Hacker News: A_Venom_Roll

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos"

A_Venom_Roll — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:55:11 +0000

I loved reading this, thanks for sharing your take

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "YouTube locked my accounts and I can't cancel my subscription"

A_Venom_Roll — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:48:18 +0000

> A clean message. A closed system. No actual solution. > This is not just about content moderation anymore. This is about basic account control.

These kind of articles are becoming unreadable

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Seeing like a spreadsheet"

A_Venom_Roll — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:44:02 +0000

I took the time to read this article last night, just wanted to let you know it was a great read. I liked the topic, the research you did and the writing style as well.

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "I love email (2023)"

A_Venom_Roll — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:33:00 +0000

The enthusiasm described by the author feels familiar! Every once in a while I send emails to 'random' people without expecting too much. During covid I emailed a C64 developer why a certain enemy type from one of his games in 1986 had a certain name. He responded a few days later with a lengthy and in-depth explanation.

Last week I saw and photographed a sticker with street art near my office. I tried tracking down the artist (he was from a neighboring country), found him and tried to find some contact info. I emailed him if he knew how his art reached my city. He answered that the art piece on the sticker was something he created 30 years ago for a festival and that - apparently - an unknown person made stickers using his art.

Sending a short email does not take a lot of time, but it's very rewarding when the other party answers.

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "The complete Manic Miner disassembly"

A_Venom_Roll — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 12:19:24 +0000

Perfect timing - Sharopolis just released a video [0] using this exact disassembly to mod Super Mario-style physics into the game.

He used Claude Code to 'vibe code' the assembly changes, leveraging the fact that the disassembly identifies about 2KB of unused memory. It’s a fascinating look at how LLMs can now navigate and modify 40-year-old Z80 assembly when provided with a well-documented codebase like this one.

The video sparked a lot of discussion in the comments, with some people being very upset he used AI for this.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxxNgZgd88I"

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Doing the thing is doing the thing"

A_Venom_Roll — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:42:01 +0000

While I do agree with the content, this tone of writing feels awfully similar to LLM generated posts that flood some productivity subreddits recently. Are there really people who "spend weeks planning the perfect architecture" to build some automation tools for themselves? I don't buy that.

Commenter's history is full of 'red flags': - "The real cost of this complexity isn't the code itself - it's onboarding" - "This resonates." - "What actually worked" - "This hits close to home" - "Where it really shines is the tedious stuff - writing tests for edge cases, refactoring patterns across multiple files, generating boilerplate that follows existing conventions."

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Original Superman comic becomes the highest-priced comic book ever sold"

A_Venom_Roll — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 13:31:40 +0000

Why would you say something like that?

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "I caught Google Gemini using my data and then covering it up"

A_Venom_Roll — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:52:45 +0000

Try https://archive.is/6k5d8, that copy is not impacted by the Cloudflare issues

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues"

A_Venom_Roll — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:40:17 +0000

Looks like it. Even sites like isup.me seem to be down, lots of cloudflare error messages across the net

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today"

A_Venom_Roll — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 12:56:02 +0000

Archive.is doesn't work on all sites to bypass the paywall. Media companies that are truly concerned about this should modify their paywall configuration.

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "It’s nearly impossible to buy an original Bob Ross painting (2021)"

A_Venom_Roll — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 08:30:46 +0000

An Bob Ross-like painting with "tiled faces of Nic Cage" would be awesome!

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Here's how to get ChatGPT to stop being an overly flattering yes man"

A_Venom_Roll — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 09:31:08 +0000

That's actually a good breakdown. I was aware of AI trying hard to 'build report', but your examples show that it's even more subtle than I realized myself.

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Focus on decisions, not tasks"

A_Venom_Roll — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 08:27:44 +0000

Would you be willing to give an example of this?

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "What excessive screen time does to the adult brain"

A_Venom_Roll — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:26:46 +0000

When the pandemic forced me to work from home, incorporating a 20 minute morning walk in the neighborhood before work was one of the first things I added to my routine. It's great to make the 'transition' and also starts up the body faster.

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Google Pixel 9 Pro"

A_Venom_Roll — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 15:18:31 +0000

Unfortunately this doesn't work for notifications such as 'lap times' from the Garmin app. This is also considered media by the phone.

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Google Pixel 9 Pro"

A_Venom_Roll — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 07:04:30 +0000

An example I can think of is when you're listening to a podcast or music that has been recorded on low volume. Without a volume mixer you're forced to increase the general volume, resulting in overly 'loud' sound notifications from other apps.

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "40 years later, a game for the ZX Spectrum will be again broadcast over FM radio"

A_Venom_Roll — Wed, 08 May 2024 16:01:16 +0000

In The Netherlands the teletext system of the Dutch public broadcasting system does still exist and has a loyal following. It's also available on the web [1] and as a mobile app.

Even nowadays I still use it a lot myself for a quick catch up of the news. Some of the benefits: - Since space is limited, the news stories are ultra short and to the point - No ads - No "related stories" - No toxic comment sections - No misleading 'thumbnails'

It doesn't take longer than a minute or two to catch up on the most important stories.

[1] https://teletekst-data.nos.nl/webplus?p=100

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real"

A_Venom_Roll — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 19:19:57 +0000

I think that part of the appreciation that we have for content, is the amount of effort put in it, even when the result is similar. I don't think a lot of people would visit a museum if they knew upfront that 90% of the art was low effort stuff, generated by AI. A chess tournament with human players will be more interesting to visitors than a tournament with a bunch of chess bots playing each other. Interacting with bots on HN wouldn't be fun at all if you knew they were bots, even when they are indistinguishable from real humans.

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Facebook Is Being Overrun with Stolen, AI-Gen Images That People Think Are Real"

A_Venom_Roll — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 19:11:24 +0000

I never thought about it like that, but it definitely makes sense now. I open my FB account only once every two weeks or so now, and there is so much uninteresting clickbaity stuff from random accounts that it never takes me more than 30 seconds.

New comment by A_Venom_Roll in "Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?"

A_Venom_Roll — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 13:29:54 +0000

I like this. How does this work? Is there an api you use to obtain the text from the wiki articles?