Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — wetmore

wetmore

HN member
Joined
Wed, Jun 06, 2012, 2:30 PM UTC
HN karma
1,047
Public activity
350 items

About wetmore

I'm a software engineer.

http://mattwetmore.me

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #48764303

    They get to pick the sentencing they are aiming for, and that can depend on race.

  2. comment
    Comment #48418914

    I had covid 7 or 8 times lol. Basically 2-3 times a year from Jan 2022 until spring of 2025. Luckily there have been seemingly no long-term effects for me, and it's been over a yea…

  3. comment
    Comment #48391073

    This article is absolutely infuriating and so many of the people included should be deeply ashamed of their behavior (as described). I understand that the people at the hospital ar…

  4. comment
    Comment #43884073

    The latter are generally called alpinists.

  5. comment
    Comment #43476017

    This still happens in my experience, I've picked up keys from friends and Airbnb hosts via a local business in the past few years.

  6. comment
    Comment #43382332

    Are you sure? I've read a lot of this person's stuff over the years. A lot of it is quite earnest and in line with the message of this post.

  7. comment
    Comment #42742453

    Google even and odd permutations to learn more :)

  8. comment
    Comment #42588310

    >Notice it’s never free climbing the nose in a day, which would require 5-7 years of dedicated training. Would take way more than that for the average person. You can count the num…

  9. comment
    Comment #42063534

    I don't know if you saw the "Kamela is for the/them" ads, but they stoke a much more general fear and hatred of trans people than the issues you are referring to. Those issues are …

  10. comment
    Comment #42046249

    It's an embedded DSL or "eDSL", see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific_language#Exter...

  11. comment
    Comment #41988491

    My body is also something I constantly work on yet I can't help but read this in Patrick Bateman's voice.

  12. comment
    Comment #41726176

    Yeah but it's easier to own two pairs of shoes than it is to own two cars.

  13. comment
    Comment #41028559

    Condemnation from a lot of those names is a strong positive signal imo.

  14. comment
    Comment #40446165

    So you built a tool to make spamming people easier?

  15. comment
    Comment #40309518

    I'd bet a substantial amount that nobody is learning that Everest exists from this article. I agree that the current state of Everest is an embarrassment. But that doesn't change t…

  16. comment
    Comment #40290200

    This looks very cool and could be useful to me. I've been uploading my tracks to caltopo. Could you say a few words about what this offers over that?

  17. comment
    Comment #39682900

    I don't get your pessimism, after we are replaced we can all work at the glue factory :)

  18. comment
    Comment #39675349

    And that's why no murders are ever committed, because the possibility of jail time or capital punishment dissuades anyone who would consider committing murder.

  19. comment
    Comment #39663589

    You're right technically, it's an abuse of notation that isn't uncommon. My physics profs would do it in college.

  20. comment
    Comment #39619921

    What's better? I ask out of ignorance, but personally I think Datadog is amazing for viewing logs.

  21. comment
    Comment #39612683

    In a similar vein, I remember that when I was learning to program, I would look at applications like Word and get overwhelmed with the idea that you would need to implement everyth…

  22. comment
    Comment #39136091

    Check this out: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34168284

  23. comment
    Comment #39133293

    How does that line imply animals have no soul?

  24. comment
    Comment #39120665

    It's an exploration of a man's life and impact on the world. The length was fitting. Personally I didn't find it tortuous at all.

  25. comment
    Comment #39045206

    It is reasonable, although niche enough to be a bad defense. Here is a popular Instagram account where someone does exactly what you are saying is unreasonable: https://www.instagr…