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Doom, Played over Curl

creaktive — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 10:01:54 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/xsawyerx/curl-doom

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737876

Points: 121

# Comments: 31

New comment by creaktive in "What OpenAI did when ChatGPT users lost touch with reality"

creaktive — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:11:38 +0000

Can’t we use LLMs as models to study delusional patterns? Like, try things that are morally questionable to try on a delusional patient. For instance, LLM could come up with a personalized argument that would convince someone to take their antipsychotics, that’s what I’m talking about. Human caretakers get frustrated and burned out too quickly to succeed

New comment by creaktive in "Yt-dlp: External JavaScript runtime now required for full YouTube support"

creaktive — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 14:14:34 +0000

Ah! So, that’s why brew no longer updates yt-dlp on my iMac from 2017 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

New comment by creaktive in "An opinionated critique of Duolingo"

creaktive — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:38:43 +0000

Like I always say to my friends & family who are complaining about Duolingo not really teaching anything: it beats doomscrolling, what else do you want?

New comment by creaktive in "Show HN: Krep a High-Performance String Search Utility Written in C"

creaktive — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:55:43 +0000

Very cool! The repo is a reference for minimalism. Also, TIL about ifeq in Makefile. So, many thanks!

New comment by creaktive in "Robust Wavefront OBJ model parsing in C"

creaktive — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:49:08 +0000

Been there, done that... Not worth it

New comment by creaktive in "Robust Wavefront OBJ model parsing in C"

creaktive — Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:48:46 +0000

Says who?

New comment by creaktive in "Show HN: Air Traffic Control Radio and Chill Music for Focus"

creaktive — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:44:58 +0000

OP will ask you to use Google Contact Form :)

New comment by creaktive in "VS Code Pets"

creaktive — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 11:50:21 +0000

Snitch :)

New comment by creaktive in "Great CPAN modules released last week"

creaktive — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 20:05:40 +0000

Perl lives!

New comment by creaktive in "An infinite DNA glitch saved millions [video]"

creaktive — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 08:30:42 +0000

“This video was sponsored by: Erowid”

New comment by creaktive in "The trap of "I am not an extrovert""

creaktive — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:49:40 +0000

I dispute that. Introvert/extrovert distinction is outdated and pseudoscientific. The new definition (watered down) is that some people seek stronger stimuli while others avoid stronger stimuli. Autism is an extreme example of the later.

New comment by creaktive in "Ask HN: Practical Tips to Stay Productive?"

creaktive — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:29:12 +0000

Neal Stephenson just dropped Polostan, I’m deeply into it right now :) Regarding scrolling, well, it does serve a certain purpose, too. Our brains evolved to be in the standby mode as much as possible, and without some serious gene splicing there’s no way around it. As long as you’re in a good place and your life is moving in a generally right direction, nothing bad about spicing it up with a bit of brainrot ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

New comment by creaktive in "The trap of "I am not an extrovert""

creaktive — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:19:01 +0000

Thank you! I’m glad this metaphor works. As for me, practice did bring many improvements, too. I did stop aiming for “becoming a natural”, however. Good enough, is, well, good enough. I’m always trying to improve, of course! Yet, at least for me, it is so easy to accidentally end up just masking, instead of being myself. And masking is a path that brought me to the darkest places. Hence, I strongly believe that there is a hardwired ceiling, that manifests as discomfort. See, some people train hard and benchpress the weight of a small car. Other people get seriously injured before hitting 100kg. I see no reason for brain being any different.

New comment by creaktive in "The trap of "I am not an extrovert""

creaktive — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:00:27 +0000

I understand your point better now, thanks for elaborating! I do relate to the experience of stopping using my diagnosis as an excuse for pushing people away. My life is so much better now. Yet, for me, a pair programming session (for instance) is something I prefer doing, like, once a month, or less. But I certainly do enjoy it, a lot!

Look Once to Hear: Target Speech Hearing with Noisy Examples

creaktive — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 20:46:15 +0000

Article URL: https://tsh.cs.washington.edu/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42517677

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by creaktive in "The trap of "I am not an extrovert""

creaktive — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:42:55 +0000

Heyyy, take it easy :) Would you call it “bad behavior” when a mute person refuses to speak? Well, A(u)DHD kind of makes one deaf, mute and blind to the standard communication style. That’s why the afflicted prefer to WFH, and text instead of face-to-face. Some are always impaired so, while others, only when tired.

New comment by creaktive in "The trap of "I am not an extrovert""

creaktive — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:33:57 +0000

Consider this: you can’t read facial expressions, nor the tone of the voice. Moreover, most people you interact with misinterpret your face/voice, assuming you’re joking when you’re dead serious (and vice versa). So, you come up with strategies to cope with your deficiencies. Basically, playbooks of what to say if you hear/see so and so, filling the gaps in your sensorium. What’s handled by an “autopilot” for most, is a very complicated manual procedure for you. I’m oversimplifying here, of course. There are nuances, but it always boils down to this switch to manual controls when one is tired, and then becoming even more tired and overwhelmed. Hope this helps!

New comment by creaktive in "The trap of "I am not an extrovert""

creaktive — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:55:11 +0000

Was going to write approximately this, thanks for beating me to it. Just a bit of sparkling from my own (mostly miserable) experience: the disdain for “normies” comes from them, “normies”, forcing a square peg (me, atypical) into a round hole. There’s zero intention for accommodating for the differences. Predictably, as a result you get an extremely antisocial introvert. But guess what! If you just LEAVE ME BE, respect my silence and self-isolation… I will reach out and try to connect, on my own terms. Usually, by written text, since I don’t parse voices well, and don’t read facial expressions at all.

New comment by creaktive in "Ask HN: Practical Tips to Stay Productive?"

creaktive — Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:14:03 +0000

I second this. My TODO lists just keep growing, since the cost of adding an item to the list is infinitely lower than removing it. One ADHD trick that works for me (YMMV) is to write it by hand, on paper. Then I’d think twice before adding something, and oh boy, is it satisfying to physically cross items out!