<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: alt187</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alt187</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:55:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=alt187" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by alt187 in "Reading for pleasure is sharply down among schoolkids, report shows"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I agree with the sitting down and focusing part. For me, I've always been extremely inclined to audio processing, so I can sometimes just lay in bed or in a chair, or on the train, and... listen to an audio book. I really don't think it makes a big difference, at least for me. I used to be attached to the sensory experience of flicking pages, but there's also a big factor in letting the book (or, the narrator) take you to their own pace. A good narrator really completes a story.<p>All that stuff about listening to an audiobook while working out, or cooking, driving, or anything is crystallized bravado from people who think it makes them look clever that they can do two things badly at the same time.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:47:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501558</link><dc:creator>alt187</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501558</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501558</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by alt187 in "Tailwind and slop apps"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Probably at the very least the one for artists and DJs, you don't think so? You'd rather take your car to the sweaty, unkempt mechanic with his hands coated in motor oil, who  you've never seen without his overalls, or the clean mechanic who wears a nice business attire with the classy shoes and tie? I rest my case.</p>
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<p>I mostly agree with your point, but I wouldn't use the term "storyteller". LLMs do not even understand that there is such a thing as a story and a reality. To the LLM, there's not even a border between the game and the not-game.</p>
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<p>Wow, I use Emacs and tabs over spaces. And K&R braces. Now we must fight to death.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:24:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500930</link><dc:creator>alt187</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500930</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48500930</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by alt187 in "Slop is not necessarily the future"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>As opposed to me, who is perfectly rational.</p>
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<p>I'm not sure people get desensitized. Personally, whenever I notice a really unintrusive donation banner, I have more chance to actually give money to this entity, because I've been shown so much crap all over, so I can respect someone who places a gentle nudge at the bottom of a screen I'll look at for a whole 5 seconds. I'm not sure how it degrades the experience, too.<p>Also, you might want to read the article. LibreOffice specifically points out the banner was moved, and not added or removed.</p>
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<p>describing the setting should (ideally) be done through a character's interaction with the setting.<p>if you're developing some sort of dystopia where everyone is heavily medicated, better to show a character casually take the medication rather than describe it.<p>of course, that's not a rule set in stone. you can do whatever the fuck you want.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/em-dash-tool/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scottsmitelli.com/articles/em-dash-tool/</a><p>Discerning readers do not stop at the em dash. At least, I don't.</p>
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<p>Yes, because everyone is a perfectly rational agent in the economy.</p>
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<p>Nice. I really like ZorinOS. I converted my dad a few years ago, and he never looked back.</p>
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<p>There's no hardening against idiocy.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:37:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47183908</link><dc:creator>alt187</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47183908</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47183908</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by alt187 in "Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> It's one of the reasons why people get annoyed at jargon or are pissed off about pronouns, [...]<p>It's worth noting there's an overabundance of legitimate reasons people get annoyed at these two thing, making them bad examples.</p>
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<p>Whether this was a joke or a backtracking, or this dared waste your oh so precious time- You're missing the forest for the trees. There's extreme covert and even overt hostility between how people stand on AI's gluttonous usage of the commons.<p>We're about to waltz into a deep period of tension between developers, and people who, empowered by multimillion dollars corporations, bravely violate developers' copyrights in the hopes of replacing their jobs, while bullying these same developers who dare express their discontent.<p>This is not gonna end well.</p>
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<p>Entitled mentality.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 06:43:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177335</link><dc:creator>alt187</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177335</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177335</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by alt187 in "Show HN: Hacker Smacker – Spot great (and terrible) HN commenters at a glance"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Less fortunate" is a generous wording and framing.</p>
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<p>As opposed to OP's extension, I would heartily recommend this one.</p>
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<p>Wow, it's been a while since I haven't read ICE and parsed it this way. Black ICE, even?</p>
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<p>> But I can think of one possible reason: SQLite has been known to have memory safety vulnerabilities, whereas this codebase is written in Rust with no unsafe code.<p>I've lost every single shred of confidence I had in the comment's more optimistic claims the moment I read this.<p>If you read through SQLite's CVE history, you'll notice most of those are <i>spurious</i> at best.<p>Some more context here: <a href="https://sqlite.org/cves.html" rel="nofollow">https://sqlite.org/cves.html</a></p>
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<p>It's only a conspiracy and paranoia if it's wrong. 11 years ago was 2015.</p>
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<p>One has still yet to convince me of anything IRC has over XMPP.</p>
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