Hacker News: vsuperpower2020

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Anti-aging molecule successfully restores multiple markers of youth"

vsuperpower2020 — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 10:12:27 +0000

Great, now communists are going after longer lifespans again.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Open-LLM performances are plateauing"

vsuperpower2020 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 22:05:25 +0000

A lot of companies were betting billions on exponential growth, or at least hoping that 2024 wouldn't be when AI performance starts to converge. Language models are still glorified chatbot that can't be taken seriously, and are more of a liability than anything useful. Remember Air Canada being on the hook for the incorrect information its chatbot gave? They tried to contest it, lost, and removed the bot from their site.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Bytecode Breakdown: Unraveling Factorio's Lua Security Flaws"

vsuperpower2020 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 21:00:12 +0000

Code practices? Factorio is one of the most well programmed, stable, and consistent piece of software I've ever seen. It's almost a shame to see skilled people work in games because of how desperately other fields need people who are good at programming.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Bytecode Breakdown: Unraveling Factorio's Lua Security Flaws"

vsuperpower2020 — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 20:57:39 +0000

When you're talking about security, adding a bunch of config flags for users is never a good idea. Most users aren't going to understand what it does, and like others mentioned, there's too many reasons to turn it on.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Python grapples with Apple App Store rejections"

vsuperpower2020 — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 06:17:39 +0000

Okay?

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Python grapples with Apple App Store rejections"

vsuperpower2020 — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 04:12:58 +0000

This is usually caused by their machine learning virus scanner. For some reason it determines basically anything that you compile yourself to be a virus. Can't miss a virus if you call everything a virus, I guess.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Misconceptions about loops in C"

vsuperpower2020 — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:26:43 +0000

I never understood anyone who used such strong language like "beauty" when talking about something mundane like recursion. I suspect it's just in-group language like how a cult understands the meaning of their own words, while to outsiders it would appear nonsensical. I have seen other groups appropriate the word "beauty" too, like people who chronically overeat.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Uber Is Locking Out NYC Drivers Mid-Shift to Lower Minimum Pay"

vsuperpower2020 — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:50:38 +0000

Miraculously, the US has managed to achieve positive gdp growth and a rapidly declining standard of living.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Uber Is Locking Out NYC Drivers Mid-Shift to Lower Minimum Pay"

vsuperpower2020 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 22:57:30 +0000

You're very confident about this, aren't you?

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "LINQPad – The .NET Programmer's Playground"

vsuperpower2020 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:15:12 +0000

I don't bother making anything run on linux unless it's meant to run as a service. It's just not worth the time and trouble to test it on multiple operating systems, probably with different libraries, just for what is a very vocal minority.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "I am using AI to drop hats outside my window onto New Yorkers"

vsuperpower2020 — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 01:04:55 +0000

Ahh, the constant war between obviously bullshit articles and comments who didn't even look at the article they're commenting on.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Ruby: A great language for shell scripts"

vsuperpower2020 — Sun, 23 Jun 2024 10:24:12 +0000

Why do you choose to write in a snarky way? Why does that make you glad? Why does this make you energetic?

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Spending 3 months investigating a 7-year old bug and fixing it in 1 line of code"

vsuperpower2020 — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:37:13 +0000

For me, "senior" just counts the amount of time they've been doing something. If someone isn't very good at something after putting ten thousand hours into it, they just might work at microsoft.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "Proposed ballot measure to raise corporate taxes, give every Oregonian $750/year"

vsuperpower2020 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 09:14:16 +0000

I'll take the free money but I fully expect to have to move to another state once this proves unsustainable. Washington is close and has no state income tax.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "U.S. home prices have far outpaced paychecks. See what it looks like"

vsuperpower2020 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 07:11:44 +0000

That's part of what makes it greed. People regularly lose money in the pursuit of more money. I have seen houses go unrented for ages because owners refuse to accept that their worthless shack in the middle of nowhere is not worth what it used to be.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "U.S. home prices have far outpaced paychecks. See what it looks like"

vsuperpower2020 — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 06:15:51 +0000

Where did you hear that house prices are expensive because the "earth is full"? Did you notice that housing prices doubled and almost tripled in the last 4 years alone?

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations"

vsuperpower2020 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 01:06:26 +0000

Alright, now that you've got your big boy pants on, I have a bridge to sell you.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "FTC sues Adobe for hiding fees and inhibiting cancellations"

vsuperpower2020 — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:57:24 +0000

It seems like almost half the discussion on this godforsaken website is midwits picking specific words to argue over for no apparent reason. My favorite activation phrases is "AIs can hallucinate and make mistakes."

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "DJI ban passes the House and moves on to the Senate"

vsuperpower2020 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:40:33 +0000

No doubt.

New comment by vsuperpower2020 in "DJI ban passes the House and moves on to the Senate"

vsuperpower2020 — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:18:15 +0000

I'm not going to miss drones. Too many drone operators abused them to violate peoples expectation of quiet or privacy, or to harass animals, and were ignored or outright supported by other users. Laws restricting specific areas or behavior are extremely hard to enforce compared to an outright ban.

The most common defense was violating your privacy wasn't technically illegal. Well, now that it is going to become illegal, don't expect my support. This should serve as a reminder to people with niche hobbies not to make everyone hate you.