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> With all that assistance I believe modern engineers are way more productive and capable. That isn't what was asked. The capabilities of "human + machine" clearly are increasing, …

Community won't stick around if the questions they're shown aren't stimulating, either.

> The only reasonable conclusion is that sender and receiver should see the same pixels Since switching to iPhone recently, I've been realizing that iMessage users are living in an…

> The .com TLD is American, and is therefore subject too American legal proceedings This is not an "American" proceeding so much as a Texan one, and it's not clear that the State o…

Adding to that, but encouraging people to vibe code insecure software while blocking those same people from redteaming their own creation is a recipe for disaster.

Adding caffeine pill and placebo pill groups would be interesting.

Nothing you described is unique to actors or artists. Every field in modern life has been infiltrated by those who cheapen the craft to line their pockets. As a consumer you have t…

> Interesting that a lot of US road signs have words on them... whereas in Europe drivers need to learn what they mean I mean... Europe had to develop a system that works regardles…

"I don't know" has positive value, presumably you could prompt further to learn more about where it got stuck. It also increases the value of correct answers, by improving confiden…

It doesn't need to be an existential threat to humanity - it's an existential threat to their business. They need agentic workflows to work for their business to become profitable.…

Same problems on Android. Google Assistant was better in 2016 than it is in 2026, and the Gemini assistant is a joke. They can’t even integrate with their own music app (YouTube Mu…

Kids don't pick a sport based on the one they have the most potential in. Some parents might, but kids would pick a sport based on the one they enjoy, which will be influenced by s…

Yeah, humans reviewing the AI review can only detect the false positives, where the LLM claims something is non-compliant and flags it for review/correction by a human or another a…

If you want Gemini to answer your question, why not go directly to Gemini?

That statement applies to the person who won't be your friend because you don't have an Instagram, not to the person who refuses to install an arbitrary app as a precondition to be…

I maintain Meta accounts for two purposes. Facebook Marketplace, and following local businesses on Instagram because it's become the de facto platform for many artists/bars/restaur…

I've been considering writing a nastygram to the NYT about their nonsense popups. Every time I open their web page I get not only the family account popup, but also a "use our app,…

Claude and Codex are tools. You can't tell the difference in the output between something that was done with a ratcheting wrench vs a standard combination wrench, but your mechanic…

Source for what? The volatile keyword is explicitly telling the compiler "don't optimize read/write to this memory location". That's the whole point. Its use for manipulating hardw…

I’ve found it quite unsettling to be served foreign language videos on YouTube automatically dubbed over by Google into English. Just mixed in with the search results.

The difference is that all those parties serve a necessary function. We could debate the tax office - arguably the function of a transaction tax is precisely to deter speculation o…

"Speculators" are not built-in middlemen, they are competing on bids with the buyer. Perhaps there could be some policy put in place to level the playing field between an owner-occ…

Web site maxes out cpu utilization. Scrolls like PowerPoint 2003. Firefox 140 on Debian 12. Web design has gotten so terrible over the years. HN is an example of an extremely funct…

What is the use case you see for non-technical users self-hosting? I think it’s important that tools remain available but I don’t expect it to be adopted by “average consumers.” I’…

Capable? Yes. Willing? I wouldn't be so sure. You don't even need to hurt someone to manhandle them enough to put their fingerprint on a scanner. Whereas forcing someone to give up…