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New comment by marand23 in "Ask HN: Is the web for machines (/llm.txt) the one we wished we had as humans?"

marand23 — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:50:03 +0000

I never thought about it before now but the llm era could be a form of renaissance for blind people on the Internet. An alternative web where functionality of every page is described in short but detailed text instead of extremely verbose and non-linear html tree structure.

New comment by marand23 in "An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry"

marand23 — Thu, 21 May 2026 15:45:53 +0000

I mean, i can assure you that I am not a bot either, but wouldn't a bot say that? :p

But yeah, quite a coincidence that we both chose 50 years :)

New comment by marand23 in "An OpenAI model has disproved a central conjecture in discrete geometry"

marand23 — Thu, 21 May 2026 10:41:05 +0000

A few years ago i had laser eye surgery and now i can see well. Something that was not possible 50 years ago. Claiming that EVERY new technology comes at the expense of normal people is an absurd statement.

New comment by marand23 in "Anna's Archive loses $322M Spotify piracy case without a fight"

marand23 — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:34:22 +0000

Slightly OT: How is it possible that the operators are unidentified? Surely someone must own the domain and pay upkeep for that? Wouldn't that expose at least one of them?

New comment by marand23 in "I'm OK being left behind, thanks"

marand23 — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 16:39:05 +0000

I think he used it as a counter-example where it made sense to him to be early. But you don't always have to be early, is his point, I think.

New comment by marand23 in "Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep"

marand23 — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 09:39:51 +0000

Thanks for supporting tinitus research. It gives me some hope that there will be a treatment someday.