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Do you think an LLM would be able to generate a solution to a novel problem just like that? That doesn't match my (albeit limited) experience with these things. They are pretty goo…

Five years ago, we could've read this same comment but with "LLMs" replaced with "blockchain" or "crypto". Yes, it might totally be the case that in 5 years this comment reads as c…

oh, 100% yes! The job project i joined somewhat recently is a moderately-complex React web app, and none of the navigation elements are actual links. Everything is done by onClick …

> You need to kneel to the borrow-checker and develop something like a Stockholm syndrome before you find the language delicious. That was not my experience at all. I liked the lan…

> What inspired you to build this, I'd love to hear the story behind this. Actually, i don't remember! Sorry, it's been a while (a decade, it seems... oh well) This is probably my …

Thanks, that's one of the best compliments i've read :D

Yeah, sorry for that. The game actually used to work decently well on mobile browsers. If you're brave enough to try on a mobile device, there's a way to see the current URL withou…

The source code is not minified or anything, ctrl+u is your friend :) IDK about the AI claim tho. The game has been there for like 10 years, so it's probably in the training data o…

I've actually thought about rendering DOOM on the favicon. I don't see why it shouldn't be possible. Maybe @Franciscouzo could tackle that challenge! https://news.ycombinator.com/i…

This is how it used to look in olden days, before browsers plundered our fun in the name of security: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/epidemian/snake/refs/heads...

Yes, i thought of doing that. The problem is that, while it would definitely help on the early game, it would also mess things badly on the late game. As you snake grows, it'll tak…

Oh, this is lovely. The more retina, the less playable it gets :D Update: amazing game-over effect!

Wow! It's such a surprise to see this old project of mine here on HN front page! I must say, if you're experiencing any issues playing this, it's probably because it was designed t…

> If you define a hallucination as something that wasn't in the training data, directly or indirectly (indirectly being something like an "obvious" abstract concept), then [...] Ok…

> You have to focus on the actual products and services which you provide and do a good job at it, not chase after any and every person with an opinion. But, this story (and the GP…

> Requiring perfection would either mean guardrails that would make it useless for most cases, or no LLM access until AGI exists What?? What does AGI have to do with this? (If this…

Small nit: the Some() pattern should go on the left side of the assignment: let Some(value) = param.as_ref() else { // Handle, and continue, return an error etc } // Use `value` as…

This a thread about imagining a world without ads. If we're trying to envision that, it surely is not too hard to imagine how such a useful service for society as a search engine c…

And, just to expand a bit on this, what i find puzzling about the stance of "how will you find out about stuff without ads" is that it goes totally contrary to my contemporary expe…

Those are indeed very useful things. It's true that people often spend their money on frivolous or unnecessary things. But sometimes people pay for useful things too!

Yes, i remember. I remember Google the search engine being a thing before it became an ad-ridden space. Search engines are useful things. They can still exist on a world without ad…

I really can't believe that someone who frequents Hacker News can ask this question. If by any chance this is a legit question, i feel the answer would be too obvious: asking peopl…

Not really, or at least i don't see how. Advertising can at most tell me which companies are spending a significant portion of their budget in ads instead of in making a good produ…

> Also, I highly recommend getting into the habit of running `cargo clippy` regularly. You can also have that hooked up to the editor, just like `cargo check` errors. I find this t…

I didn't get that impression at all. The first paragraph includes the sentence: > I want to use this post to explore these differences, to identify the benefits and limitations of …