jjgreen

10,386 karma · joined February 7, 2014

I live my life by the Latin dictum carpe diem: seize the carp.

https://jjg.gitlab.io/en/

jjgreenon [dead]

Perhaps you could link to some of your creations?

jjgreenon Why some US restaurants are banning tips

service compris

jjgreenon Was modern art a CIA psy-op? (2020)

For fun, ask a citizen of the Default Country where cars were invented ...

jjgreenon The Pavlov Scale of Phone Addiction

Missed one

- Level -1: No phone.

jjgreenon Where did all the public bathrooms go?

Then you need another piss

jjgreenon Zig’s Io.Threaded is neat

Favorite comment of the day; you do know it will get downvoted to crap right?

jjgreenon Is "AI slop" now the default response to every new project?

From your HN posting history, I clicked through to a few of the GH repos.

jjgreenon Is "AI slop" now the default response to every new project?

Out of interest, I see you've posted links to several of your projects -- are those vibe-coded?

jjgreenon "No Disc, No Buy" Is Bigger Than Sony Expected

"Please allow ads on this site. Click OK to learn more."

jjgreenon Cannabis addiction climbs fast while alcohol use disorder slowly declines

I might as well face it I'm addicted to love

jjgreenon Ask HN: Did I do the right thing using AI?

No, and it's too late to fix it now.

jjgreenon Anthropic just wrote a statement just to confirm all concerns about watermarking

Fair point

jjgreenon If A.I. Takes the Jobs of Young People, How Will They React?

With an unparalleled spree of entirely justified violence!

Or sit quietly looking at their phones.

One of those.

jjgreenon Ask HN: Is this the worst time to be human?

Looks like greed is causing miserable lives for everyone

True, but not exactly a new thing

jjgreenon Anthropic just wrote a statement just to confirm all concerns about watermarking

Xcancel was a godsend for a while, but now their captchas are now so onerous as to make the site useless. Pity we can't have nice things.

jjgreenon OpenAI rolling out ads for Europe later this month

Title: Europe privacy policy preview

jjgreenon Ask HN: Does AI watermarking present a new attack vector?

Exams, writing to your grandmother, surgery, ...

jjgreenon Ask HN: Does AI watermarking present a new attack vector?

Come now, this isn't about attack vectors, it's about you getting caught using LLMs where you shouldn't.

jjgreenon Ask HN: How much money do you spend monthly on subscriptions for AI models?

£0

jjgreenon An LLM-generated counterexample far outside one's area of expertise

Full title: What does one do when one accidentally stumbles upon an LLM-generated counterexample to a conjecture far outside one’s area of expertise

jjgreenon I hate packaging my software for Linux

    ./configure
    make
    sudo make install

jjgreenon England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C

Say that in Wales and the locals will stick a leek up your arse.

jjgreenon I was accused of using AI in my dissertation but I wrote it all myself

It could, but it wouldn't, LLM cheats are lazy, and that sounds too much like work.

jjgreenon I was accused of using AI in my dissertation but I wrote it all myself

Just show them your hand-written initial draft

jjgreenon Don't use your phone while you poop

Odd that sloths spend their life in the trees except when they climb down to have a crap.

jjgreenon 99% of My Website Traffic Is Bots

Load-bearing

jjgreenon U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

an LLM was able to confirm

Bless

jjgreenon Anyone Looking for a Go Dev?

Try https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49156682

jjgreenon Advert banned for glamorising smoking – BBC shows it

Otherwise please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

jjgreenon Advert banned for glamorising smoking – BBC shows it

Actual title: Fashion brand Jaded has ad banned for 'glamorising smoking'