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prairieroadent

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what does the Chinese missionary say when they arrive in the United States? "Crikey!!"
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prairieroadent··on Show HN: Clawk – Give coding agents a disposable Linux VM, not your laptop
why not just a docker container
prairieroadent··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (November 2025)
thou shall not leave thy box canyon shire (i wouldn't relocate either)
prairieroadent··on Ask HN: What are you working on? (July 2025)
helping educate the population of the United States with the assistance of Chinese Australian missionaries on how to navigate the "food" supply chain and minimize the consumption of adulterated/compromised food while still achieving a well-rounded nutritional diet
prairieroadent··on Two narratives about AI
I'm coming to the realization that unsustainable behavior can continue for a long time... in our context, for generations
prairieroadent··on Lead pigment in turmeric is the culprit in a global poisoning mystery (2024)
if the population was thoroughly educated then I imagine most food would be bought direct from farmers with test published alongside the crop because the population understands the importance of unadulterated food and are armed with the ability to test their food cheaply... once relationships are established with farmers and food providers then the need to test becomes less frequent
prairieroadent··on Lead pigment in turmeric is the culprit in a global poisoning mystery (2024)
yeah, it seems people don't realize the level of corruption that exists in this country... middle management is a workaround for miseducation
prairieroadent··on Lead pigment in turmeric is the culprit in a global poisoning mystery (2024)
I imagine that in a competitive market where the participants are educated that the farmers would publish tests alongside their crop and the educated consumer would understand that they should be buying direct from farmers and be processing the turmeric themselves
prairieroadent··on Lead pigment in turmeric is the culprit in a global poisoning mystery (2024)
my point is that regulation is a burden, not that it isn't the next step... from my point of view regulation is a workaround for our nightmare of an education system where giving kids a proper schooling is considered dangerous and a threat to national security
prairieroadent··on Lead pigment in turmeric is the culprit in a global poisoning mystery (2024)
there has to be a way for us as a society to introduce a level of accountability into our so called "food" supply chain without the burden of regulation... perhaps it's as simple as spending more educating our kids about agriculture

amendment: seems to be an unpopular take... my point being regulation is a workaround for a population that is worst than uneducated, miseducated, especially in regards to agriculture and "food" supply chain... if kids were provided with an actual education and not miseducated on the subject then the demand for on-demand food testing would go up, and prices for said testing would eventually go down after supply rises to meet demand increasing competition thus encouraging technological innovations to come in and lower prices

amendment ii: in a competitive market where all participants are thoroughly educated and the consumer is armed with the ability to test their food frequently then a market would likely emerge where consumers buy directly from farmers who out of market forces publish test alongside their crop

prairieroadent··on I don't think AGI is right around the corner
e.g. farming
prairieroadent··on Building a Mac app with Claude code
my brain read "before the age of 10" as "before the age of 100" haha and wondered if llms are leading us to the point where we look back and realize dying before 100 is truly young??
prairieroadent··on Being too ambitious is a clever form of self-sabotage
my intuition on all this, and what both you seem to be getting at is that is wildly difficult to understand the problems of others at least to the degree that you understand your own problems, which even then understanding one's own problems is hard... which leads to the perspective of focusing on what they understand (their own problems), and then as a side-effect of addressing their own problem helping others by documenting their problem and attempted solutions... documenting and broadcasting adds a little bit of overhead but it seems like an environmentally-friendly approach to participating in society in a healthy way
prairieroadent··on Tell HN: You owe it to yourself to understand nutrition
i didn't know that so thanks for sharing... I would love to have access to quality ginger or oregano which I could process myself and not over-granulate it... it's just so damn hard to buy food that I'm confident isn't even slightly toxic
prairieroadent··on Tell HN: You owe it to yourself to understand nutrition
i encourage everyone to reconsider consuming oils outside of their source material and granulated spices including salt... my experience has been much smoother from a health perspective since doing so, and i imagine there are a few others out there who would benefit as well...
prairieroadent··on Show HN: I AI-coded a tower defense game and documented the whole process
one level deeper... better farm (soil, water, .etc), better food... also you can easily ruin food in a top-of-the-line kitchen by over-processing, adding tainted spices, excessive heat, .etc
prairieroadent··on Tools: Code Is All You Need
makes sense and if realized then deno is in excellent position to be one of the leading if not the main sandbox runtime for agents