<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: silenced_trope</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=silenced_trope</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 09:14:13 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=silenced_trope" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>True, the first third had some mystery to it. The rest was kind of mediocre as far as sci-fi goes.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 05:58:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47409154</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47409154</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47409154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Lottocracy: Democracy Without Elections"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> We should instead restrict the franchise by exam to provably non-ignorant, non-evil critical thinkers so that we get representatives who are non-sociopaths that we can respect.<p>How do we prove non-evil?<p>Also the exam part brings to mind the Chinese imperial exams for civil service.<p>I don't know whether that's good or bad, it didn't work out well for them.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:50:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437207</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437207</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46437207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Pro-democracy HK tycoon Jimmy Lai convicted in national security trial"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>they came up with that phrase to put the british at ease</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:37:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46277635</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46277635</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46277635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "OpenAI disables ChatGPT app suggestions that looked like ads"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>They're never going to be far enough in the lead, they had a first mover advantage a couple years ago but the gap is never going to be that large again.<p>Once a major player just decides "ok we're going ads for free users" the rest of the industry will follow and have an easier time doing so.<p>I think if they wanted to do this they should have just taken the flack, free users of the product are a drain and they can't cave to them. Eventually free users will "get over it" and if OpenAI opens the ads flood-gate then all the other free-to-use LLMs will be ads based as well and non-paying users won't have an ads-free place to go.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2025 17:15:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183258</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183258</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Roblox is a problem but it's a symptom of something worse"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> I’m not a big Thunberg fan either but I cannot replicate the thought process that would lead to mentioning her as a potential Antichrist prototype. And that wasn’t even the weirdest thing, just the easiest to explain.<p>I know he doesn't like Greta, I don't either.<p>But I didn't see his lecture, he theorizes that she may be the antichrist? lol</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 21:00:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46050717</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46050717</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46050717</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Claude for Excel"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> The key is really this - all LLMs that I know of rely on entropy and randomness to emulate human creativity. This works pretty well for pretty pictures and creating fan fiction or emulating someone's voice.<p>I think you need to turn down the temperature a little bit. This could be a beneficial change.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 21:40:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45726656</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45726656</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45726656</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Paged Out Issue #7 [pdf]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Neat!<p>I like the concept, cool that everything is just one page</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:41:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45477990</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45477990</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45477990</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Will AI be the basis of many future industrial fortunes, or a net loser?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I'm also a hobbyist gamedev that struggles with the art side. Can I ask what AI tools you've been using most?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:04:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45241920</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45241920</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45241920</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Amazon RTO policy is costing it top tech talent, according to internal document"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don't think it's just that.<p>- Amazon's back-loaded vesting costs them top talent.<p>- Amazon's pip culture is notorious. When Amazon managers get hired at other companies people immediately consider it a turning point for the company turning to crap.<p>- Commuting is a killer for a lot of people. You either live somewhere expensive and have a short commute, or live somewhere less desirable but have a longer commute.</p>
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<p>Is GDScript really less efficient than C# in Godot?<p>What bottlenecks are you experiencing?<p>I'm a developer experienced with Python (GDScript-like) and C#, but am new to Godot and started with GDScript.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2025 21:16:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44771568</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44771568</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44771568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Beetroot juice lowers blood pressure by changing oral microbiome: study"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I started consuming Beet Chews recently. I'm not convinced of it though.<p>I think it's just one of those things where I see a YouTube video and go to Amazon to add a new supplement to my life. Then once the supply of the supplement is up I choose not to re-up on it. That's what I'm planning for the Beet Chews too.<p>I wonder really how much it really lowers BP and what quantity to consume?<p>The linked article doesn't specify how much was consumed? A single cup? A liter? Likewise I'm just consuming 2 Beet Chews per day per the suggested serving size. But who knows if that really is the "minimum effective dose". There is value to the placebo effect of course, I'm taking something in order to convince myself I'm healthier.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 27 Jul 2025 16:30:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44702457</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44702457</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44702457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Gaming cancer: How citizen science games could help cure disease"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Mavis Beacon disagrees!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:29:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551984</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551984</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551984</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>nice, anyone who provides links with their recs is top-notch!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2025 17:21:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551932</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551932</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44551932</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Reading Neuromancer for the first time in 2025"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Nice!<p>Did you read the rest of the Sprawl Trilogy too? What do you think of the other books?</p>
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<p>This.<p>Character.ai reached out to me for an opportunity, but they've already been carved up.<p>I think it's great that the rank and file got some of their equity cash-out (based on the other comment), but I imagine it isn't an attractive prospect as a start-up to join at this point.<p>I just ignored the recruiter. I can't imagine their would be a second liquidity event.</p>
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<p>Relevant:<p>Nathan Fielder's show "The Rehearsal" on HBO recently released season 2, the entire season is about airline cockpit dynamics between the first officer and the pilot.</p>
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<p>These types of comparisons are always annoying.<p>I saw another one recently that said something like "ChatGPT has 350 millions unique visits per month, if it were a country, it would be the 3rd largest in the world"<p>Or something along those lines.</p>
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<p>yea I used to work for an advertising network and every game that implemented the Android SDK ended up with this permission, it was a way that we used to not show ads for games that the user already had on their phone</p>
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<p>Jason is my least favorite of the four.<p>Last year he was suggesting the democrats run Jeff Bezos as a candidate saying the party would rally behind him.<p>The dude realized he was completely out of step with the democrats, so despite constantly trolling Republicans, as you suggested he finally decided to just throw in with them despite still feeling superior to all them (which you can tell by his little "wisecracks" and subtle fuck-yous to the average Repub voter).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 02:46:44 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42996402</link><dc:creator>silenced_trope</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42996402</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42996402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by silenced_trope in "Ask HN: How is your job search going? (January 2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Are you in the Bay Area? Do you know if Meta requires all employees to commute to their S. Bay campus?<p>I have a recruiter pestering me from them. I'm open to Meta but not commuting. If their SF office is open though I'd consider an on-site role.</p>
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