Thank you!
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I really like using reader mode on substack so I was a bit worried if this was intentional or not
I think in my account got flagged because of three things
1. Age, it's a pretty recent account, I used to have another one that's like 8yo by now (if not more) but I lost access to that email (and I could've benefited from a username change, so I decided to create a new one)
2. I created this account using a VPN, I have a slight suspicion that it caused me to be soft-banned from the start, but I can't confirm
3. HN probably implemented more strict filtering due to the advance of LLMs
If I were to pinpoint on a exact cause I'd say it's more likely that 2 and 3 are contributing much more than 1
NGL, the quote below was a nice way to end the article giving all the data we have though
> So we may not know for sure what the Set animal is, [...] And maybe that’s exactly how a god of chaos within an ordered world would want it to be.
But sometimes I did wish I wasn't soft-banned, I remember that someone once asked for tips to learn English and I really wish they could've seen the ones I wrote cause they helped me a lot in the past x.x
In the same page there's some pictures & a video of the reanimated robot from 2008
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb7Ai8j_rx8
[0]: https://pinktentacle.com/2008/04/80-year-old-gakutensoku-rob...
In any case, I'm bookmarking this comment to search for the source of these quotes after work
I'm following your progress since I asked a similar "Ask HN" a couple of weeks ago, it's been interesting checking your (and Claude's) work/commits on https://github.com/VibiumDev/vibium/commits/main/
This is a new browser-testing library by the creator of selenium, apparently all code commits are co-authored by claude, I'm following this repo to see how far this strategy will go
I fell in love with the writing style of certain authors, like Stephen Crane, who managed to paint a vivid picture in your head with just a couple of sentences. I noticed that they used em dashes more frequently when compared to my native tongue, so since then I got the habit of doing the same in my writings.
When I learned that people created a link between them and LLMs I got a bit disappointed/sad inside, to prevent people assuming I'm using AI to talk to them I decided to decrease my usage of em dashes.
I still have the muscle memory of using u2014 to input an em dash whenever I feel appropriate but I erase it like you would fight an unconscious habit that you learned is no longer useful for you, like when you catch yourself biting your nails and stop it in the middle of the act.
Needless to say I really don't like this side effect of LLMs being so popular :(, but on the bright side it gave me the opportunity to consider that maybe I was used to using them too much
An analogy would be pressing delete on a file in your OS of choice, you can see the deleted file in the trash bin, but before it's moved there you'll be prompted for confirmation anyways (or in more modern OSes a notification/toast shows to let you indo the action if performed by accident)
btw on https://redo--fallofanempire.netlify.app/ the "Wishlist on Steam" link at the bottom of the page points to a different game "This Curse is Metal as Hell"
> The bad stuff comes from expecting 2x the work done with half the people. If the employer gives you time to code properly, read, revise, it's all great.
They made it clear they're expecting former than the latter. In one interview they stated they're building a lean team of elite devs who'll be able to work 12hrs shifts to deliver stuff asap using these Tools, which is why I wanted to see people's experiences of building projects solely with agentic AIs and how they manage to maintain them in the long run
1. I set up my phone to be on this language, I also try to consume as much as content possible in said language, so anytime you watch something on NF or YT try seeing if the same content is available in the 2nd language you'll use at work
2. I never, ever, plan or brainstorm anything using my native tongue, even outside of work. If I need to design or plan something I make sure to do it entirely in my 2nd language -- basically the gist is to get your brain used to _think_ in this language, the less you translate the more likely you'll be successful imo. Of course there's exceptions to this rule, are you writing a shopping list that needs to be shared with a family member? If so there's no point in doing that in a language they won't understand
3. Following up on #2, never translate words. If you stumble upon a word you haven't seen before try looking up its meaning using a dictionary in the 2nd language you're practicing instead of using google translate. You want to build the habit of understanding new concepts/meanings in your 2nd tongue as much as possible, because this is what will happen on your day-to-day at work, no one will translate alien/new concepts for you at work
4. I used to record myself and compare my pronunciation against native speakers reading the same content I just read, I don't do this anymore but it helped a lot in the past. You can use free books like the ones from the Gutenberg project for this, there's plenty of people narrating them on YT
5. If you don't have friends/people to practice your 2nd language try looking for a Discord server with voice channels in said tongue. I'm a book-case definition of an introvert/asocial person, but if I had not pushed myself to speak with strangers during my learning period I don't think I'd be successful in working with my 2nd language today.
6. Relax! My coworkers know that I'm not a native speaker, and when I'm struggling with something they often slow down their pace or try using simpler words/terms. Humans can be an ass sometimes, but ime in most occasions people will take the opportunity to help others when they can (esp. if there's nothing for them to lose). As I write this I recognize that I spend a good amount of my time volunteering and doing charity, maybe we are hard-wired in the brain to contribute back to others/society in any way we can?
> Anyone lived through this? How?
I think the "How?" can be answered by my tips above, as for some anecdotes once you get past your first few months of working in a 2nd language most of the stress/anxiety wanes down, if you're planning for accepting an opportunity where you'd have to speak another language I'd recommend you trying to talk to strangers as much as possible first.
The reasoning behind that advice is simple: if you can't hold conversations when there's nothing at stake then you need to practice more. Once you're in high stake situations you'll feel a slight hit to your speaking skills, it might be better to practice as much as possible first in a relaxed environment to see if you could handle having deep conversations in another tongue.
Unfortunately, the advice to talk to strangers is one of these things that are easier said than done, you'll need to build the skills to understand when a pen-pal or conversation is going to be productive or not. You want to prioritize having conversations with people who can stimulate growth in your 2nd tongue, e.g are their answers too short, or just basic yes/no? do they ask questions back to you? in your conversation are you exploring new topic/ideas? etc.
If you don't feel confident that a conversation is helping you with your long term goals then I'd advise stopping it and try looking for someone else to train with. The goal is not to make friends in this process but to create an environment where you can reserve about 1~2 hours of your day to extensively practice your 2nd tongue. For example the first time I played a TTRPG was over discord with random strangers in my 2nd tongue, I never played anything of the like before and it was an interesting experience to learn both the game and to have myself navigate in so many random scenarios using another language
In the past I migrated to PopOS mainly due to these two things:
1. I prefer flatpaks/system packages over snap[1], if you run `sudo apt install firefox` you'll get a snap application in Ubuntu, that for me is an anti-pattern from Canonical to force adoption of snaps.
2. I found some weird performance issues with my laptop when I installed Ubuntu, thankfully I managed to find a fix after hours of tinkering[2], but I was surprised I had to do these workarounds in the first place (I've been running linux as my main OS since I was a teenager and never had to do anything similar)
If gaming is your main goal I'd consider using something like Bazzite or CachyOS, these two distros will still serve you if you want to run work/office apps too, they just come preconfigured w/ a lot of gaming goodies (like steam and nvidia drivers oob) but won't get into your way if you plan to install other stuff.
[1] https://snapcraft.io/ [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1973434...