Hacker News: degecko

New comment by degecko in "Words Are a Byproduct of Consciousness. For LLMs, It's Backwards"

degecko — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:44:56 +0000

It’s funny because, ever since Norbert Wiener’s Cybernetics was published in 1948, we’ve been trying to replicate how the human brain works. In that sense, we’ve been building increasingly powerful machines that mimic human thought. And now, the most interesting thing is something that turns that idea on its head: LLMs think in reverse.

New comment by degecko in "The KIDS Act would require age checks to get online"

degecko — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:25:43 +0000

One could implement this at browser account level or even at OS-level, but no, let's just ask all the websites to implement a new service for ID check. Or let's ask all the websites to spam users with the never-read cookie usage request.

We are such a smart species.

New comment by degecko in "Why Does Everyone Hate AI?"

degecko — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:59:49 +0000

Because it's disrupting the entire online field by flooding real activity fields (jobs, knowledge communities, etc.) with newcomers who are now able to give the impression of knowing something when they don't.

It's exhausting to find a job, it's annoying to have to parse through a plethora of AI generated content for real knowledge, it's becoming increasingly frustrating to build something when people assume you've made it using AI tools, and it's very annoying to see the only things that popup to be stuff like: AI tools listing directories, agentic this and that, AI detectors, AI creators, AI tools created to handle other AI tools, and so on.

New comment by degecko in "Instant Replay for Desktops"

degecko — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:47:16 +0000

I've built an app which constantly records your screen, audio and/or microphone (never leaving your machine) so you can instantly replay what happened.

Use cases:

- something appears on the screen and you don't pay attention, then it disappears (app secrets shown one time, temp notifications, etc); - you want to remember what you've done n seconds ago; - you want to review your recent activity; - you have memory problems and are always wondering if you took a specific actions.

Feedback appreciated!

Instant Replay for Desktops

degecko — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 11:47:16 +0000

Article URL: https://rewindly.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48672027

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Skil.gg / Micro-gaming platform for coins

degecko — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:49:10 +0000

Article URL: https://skil.gg

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47659225

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Made this extension to allow previewing URLs within websites

degecko — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:05:39 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/degecko/prevue

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30999878

Points: 2

# Comments: 0