Hacker News: novemp

New comment by novemp in "I joined the IndieWeb, here's what I learned"

novemp — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 22:38:42 +0000

People who aren't willing to put any effort into learning how computers and the internet work are free to stay on Xitter and Facebook. Not everything has to be for everyone.

New comment by novemp in "Building a real-time AI tutor for 5-year-olds"

novemp — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:14:31 +0000

I thought AI was supposed to get better and easier to use as time went on, so why should we bother to teach them now when it will be so easy to learn in the future?

New comment by novemp in "Should DayQuil Be Legal?"

novemp — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 21:32:16 +0000

To be fair, a lot of governments and pearl-clutchers actually are coming for your weed.

New comment by novemp in "Data centers trigger voter backlash"

novemp — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 22:06:01 +0000

Thank you for volunteering to have a data center built in your neighborhood!

New comment by novemp in "British Columbia, Time Zones, and Postgres"

novemp — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 01:27:40 +0000

Isn't the simple option to just move time zones? If you're not allowed to swap to PDT year round, just change to MST instead.

New comment by novemp in "There are no instances in ATProto"

novemp — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:42:21 +0000

> On a Mastodon instance, there are also no steps you can take. Your account is banned on the instance — your entire identity goes down with it.

> On atproto, it depend on whether you’re banned at hosting or app level.

> If you get banned at hosting level (usually something clearly illegal would trigger this), you’d have to find another hosting (assuming apps haven’t banned you too).

This isn't as different as you make it sound. Most people on AT Proto are using Bluesky, so "getting banned" is fundamentally the same for them as getting banned from a Mastodon instance. Conversely, you can just run your own Mastodon instance and the only thing you'd have to worry about is defederation (an "appview ban").

New comment by novemp in "German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews"

novemp — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:41:37 +0000

Yes, obviously.

New comment by novemp in "Parents say ChatGPT got their son killed with bad advice on party drugs"

novemp — Tue, 12 May 2026 19:35:55 +0000

If it's the son's fault, then AI companies need to stop acting like their products are genius machines. Can't have it both ways.

New comment by novemp in "Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in"

novemp — Sun, 03 May 2026 17:53:09 +0000

It's an even stupider assumption, then!

New comment by novemp in "Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in"

novemp — Sun, 03 May 2026 06:27:12 +0000

A few high-profile Muslims spoke out against Harris. This means every Muslim American voted for Trump. Obviously.

New comment by novemp in "Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in"

novemp — Sun, 03 May 2026 06:25:38 +0000

Bacteria have souls?

New comment by novemp in "Richard Dawkins and The Claude Delusion: The great skeptic gets taken in"

novemp — Sun, 03 May 2026 06:24:21 +0000

Are you agnostic about unicorns?

New comment by novemp in "[dead]"

novemp — Sun, 03 May 2026 06:20:27 +0000

> In South Korea, turning 50 often marks a quiet but profound turning point for men—both native and foreign.

ChatGPT giveaway in the first sentence? I think that's a new record.

New comment by novemp in "Bluesky has been dealing with a DDoS attack for nearly a full day"

novemp — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 14:22:36 +0000

You have to care about something to DDOS it.

New comment by novemp in "Tesla 'Full Self-Driving' crashed through railroad gate seconds before train"

novemp — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:28:15 +0000

Apr 15 2026

New comment by novemp in "Very good thank you information conglomerates"

novemp — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:47:52 +0000

Or, asking ChatGPT to describe images.

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novemp — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 20:47:52 +0000

Article URL: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116373289181802627

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709792

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Saw person ask ChatGPT how long their flight was while holding the boarding pass

novemp — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:46:49 +0000

Article URL: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@sinbad/116239928005484363

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47406036

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by novemp in "I'm helping my dog vibe code games"

novemp — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 20:04:31 +0000

Foolishly, I clicked through thinking "wow, did they get an LLM to interpret their dog's barks and body language? That's actually pretty cool!" Look, I'm an LLM skeptic, but if they'd done that, I would have to praise the result.

But no.

They just told the LLM to try and find meaning in keysmashes.

New comment by novemp in "Americans are destroying Flock surveillance cameras"

novemp — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:49:01 +0000

No one said the Democrats are pro-freedom. Both parties are authoritarian. One is just less effective.