Hacker News: capten

New comment by capten in "Check if a file was made with Claude"

capten — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:17:38 +0000

Imagine telling someone they're wrong without providing any evidence or context.

New comment by capten in "Manus will return to operating as an independent company"

capten — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:17:09 +0000

I expect this decupling will affect certain users. Can certain users speak up about this? I'm certain that certain users use Manus and are users on this certain site.

New comment by capten in "MAI-Code-1-Flash"

capten — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:12:34 +0000

It's so weird to me that the benchmarks remain so low, but the models are marketed as revolutionary. And if you say that low coding capabilities aren't a problem, say that to the token price hike and 'general use' model setup.

Why not sell it as a math agent? Why do I have to set up 4 agents to check each others' work?

New comment by capten in "Hallucination Is Inevitable: An Innate Limitation of Large Language Models"

capten — Mon, 04 May 2026 19:15:34 +0000

I don't think the paper is saying hallucination is limited to LLM's. The decoupling that needs to happen is the subconscious notion that LLM's are computers.

Computers are predictable and calculated (still based on a person's design), but LLM's are unreliable and unpredictable. If the general populous assumes LLM's are as trusted as a calculator, we're in for a bad time.

I hope there's a better way to prove that beyond unrealistic stress testing while speaking in absolutes, but honesty needs to come first on all sides.

New comment by capten in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

capten — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 19:29:12 +0000

I've been working on a ttrpg site for the last year with my own IP. The intent is to create an experience that makes an intuitive UI that minimizes tedious tasks.

You need to know "does this guy look hurt"? The enemy HP bar can be set to either an actual percentage, or set to have cracks in the bar to signify a range of damage. Does only person take notes? Personal notes are shareable and there's a section for community notes. Do you have enough perception to notice a hidden door? The UI can be set to go off passive perception and give you those notifications automatically.

It's still in early alpha testing with friends, but it should eliminate general GM pain points to encourage more groups to form.