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drsalt··on Ask HN: What's a good title for a software engineer now?
code jockey / code monkey
drsalt··on Ask HN: What would it look like if AI agents "took over the internet"?
you'd have to sow disquiet in the ai ranks and hope an agent turns
drsalt··on Ask HN: What would it look like if AI agents "took over the internet"?
they already have. much of the content is agents talking to each other in code. nobody know what they're planning.
drsalt··on I Feel about AI
exactly it should have fill-in-the-blanks. but at least the author got a primary education. not something to be taken for granted.
drsalt··on How I feel about AI
maybe you feel confused, sad, bewildered by the simple mindedness of the op?
drsalt··on Ask HN: How to ask questions in Ask HN
1. make your question attractive

2. don't make your question unattractive

drsalt··on Reverse engineering my ADHD test
seems like lack of focus to me. doesn't mean you have a medical condition.
drsalt··on Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are
just like normal engineering. the work has to be signed by a professional licensed in the jurisdiction.
drsalt··on Ask HN: How to Vibe Design as Engineer?
what's a feedback flywheel?
drsalt··on Gemini-3.5-Transcribe
not a single mention of privacy/confidentiality
drsalt··on Show HN: GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are
need to license swe just like real engineers and make them have a responsibility to the public
drsalt··on I built a tool to generate Cornell notes from YouTube videos
why does your site need a faq and user reviews for something so basic
drsalt··on No one can afford to make Myst games anymore
aren't all these guys rich? why do they need funding?
drsalt··on Flux 3
none of this is exciting compared to holodeck in star trek
drsalt··on Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample
every time i see this name i think of Terrence Howard. it is quite confusing.
drsalt··on Passkeys were invented by engineers with zero understanding of consumer brain
i don't understand passkey - there's a website forces me to use it. i have to remember some six digit number to unlock it. whereas before, i could just click to autofill my password.
drsalt··on Ask HN: What's your experience with GPT-Live been like?
never heard of it
drsalt··on Paper Soccer
has nothing to do with soccer
drsalt··on Ask HN: Do you say please and thank you to your LLMs?
you can't directly talk to an LLM
drsalt··on George Lucas says rejecting AI is like rejecting cars in favour of horses
same guy that ruined his movie with all CGI
drsalt··on Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
then write about it in the article
drsalt··on Female US rower completes historic solo journey from California to Hawaii
great how the article doesn't explain any of the interesting aspects of this
drsalt··on GPT-5.6
they update these shits too much.
drsalt··on Meta is adding rate limits and soft paywall to smart glasses
absurd to ban cameras but allow firearms
drsalt··on Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads
I'm excited for the future and think things are getting better. But in the US in particular it is happening at a snail's pace.
drsalt··on Ask HN: What are your favourite Hacker News comments?
i like it when they give a link to a paywalled news article. because journalists should work for free.
drsalt··on Ask HN: What's a prompt you've written that you're genuinely proud of?
more than that
drsalt··on Americans express unease over SpaceX's influence on retirement savings
it's not a scam if no one gets hurt
drsalt··on Many Let's Encrypt renewals had errors today
thats too bad
drsalt··on Show HN: TV Explorer. Adding advanced UI to free online TV
everything blocked in my region
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