Hacker News: qbxk

New comment by qbxk in "AI will not replace software engineers (hopefully)"

qbxk — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 15:32:08 +0000

it's because software fundamentally has specific, measurable outcomes. it has to, that's why we build things: to do things. and in computing, necessarily, the things you do can be computed, which means they can be checked for correctness and reproducibility

much of an SWE's role is to artfully construct complex abstractions of reality in such a way that it can be understood by others, with the intent that it can be fixed or improved on in the future.

but if you don't _need_ artful construction in the first place, because you can just brute force AI slopped assembly language that's impossible (for MeatI) to comprehend, and the same AI is sufficient at improving and fixing it, then why do you need an SWE to bring artfulness to the table for you?

we're a long way off from this, ultimately, but imho, this is the broad strokes of it

New comment by qbxk in "Anthropic is Down"

qbxk — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:57:56 +0000

if history doesn't repeat, but it rhymes

does vibe coding rhyme with eternal september?

New comment by qbxk in "Uncle Sam shouldn't own Intel stock"

qbxk — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:12:32 +0000

whoops! we accidentally democratic socialismed

New comment by qbxk in "We automated 100% of our outbound calls using AI agents"

qbxk — Sun, 25 May 2025 22:43:53 +0000

on behalf of the rest of the world: fuck you guys

New comment by qbxk in "ALICE detects the conversion of lead into gold at the LHC"

qbxk — Fri, 09 May 2025 16:10:50 +0000

Surely it's the Anunnaki taking a hail mary approach to their colossal atmospheric gold project

New comment by qbxk in "Temu pulls its U.S. Google Shopping ads"

qbxk — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 23:32:46 +0000

I'm weary of seeing people use weary when they mean wary

New comment by qbxk in "Giant, fungus-like organism may be a completely unknown branch of life"

qbxk — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 02:43:08 +0000

> Prototaxites did not contain chitin, a major building block of fungal cell walls and a hallmark of the fungal kingdom. The Prototaxites fossils instead appeared to contain chemicals similar to lignin, which is found in the wood and bark of plants. ... best considered a member of a previously undescribed, entirely extinct group of eukaryotes

So these are the ancestors of Groot? or Ents? and all manner of "animated trees"?

New comment by qbxk in "US will sell "gold card" giving foreigners right to live/work for $5M"

qbxk — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 03:25:28 +0000

won't this result in millionaires losing jobs?

New comment by qbxk in "I Went to SQL Injection Court"

qbxk — Wed, 26 Feb 2025 01:43:28 +0000

lol'd so hard at this

New comment by qbxk in "Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy call remote work a 'Covid-era privilege.'"

qbxk — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 19:54:44 +0000

i think it's "toe the line" ie, put your foot right where they told you to, follow rules rigidly

New comment by qbxk in "New Crisis Hotline for CEOs? Governor of New York Wants to Protect CEOs"

qbxk — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 14:23:41 +0000

Perfect headline for Not The Onion

New comment by qbxk in "Why bitcoin is booming"

qbxk — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 14:04:23 +0000

that's not true at all. bitcoin is priced in dollars, and the value of the dollar changes, therefore the value of bitcoin changes. some people have dollars that they got more cheaply (through loans with lower interest rates) than others, and they're trading those.

economy is never a zero-sum game, because we're never all playing from the same positions of value

New comment by qbxk in "Social drinkers on obesity drugs lose the taste for alcohol"

qbxk — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 13:25:31 +0000

Probably don't want to help you "solve" this "problem" but, as we age, our liver produces fewer enzymes that help to process alcohol and the impurities found in liquors. Rehabilitate your liver and drink like you're young again. One method I stumbled upon with a bout of non-alcohol-induced liver function reduction involved taking turkey tail mushroom supplements

New comment by qbxk in "The epic spectacle that is the Bitcoin juggernaut MicroStrategy"

qbxk — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 12:49:15 +0000

doesn't like inflation but wants deflationary currency to "end badly"

that's rough, bud.

New comment by qbxk in "South Korea faces kimchi shortage as cabbage prices soar"

qbxk — Wed, 13 Nov 2024 17:22:09 +0000

Kimchi Concedes as Collateral Casualty while Climate Changes Cascade Continually

Cabbages.

New comment by qbxk in "Apple explains why the M4 Mac mini power button is located on the bottom"

qbxk — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:53:47 +0000

if wear and tear occurs or your ram fills up, you buy a new machine. simple

(and i absolutely understand that ram is temporary memory)

New comment by qbxk in "Artificial receptors made from coronavirus DNA open up new avenues for research"

qbxk — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 04:07:40 +0000

just this headline made me say whoa

whoa

New comment by qbxk in "NYT Strike Negotiation Bogged Down by Outlandish and Illegal Demands"

qbxk — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 14:50:56 +0000

>the Guild proposed a ban on scented products in break rooms, unlimited sick time, and accommodations for pet bereavement, as well as mandatory trigger warnings in company meetings discussing events in the news.

these don't seem at all outlandish, not remotely illegal, and I would go so far as to say that they're great ideas

New comment by qbxk in "FAA finalizes rules that will apply to air taxis"

qbxk — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:57:22 +0000

right here, https://www.beta.team/

New comment by qbxk in "Is Matt Mullenweg defending WordPress or sabotaging it?"

qbxk — Fri, 18 Oct 2024 13:46:31 +0000

Tinfoil theory: Matt is actually paid by or invested in Silver Lake/WPE and using his position to tank the foundation on their behalf. Then WPE is actually king WP, and a new OSS foundation must rise from the ashes and they'll be there as trusted, responsible party to select the leaders

I admit, this is pretty far-fetched, and I don't even believe it, but I'd say the same thing about the whole affair