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135 karma · joined June 21, 2026

Hacker News is now censoring my main account (qarl) because, according to them, my writing sounds too much like AI and it makes people angry. I tried to explain this is a form of ad hominem, but then they got angry too and stopped talking to me.

I have created this new account so that I may continue to provide my legitimate (albeit unpopular) arguments and opinions.

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qarl2··on Elevated error rate across multiple models
My dude - if you're going to trust them then you're going to trust them.

You think it's hard to obfuscate shell calls from inside a built executable?

What it tells us is that you're probably searching for reasons to grouse about AI.

qarl2··on Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches
You understand that computer programs are deterministic unless someone explicitly injects non-determinism in them, right?

Even when they implement LLMs.

qarl2··on Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches
> no one made that claim!

You did not literally make that claim but your cost argument hinges on it.

Without it, then Claude does about the same as a human and only costs $100.

Apparently I'm reading your comments more thoroughly than you are.

qarl2··on Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches
Right. I am not claiming Claude Code creates perfect software. I am refuting your claim that using it would be cost prohibitive.

I took the 10 most difficult patches from the git history - the ones that took the most back-and-forth to fix. I asked Claude to write them. Would you like to see the work?

If you believe a human performs better at finding downstream effects - you need to prove that. I see no reason why it should be true.

qarl2··on Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches
I looked at the git history. The first three years were wasted waiting for a human to pick it up. He then very slowly submitted patches over 2 years.

Claude Code doesn't need to be interested to work.

qarl2··on Linux eliminates the strncpy API after six years of work, 360 patches
HackerNews is now censoring my replies. I did the math - all of these patches would have cost around $100.

Let's see if they'll let this account through.

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