Hacker News: NichoPaoluccihttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=NichoPaolucciHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 23 May 2026 00:58:42 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by NichoPaolucci in "Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence"]]>You chose shoes as your comparison point.

Using two symbols of technology: AI (advanced modern technology) Shoes (cheap, basic materials)

You were saying the following, in essence, no? "My grandfather got shoes and was happy, new kids get AI and are not happy."

]]>Fri, 22 May 2026 12:05:26 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234726NichoPaoluccihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234726https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48234726<![CDATA[New comment by NichoPaolucci in "I'm going back to writing code by hand"]]>While I mostly agree - science is built up on truths. Code has a large amount of creativity and freedom built into the decisions, some codebases will be documented, follow rigorous training, and design decisions. Others will just be an absolute legacy mess of 20 years of odd decisions made by people who may have not known what they were doing. Like an art piece that you don’t really “understand”.

]]>Mon, 11 May 2026 03:13:36 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090695NichoPaoluccihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090695https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48090695<![CDATA[New comment by NichoPaolucci in "Colored Shadow Penumbra"]]>How refreshing it is to see an old school “find line X in file Y and insert this snippet of code” style tutorial.

That’s how I got my start, at least. Minecraft mods, specifically - figuring out how to tweak those little behind the scenes values.

]]>Fri, 08 May 2026 08:52:37 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060464NichoPaoluccihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060464https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48060464