Hacker News: pryelluw

New comment by pryelluw in "Survival LLM: AI assistant and emergency library that runs on your own computer"

pryelluw — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 23:43:24 +0000

I went through a category 5 hurricane that took down everything. Prepared by downloading as much as I could ahead of time but it wasn’t enough. This, or something similar, would have been a blessing.

New comment by pryelluw in "Retired Penn professor arrested for blocking Uber Eats robot"

pryelluw — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:59:04 +0000

Are there food delivery robots that deliver insulin?

New comment by pryelluw in "Nobel Prize in Physics 2026: Francis Halzen"

pryelluw — Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:52:43 +0000

Didn’t the big bang theory show have an episode about this?

New comment by pryelluw in "Toyota is taking the Corolla electric"

pryelluw — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 19:06:58 +0000

Been waiting for this and a plug-in hybrid Corolla with at least 50 mile electric range. Would be a game changer.

New comment by pryelluw in "I don't want to read what you didn't write"

pryelluw — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 02:37:13 +0000

If you are looking for top-notch corn-fed drivel, look no further than my comedy newsletter. Here’s the latest issue: https://yelluwcomedy.substack.com/p/sweater-weather?r=7c090l... It’s full of all the questionable wonders only a human mind can think of. Hope you enjoy it.

New comment by pryelluw in "There's a 100% Chance AI Agents Are Ruining the Internet"

pryelluw — Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:34:33 +0000

Are you a contractor? In the current economy, it’s very hard to imagine this being true.

New comment by pryelluw in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)"

pryelluw — Mon, 14 Sep 2026 04:02:06 +0000

My funny essays newsletter on substack. Link to latest post: https://yelluwcomedy.substack.com/p/the-fascinating-world-of...

Please let me know if you enjoy!

New comment by pryelluw in "Instrument clusters are now paid extras in two Hyundai models"

pryelluw — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:40:11 +0000

I remember having a car that had a speedometer and a fuel gauge. Nothing else. This seems similar.

New comment by pryelluw in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2026)"

pryelluw — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 18:24:07 +0000

https://www.ashbyhq.com/blog/engineering/leveling-and-compen

Returns a 404

New comment by pryelluw in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"

pryelluw — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:21:27 +0000

Sweet mother of god, this runs on my phone browser. Excellent work!

New comment by pryelluw in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (August 2026)"

pryelluw — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:08:56 +0000

My comedy newsletter featuring short-ish essays about random nonsense: https://yelluwcomedy.substack.com/

New comment by pryelluw in "Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's"

pryelluw — Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:09:04 +0000

Same. First thing they had me buy was a map book with all the local neighborhoods. The map on the wall helped get shortcuts from others. This is where I learned the difference between the different kinds of shortcuts. Some saved time, others distance, and some even potholes. It was a fun time.

New comment by pryelluw in "The Dunning-Kruger effect may just be a data artefact (2020)"

pryelluw — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 03:15:08 +0000

The author could have a promising career at The Onion.

New comment by pryelluw in "Substack writers, you need a website"

pryelluw — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:13:17 +0000

This is super useful even if I just grab it as an idea to emulate. Have you used an agent to copy and paste for you ?

New comment by pryelluw in "Substack writers, you need a website"

pryelluw — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 20:10:37 +0000

I agree and am working on it. It’s been a stream of progress after launching my comedy writings under https://yelluw.com I’ve focused mostly on writing by postponing the actual editorial/cms side of things. I’d rather prove that I can write and write well than spend all my energy getting the perfect cms setup.

The one issue I have today is copyright and all the extreme scraping being done by ai companies. I wonder how others are dealing with that.

New comment by pryelluw in "Writing by hand is good for your brain"

pryelluw — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:18:49 +0000

Your argument is that in order for you to have a better experience the previous owner should not “ruin” the book for you. I’ve read better arguments on bathroom stalls.

New comment by pryelluw in "Show HN: Libretto PR agents – Automatically fix failing playwright scripts"

pryelluw — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:18:15 +0000

Ok I see. Thanks for replying. I wish your project a lot of success.

New comment by pryelluw in "Ask HN: What are your favorite blogs not about AI?"

pryelluw — Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:15:42 +0000

If this is too much feel free to downvote.

My clean comedy newsletter: https://substack.com/@yelluwcomedy Funny essays about nothing and everything. No AI produced writing.

New comment by pryelluw in "Show HN: Libretto PR agents – Automatically fix failing playwright scripts"

pryelluw — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:44:57 +0000

Not hating but why cant I just create my own skill with the prompt you are using? https://github.com/saffron-health/libretto/blob/13380d589234...

What’s special here? I am failing to understand the value because it feels like a solution looking for a problem.

New comment by pryelluw in "Someone Used AI to Write an Unauthorized Biography of Me"

pryelluw — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:52:23 +0000

I don’t really get the appeal of using A.I. to write books. It’s a useful research and editorial tool that still requires thoughtful operation. But have it do the writing? It’s too shallow.

I use it to check the spelling and grammas of everything I post on my comedy newsletter[0]. As an ESL speaker, I do need some help with those areas. But the edits it typically recommends are just awful. Hyphen and em dash galore. A/B comparison and analogies that mimic the term “load-bearing”. I have to be extra careful to not let any of that slop slip through. At this point, I’m looking to work with a human editor. The AI is clearly showing not being up to par for it. At least in my experience.

[0] https://open.substack.com/pub/yelluwcomedy/p/the-free-and-wi...