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New comment by dilDDoS in "Anthropic Joins the Blender Development Fund as Corporate Patron"

dilDDoS — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:02:47 +0000

> Eventually maybe the best experiences will be had with digital companions, etc.

Obviously I can't speak for all of Gen Z (and I realize we're no longer "the younger generation"), but my friends and I don't want any part of this, and feel optimistic rather than bitter that things won't go the way you're describing. I seldom meet anyone in my age group that isn't talking about moving away from social media, cancelling software subscriptions, all of the things that millenials and Gen X seem to be so excited to continue building and promoting.

Even at my workplace the "older" people are the ones that are excited about stuff like AI jazz remixes of rap songs and AI generated short films, while literally everyone else under 30 finds it pretty cringe and makes fun of them in DMs.

So all that to say, I disagree with your outlook, but I guess time will tell.

New comment by dilDDoS in "Alberta startup sells no-tech tractors for half price"

dilDDoS — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:36:42 +0000

Maybe not inherently bad, but clearly not inherently necessary or useful if they're already getting so many inquiries from farmers. Could just be that the tech doesn't offer enough meaningful value when the core mechanical functionality can be achieved at a lower price.

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

dilDDoS — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:49:11 +0000

Maybe I’m naive since most of that was before I was born, but a lot of the past topics you mentioned seem more interesting because the people talking about them (I assume) had interesting knowledge and opinions to share about them. AI is an extremely boring topic because the people most excited about it are “idea people” rather than people with interesting knowledge and expertise. And idea people are pretty draining to listen to for years on end.

Even the top post on HN about ChatGPT’s image generation is full of a bunch of comments just saying “wow this is epic”, “I can make so many mangas with this”, etc. Or a post about a new model where people are saying bland stuff like “this doesn’t write Typescript as well as Nut43-2.1-Max”. Compare those to a post about language design, for instance, and you’d see a lot more interesting discussion and opinions.

Just my opinion though. It seems like the more interesting topics in AI are related to its divisiveness, and even that is getting super old after years of it going on.

New comment by dilDDoS in "ChatGPT Images 2.0"

dilDDoS — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:33:44 +0000

I'm probably in a weird subgroup that isn't representative of the general public, but I've found myself preferring "rough" art/logos/images/etc, basically because it signals a human put time into it. Or maybe not preferring, but at least noticing it more than the generally highly refined/polished AI artwork that I've been seeing.

New comment by dilDDoS in "ChatGPT Images 2.0"

dilDDoS — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:31:15 +0000

Cheaper/faster tech increases overall consumption though. Without the friction of commissioning a graphics artist to design something, a user can generate thousands of images (and iterate on those images multiple times to achieve what they want), resulting in way more images overall.

I'm not really well versed on the environmental cost, more just (neutrally) pointing out that comparing a single 10s image to a 5-6 hour commission ignores the fact that the majority of these images probably would never have existed in the first place without AI.

New comment by dilDDoS in "The future of everything is lies, I guess: Where do we go from here?"

dilDDoS — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:33:32 +0000

Really weird that you're basically advocating people to not have principles if they don't align with "broader incentives". Also lol at you pulling the "some people have kids to feed" bullshit in a thread where we're all making way more money than most people.

New comment by dilDDoS in "An autopsy of AI-generated 3D slop"

dilDDoS — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 21:48:26 +0000

> Nice copium. These things are going to get there fast.

Nice copium. I've been hearing how fast these things are going to get there for a few years now.

New comment by dilDDoS in "Why are anime catgirls blocking my access to the Linux kernel?"

dilDDoS — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:42:29 +0000

As others have said, it's definitely volume, but also the lack of respecting robots.txt. Most AI crawlers that I've seen bombarding our sites just relentlessly scrape anything and everything, without even checking to see if anything has changed since the last time they crawled the site.

