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New comment by whoisthemachine in "The 'papers, please' era of the internet will decimate your privacy"

whoisthemachine — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:30:12 +0000

Yeah this is a basic problem that's been solved since the advent of PGP. As many other posters have said, this isn't about age verification.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "Colonization of Venus"

whoisthemachine — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:26:00 +0000

If only Venus had a moon like ours to encourage rotation.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "LLMs can be exhausting"

whoisthemachine — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 02:02:56 +0000

I pronounce it language models or chat bots.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "I'm helping my dog vibe code games"

whoisthemachine — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:25:10 +0000

This is amazing. Like circus animals jumping through hoops.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "Writing code is cheap now"

whoisthemachine — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:44:51 +0000

> compute shall keep getting cheaper as it's always been since 60 years or something

past success is not a strong indicator for future success.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "Writing code is cheap now"

whoisthemachine — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:40:32 +0000

Then just start rubber-stamping their code. Say you "vibe" read it.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "Halt and Catch Fire: TV’s best drama you’ve probably never heard of (2021)"

whoisthemachine — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 04:53:02 +0000

Where can one even find the seasons? I only found season 1 on Blu-ray.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "IBM tripling entry-level jobs after finding the limits of AI adoption"

whoisthemachine — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:43:05 +0000

Sounds like we're finally doing agile.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "LLMs as the new high level language"

whoisthemachine — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:18:21 +0000

Sure, but surely you expect a `func add(a, b) { return a + b; }` to actually produce a + b, in whatever way it finds best? And if it doesn't, you can reproduce the error, and file a bug? And then someone can fix that bug?

New comment by whoisthemachine in "LLMs as the new high level language"

whoisthemachine — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:14:03 +0000

Ok, but we treat them as bugs that we can reproduce and assume that they are solvable? We don't just assume that it's intrinsic to the compiler that it must have bugs, and that they will occur in random, non-deterministic ways?

New comment by whoisthemachine in "LLMs as the new high level language"

whoisthemachine — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:37:36 +0000

Do these compilers sometimes give correct instructions and sometimes incorrect instructions for the same higher level code, and it's considered an intrinsic part of the compiler that you just have to deal with? Because otherwise this argument is bunk.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "LLMs as the new high level language"

whoisthemachine — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:32:46 +0000

Computer memory, even cheap consumer grade stuff, has much higher reliability than 90%. Otherwise your computer would be completely unusable!

New comment by whoisthemachine in "How to effectively write quality code with AI"

whoisthemachine — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 14:36:50 +0000

What is the ratio of Markdown to Code with these agents? How readable is the Markdown after you've finished using it to develop your plan? How much time does it take to review code so closely vs. writing it yourself in the first place?

New comment by whoisthemachine in "How to effectively write quality code with AI"

whoisthemachine — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 14:26:33 +0000

You don't have to. How else are the new hires going to learn the downsides of outputting so much unreadable BS?

New comment by whoisthemachine in "How to effectively write quality code with AI"

whoisthemachine — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 14:17:30 +0000

It's almost like programming via markdown.

New comment by whoisthemachine in "Wirth's Revenge"

whoisthemachine — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 14:23:06 +0000

Lots of good thoughts in here.

> You can ask an AI what 2 * 3 is and for the low price of several seconds of waiting, a few milliliters of water and enough power to watch 5% of a TikTok video on a television, it will tell you.

This might be what many of the companies that host and sell time with an LLM want you to do, however. Go ahead, drive that monster truck one mile to pickup fast food! The more that's consumed, the more money that goes in the pockets of those companies....

> The instincts are for people to get the AI to do work for them, not to learn from the AI how to do the work themselves.

Improviny my own learning is one of the few things I find beneficial with LLMs!

Show HN: Delegation/Mixins C# Source Generators Library

whoisthemachine — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:54:50 +0000

Adopt the implementations of members in your class and embrace delegation, composition over inheritance, and mix-in style coding in C#.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46765653

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Easy Delegation with C# Source Generators Library

whoisthemachine — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 01:57:17 +0000

Article URL: https://davidvedvick.info/notes/2026/01/21/source-generators-easy-delegation-c-sharp

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46714262

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by whoisthemachine in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

whoisthemachine — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 21:59:50 +0000

If you're ever confused by Don's actions, just remember: all he cares about is gaining more wealth (and power if possible). This was done to enrich Don and the oil barons who funded his campaign.

[0] https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/09/trump-asks-oil-exec...

New comment by whoisthemachine in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

whoisthemachine — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 15:21:21 +0000

Maybe Trump captured Maduro just so he could pardon him? This would be a joke but comedy died when that man was elected, and this might actually be the case.