Hacker News: chorkpop

New comment by chorkpop in "Tell HN: I'm sick of AI everything"

chorkpop — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:29:09 +0000

Allbirds recently decided to pivot to AI. Yes, the shoe company.

New comment by chorkpop in "Sneaky spam in conversational replies to blog posts"

chorkpop — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:24:39 +0000

Considering reddit now allows you to hide your post history, I don't know if the admins consider bots to be the giant problem that they certainly are.

New comment by chorkpop in "I am definitely missing the pre-AI writing era"

chorkpop — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:41:19 +0000

I've started letting some run on sentences remain because it feels closer to how humans think and usually write. Letting typos go seems silly though.

New comment by chorkpop in "Nashville library launches Memory Lab for digitizing home movies"

chorkpop — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 02:12:56 +0000

I'm surprised it took a whole hour for someone to turn a charity into a SaaS

New comment by chorkpop in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

chorkpop — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:20:44 +0000

Dyslexia was my first thought as well. The intent is great, but I don't know if this is keeping with the social model of disability. Disability is created when you remove access and this is exactly that.

New comment by chorkpop in "New iPad Air, powered by M4"

chorkpop — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 14:56:56 +0000

I wish Apple hadn't decided that colors weren't for pro users. I would love to have any of those.

New comment by chorkpop in "Travel agents took 10 years to collapse. Developers are 3 years in"

chorkpop — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 05:25:56 +0000

Do you remember when travel agents were still around? Most people would absolutely never even consider using their computer to book a ticket. It was nearly 2010 before I could convince my mother to enter her credit card for Amazon. Just because someone isn't interested in vibe coding today doesn't mean they won't be using similar most polished tools in the very near future.

New comment by chorkpop in "Elon Musk on How to Build the Future"

chorkpop — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 19:46:00 +0000

Yes, we should be able to go to space and have electric cars and ALSO improve living conditions for people. But one of those doesn't affect white guys in the tech industry.

New comment by chorkpop in "Elon Musk on How to Build the Future"

chorkpop — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 19:37:52 +0000

He also exploits people because he's "building the future." He is an evil capitalist with a cult of personality and doesn't deserve the worship he gets.