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> But it's not going to do that. It's literally designed to give the best and most accurate answer that it can.

This is not true. This is not how LLM's work. They have no concept of accuracy or "best".

Re:Ferrari Luce – Designed with Jony Ive on Sunday May 31, 2026 @03:58PM (#48349175)
The inside and outside of Luce is ugly and both depart from traditional Ferrari styling. I don't know why it matters what they are known for.
Re:Ferrari Luce – Designed with Jony Ive on Monday May 25, 2026 @05:19PM (#48271802)
As a lifelong fan of Ferrari, I find both the interior and exterior hideous.
Re:Bun support is now limited and deprecated on Friday May 22, 2026 @04:44PM (#48241388)
They did not write the rust code. AI wrote that code. Your response is side stepping the primary issue people have with the rewrite: no human has read and understood all the code AI wrote.
Re:Googlebook on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @04:02PM (#48113677)
In the real world, Chromebooks are excellent candidates to install Linux. They are highly compatible, low power, excellent size/weight, and run great. You don't sound like a person who has any real world experience with this topic despite the authoritative tone in your responses.
Re:Googlebook on Tuesday May 12, 2026 @02:21PM (#48112208)
AI mouse pointer is definitely not something I wanted to think about today. A recent HN post implored vibe coders not to modify the mouse pointer and now we get this from Google.
> The effects of social media usage are surely reversible by stopping using it and then some retraining of the brain

This is a reasonable, but optimistic take. The effects of social media on developing brains will need to be studied to be sure the effects are reversible. Furthermore, how extensive is the damage and how long does it take to reverse? Are older people less likely to recover?

The longer the manager is out of the game, the harder it is to return to the game. Returning to the game takes time. Depending on age and income, returning to the game may be impossible for some people over time.
Re:Photoshop's challenges with focus, pt. 2 on Thursday May 07, 2026 @01:52PM (#48052520)
We are not talking about perfection. We are talking about breaking a stable piece of software and affecting people's muscle memory with minimal upside to users. People provide for their families with Photoshop. It is unacceptable to push a change that impacts millions of people and then throw your hands up in the air and claim that this is all inevitable because perfection is impossible.

If this was a startup or new software finding a market fit it would be different. This is industry standard, professional software that impacts livelihoods. More thought should go into each release because of this fact.

Re:Photoshop's challenges with focus, pt. 2 on Thursday May 07, 2026 @09:59AM (#48049568)
> Shipping software is in perennial tension between getting it perfect and getting it out the door.

Photoshop is the premiere image editor that has been in existence for decades. The issues you are responding to are fundamental changes to how the application behaves. It defies belief that your team and its processes have this little respect for dedicated users who have spent thousands of dollars on your product over the course of years. I understand shipping software. Do you understand your users?

