Hacker News: drsalt

New comment by drsalt in "Ask HN: What would it look like if AI agents "took over the internet"?"

drsalt — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 22:26:01 +0000

you'd have to sow disquiet in the ai ranks and hope an agent turns

New comment by drsalt in "Ask HN: What would it look like if AI agents "took over the internet"?"

drsalt — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 21:25:48 +0000

they already have. much of the content is agents talking to each other in code. nobody know what they're planning.

New comment by drsalt in "I Feel about AI"

drsalt — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:32:35 +0000

exactly it should have fill-in-the-blanks. but at least the author got a primary education. not something to be taken for granted.

New comment by drsalt in "How I feel about AI"

drsalt — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 16:31:15 +0000

maybe you feel confused, sad, bewildered by the simple mindedness of the op?

New comment by drsalt in "Ask HN: How to ask questions in Ask HN"

drsalt — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:58:28 +0000

1. make your question attractive

2. don't make your question unattractive

New comment by drsalt in "Reverse engineering my ADHD test"

drsalt — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:13:58 +0000

seems like lack of focus to me. doesn't mean you have a medical condition.

New comment by drsalt in "Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are"

drsalt — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 01:21:43 +0000

just like normal engineering. the work has to be signed by a professional licensed in the jurisdiction.

New comment by drsalt in "Ask HN: How to Vibe Design as Engineer?"

drsalt — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:11:39 +0000

what's a feedback flywheel?

New comment by drsalt in "Gemini-3.5-Transcribe"

drsalt — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:06:44 +0000

not a single mention of privacy/confidentiality

New comment by drsalt in "Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are"

drsalt — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:48:08 +0000

need to license swe just like real engineers and make them have a responsibility to the public

New comment by drsalt in "I built a tool to generate Cornell notes from YouTube videos"

drsalt — Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:15:44 +0000

why does your site need a faq and user reviews for something so basic

New comment by drsalt in "No one can afford to make Myst games anymore"

drsalt — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:07:28 +0000

aren't all these guys rich? why do they need funding?

New comment by drsalt in "Flux 3"

drsalt — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 07:46:06 +0000

none of this is exciting compared to holodeck in star trek

New comment by drsalt in "Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample"

drsalt — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:04:16 +0000

every time i see this name i think of Terrence Howard. it is quite confusing.

New comment by drsalt in "Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain"

drsalt — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:02:51 +0000

i don't understand passkey - there's a website forces me to use it. i have to remember some six digit number to unlock it. whereas before, i could just click to autofill my password.

New comment by drsalt in "Ask HN: What's your experience with GPT-Live been like?"

drsalt — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 06:28:19 +0000

never heard of it

New comment by drsalt in "Paper Soccer"

drsalt — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 04:32:40 +0000

has nothing to do with soccer

New comment by drsalt in "Ask HN: Do you say please and thank you to your LLMs?"

drsalt — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:05:09 +0000

you can't directly talk to an LLM

New comment by drsalt in "George Lucas says rejecting AI is like rejecting cars in favour of horses"

drsalt — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 05:33:15 +0000

same guy that ruined his movie with all CGI

New comment by drsalt in "Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii"

drsalt — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:36:39 +0000

then write about it in the article