BananaPelican

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by BananaPelican 7mo ago
You might try posting this under a "Show HN", and/or reconsidering the title. This looks like an interesting and thoughtful tool with a clear purpose, and this title doesn't convey that.
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by BananaPelican 8mo ago
I have a project that I'm hoping to launch on show HN in the next few days which was built entirely with the help of AI agents. It's taken me about month; currently at ~500 commits. I've been obsessed with this problem for ~6
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by BananaPelican 4y ago
Did anyone arrest you? Why is it fishy that people get emotionally reactive about a genocide? Again, I don’t believe you are arguing in good faith. I’m exiting this conversation now.
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by BananaPelican 4y ago
No problem, sorry that it wasn’t clear. Was attempting to respond to the parent comment in a “rational” way in the event that it was a good faith comment. But frankly I think it wasn’t. It is obvious why people are reactive to questioning t
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by BananaPelican 4y ago
You may have misunderstood me. I meant it’s “continuously debated” the way the US moon landing is “continuously debated”. There are those of us who accept reality, and also a highly vocal contingent of willful deniers who incessantly muddy
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by BananaPelican 4y ago
The existence of the holocaust is continuously debated. It’s difficult to tell the difference between good-faith questions and attempts to obfuscate the truth. Thus, some people are very reactive and touchy around this subject. It’s obvious
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by BananaPelican 4y ago
Do you work at Twitter? My wife did until today, though not in the department of “rounded corners on retweet buttons”. It sounds to me like you’re repeating talking points and memes, but speaking from a position of ignorance.
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by BananaPelican 9y ago
If I didn't own property and were single, I'm 100% confident that I would have already packed my things and left. I was heartbroken on election night, and I am heartbroken now. As much as I understand the argument that I should st
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by BananaPelican 10y ago
> People who are successful never make these kinds of comments. I have no idea what qualifies as "successful" to you, but I consider myself modestly successful and I make these kinds of comments. As a mid-level engineer at Goog
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Ask HN: Meeting with a company seeking to recruit you but unlikely to accept
2 points by BananaPelican 10y ago|2 comments
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by BananaPelican 11y ago
(Also cheating by not linking to a Reddit post) I know this is speculative, but do you think it is possible and/or plausible that measurement precision could be improved to the point where we generate gravity waves to transmit data muc
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by BananaPelican 11y ago
I wish that I could be more vulnerable with my coworkers. Last year I grappled with intense impostor syndrome that ballooned into generalized anxiety and depression, exacerbated heavily by the feeling that I couldn't let any sign of we
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by BananaPelican 11y ago
TL;DR - be careful, don't make the decision lightly, take reasonable precautions. I came here to write something along these lines. About a year ago, I ate _way_ too much cannabis before a party then proceeded to have a terrible trip.