News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

josephjrobison

AI is certainly becoming the ultimate middleman at this point.
Re:There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis on Tuesday September 08, 2026 @02:04AM (#49606062)
The bar has been raised on all web content for Google to index, esp new domains like you say but even some subdomains.

That answer is quality content (higher than AI or human medians), links and pr and social activity and mentions, and then user experience.

Re:The entire city of San Francisco as a video game on Monday August 24, 2026 @08:48PM (#49427798)
Haha just walked - is a glider possible?
Re:The entire city of San Francisco as a video game on Monday August 24, 2026 @02:05PM (#49423652)
Very amazing. And this is the worst it will ever be. We'll soon be exploring 4k versions of this and we can open every trash can in Tunis. Fascinating. Had a lot of fun (tedious tho) going out to Alcatraz and figuring out how to get in.
Congrats to India - please catch up to China. Regards, the west.
Grokipedia would like a word
The real gold is content created before the internet!
Re:Tai Lopez charged by SEC in ponzi scheme on Monday September 29, 2025 @02:03AM (#45410749)
This is an example of the fact that while only 1% would watch the whole thing, they just raised their hands as the marks, to be worked on through the whole funnel.
Re:Boring Work Needs Tension on Monday September 15, 2025 @04:06PM (#45254313)
I always find fun and comfort in imaging my work as part of the lore of a medieval saga. Think of being a character in Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones - no matter how big or small - and the role your actions play in the larger story. Side quests are welcome.

What's working for startup growth in 2025?

This is just a general discussion based on this YC tweet https://x.com/ycombinator/status/1966205098595336447?s=46Where do YC startups go to for growth guidance online? Is the secret behind closed doors?Every startup is unique but would love to hear what’s working or what the highest quality sources of ideas is!

( Read More... | no comments | on HN )
Crazy how it used to be paywalled and they didn’t event make any money off of it!

Thanks for releasing this, it’s important to unleash government information that we’ve paid for as tax payers, especially if there’s 0 risk to national security.

In this case I may be missing something on enemy military missions to extract cyanide from rare American apples and use it against us.

Re:AI Stands for Artificial Inanity on Tuesday August 05, 2025 @12:24PM (#44800134)
Like everybody, I waffle back and forth, depending on the day and the project.

I have so many bundled-up ideas for content in my head, but I can never find time to get them out. In addition, I hate wasting time on building tables, formatting text, etc. There's a reason that a lot of busy CEOs don't hand-write blog posts, but will go on podcasts, video, and conferences, and spend hours there. The reason is that the communication speed is much faster talking and being interviewed. All that to say is that via a combination of transcription and AI-powered formatting, that's an area where LLMs can really help.

I do think LLMs + search is more helpful than a Google Search. Clicking through all the links for you and bundling it together is a much better experience and truthfully it finds and surfaces ideas and content that a normal search just doesn't, or it takes the user going to the 4th page to get there.

Third, entertainment. We often find ourselves deep in a doomscroll looking at images and video - on Instagram, TikTok, whatever. If AI can produce entertaining imagery and video for the pure goal of decompressing and relaxing after a long day out at the oil fields or as a janitor at the elderly care home, then there's value there. Sure it may not be beautiful art like an Oscar-winning film, but is it worse than reality TV? Even better is those who enjoy the creativity of seeing images from their mind produced vividly via something like Midjourney.

So all that being said, that's where I'm seeing the value.

But I totally agree with the author - if I have a team member that puts work in front of me that's supposed to be well done, and it's obviusly GPT-generated, that's an issue - unless we agreed on it.

The point of doing good work a lot of times means doing something new and creative. If it's AI-generated, there still has to be the human touch. I could go on - we all have perspectives here - but I'll stop there!

That immediately came to mind as well. Kind of like Nikita and his apps!
Re:Canada's maple syrup reserve hits 16-year low on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @12:28PM (#39841297)
If jokes are allowed on HN still…this is Canada’s version of the U.S. Strategic Oil Reserve right?
Re:Show HN: Fake or real? Try our AI image detector on Monday March 18, 2024 @03:22PM (#39748782)
Shows the Kate Middleton photo as 90% real, 10% AI - https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/npww1z7n9su7qgx410qgp/Screens... - the source may have tested it and thought 90% was good enough...
Re:Gemini Ultra now available in Google Bard on Thursday February 08, 2024 @08:13PM (#39310156)
The alliteration beauty of Google Gemini cannot be denied.

Older »