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bigger_fish

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About bigger_fish

Self-taught developer. Former B2B sales and sommelier. Building tools that respect the people who use them.

Founder of Bigger Fish Intelligent Automation. Currently shipping Turingyde, a local-first CRM. Bootstrapped, no investors, one shareholder.

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    Comment #48201374

    Wow, you're taking in an Orwellian direction. The reason my extension doesn't qualify as a gatekeeper under your definition is that its use is distributed, not centralized. Each in…

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    Comment #48201274

    To your first point, yes, I agree. I would continue the thought that many of them are irritated with it and would rather not see it at all. To the second point, that's the idea beh…

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    Comment #48201145

    Good question! The idea is that if the tools like this gain sufficient adoption, people will stop seeing gen-AI content. Why post if no views? If you need people to take you seriou…

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    Comment #48178171

    Cool stuff! I published a conceptually similar extension just yesterday. Check out "How to Kill the Dead Internet," also presently here on shownew.

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    Comment #48178132

    Cool stuff! GH star added.

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    Comment #48177732

    Thanks! It's actually dynamic. The backend contains a sequence that checks daily for new model updates and human-published documents regarding AI writing tells, then adjusts scorin…

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    Comment #48177658

    I suppose that depends on what you mean by gatekeeper. Is it intended to keep the robots out? Yes, in that sense it belongs to the Cloudflare camp of bot detection software, not re…

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    Show HN: How to Kill the Dead Internet

    Ok, so maybe "how to revive the internet" would be more accurate, but if you're reading this, I got your attention, right? Here's why I want you to read on: I built a free extensio…

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    Comment #48044821

    You mean like the Google login QR I can already bypass with an extension? I'm not sure this is a real step forward in the arms race, and I'm cool with that.

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    Comment #48044778

    Totally agree. The sales pitch is that anyone can use this stuff, but good output is only obtained via thorough understanding.

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