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New comment by slopdetector in "Suicide rates highest ever among middle-aged men"

slopdetector — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 18:20:22 +0000

Pushing 50, homeless, broke, last interview today from a rented office with overdue rent.

Suicidal for a long time.

Interview fails? I'm out. I have everything set - account deletions, device wipes, and method. Will keep it low key if that happens.

New comment by slopdetector in "DraftKings is using AI to behaviorally target chronic gamblers"

slopdetector — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 21:51:57 +0000

The previous reality for sports betting was mostly illicit, often with some goon using physical violence or threat thereof for collections. This is not to say the new reality is an improvement.

New comment by slopdetector in "Show HN: Check if any of the $656M in unclaimed royalties at The MLC is yours"

slopdetector — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 03:50:21 +0000

I did try it

it doesnt seem to have the full catalog

spotify shows the top songs on which i performed at over 20 million views but doesnt appear here. maybe i misunderstood what your service is doing

New comment by slopdetector in "Show HN: Check if any of the $656M in unclaimed royalties at The MLC is yours"

slopdetector — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:47:52 +0000

awesome, thanks for building and maintaining the service

New comment by slopdetector in "Show HN: Check if any of the $656M in unclaimed royalties at The MLC is yours"

slopdetector — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:41:12 +0000

Searched for a band/album for which I was a credited performer. The band has eight figures in views - enough to justify pursuing.

Got a 500 shown as an error message on your site, related to a failed connection to Spotify.

New comment by slopdetector in "Epidurals are a miracle technology"

slopdetector — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:45:32 +0000

The mother said it was a conscious decision to promote birthing a strong, resilient child, based on her belief on the matter. I have no view, but it's an interesting report, given that her kid truly is an athletic outlier.

New comment by slopdetector in "Epidurals are a miracle technology"

slopdetector — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 22:47:10 +0000

Anecdata, but I spoke to a mom here who declined an epidural during childbirth by choice. Her son is a champion big wave surfer.

New comment by slopdetector in "Sakana Fugu"

slopdetector — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:48:36 +0000

For anyone finding this, I used this during the beta. Beats GPT-5.5 xhigh on complex tasks. Since it’s expensive and difficult to subsidize, use it for the most challenging problems.

OAI/ANT can subsidize their own subscriptions, so it’s hard to compete there. But the results I got from fugu-ultra were impressive.

New comment by slopdetector in "Judge Learns Both Sides Used AI, Cancels Trial, Kicks Everyone Off the Case"

slopdetector — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:28:49 +0000

The article was about misuse of generative language models by lawyers.

New comment by slopdetector in "Show HN: I Derived a Pancake"

slopdetector — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:56:35 +0000

Related somewhat: has anyone read the sci fi book “deep crossings” and if so they remember the discussion of a pancake?

New comment by slopdetector in "Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording""

slopdetector — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:00:26 +0000

Yeah, such words are a giveaway.

Another:

It is not “this simplified, kindergarten-level explanation”, it is “this explicit, thoughtful one”

In this case I suspect the poster used GPT (looks like OpenAI) to generate the initial response and then edited it.