Hacker News: testycool

New comment by testycool in "Claudette: Make Claude Stop Talking Like a BuzzFeed Article"

testycool — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:40:56 +0000

You can use a cheap model in another pane, and ask it what Claude said.

I prefer this since everyone has their own preference for how the output should sound and it's very simple and transparent. And you can easily ask follow-ups.

It can be via tmux, or herdr, because it can read the pane.

Or it can use a hook to read the conversation file. I call it `backseat-driver`

I sometimes use it as a proxy when fable genuinely does a good job, but is too difficult to understand.

I let the translator know it's role and anything I say it should forward with better context.

I don't swear at it anymore, but I'd often say "just do it, retard", and the translator would actually steer it in a useful manner.

New comment by testycool in "Vomit: Clean up Claude 5's token output with a separate LLM"

testycool — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:59:19 +0000

I just use a cheap model in another pane, and ask it what Claude said.

It can be either via tmux, because it can read the pane.

Or it can use a hook to read the conversation file. I call it `backseat-driver`

New comment by testycool in "Don't Paste the AI, please"

testycool — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:08:26 +0000

And doesn't seem very constructive either.

New comment by testycool in "LinkedIn CringeBot 3000"

testycool — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:06:10 +0000

I use LinkOff https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/linkoff-filter-and-...

It has a 'gentle mode' so you see what gets blocked.

I think it's thanks to it that I don't feel animosity towards LinkedIn anymore.

Terminal Sessions – VSCode extension for tmux terminals that survive restarts

testycool — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 18:19:18 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/visul/terminal-sessions

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49060805

Points: 2

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New comment by testycool in "We're extending Claude Fable 5 access through July 19"

testycool — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 21:18:24 +0000

Again with me rushing to make the most out of tokens on the last day.

Maybe Gemini 3.5 Pro is coming out this week and I'll get another reset then.

New comment by testycool in "Fable 5 made a Fireship Video for GPT 5.6 Sol"

testycool — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:34:00 +0000

This turned out great. Thanks for explaining!

What plan are you on and how much usage did it burn?

New comment by testycool in "We're extending access to Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 12"

testycool — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:33:14 +0000

I was rushing to make the most of Fable today, and I'm at 67%, with limit reset on July 11th.

If would've used it more moderately if I had known in advance.

New comment by testycool in "Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video"

testycool — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 03:35:13 +0000

Was it bad? I was too young too tell and thought it was nice.

New comment by testycool in "Boot Naked Linux"

testycool — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 18:32:27 +0000

"Butt Naked Linux" is how I read it.

I know it's off topic. I accept my downvotes.

New comment by testycool in "Inside FAISS: Billion-Scale Similarity Search"

testycool — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:32:04 +0000

Thanks to your comment I checked it out and loved it. Thanks.

New comment by testycool in "Gemini 3.5 Flash"

testycool — Wed, 20 May 2026 08:06:27 +0000

That made me subtly, yet audibly, laugh.

New comment by testycool in "Google changes its search box"

testycool — Wed, 20 May 2026 05:31:55 +0000

Agree. Felt the same way about the first video and wanted to leave a comment but wasn't sure if it's just a me problem.

New comment by testycool in "A Claude Code and Codex Skill for Deliberate Skill Development"

testycool — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:08:52 +0000

A sample output will give the user an idea of whether the project is worth their time.

New comment by testycool in "Cartoon Network Flash Games"

testycool — Fri, 08 May 2026 21:18:17 +0000

Was it called N or N++?

New comment by testycool in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

testycool — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:53:04 +0000

+1 also very interested

New comment by testycool in "Show HN: I built a 2-min quiz that shows you how bad you are at estimating"

testycool — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:39:31 +0000

I thought it was interesting, but don't appreciate having to give you my email to see full results.

I unsubscribe from mails that aren't useful to me day-to-day because they're distracting.

Other than that it seems like a cool idea. I'd recommend slightly bigger fonts. I often have this issue with Gemini.

  Brier Score: 0.216 (lower is better)
  Diagnosis: Overconfident

New comment by testycool in "AI singer now occupies eleven spots on iTunes singles chart"

testycool — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:06:26 +0000

I do care a lot what I listen to. It takes me while to find songs that I like.

Also I am not listening to AI generated music that I generate myself.

These are some channels whose music I like:

  - https://www.youtube.com/@EndlessTaverns
  - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAutomaticSinger

New comment by testycool in "AI singer now occupies eleven spots on iTunes singles chart"

testycool — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:40:09 +0000

I don't have strong opinions on whether the AI music I listen to is nerdcore or something else. Maybe I didn't use the correct term.

New comment by testycool in "AI singer now occupies eleven spots on iTunes singles chart"

testycool — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:38:24 +0000

It sounds great to me. AI-generated music is pretty popular with Warhammer 40k lore as well.

Also I tend to listen to songs for a few days, during which time I feel they're the best thing ever, which also helps with momentum during work.

After a few days I have to find other songs. Since AI music started getting more traction it's been way easier to find great songs.

I understand the criticisms of AI music, but that doesn't take away from the fact that for me and a growing number of people it sounds good.