Hacker News: watershawl

New comment by watershawl in "What Do Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems Mean?"

watershawl — Thu, 21 May 2026 13:28:24 +0000

It hints at something fundamental to how the universe works, in that there is always an adjacent possible.

Why isn't vibe coding creating more shareware?

watershawl — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:24:56 +0000

Back in the late 90s and early 2000s, shareware was common - but now that almost anyone can vibe code software, why aren't we seeing more shareware?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47344569

Points: 4

# Comments: 6

New comment by watershawl in "[dead]"

watershawl — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 14:22:49 +0000

He said he’s submitting to the Annals of Mathematics.

New comment by watershawl in "Do U.S. ports need more automation?"

watershawl — Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:26:11 +0000

Yes, Peter Drucker(0) said that shipping containers were one of the greatest inventions of the last century

0) father of modern management and coiner of term "knowledge worker"

New comment by watershawl in "Turning away from smartphones: 'We need to go places and touch things'"

watershawl — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:04:28 +0000

How can we use our smartphones to "go places and touch things"?

New comment by watershawl in "A company is building a giant compressed-air battery in the Australian outback"

watershawl — Mon, 06 May 2024 13:58:46 +0000

This is a good solution (storing in rock) to get around the heat and corrosion (from water) that above-ground tanks go through when storing compressed air.

New comment by watershawl in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2023)"

watershawl — Fri, 01 Dec 2023 21:47:06 +0000

  Location: Wisconsin
  Remote: Yes
  Willing to relocate: No
  Technologies: Shopify+/Liquid, HTML, CSS, eCommerce, Business Analysis, IT
  Résumé/CV: https://erichstauffer.com/resume
  Email: erich@erichstauffer.com

How Will Tablets Affect My Kids?

watershawl — Sat, 25 Jul 2015 00:31:18 +0000

Article URL: http://www.erichstauffer.com/technology/how-will-tablets-affect-my-kids

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9946037

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by watershawl in "Goodbye?"

watershawl — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 17:35:51 +0000

What are you thankful for? Take a deep breath. Breathe in. Breathe out. What is going right in your life? Breathe in. Breathe out. Focus on the positives. Breathe in. Breathe out. You're alive. You're loved. Smile. Breathe in. Breathe out.

New comment by watershawl in "Hard-Core Career Advice For A 13-Year-Old"

watershawl — Fri, 05 Jun 2015 17:29:30 +0000

Right, James Altucher, in his other writings on the subject, he specifically mentions those careers as the only reason to go to college.

The Fragility of Information

watershawl — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 20:46:01 +0000

Article URL: http://www.erichstauffer.com/management/the-fragility-of-information

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9661923

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Microsoft Has Hijacked Android in a Hostile Takeover

watershawl — Wed, 27 May 2015 14:51:15 +0000

Article URL: http://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2015/05/27/microsoft-has-hijacked-android-in-a-hostile-takeover/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9611744

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Would You Work for Artificial Intelligence?

watershawl — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 02:24:35 +0000

Article URL: http://www.erichstauffer.com/entrepreneurship/would-you-work-for-artificial-intelligence

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9116835

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Artificial Intelligence will change the way of living in next few decades

watershawl — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 01:51:28 +0000

Article URL: http://solidrocketboosters.com/artificial-intelligence-future/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8982420

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Mexican Food Principle

watershawl — Sun, 25 Jan 2015 18:59:17 +0000

Article URL: http://www.erichstauffer.com/pop-culture/mexican-food-principle

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8943826

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Explaining the 2015 Internet to 1995 Me

watershawl — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 02:12:35 +0000

Article URL: http://www.erichstauffer.com/technology/explaining-2014-internet-1994

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8921080

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by watershawl in "A New Theory of Time – Lee Smolin (2013) [video]"

watershawl — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 02:49:35 +0000

So I watched the whole thing and only understand parts of it, but is his main theory that the laws of physics which were previously thought to be unchanging may indeed change over time and that itself is the proof that the universe is temporal?

New comment by watershawl in "Ask HN: How would you market this?"

watershawl — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:50:53 +0000

Essentially: outreach.

Reach out to relevant bloggers to offer to do a guest blog post and to relevant podcasters to get interviewed. Some podcasters will charge you to be interviewed.

Consider starting your own podcast about working out. It's actually not much harder than recording MP3s, publishing a RSS feed, and applying to iTunes.

New comment by watershawl in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2014)"

watershawl — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:59:39 +0000

Rob Walling recently posted that he is looking for a Postgres DBA: https://twitter.com/robwalling/status/476799826768969729

Show HN: The Average Cost of a Like on Facebook

watershawl — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:46:39 +0000

Article URL: http://www.erichstauffer.com/marketing/average-cost-like-facebook

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7585772

Points: 1

# Comments: 0