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Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by mtucker502 on Thursday April 30, 2026 @11:56PM (#47971153)
Every reply by OP sounds like AI.
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by bugufu8f83 on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:16AM (#47971235)
Yes, looking at their profile it does look that way for all their contributions on HN. Ctrl+F "real" and Ctrl+F "genuine" as one quick indicator--AI absolutely loves these adjectives and their forms right now.
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by kernalix7 on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:20AM (#47971257)
The Korean intent is mine, but I run it through an LLM to phrase in English. That's where the pattern comes from. Will skip the LLM step from here.
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by tomhow on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:26AM (#47971286)
It's against the guidelines to do this. The community much prefers you write in your own voice, even if your English is imperfect.

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

Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by rickydroll on Friday May 01, 2026 @01:19AM (#47971527)
Output from speech recognition, (Aqua).

Is Grammarly considered AI or not? I use Grammarly heavily because I use speech recognition in a stream of consciousness mode. It catches misrecognitions and language where I thought the right word but said a different one.

The below is the above once through Grammarly and a couple of written-by-me substitutions.

Is Grammarly considered AI or not? I use Grammarly heavily because I use Aqua speech recognition in a stream-of-consciousness mode. It catches misrecognitions and language where I thought the right word but said the wrong one.

Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by tomhow on Friday May 01, 2026 @01:40AM (#47971607)
It’s the reaction of the audience that matters, not what happened on your device that nobody can see.

If the writing ends up being the same as what you would produce if you carefully edited it yourself, it will be well received.

If it shows any signs of being machine-generated rather than human-authored, the audience will sense it and react negatively.

We advise against copy+pasting any generated text into HN. If you think there’s some fuzziness around the definition of “generated”, well, see what happens.

Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by kernalix7 on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:30AM (#47971310)
God it, i ll follow the guidelines, Thanks for the pointer. Apologies..
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by swaits on Friday May 01, 2026 @02:27AM (#47971804)
You do you. There’s nothing wrong with AI. It’s here to stay. It’s really good now, and yet it is presently the worst it will ever be, by far.

Just tell your model to speak more casually, more conversationally, and more like it’s human written. Tell it to avoid any “AI tells,” most of which are BS anyway.

If people accuse you of using AI, ignore them.

Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by copper-float on Friday May 01, 2026 @03:31AM (#47972130)
This is a bad idea. AI is junk.
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by thunderbong on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:22AM (#47971263)
And "fair"
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by selfhoster11 on Friday May 01, 2026 @02:34AM (#47971826)
I use both of these and I don't think I've once had an LLM rewrite my comment before posting it on HN.
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by Zetaphor on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:15AM (#47971231)
Terse sentences? This is how I naturally write and think out loud and I assure you I'm not an LLM
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by kernalix7 on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:15AM (#47971229)
Fair, English isn't my first language and I've been leaning on tooling. I'll dial it back.
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by trollbridge on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:29AM (#47971304)
English-as-a-second language is very much welcome here--your grammar/spelling do not need to be perfect. Just try your best.
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by kernalix7 on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:32AM (#47971322)
Thanks for your opinion, i ll try my best!
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by livinglist on Friday May 01, 2026 @02:35AM (#47971837)
This is nice!!
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by faangguyindia on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:21AM (#47971260)
On Mac, you can select a text you write, right click > Writing tools, which uses AI to rewrite and proofread.
Re:Show HN: Winpodx – run Windows apps on Linux as native wi... by odie5533 on Friday May 01, 2026 @12:27AM (#47971294)
Fair hit, though I'd like to push back slightly