw_this_one — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 14:01:35 +0000

Their software is literally falling apart. ios26 was the biggest trash ive ever experienced from a company this big

New comment by throw_this_one in "Meta Superintelligence Labs' first paper is about RAG"

throw_this_one — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 18:27:03 +0000

I find the AI can make me more creative. I don't have to waste mental energy on boilerplate or straightforward stuff that would take me typing through some event processing loop etc. I can extract out and reuse components easier and focus on big picture design. Or build more bespoke admin tools that I wouldn't have wanted to waste time building some JS stuff before.

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: What are your predictions for the world in 2023?"

throw_this_one — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 23:10:30 +0000

Why would the Fed let that happen?

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: What are your predictions for the world in 2023?"

throw_this_one — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 23:09:51 +0000

If Russia was so superior to what the commonly held belief was on Feb 24th... why have they underperformed even the most conservative estimates?

Even Gen. Milley thought they would take Kiev in 2.5 days lol.

Right now they are burning through huge huge amounts of stockpile from Soviet times, etc. They aren't producing much. And their manpower is coming from reserves and prisoners recrutied by Wagner.

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: What are your predictions for the world in 2023?"

throw_this_one — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 23:04:42 +0000

How inflation but also less consumer power?

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: What are your predictions for the world in 2023?"

throw_this_one — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 22:50:58 +0000

If Biden passed that might be catastrophic

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: What are your predictions for the world in 2023?"

throw_this_one — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 22:49:44 +0000

Why bitcoin back up?

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: Are companies becoming increasingly pushy? If so why?"

throw_this_one — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 02:46:54 +0000

These companies were funded with the idea of future profits. The high interest rate environment has made the demand for those future profits move forward in time. They need the profits now and will adjust strategy to get that.

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time?"

throw_this_one — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:26:43 +0000

At what rate of use did it become a problem?

I'm basically asking, do you think once every 2-3 weeks will be an issue? I think something about relying on it, even at 2-3 weeks, might make it an issue long term. But I'm not sure.

It doesn't affect me the same way as it did 10 years ago when i first tried. Back then it was euphoria and now it's just slight concentration. Which is ideal for working. But the euphoria is mostly gone.

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: Should I move my BTC out of Coinbase?"

throw_this_one — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:19:03 +0000

Even sell at loss? Even if you are single and have decent cash savings already and a solid job?

Why not just hodl?

New comment by throw_this_one in "The Secret Lives of Millionaire Tech Engineers Who 'Rest and Vest'"

throw_this_one — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:09:23 +0000

How do people live on 30k gbp? I was just in London and stuff is expensive, eating out and drinks etc. And programmers that are like 30 years old are getting 30k gbp?

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time?"

throw_this_one — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 17:08:24 +0000

The side effects came from sparing use? Like perhaps once a week at most, but once every 2-3 weeks ideally.

I've actually found that a very small 2.5mg is MORE effective for doing work than 5-10.

I do it once every 3-4 weeks not only to get stuff done, but refresh/reset how to "be in hyperefficient flow" where you just get stuff done and enjoy it.

New comment by throw_this_one in "Why Dopamine Makes People More Impulsive (2016)"

throw_this_one — Sat, 14 May 2022 03:12:20 +0000

What do you mean baseline?

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: WFH – will I be outsourced?"

throw_this_one — Mon, 09 May 2022 19:45:36 +0000

If it's a self-driven tech company... yes. If it's a tech cohort that supports some other business function that has stakeholders, I would say no. Simply because the stakeholder can't physically shout at somebody when something goes wrong. They will pay for that.

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: Will consumers ever have a use for 10Gbit internet"

throw_this_one — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 02:10:51 +0000

No, no use for consumers tbh

New comment by throw_this_one in "Ask HN: Let's be honest, how many hours do you work in a day?"

throw_this_one — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 02:08:31 +0000

3 hours prob -- 30 min scrum, 30 mins support, 2 hours coding/analyzing jiras/thinking about what should/needs to be done.

Would never want to be a manager, they're in stupid meetings all day.