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New comment by csbrooks in "DeepSeek V4 Pro beats GPT-5.5 Pro on precision"

csbrooks — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:18:22 +0000

Shouldn't it be necessary to run the tests multiple times on each model, since the results aren't deterministic?

New comment by csbrooks in "Artificial intelligence is not conscious – Ted Chiang"

csbrooks — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 21:56:58 +0000

I thought this was a great article. I'm frustrated to read so many commenters that purely respond to the title, but don't seem to have read it. You don't have to agree with the article, of course, but...

New comment by csbrooks in "The Silent Critic"

csbrooks — Fri, 29 May 2026 01:54:53 +0000

Is the code available somewhere?

New comment by csbrooks in "Throwing AI-generated walls of text into conversations"

csbrooks — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:20:15 +0000

To me, acting in good faith means saying something like "I'm not sure, but Claude says this, which sounds right: [short informative clip from Claude's wall of text]". Don't pretend it's your response, make sure it has info you think is useful, and edit it down.

New comment by csbrooks in "Mouse Pointer as a Mere Mortal"

csbrooks — Tue, 05 May 2026 19:00:19 +0000

I have a vague memory that when Windows was newer and idioms less solidified, maybe in the mid to late 90s, programs moving the cursor was more common. Am I mistaken?

New comment by csbrooks in "Mouse Pointer as a Mere Mortal"

csbrooks — Tue, 05 May 2026 18:58:34 +0000

Even in the context of game development, if you don't provide a "skip cutscene" interaction, some players get very upset. The desire to tell a story can be at odds with the player's desire for control, even there.

Using spec-driven development with Claude Code

csbrooks — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:48:59 +0000

Article URL: https://heeki.medium.com/using-spec-driven-development-with-claude-code-4a1ebe5d9f29

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47703039

Points: 3

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New comment by csbrooks in "How to Lead in a Room Full of Experts"

csbrooks — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 19:17:03 +0000

In my experience, you don't really want to say "I'm the lead" (it can come across insecure), but you do need to be able to confidently say "Ok, here's what we're going to do" or "Here's what I'd like you to do" once you've gathered all the relevant information and come to a decision.

New comment by csbrooks in "South Koreans feel betrayed by workforce detentions at Georgia Hyundai plant"

csbrooks — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 16:43:26 +0000

I think that's an exaggeration. Here's an example I found of a British person in China who did this. Seems like he got a week in jail, then deported.

https://www.newsweek.com/english-teacher-overstayed-visa-des...

New comment by csbrooks in "Survey: a third of senior developers say over half their code is AI-generated"

csbrooks — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 15:40:12 +0000

Is "vibe coding" synonymous with using AI code-generation tools now?

I thought vibe coding meant very little direct interaction with the code, mostly telling the LLM what you want and iterating using the LLM. Which is fun and worth trying, but probably not a valid professional tool.

New comment by csbrooks in "TV meteorologist objected to management’s ‘code red’ orders"

csbrooks — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 14:49:09 +0000

I guess I'm not super concerned, because I stopped watching TV news a long long time ago. In general they do everything they can to spread fear, and this is just an extension of that.

New comment by csbrooks in "A Swede who created a $400K Indiegogo-scam"

csbrooks — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 17:15:46 +0000

All the stuff he describes after that does sound really shady to me, though. Yuck.

New comment by csbrooks in "Everyone does not, in fact, have a book in them"

csbrooks — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 23:18:20 +0000

So then, you agree with the last paragraph of the article?

New comment by csbrooks in "Arizona Government Suspends Uber's Self Driving Cars from Roads"

csbrooks — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 21:10:17 +0000

I used to live in Arizona. The traffic lights and crosswalks are an insane distance apart. There are bright streetlights basically everywhere. All the roads are straight.

It's all designed for cars, and not for pedestrians. And it's really tempting to j-walk if you're ever stuck walking somewhere.

New comment by csbrooks in "Jack in the Box CEO reconsiders automation, kiosks"

csbrooks — Wed, 10 Jan 2018 14:15:10 +0000

Is it really true that the minimum wage before was JUST at the point where replacing workers wasn't worth the cost, and now it's going just over that threshold?

If they can find a way to replace workers with machines, my guess is they will. My local walmart has one worker managing about ten self-checkout stations now. Panera Bread has stations where you order your food; no cashier needed. And the wage they are paying here is well above minimum wage, anyway.

CEOs will eliminate all the employees they can, because they consider that their job. And then they'll give out executive bonuses as massive as they can get away with.

There is no reason why the minimum wage should be so low that no one could make a living off it.

New comment by csbrooks in "Litecoin and Ethereum buys and sells are temporarily disabled"

csbrooks — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 17:32:10 +0000

I think the really difficult part might be figuring out when to take it off the table. For example, let's say bitcoin goes up 10x. Then do you decide to sell, because it might crash back down the next week? But what if you miss out on another huge increase by selling?

New comment by csbrooks in "Ask HN: What are scientifically valid ways maximize my life expectancy?"

csbrooks — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 20:03:28 +0000

I can't remember where I heard this, but supposedly a surprising number of people's last words are "you wouldn't have the guts to shoot!"

New comment by csbrooks in "Star Citizen Raised $148M from Fans, and Now It’s Raising Concerns"

csbrooks — Thu, 11 May 2017 22:11:05 +0000

I don't think that's totally accurate. That $140M could be considered preorders, basically.

New comment by csbrooks in "Remote Work Terminology – what you should know"

csbrooks — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 16:31:43 +0000

Reminds me of the term Euphemism Treadmill: http://www.odlt.org/ballast/euphemism_treadmill.html

New comment by csbrooks in "Peter Thiel Insider Picked to Oversee Trump’s Defense Department Transition"

csbrooks — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 20:36:10 +0000

Truly an amazing million dollar investment on Thiel's part. The Trump presidency is his next unicorn.

Looking forward to America becoming a kleptocracy just like Putin's Russia, with Thiel and friends leading the charge.