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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

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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.

A sneaky demonstration of the dangers of curl – bash

novemp — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:32:52 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.k3can.us/posts/2026/feb/dontcurlbash/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47118172

Points: 4

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AI Impact Summit 2026: How we're partnering to make AI work for everyone

novemp — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:59:59 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/ai/ai-impact-summit-2026-india/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47083956

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by novemp in "AI makes you boring"

novemp — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:45:02 +0000

If telling something else to make something for you is a craft, I'm an artisan for hiring a webdev to build my site.

Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is 'cruel' and 'inhumane'

novemp — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 21:53:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/17/australian-aged-care-algorithm-tool-home-support-funding-packages

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47053939

Points: 7

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New comment by novemp in "Privilege is bad grammar"

novemp — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:02:58 +0000

In one ear and out the other, huh? Do you think deliberately misunderstanding words makes you clever? Are you sticking it to those got-dang SJWs?

New comment by novemp in "Privilege is bad grammar"

novemp — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 21:57:58 +0000

It's not "privileged BY using bad grammar", it's "privilege TO use bad grammar". But yes, we know, the privilege boogeymen kicked your dog and made you take a CRT class.

New comment by novemp in "I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?"

novemp — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 20:24:49 +0000

So many comments going "Well MY llm of choice gives the right answer". Sure, I believe you -- LLM output has LONG been known to vary from person to person, from machine to machine, depending on how you have it set up, and sometimes based on nothing at all.

That's part of the problem, though, isn't it?

If it consistently gave the right answer, well, that would be great! And if it consistently gave the wrong answer, that wouldn't be GREAT, but at least the engineers would know how to fix it. But sometimes it says one thing, sometimes it says another. We've known this for a long time. It keeps happening! But as long as your own personal chatbot gives the correct answer to this particular question, you can cover your eyes and pretend the planet-burning stochastic parrot is perfectly fine to use.

The comparison in one thread to the "How would you feel if you had not eaten breakfast yesterday?" question was a particularly interesting one, but I can't get past the fact that the Know Your Meme page that was linked (which included a VERY classy George Floyd meme, what the actual fuck) discussed those answers as if they were a result of fundamental differences in human intelligence rather than the predictable result of a declining education system. This is something that's only going to get worse if we keep outsourcing our brains to machines.

New comment by novemp in "Show HN: ClaudeCraft – Minecraft server where Claude agents do everything"

novemp — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:53:35 +0000

Another truly baffling entry in the "I want my AI to have fun for me" column.

New comment by novemp in "Show HN: Million Dollar Deeds – Own permanent digital land"

novemp — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:45:35 +0000

Good luck with the grift.

I want to wash my car. The car wash is 50 meters away. Should I walk or drive?

novemp — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:31:48 +0000

Article URL: https://mastodon.world/@knowmadd/116072773118828295

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47031580

Points: 1516

# Comments: 949

New comment by novemp in "Discord/Twitch/Snapchat age verification bypass"

novemp — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:26:10 +0000

A lot of people don't drink alcohol.

New comment by novemp in "Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years' jail"

novemp — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:20:09 +0000

Thanks for telling us you would not be prepared to fight for freedom. Everyone should be so forthright.

New comment by novemp in "As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries"

novemp — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:13:13 +0000

No, really? I am SHOCKED.

New comment by novemp in "Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon Jimmy Lai gets 20 years' jail"

novemp — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:08:59 +0000

If everyone followed the law we would never have revolutions, and Europe and America would still have slaves.

New comment by novemp in "Kiki – Accountability monster for people who are easily distracted"

novemp — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:26:52 +0000

I see a grey square on the download button, no Apple logo.

New comment by novemp in "Kiki – Accountability monster for people who are easily distracted"

novemp — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:25:24 +0000

> KIKI supports Chrome and Safari. Other browsers can confuse it. Stick to those two.

If I have to download a brand-new browser just to use this app, what's stopping me from switching back to Firefox to evade the blocks?

New comment by novemp in "Retiring GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, GPT-4.1 mini, and OpenAI o4-mini in ChatGPT"

novemp — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:22:19 +0000

Is complaining about fat people on TV going to solve any of those other problems?