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New comment by bobbiebarker2 in "Claude Is Not a Compiler"

bobbiebarker2 — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:03:15 +0000

I agree with what you're putting out there. Every time I see one of these LLM/compiler pieces, the only thing I can think of is that these people don't know what a compiler actually is.

New comment by bobbiebarker2 in "Terence McKenna's Mega Bad Trip (2025)"

bobbiebarker2 — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 17:41:26 +0000

Good crutch for the weak. I've tripped plenty of times; I'm an atheist; it was great. Next time you trip, you should reflect on your need for "spirituality" and what it says about whatever is going on or not going on between your ears. One of the most amazing things about humans is their imagination and ability to convince themselves of almost anything. In my opinion, one of the points of doing psychedelics is to recapture your own imagination and flush out all the BS that other people have put in there to capture your mind. And here you are telling people to pour more programming back in there in the form of "spirituality."

New comment by bobbiebarker2 in "Ventusky Air Quality Map"

bobbiebarker2 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:14:13 +0000

Better get used to it. With climate change, we can expect a massive die-off of N. American forests basically for the rest of our lives.

New comment by bobbiebarker2 in "A simple console.log() per request can hurt performance"

bobbiebarker2 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:09:47 +0000

duh.

New comment by bobbiebarker2 in "Ask HN: Who gets credits on big math questions solved by LLMs?"

bobbiebarker2 — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 18:08:39 +0000

Yes, it's hard to tell what is real here because the AI labs are clearly engaging in extensive marketing and advertising to shape public perception. They need people to believe that these tools are more capable and more competent than they really are. It's also important that they control the narrative and push out counter-narratives that would hurt public perception of the tool, etc. tldr they are actively trying to manage the hype cycle.