Hacker News: galfarragem

New comment by galfarragem in "The paper model houses of Peter Fritz (2013)"

galfarragem — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 07:13:57 +0000

If this post was interesting to you check my architectural models blog[0]. It’s in zombie mode now but I posted regularly for a decade.

[0] https://archimodels.tumblr.com/

New comment by galfarragem in "The percentage of Show HN posts is increasing, but their scores are decreasing"

galfarragem — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 10:49:14 +0000

This. And also a lack of respect for people commenting about it.

I used to randomly evaluate and give honest feedback on invisible projects when I had the time. Most times I was completely ignored, even when I was the only person who really cared enough to answer. Eventually, I got bored.

New comment by galfarragem in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

galfarragem — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 11:17:55 +0000

https://www.slowernews.com/ - https://github.com/slowernews/slowernews

A personal blog disguised as a newspaper where I try to keep up/make sense of the world - 100% hand made and quite popular among HNers. Actually I never showed it anywhere else.

Ask HN: Underrated music, books, movies? (2025)

galfarragem — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 13:33:50 +0000

Ask HN: Underrated music, books, movies?

I asked this years ago, and it’s time to ask again: what underrated music, books, and movies should we discover? Biased or not, I’m sure this thread will uncover some gems for a lazy Sunday.

I keep an eclectic list of «interesting» stuff, and I'm always looking for new finds:

https://www.slowernews.com/s/downtime

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181560

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by galfarragem in "It’s been a very hard year"

galfarragem — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 18:54:50 +0000

LLMs themselves are not a fad or overhyped. Even my mum (almost 70) is using an LLM nowadays, and she hates computers. Adapt or die and I don’t say this happily. I hate that I have to use an LLM to stay competitive, something I’m not used to in my life. I was always competitive bare-mind. Now I need to be armed with an LLM.

New comment by galfarragem in "µcad: New open source programming language that can generate 2D sketches and 3D"

galfarragem — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:25:00 +0000

When I see these examples I miss Autolisp…

New comment by galfarragem in "Ask HN: Do LLMs make you feel like you've lost your edge?"

galfarragem — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:33:28 +0000

I have the feeling that most people haven’t fully realized it yet. All the languages or skills they half-learned will soon be worth nothing, and all the time they spent learning them will feel like a waste because it no longer leads to anything. Strange times.

New comment by galfarragem in "Ask HN: Do LLMs make you feel like you've lost your edge?"

galfarragem — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:34:30 +0000

Nowadays, almost anyone «armed» with an LLM can beat you if you’re going in with just your bare mind. That’s what I mean by losing my edge. And it’s not just at work, I mean in everyday life. It feels like someone stole my IQ, and I need to be equipped with an LLM all the time. It’s like we have to be cyborgs now just to survive, at least metaphorically.

Ask HN: Do LLMs make you feel like you've lost your edge?

galfarragem — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 11:35:36 +0000

They didn’t kill me but they wounded me. The edge I carried all my life? Now it feels cheap. I still think. I still write. But they do it faster, cleaner. There’s still a spark in me, creativity isn’t theirs yet. But even that I feel it slipping through my fingers.

They’ll kill (figuratively) almost all of us. Maybe they already have, and people just haven’t realized it. LLMs are «zombifying» us.

Sorry to depress your Sunday. Thoughts?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46022724

Points: 2

# Comments: 5

Surviving the great commoditizer: Stop getting «good» at LLMS

galfarragem — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 11:31:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.hitsubscribe.com/surviving-the-great-commoditizer-stop-getting-good-at-chatgpt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45886183

Points: 7

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"I'm the type of person who..."

galfarragem — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 09:50:31 +0000

Article URL: https://taylor.town/type-of-person

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45537013

Points: 5

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New comment by galfarragem in "IKEA Catalogs 1951-2021"

galfarragem — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 18:38:33 +0000

I'd happily pay for the traditional physical IKEA yearly catalog. I suspect that if they sold it in-store for a few euros (€2?) just to cover printing costs, many people would buy it. It's more than a product list, it’s a cultural artifact, offering a window into the aesthetics, values, and lifestyle of its time. I still keep their old catalogs, and I’m not alone.

New comment by galfarragem in "You are a good person if"

galfarragem — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:17:00 +0000

So what "axiom" do you propose instead?

New comment by galfarragem in "You are a good person if"

galfarragem — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 13:16:35 +0000

> I will be kind to people.

If you look at it as "producing goodwill" (an intangible asset) it still fits his axiom.

You are a good person if

galfarragem — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:27:19 +0000

Article URL: https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2025/09/02/you-are-a-good-person.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45114496

Points: 35

# Comments: 12

New comment by galfarragem in "You Will Blame the Wrong People"

galfarragem — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:43:54 +0000

What counts as a disability depends on the rules society uses to decide who is "normal" and who is "disabled."

For example, decades ago, many Irish gipsies faked diabetes to receive benefits. Before accurate blood tests existed, they would eat raw sugar to test positive on urine tests. This tricked the system into labeling them as disabled, showing how the definition can be manipulated or flawed.

New comment by galfarragem in "Ask HN: Did Developers Undermine Their Own Profession?"

galfarragem — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 19:08:17 +0000

When there's gold but the easy gold is gone, some people rush to sell shovels - it’s easier than digging yourself. Soon, there are more shovels than places to dig, and some buyers don’t even know how to use one.

Polyomino

galfarragem — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 11:19:54 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyomino

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45082315

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by galfarragem in "Show HN: A zoomable, searchable archive of BYTE magazine"

galfarragem — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 13:50:01 +0000

TIL: pentominoes - tetrodominoes - trominoes - DOMINOES!

New comment by galfarragem in "Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity"

galfarragem — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:30:14 +0000

Some countries build walls to keep people out. Some countries build walls to keep people in...