Hacker News: ShinyLeftPad

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "AI content is everywhere on social media, especially LinkedIn"

ShinyLeftPad — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:23:47 +0000

Sponsored by a company that sells "LLM detection", funded by the same VCs that fund LLM products, destined to be snake oil because both sides converge by design, humans sound like LLMs and LLMs sound like humans.

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Why developers are ditching GitHub for Codeberg and self-hosting alternatives"

ShinyLeftPad — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:38:44 +0000

Sounds like a feature. I didn't think Codeberg would have the balls to do something like it. I think I'm sold.

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Show HN: LastShelf – an emergency map of your family's documents bills& contacts"

ShinyLeftPad — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:34:57 +0000

Critical stuff like this is definitely a good idea to delegate to an LLM.

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "TypeScript 7"

ShinyLeftPad — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 14:57:39 +0000

it's not? pretty sure I use typescript-language-server as generic LSP from my editor for years

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI"

ShinyLeftPad — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:09:33 +0000

My point was that a human can say "sure laws say this but how about it's a screwed up thing and we change it for the better" and LLM will just do whatever is the highest in probability space

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage"

ShinyLeftPad — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:04:50 +0000

I understood that he was part of the team not just community. Think dang, not a random commenter. I'm pretty sure mods here have priveleges we don't.

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "TypeScript 7"

ShinyLeftPad — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 11:03:55 +0000

Sure but typescript-language-server is different because it's also from MS.

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "TypeScript 7"

ShinyLeftPad — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 06:24:19 +0000

Does lack of compiler API mean typescript-language-server is not going to play nice with 7.0?

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Most slopcode projects are abandoned and deleted within months of release"

ShinyLeftPad — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:41:09 +0000

You were releasing projects teenage years? How many did you release?

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "OpenMandriva: Statement regarding attempted distribution sabotage"

ShinyLeftPad — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 22:59:58 +0000

> How did it go from "He even performed a backup/mirror of several dozen of our repositories." to "He deleted part of our repository from GitHub

What's unclear? This guy was part of the project for some time and got maintainer trust. Then he brings in his mate. His mate is a crap person and gets kicked out of the project. The original guy then goes bananas and nukes stuff.

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Notes on Software Quality"

ShinyLeftPad — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:48:27 +0000

Because different toothpaste is helpful for different cases and reasons?

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Camera with transparent display launches for the equivalent of $29"

ShinyLeftPad — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:41:10 +0000

Most people (even pros) even with expensive cameras and great viewfinders still take mostly garbage shots and only some are good by luck. Same will be true here

Often switching from using your eye to looking through the viewfinder and fiddle with composition is how you ruin a genuine shot and miss the moment.

Also I used a camera without a viewfinder for some years, I guarantee if it's a fixed lens you learn what you get quickly.

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Why skilled workers come to Germany and then leave again"

ShinyLeftPad — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:22:08 +0000

Are you also German?

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

ShinyLeftPad — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:28:19 +0000

Cancer & heart disease you're counting basically all natural causes.

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

ShinyLeftPad — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:27:08 +0000

Guy probably doesn't personally know any of those 12k...

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera"

ShinyLeftPad — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 04:25:53 +0000

Maybe transdermal alcohol monitor could be put on the wheel

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Using precision editing to study human embryo development shows master gene"

ShinyLeftPad — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 03:28:55 +0000

There's people with disabilities or conditions whom you could say are not persons (in some cases anymore, in some cases ever) but there's no boolean test to say for sure. Do you think they should be allowed to be experimented on? What exactly makes a person? Is serial murderer a person? What about his victim in a coma or vegetable state?

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI"

ShinyLeftPad — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:50:41 +0000

But that's the thing, legal stuff is not fully divorced from moral stuff and those things evolve with our morals

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Scientists reverse brain aging, with a nasal spray"

ShinyLeftPad — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:37:02 +0000

Interesting, I wish I read the paper but somehow didn't encounter links. This takes it from bad writing to terrible journalism to be honest. Can't defend it...

New comment by ShinyLeftPad in "Has China obtained the most important machine?"

ShinyLeftPad — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 23:34:19 +0000

There's some new verification there that I can't view the site unless I install something... huh.