Hacker News: codechicago277

New comment by codechicago277 in "Tesla Roadster"

codechicago277 — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:57:58 +0000

They should really consider going electric

New comment by codechicago277 in "Show HN: How random are you?"

codechicago277 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:47:50 +0000

I used the digits of pi, transposing and changing the order, and got 14% on the original game. Professional poker players will use external sources of randomness to make sure they’re perfectly balancing their positions and not exploitable.

The Nixon Tapes, Unlocked

codechicago277 — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 15:02:32 +0000

Article URL: https://niallferguson.substack.com/p/the-nixon-tapes-unlocked

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49993815

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by codechicago277 in "So you think you could be an electrician?"

codechicago277 — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:35:19 +0000

Solving people problems efficiently and effectively.

New comment by codechicago277 in "Pirating the Pirates"

codechicago277 — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:25:01 +0000

I’ve been buying dvds and surfacing a lot of the content to Jellyfin and Tailscale, it’s a lot easier than it used to be and they even have smart TV apps on some of the platforms. Don’t even have to pirate to get use out of it.

'Sketchy AF': What to Know About How OpenAI Staff Discussed Book-Pirating

codechicago277 — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 14:38:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/sketchy-af-what-to-know-about-how-openai-staff-discussed-book-pirating-fdc788a1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49766921

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by codechicago277 in "How to Write with an LLM"

codechicago277 — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 22:17:17 +0000

It’s difficult if not impossible to know where to look for edge cases or performance problems without understanding the code.

New comment by codechicago277 in "Foundation Model Engineering: From Theory to Production"

codechicago277 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:08:15 +0000

100% AI on Pangram.

Would be great if we could automatically tag posts that contain a certain level of AI content. If the author couldn’t be bothered to write it in their own words, I can’t be bothered to read it, and at best will have an AI summarize it instead.

New comment by codechicago277 in "The AI job market in 2026"

codechicago277 — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 15:23:12 +0000

Pangram flags this post as 100% AI

At Bending Spoons, the Numbers Are the Real Mind-Bender

codechicago277 — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:25:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/at-bending-spoons-the-numbers-are-the-real-mind-bender-43f10bee

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49658054

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by codechicago277 in "Shopify moves back to Native from React Native"

codechicago277 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 14:40:14 +0000

Getting 11% AI on Pangram, which isn’t bad tbh.

New comment by codechicago277 in "Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice"

codechicago277 — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 01:51:04 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElonJet

Turns out only one of the major platforms banned this account…

New comment by codechicago277 in "Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice"

codechicago277 — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 01:35:38 +0000

They were already heavily limited and essentially useless by then, definitely not enough access to sync your profile to another network.

New comment by codechicago277 in "Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice"

codechicago277 — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 19:51:03 +0000

A few recent examples: https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/currencies/articles/bessen... https://theprint.in/world/us-military-says-it-completed-late... https://www.reuters.com/technology/brad-lightcap-leaving-ope...

It’s still the go-to platform for public figures to broadcast unfortunately, so if you want to verify the original comments you need an alternate frontend or an X account.

New comment by codechicago277 in "Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice"

codechicago277 — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:14:08 +0000

Few details but glad to see the project will continue. Given how much crucial information is posted exclusively to X, having an alternative frontend is important.

Interesting that they were inspired by Invidious (alternative YouTube frontend). That’s another project that could use some love. Hopefully AI coding tools can do some good and make it easier for these projects to find ways into the walled gardens and work around the counter measures.

Waiting for the day all the social networks allow api access and become usable again. Maybe we can call it “agent first” to help move things along.

The asteroid currently hitting front end web development

codechicago277 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:17:24 +0000

Article URL: https://nolanlawson.com/2026/08/23/the-asteroid-currently-hitting-frontend-web-development/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49555233

Points: 235

# Comments: 286

New comment by codechicago277 in "Ask HN: Why were OpenAI, Claude, and Grok simultaneously down?"

codechicago277 — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:33:28 +0000

I need to take a step back.

Ernst and Young Is Giving $100M in Bonuses to Staff for 'Human' Skills

codechicago277 — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:11:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/business/ernst-young-is-giving-100-million-in-bonuses-to-staff-for-human-skills-9320e93d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511436

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by codechicago277 in "Don't Wordle"

codechicago277 — Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:01:51 +0000

You already guessed a word that had a “T” in it, and the game confirmed that “T” is not in the word. So you can’t guess another word with a “T”.

New comment by codechicago277 in "My favorite nonfiction books about cults, scams, and schemes"

codechicago277 — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:17:06 +0000

Or Silicon Valley.