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New comment by johnny5211 in "Amazon's "digital pacifier" for toddlers"

johnny5211 — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:09:17 +0000

I think that once parents become the OS devs specifically for their own children (or at least app devs) the tablet becomes less like a pacifier and more like a ball game between the toddler and parent, as each throws new stuff (metaphorically) at the other.

New comment by johnny5211 in "Amazon’s “digital pacifier” for toddlers"

johnny5211 — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 23:20:44 +0000

I can see how a tablet optimized for logic puzzles, e-books, drawing etc. could be highly beneficial but these adverts seem focused on the child's relationship with the tablet. I think an art/puzzle machine is a much healthier starting point than an everything machine.

New comment by johnny5211 in "WorldTUI: I trained a 360M model to pretend to be a terminal"

johnny5211 — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:45:49 +0000

There's something about the secrecy I find amusing:

cat secret.txt pelican-42

New comment by johnny5211 in "'AI' Is Not a Tool by Rich Hickey"

johnny5211 — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:03:49 +0000

I find the G-code analogy sound. CNC machines let a person outsource the whole manufacture process but it still counts as a tool because the implementation is purposeful and result is fairly predictable. With LLMs, like CNC, we can control the predictability if we are careful; it's just a little harder.

New comment by johnny5211 in "Engineering Martial Arts Movement"

johnny5211 — Sat, 03 Oct 2026 11:51:40 +0000

Hi, I’m Johnny the developer of Jabhook. I’m happy to answer any questions.