New comment by dilDDoS in "Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first"

dilDDoS — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 19:37:49 +0000

I'm happy to finally see this take. I've been feeling pretty left out with everyone singing the praises of AI-assisted editors while I struggle to understand the hype. I've tried a few and it's never felt like an improvement to my workflow. At least for my team, the actual writing of code has never been the problem or bottleneck. Getting code reviewed by someone else in a timely manner has been a problem though, so we're considering AI code reviews to at least take some burden out of the process.

New comment by dilDDoS in "Streaming services are driving viewers back to piracy"

dilDDoS — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:54:31 +0000

I actually think pirating encourages a healthier approach to watching TV/movies. I've fully made the switch to pirating instead of subscribing to any streaming services, and it's led to me thinking more critically about what I want to spend time downloading and watching rather than just flipping mindlessly through endless amounts of readily available garbage on a streaming service.

I do still have Kanopy though, which is great for me but obviously depends on your library.

New comment by dilDDoS in "Show HN: Tool-Assisted Speedrunning the Boring Parts of Animal Crossing (GCN)"

dilDDoS — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 22:48:53 +0000

This is so cool and impressive. I loved the original Animal Crossing but also feel like the clunky keyboard input hasn't aged well. Thanks for sharing!

Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval

dilDDoS — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 16:14:07 +0000

Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/google-layoffs-tech-869f86eb6b53044de2cf22a932b0213f

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44249115

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

New comment by dilDDoS in "My AI skeptic friends are all nuts"

dilDDoS — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:08:09 +0000

Neither do I, maybe that's the real difference here and not age

New comment by dilDDoS in "My AI skeptic friends are all nuts"

dilDDoS — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 16:54:09 +0000

Right, I guess that's what I mean I've side-stepped so far. I don't generally work on anything web related and haven't had to repeatedly work on similar projects over and over again. I've maybe just misunderstood what most other developers actually work on in the industry.

Unsafe at Any Speed: Abusing Python Exec for Unauth RCE in Langflow AI

dilDDoS — Mon, 19 May 2025 22:30:20 +0000

Article URL: https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/disclosures/unsafe-at-any-speed-abusing-python-exec-for-unauth-rce-in-langflow-ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44035647

Points: 2

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New comment by dilDDoS in "Ace: Realtime Computer Autopilot"

dilDDoS — Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:40:43 +0000

That example made me wonder if this was satire...I'm guessing not, but pretty funny nonetheless. I bet my boss would love me texting him the names of random people from LinkedIn.

New comment by dilDDoS in "I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bullish about LLMs"

dilDDoS — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:09:07 +0000

I think LLMs have value, but what I'm really looking forward to is the day when everyone can just quietly use (or not use) LLMs and move on with their lives. It's like that one friend who started a new diet and can't shut up about it every time you see them, except instead of that one friend it's seemingly the majority of participants in tech forums. It's getting so old.

New comment by dilDDoS in "macOS Tips and Tricks (2022)"

dilDDoS — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 06:59:40 +0000

> When a video is playing, right click the speaker icon in the address bar or tab to enter Picture-in-Picture (PiP) mode.

You can also double right-click the video itself and enter Picture-in-Picture mode from that menu

New comment by dilDDoS in "Welcome to Ladybird, a truly independent web browser"

dilDDoS — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 02:49:24 +0000

Maybe I’m overlooking it, but is there any mention of how browser extensions will (or won’t) work? I imagine I’m not alone in needing a password manager and ad blocking extensions for any browser I use. Either way, looking forward to seeing how this develops!

New comment by dilDDoS in "Solitaire"

dilDDoS — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 17:23:49 +0000

Great read, I always love reading about the thoughts and intentions behind game design.

> I play a couple runs before I go to bed

I do see the relaxing component of the game once you’ve got the hang of it and are playing on white stake. But I do feel like the game encourages you to take on more difficult/frustrating stakes and decks, so for someone working on gold stake for the black deck for example, it would absolutely not be something to play before bed (unless you’re in the mood to cry yourself to sleep)