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Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH?

I'm trying to submit my 3 year old, non AIslop FOSS project to Show NH but I'm hit with the following error message:

>We're temporarily restricting Show HNs because of a massive influx, mostly by users who aren't yet familiar with the site or its culture.

>You're welcome on HN! Take some time to get to know the community, become a good contributor, and then it will be fine to post an occasional Show HN.

What's the minimum age threshold, then?

( 27 comments | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by andsoitis on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:01AM (#50379941)
Forget age, contribute insightful, productive comments: in other words participate in the committee rather than try promote your thing. The latter can follow later.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:06AM (#50380010)
The problem with this is I'm searching like crazy for relevant posts, then I see some, I post on them, but I feel like I'm inflating HN with non-important posts specifically for the point of being able to show off my thing. I feel like I'm diluting HN because I'm a person who only speaks when I have something to say. I don't like forcing myself to comment on every post that I can say something on because it feels like I'm just adding noise not signal.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:01AM (#50379954)
Same question. I've been working 14 hours a day for 3 months on something and I'm finally ready to show it.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by ihateaislop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:09AM (#50380054)
Ngl though I checked your profile and your project is 0 value aislop
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:18AM (#50380184)
Are you talking to me? I have a 80b model running on an 8gb mac with unlimited context window, ingesting 1.5mb files in 10 seconds and able to digest and talk about them with zero lag. I used AI on a lot of if but if you're saying it doesn't work as described you're a fool
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by ihateaislop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:25AM (#50380266)
I didn't say it doesn't work; I said it doesn't add value. There's billions of local slop models.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:28AM (#50380307)
my work stands on it's own. If you're dumb enough to overlook it that's on you.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by ihateaislop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:28AM (#50380318)
Your work? You mean AI's?
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:37AM (#50380456)
Opinions are like assholes, and I'm sure you have a reputation of dismissing everything without looking at it. I'm done with you because I have actual work to do. Seriously tho, what have you done? I'm not taking an ounce of your opinion until I see your work/projects.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by ihateaislop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:38AM (#50380475)
> I'm done with you because I have actual work to do

Claude or GPT?

Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:40AM (#50380502)
Qwen 125b a6b with consultation with an 80b a3b model using a recurring loop. The whole point of the project is to get off the cloud, which is noble in itself-- running on my own custom daemon I might add
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by ihateaislop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:55AM (#50380716)
>which is noble in itself-- running on my own custom daemon I might add >-- LMAO did you write this with AI?
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:43AM (#50380532)
Still waiting for your link to your work
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:01AM (#50380802)
I've been writing chose your own adventure games in basic (if "y" then line 20) since I was 9 years old on an TRS 80 in 1988. I know code. AI makes shit sooo much faster. I never went to school because I never had support, but that doesn't make me less capable.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by ihateaislop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:03AM (#50380832)
You can't even properly follow a conversation thread on hackernews, your "capabilities" are dubious at best.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:02AM (#50380820)
Still waiting for a link to your work
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:34AM (#50381201)
Last thing to say. not to this dick but to the people feeling guilty about using AI for coding. AI Coding is here. It's a genie that's not going back in the bottle. If you're not using it as a tool you're obsolete. You can sit in the corner writing code by yourself for 14 hours for a basic calculator app and feel proud about it because you built it all by yourself. No one will care. AI can make that app in 10 seconds. While you're sitting there feeling superior people will be making impossible things and leaving you in the dust with your calculator app. If you want to see what's possible: Yanahchat.com
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by ihateaislop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:07PM (#50381577)
Your generic vibecoded slop has 0 value.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:47PM (#50382036)
I'm actually glad I got you as the first response. It taught me something. I can't care about stuff like this. If anyone trolls me again I'll just post the github instead of calling the troll a dick or an asshole. Why point out the obvious? :)
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:12PM (#50381639)
https://github.com/giovanniwants/Yanah/releases/tag/v0.2.1 run that through ai and see what it says.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by ihateaislop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:41PM (#50381967)
Absolute cringe
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @11:03AM (#50380837)
Also Zero more replies to you unless you look at the code and criticise an aspect of it, and don't roast me on non cleaned up code because I'm going for speed and functionality over a clean workspace
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by dang on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:59PM (#50382175)
Please don't respond to a bad comment by breaking the site guidelines yourself. That only makes things worse.

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

Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:33AM (#50380396)
Not sure why "reply" is not an option on your last reply, but no, It's my work. 14 hours a day for 3 months is my work. I give zero fucks about your opinion on my methods. Again, my work stands on it's own.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by ihateaislop on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:34AM (#50380425)
Asking a LLM 14 hours a day for 3 months is hardly work. And my point is that your little LLM slop project doesn't fill a niche, it's just generic local slop, I'd hardly say it's deserving of a 'SHOW NH' post.
Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by dang on Thursday November 05, 2026 @12:58PM (#50382168)
There's a more fundamental problem to deal with first: your HN comments have been breaking the site guidelines so badly that we've banned the account. You simply can't attack other users here the way you've been doing.

If you want to review the site rules at https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and build up a track record of participating in the community respectfully, that would be the way forward.

Re:Ask HN: What's the account age threshold to submit Show NH? by giovanniwants on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:26PM (#50383275)
I see what this site is. You can have it. FUUUUUck this. I kiss no ring in order to give you a gift.