Henry Black
@henryblack.bsky.social
9.5 fingered software engineer. Dad to Mango, a Colombian street dog.
Interested in tech and travel. Used to be an Investment Consultant.
💾 Full Stack Engineer
📈 CFA Charterholder
🇨🇴 B2 Spanish speaker
Interested in tech and travel. Used to be an Investment Consultant.
💾 Full Stack Engineer
📈 CFA Charterholder
🇨🇴 B2 Spanish speaker
Mine is the same.
My "Following" feed is the only useful one, the rest are just full of angry people and I am not interested in that
My "Following" feed is the only useful one, the rest are just full of angry people and I am not interested in that
July 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Mine is the same.
My "Following" feed is the only useful one, the rest are just full of angry people and I am not interested in that
My "Following" feed is the only useful one, the rest are just full of angry people and I am not interested in that
Great to read as a soon to be Dad. Congrats on 9 months
July 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Great to read as a soon to be Dad. Congrats on 9 months
This is awesome, thanks for sharing!
July 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This is awesome, thanks for sharing!
Same experience. There are a lot of angry people here
May 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Same experience. There are a lot of angry people here
Don’t forget the 15 years in Marketing! 😂
Yeah perhaps it’s an account takeover. Or someone decided to karma farm. Either way, it sucks and has made me more skeptical of what I read on Hacker News which, until now, had felt like a pocket of the internet where I could get genuine opinions
Yeah perhaps it’s an account takeover. Or someone decided to karma farm. Either way, it sucks and has made me more skeptical of what I read on Hacker News which, until now, had felt like a pocket of the internet where I could get genuine opinions
April 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Don’t forget the 15 years in Marketing! 😂
Yeah perhaps it’s an account takeover. Or someone decided to karma farm. Either way, it sucks and has made me more skeptical of what I read on Hacker News which, until now, had felt like a pocket of the internet where I could get genuine opinions
Yeah perhaps it’s an account takeover. Or someone decided to karma farm. Either way, it sucks and has made me more skeptical of what I read on Hacker News which, until now, had felt like a pocket of the internet where I could get genuine opinions
The comment was flagged but another user quotes the bit with the prompt here - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4361...
It’s sad/dystopic to see people genuinely replying to slop accounts
It’s sad/dystopic to see people genuinely replying to slop accounts
April 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The comment was flagged but another user quotes the bit with the prompt here - news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4361...
It’s sad/dystopic to see people genuinely replying to slop accounts
It’s sad/dystopic to see people genuinely replying to slop accounts
I have noticed slop on Hacker news too
E.g. this account news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=g...
All of their responses contain an anecdote related to their “personal experience” in whatever the topic is.
I wouldn’t have noticed had one comment not included part of their prompt
E.g. this account news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=g...
All of their responses contain an anecdote related to their “personal experience” in whatever the topic is.
I wouldn’t have noticed had one comment not included part of their prompt
April 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I have noticed slop on Hacker news too
E.g. this account news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=g...
All of their responses contain an anecdote related to their “personal experience” in whatever the topic is.
I wouldn’t have noticed had one comment not included part of their prompt
E.g. this account news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=g...
All of their responses contain an anecdote related to their “personal experience” in whatever the topic is.
I wouldn’t have noticed had one comment not included part of their prompt
Great idea. Can you share the files?
May 15, 2023 at 6:55 AM
Great idea. Can you share the files?
- Lessons of History by William Durant (incredible sweeping history of the world and I hate "history" books - only 100 pages)
- Three Body Problem series (book 1 is ok, book 2 and 3 are amazing)
- Project Hail Mary
- Three Body Problem series (book 1 is ok, book 2 and 3 are amazing)
- Project Hail Mary
May 9, 2023 at 10:44 AM
- Lessons of History by William Durant (incredible sweeping history of the world and I hate "history" books - only 100 pages)
- Three Body Problem series (book 1 is ok, book 2 and 3 are amazing)
- Project Hail Mary
- Three Body Problem series (book 1 is ok, book 2 and 3 are amazing)
- Project Hail Mary
I was like "fine then, don't show us the code" 😂
April 28, 2023 at 11:55 AM
I was like "fine then, don't show us the code" 😂
Totally missed it - what happened?
April 28, 2023 at 9:16 AM
Totally missed it - what happened?
Nowadays she is happy and healthy with a penchant for chasing squirrels
April 28, 2023 at 9:07 AM
Nowadays she is happy and healthy with a penchant for chasing squirrels
We have since moved back to London where she has fit right in
April 28, 2023 at 9:06 AM
We have since moved back to London where she has fit right in
She quickly forgot she was a street dog and settled into her new life
April 28, 2023 at 9:06 AM
She quickly forgot she was a street dog and settled into her new life
She needed a cone for the first 6 months to stop her itching, and little jumper to keep her warm until she put some weight on
April 28, 2023 at 9:05 AM
She needed a cone for the first 6 months to stop her itching, and little jumper to keep her warm until she put some weight on
We needed to get her home to Bogotá, but she was too ill to fly so our only option was a 28-hour bus
April 28, 2023 at 9:05 AM
We needed to get her home to Bogotá, but she was too ill to fly so our only option was a 28-hour bus