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Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by maxdo on Friday November 07, 2025 @12:01PM (#45848451)
I’m doing most complicated projects I ever work , I would not even try to implement them without AI. My brain is exploding of complexity every time , I passively learn lots of topics I only had a vague understanding in the past
Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by tharne on Friday November 07, 2025 @12:15PM (#45848582)
> I’m doing most complicated projects I ever work , I would not even try to implement them without AI. My brain is exploding of complexity every time , I passively learn lots of topics I only had a vague understanding in the past

This sentence is very poorly written and ironically is undermining the very case you're trying to make.

Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by sdwr on Friday November 07, 2025 @12:22PM (#45848651)
It's pretty clearly not a native English speaker
Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by tharne on Friday November 07, 2025 @12:25PM (#45848684)
That's fine; I wasn't referring to the academic quality the grammar. It's the ideas themselves that are muddled and unclear. Proficiency in given language and the ability to express oneself clearly are not as related as we typically think they are.

I know plenty of folks with poor English who are nonetheless very clear and concise when it comes to expressing their thoughts in English. I also know many native English speakers who, despite being proficient in the language, cannot express a lot their ideas clearly or concisely.

Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by Nightloaf on Friday November 07, 2025 @03:52PM (#45850981)
The ideas seem fairly clear to me. They're working on projects that are much more complex than what they were able to approach before, and they're able to dive into topics that were previously out of reach because of AI assistance. The grammar may not be perfect, but the point is understandable.

If you want to give feedback, the Hacker News guidelines encourage responding to the strongest interpretation of someone's argument. Instead of criticizing the way something is written, you could rewrite it in a clearer form to demonstrate what you mean. That way it's constructive, and they have something to learn from.

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

Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by tharne on Sunday November 09, 2025 @10:23AM (#45866196)
> The ideas seem fairly clear to me.

>> My brain is exploding of complexity every time

So very clear :)

Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by kjkjadksj on Friday November 07, 2025 @01:45PM (#45849523)
What language has a space preceding commas?
Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by xanderlewis on Friday November 07, 2025 @02:49PM (#45850282)
...good question. This (standard) excuse is designed to make you feel bad for potentially insulting someone trying their hardest, but it doesn't make any sense.
Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by rekado on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @08:50AM (#45887242)
Chinese. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_punctuation

Chinese uses different symbols for punctuation and the comma in particular is surrounded by padding.

Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by moravak1984 on Friday November 07, 2025 @12:28PM (#45848722)
You could add writing to that list of topics...
Re:A.I. and Social Media Contribute to 'Brain Rot' by Nightloaf on Friday November 07, 2025 @03:55PM (#45851006)
Could you focus on contributing something meaningful to the discussion instead of adding snarky insults?

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