Hacker News: f38https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=f38Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:34:55 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by f38 in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"]]>AI generated "cutest possible animal" (and "make it cuter") might be mildly interesting.

]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 23:36:17 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47344057f38https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47344057https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47344057<![CDATA[New comment by f38 in "AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations"]]>Nuclear war aside (we're talking any kind of decision making here) politicians face very small consequences for harmful decisions, usually at most losing that high-paid job (and getting another high-paid job).

]]>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 23:23:04 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159493f38https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159493https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159493<![CDATA[New comment by f38 in "AIs can't stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations"]]>> They have no real world experience. They feel no real world consequences. They have no real stake in any decision they make.

Why do you let politicians do any kind of decision making?

]]>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:59:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157786f38https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157786https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47157786<![CDATA[New comment by f38 in "Transpiler, a Meaningless Word (2023)"]]>> Compilers already do things that “transpilers” are supposed to do. And they do it better because they are built on the foundation of language semantics instead of syntactic manipulation.

So you do know the difference.

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