Re:Photoshop's challenges with focus, pt. 2 on Thursday May 07, 2026 @09:13AM (#48049025)
Why were these sharp edges not discovered in UAT? It seems hard to believe that the people who make Photoshop do not use Photoshop to the degree necessary to notice these regressions. How will you avoid these kinds of problems in future updates as your transition to a modern design continues?
I think the constructive criticism is best directed at whatever process you are following. That process allowed a very visible user facing change in a widely used piece of software. How did this change make it to production without some process catching the impact of this change? Was there really no internal discussion from a code review at least? This seems hard for me to believe. I expect more from Microsoft.
Re:Tim Cook Is Leaving. Good on Monday April 27, 2026 @08:00PM (#47928846)
I am a long time mac user and I agree with all of their points. I guess you disagree, but I am not sure why you are being dismissive. Each point is a legitimate criticism from many peoples' points of view.
I want to ask a dumb question: if it was known that this area was high traffic, why are archaeologists only just now discovering these wrecks? Is it not obvious to search this area for wrecks given its history? The article hints that climate change is increasing urgency. Is the case here that we knew there should be wrecks here, but climate change made the search happen?
Re:The Onion to Take over InfoWars on Thursday April 23, 2026 @12:54PM (#47878109)
The punishment was made to be a deterrent for all who might consider doing the same as Alex Jones. You have made a straw man about destroying him forever.
You can get a lot of mileage out of making the indica/sativa distinction. Regardless of strain, inidca heavy tends to chill people out, while sativa heavy strands give energy and more anxiety. Everyone is different and ymmv.
Re:MacBook Neo and How the iPad Should Be on Thursday April 23, 2026 @11:11AM (#47876693)
Because it can do both. That may not be valuable to everyone, but it is a beneficial feature for many people. Also, Apple's keyboard case has a fantastic keyboard and trackpad that is a pleasure to type on.
That is because in 1943 Josiah Samuels wrote an influential book called, "Into the Fortnite" that depicted characters who were involved in a long, protracted battle. Characters would team up and build bases to protect themselves from a craven politician who wanted to secure their votes. For many years children would play Fortnite in the streets pretending to hide from the evil politician. Eventually, this game became quite popular to the point of achieving household ubiquity. A lot of older folks get confused and think this game was a video game!
Checkout playdate season 2 roster of games. Each one is the kind of game I hoped would be in season 1. I did not dislike season 1 though.
Re:Picking Up a Zillion Pieces of Litter on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @08:18PM (#47256239)
10 bibles for another example. I have seen bibles a lot of places, but never as trash. He describes his giant ashtray and the tale of the tens of thousands of other pieces of trash he picked up on his way to one million cigarette butts. I love this guy and his website. This is what we gray beards mean when we speak of the Internet of old.
Re:Cognitive Debt: When Velocity Exceeds Comprehension on Saturday February 28, 2026 @11:28AM (#47197212)
Because lines of code interact with each other. Understanding what one line does in isolation does not always show the rough edges that are found when code interacts. The challenge is seeing the forest instead of individual trees.
For something that is as personal as a keyboard, it would be good to know what "Usage data" you are collecting and how it is used. I am eager to switch away from ios keyboard, but I do not trust most developers to have access to what I type. I understand it is "not linked to me", but this is an area where heavy skepticism is warranted.
Re:Hacker News Alternative Where People Are Positive About AI on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @04:58PM (#46967522)
I see many positive posts about AI. It is true some sentiment is negative, but I prefer a mixture of opinions to an echo chamber. I hear LinkedIn is very pro AI in sentiment so you should look there.
Re:Nanobot: Ultra-Lightweight Alternative to OpenClaw on Thursday February 05, 2026 @01:33PM (#46903052)
> There's more people saying AI doesn't live up to the hype.

It is possible they are correct and nothing you have written suggests otherwise.

> The people who are saying it's utterly useless is still quite large on HN.

Are these people's opinions less valid than your own? Are you angry your opinion might be a minority on this one website?

> It's just that most of them are midway through changing their story because reality is smashing them in the face.

You made this up.

> But if you're not using it you're behind.

Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man

> I see this moment as one where we can unshackle ourselves from the oligarchs and corporate overlords.

For me, modern AI appears to be controlled entirely by oligarchs and corporate overlords already. Some of them are the same who already shackled us. This time will not be different, in my opinion.

I like your optimism.

How significant are AI contributions to this project?
Re:The Agentic AI Handbook: Production-Ready Patterns on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @08:23AM (#46705373)
the sell outs took over.
Re:AI Destroys Institutions on Saturday January 17, 2026 @12:08PM (#46659693)
> Is he incorrect that the paper is speculating about future events? I don't think it's completely uninformed either.

Most people would say this is a defense of the person, or at least a defense of the person's choice to not read the full paper. It is no fun to debate with intellectual dishonesty.

Re:AI Destroys Institutions on Saturday January 17, 2026 @10:09AM (#46658636)
Cool. Perhaps you should have criticized the paper and requested feedback instead of defending someone who did not read the paper!

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