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New comment by getstowly in "Ask HN: I still don't understand why AI agents need "skills""

getstowly — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:13:42 +0000

Usually only charge a few bucks because honestly, anyone can make them but those that buy get them because they don't want to spend the time on making them. You can sell them for $10 or $15, maybe more depending on the skill. Not always a lot but if you have a ton of them, you can make some serious cash.

New comment by getstowly in "Show HN: I made 70K+ hand-drawn icons using AI"

getstowly — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:41:23 +0000

These are great - and there are so many! I love that you can search for a specific thing you're looking for. I love even more that you put the SVG code in there so people can use them easily without having to download something.

Great job!

New comment by getstowly in "Ask HN: I still don't understand why AI agents need "skills""

getstowly — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:38:24 +0000

This. Skills are exactly that, well structured markdown documents. Its the same with AI agents. You define the structure, what it can and can't do, setup rules and guidelines and then the AI sticks to that exact model. I sell skills on marketplace because sometimes, crafting the perfect prompt can be hard - you want something specific and very particular and don't know how to ask AI to do that. This is where skills come in. You can create your own skills or get them from someone else. They're great.

New comment by getstowly in "Seedance 2.5"

getstowly — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:35:50 +0000

The quality of AI videos is blowing my mind. I can still see things that seem a bit "off" but it's hard to distinguish AI videos from real videos. Even blockbuster movies are starting to be dwarfed by what AI can create. How long until we see the first full length AI movie hit the theaters? No actors, no development team, just a guy prompting AI...

New comment by getstowly in "Unraveling the mysteries of habit formation"

getstowly — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:34:11 +0000

Same :D That mouse is determined. I love it.

New comment by getstowly in "Unraveling the mysteries of habit formation"

getstowly — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:33:51 +0000

I was watching a Charlie Rocket interview today and I got a lot of inspiration from him. He made it a habit of staying positive, turning a loss into a win and always finding the upside. Instead of getting sucked into the despair, he takes a loss as a learning lesson. Good habits can be hard to find but once you get into the habit of something, it becomes super easy. Everything is hard to do -- if it was easy, everybody would be doing it. Once you learn to do something, and keep doing it, you understand it better and it can make your life so much easier, or happier, or better, in so many ways. There are also bad habits but those are just as easy to break as good ones.

New comment by getstowly in "Jaron Lanier and DeGrasse Tyson on "There Is No AI""

getstowly — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:25:59 +0000

This is a really interesting interview. Jaron is quite the character but has a lot of good talking points. I like how they dig into the "creation" of AI, where it came from, how it's been around for a while and what it's all about. Love Neil's podcast "Startalk" and have watched all of his episodes.

New comment by getstowly in "Man seeks millions after being shot by police in game-related swatting incident"

getstowly — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:00:37 +0000

I don't understand why more police agencies aren't being super careful with this stuff, especially if they're being sent to a house / location where no other crimes have been reported. It would be one thing if you have a call to a house that's had domestic violence calls, other shootings, etc. Instead, they're just getting a call and thinking, "Oh no! Danger!" and running in, guns blazing. I love the protection from the police but sometimes I'm afraid they don't think intelligently and instead just react.

New comment by getstowly in "Interactive maps of US and Canadian flock cameras"

getstowly — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:56:35 +0000

These damn things are everywhere... seeing lots of videos of things you "should not do" with these cameras. I bring it up to friends but they don't seem to be s worried as I am about the nature of these cameras and what the information is being used for. It's as if they're trying to turn the United States into China. Before you know it, you'll be punished for something and your bank will be locked, or you'll be fined, or won't be able to do certain things because you were caught on camera doing something...

Is no one else ridiculously concerned?

New comment by getstowly in "Show HN: Logan Basic v2.1 - An online BASIC interpreter."

getstowly — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:54:15 +0000

OK this is pretty cool. Been a long time since I've coded in BASIC but I remember making some pretty cool programs. Trying to run a "basic" program (pun intended) and getting a compile error on line 1 as it's expecting an end statement. What am I missing?

New comment by getstowly in "Wall Street suffered historic crash in momentum stocks, rebound could be a trap"

getstowly — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:50:50 +0000

What's the trap?