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I loved it. Since i was a child i have something with skylines in general that i can't explain (be it real or not). it's like a nostalgic/depressive feeling in a good and weird way. i also have a similar and weird thing with liminal spaces [0]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminal_space

honestly asking, whats the point of measuring time to first, etc. PR when it is all done by AI these days?

That might be of interest: https://ntsc.rs/

Exactly. And I didn't see anyone here talking about QuakeWorld, which changed the gaming experience in an unmatched way.

Well put. and It's funny to see the disdain after 30 years, after all the money they made from the game.

Yesterday, John Romero did a historic livestream on his Twitch channel. He played through a few maps while sharing details about the origins of Quake, design decisions, how Nine Inch Nails ended up doing the soundtrack, and a lot of rich information for fans of the game, at least for me, since I still play QW to this day and didn't know any of this.

But one thing I notice about Romero, or maybe I’m just imagining it, is that he doesnt seem to have anywhere near the same affection for Quake as he does for Doom. Maybe the internal issues back then had something to do with it.

Yes. Quake 3, "rebranded" as Quake Live, is the second best for me. I can play both for hours.

I still play quake (world) to this day. I just can't quit it.

congrats! I wish I could make a living of art again, music production in my case.

Because being a dev in 2026 is becoming unbearable.

How can I learn the practical side of computer vision in 2026?

I'm not interested in understanding papers or the math behind it, but rather in how to put a system into production, whether it's object detection, running 20 cameras in parallel on a single computer, like sizing hardware for a specific task, and so on.

Any tips?

I remember that when I was learning SQL, I felt like I was gaining a new way, or perspective, to think about other things in life.

I think you end up exercising how to structure your thoughts.

Isn't 20+ grams a day a lot for the kidneys? genuine question

The top one reason I want to retire so bad is because of useless meetings and calls. I had a boss for 6 months that would call me randomly during the day "just to check how things are going", I mean wtf.

But as I age, I see that there are people out there that NEED to talk and to speak to other people. And of course, you have those doing micromanagement.

i'm creating (another) learning platform so people with no background in tech can learn sql and python for data analysis

or go for moodymann!

While I agree, I can't deny that AI is doing the job most of the time. But the hunt for the supreme productivity feels disgusting sometimes.

I completely understand.

We're in a phase where founders are obsessed with productivity so everything seens to work just fine and as intended with few slops.

They're racing to be as productive as possible so we can get who knows where.

There are times when I honestly don't even know why we're automating certain tasks anymore.

In the past, we had the option of saying we didn't know something, especially when it was an area we didn't want to know about. Today, we no longer have that option, because knowledge is just a prompt away. So you end up doing front-end work for a backend application you just built, even though your role was supposed to be completely different.

Funny that this is on the front page of HN. I’m currently attending a 3 day in person immersive course at a university. For what applications are you guys using it for? Curious about the potential

Calling LLMs "intelligent" is not a neutral technical description, because in the end it carries strong anthropomorphic implications that shape how users interpret and trust all these systems.

Remember that decades of research in human computer interaction show that framing and interface design strongly influence user perception.

also disclaimers do little to counteract this effect. Because LLMs simulate linguistic competence without understanding or truth-tracking mechanisms, marketing them as intelligent risks systematically misleading users about their capabilities and limitations.

> Why should the use of AI tools be any different?

Because none of the tools you mentioned are crazily marketed as intelligent

You have a valid point, but it has nothing to do with what I said, both our arguments can be true at the same time

I think it’s already time for us to stop calling these things "intelligent" or using the word intelligence when referring to LLMs. These tools are very dangerous for people who are mentally fragile.

probably according to marketing and not limited to hallucination

I have almost a spiritual experience when I go to vinyl record shop around the globe, it is a rare moment where I feel present and don't feel the time passing by. I also like to connect with people looking around for records and to know their background. Apps can't replace any of that.

Well, different people, with different backgrounds, have very different perspectives, feelings, and standards when it comes to the world of work. I’ve also had a physical shit job before, and I don’t want to go back to it at all, and between that and being a developer, I'd obviously rather be a developer. But that doesn't rule out the possibility of wanting a different kind of profession. the current state of things just isn't good. the fact that it's one of the few types of work that still pays well makes it seem like this 'privilege' is often used as an excuse for all kinds of wrongdoing.

Yes, I totally feel you, exactly my case.

But I have no idea what to do next, because being a dev is already my 2nd profession, but my enthusiasm is going down hill these days.

it's so useful, specially to teach SQL, congrats, keep doing it!

Yes! I remember it, it was around 1997/98, I was a kid and couldn't believe a game like that could exist lol! it was so crazy for that time

every day there's a thread about this topic and the discussions always circle around the same arguments.

I think we should be worrying about more urgent things, like a worker doing the job of three people with ai agents, the mental load that comes with that, how much of the disruption caused by ai will disproportionately benefit owners rather than employees, and so on.

The big issue I see coming is that leadership will care less and less about people, and more about shipping features faster and faster. In other words, those that are still learning their craft are fucked up.

The amount of context switching in my day-to-day work has become insane. There's this culture of “everyone should be able to do everything” (within reason, sure), but in practice it means a data scientist is expected to touch infra code if needed.

Underneath it all is an unspoken assumption that people will just lean on LLMs to make this work.

>> Books are disappearing from our culture, and so are our capacities for complex and rational thought.

are they? maybe it's a cultural thing or maybe the author's perspective is from 1st world countries. here where I live ppl can't stand reading books on digital devices (not counting tech bros in my N)