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That is the beauty of Hacker News. It abstracts the content creation such that it doesn't matter if the content is created by a bot, a human, or an infinite num
by randomdata 2y ago
That is the beauty of Hacker News. It abstracts the content creation such that it doesn't matter if the content is created by a bot, a human, or an infinite number of monkeys with typewriters. How the content is created is just an implementation detail that is not visible to the user, nor does it affect the user. The user only interacts with the software. The software is why the user is here.
So, I say: Who cares? You already went into this knowing that it could be a bot and it didn't brother you one bit. Nor should it, because, again, it only being an implementation detail of the software means that it affects you in no way. A bot, a human, space alien, or an infinite number of monkeys are all just as good as each other. It makes no difference. No difference at all. So, what compels you to bring this up now?
But, getting back to the topic at hand, we'd still love to know how your comment at the top is significant enough to justify violating the established premise. If it is simply that you didn't bother to take time to understand the thread before replying, and that it doesn't fit the discussion, that's a perfectly acceptable answer. Although, admittedly, we cling to the hope that you actually have an interesting nugget hidden in there that will blow our minds when you finally get around to telling us about it!
- biorach 2y agoAI bot, set to verbose and slightly pretentious
- freejazz 2y agoWho are the pretentious people that you know that lead this to only being "slight?"
- randomdata 2y agoLogically, the comparison is with comparable output of software in other instances, not people. To compare software with people here is like asserting that a cow is mooing in what seems like an excessive manner because people don't make that much noise. It does not serve as a useful point of comparison. Cows may simply moo excessively. In order to provide a meaningful frame of reference, you would compare the moos of said cow with other cows to make such a comparison.