AMA: I'm a Random HN User, ask me anything (and I might respond)

Looks cool

I am male, I know how to code Java, I am not allergic to dogs

I have never had it, I prefer to go with things I already know I like.

I'm not him but I love it. :)

I have no clue what that is

https://imgur.com/a/l22fW9G (These are screenshots of SVG's generate at quiver.ai, a very good svg generation tool)

One day blinding stew; Stew that blinds them for one day

Programming

It is very minimalist, yes

Waveform podcast: tech

The Vergecast: tech

Dear Hank and John: random stuff

Training Data: AI Development

Nerdsnipe (I guess, don't really listen that much): Theo's podcast

I participate because I am not currently employed and have nobody else in the dev space to interact with, and even though this place is pretty parasocial, I still like it.

I am still in school, so I have no "industry experience" but have been programming text-based languages (so not Scratch) since 11.

Spying the coding, I guess. When I was young used to be really into Spy Kids, that is why that is my name

I guess I should say pseudorandom, shouldn't I...

I was cycling and I see an egg shaped cloud of about a million tiny flies across the street. About 3 meters tall and 2 meters wide. It got my attention because it had such sharp edges and had an interesting pattern of waves. I stopped to look at it and thought it looked quite organized. Then I felt it looking back at me. I notice that kind of thing, like someone looking at me from behind. I'm never scared but it scared me a bit.... you won't believe what happened next. The cloud turned into a perfect circle with a dark outline. In the middle of the circle a second circle appeared then between the inner and outer circles 6 more circles formed with the borders touching the inner and outer circle. In the circles lines formed, the center one faded from dense on the edge to empty in the middle. Each of the outer circles had a different geometry to it. I was terrified, I've never been so scared in my life. I jumped on my bicycle and cycled as if my life depended on it with my heart beating hard enough to feel it. 200 meters away I shouted to myself, what the hell was that!

https://imgur.com/a/HFKfffQ

I've taken some liberties with the content of the circles. Only the spiral on the left and the circle filled with circles are somewhat correct.

20 years later, trying to figure out what the hell, I think I've provided a common point for all of them to look at which triggered a common pattern of flight. It was definitely a potent trick worth remembering as I almost pooped myself.

Never told anyone, I mean? Why bother? The response is to predictable.

Don't have one, they are all cool