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Y Combinator Startup brings brainrot to developers' IDEs
- camillomiller 1y agoIn case someone is asking if there is a bubble.
- java-man 1y agothe link to video goes to "we are still filming". finish, then publish, please.
- bravetraveler 1y agogotta ship or get shipped, yo
- tech234a 1y agoThey have a video on their YC page: https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/OgV-chad-ide-the-first-brainrot-ide https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/OgV-chad-ide-the-first-...
- stephenmac98 1y agoThey also have a typo on their description... "AI coding creates a time span isn't long enough to do something new, and it's not short enough to be entirely negligible" Should say "that isn't long enough" or "which isn't long enough" Always good to see people who give a shit getting rich off the results of their work /s
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- nicolaslem 1y agoPlease tell me this is satire.
- oldsklgdfth 1y agoI suspect that's how it started and then put it out there and gained momentum. Possibly as a joke. As a note on satire, is there a term for satire which is perpetuated for long enough that is take seriously at some point by someone? I have been referring to this pattern as "the pizzagate phenomenon". Basically, making a joke repeatedly until it reaches an audience that's not in on the joke. It is not quite a "self-fulfilling prophecy.
- quantified 1y agoAsking Gemini (ironically), I come up with Poe's Law. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law] > Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which states that, without a clear indicator of the author's intent (such as an emoticon or a disclaimer), it is impossible to create a parody of extreme views so obviously exaggerated that it cannot be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views. This "law" describes exactly the scenario you've outlined: a joke or satirical statement, especially online where tone and body language are absent, is perpetuated long enough that it reaches an audience not "in on the joke" and is subsequently believed to be a genuine viewpoint.
- noir_lord 1y agoPoe's Law is infamous if you are a slashdot reader of a certain age.
- oldsklgdfth 1y agoYup, that's it! Thanks for the link. I kinda explain a lot odd stuff through this lens.
- quantified 1y agoPizzagate was not satire, though. It was malicious disinformation. Aka lies.
- MarsIronPI 1y agoSo Emacs, but with native media? Hmm... you have my attention. /s obviously
- klooney 1y agoThis is the dog that bites the man if he tries to touch the equipment in the factory, isn't it.
- lunias 1y agoM-x place-your-bets
- zui 1y agoYC F25: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/clad-labs https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/clad-labs
- numpad0 1y agoDoesn't seem like that much bad of an idea tbh.
- conartist6 1y agoThis isn't a joke? YC really wrote them a check? For 500,000?
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- camillomiller 1y agoIt did
- conartist6 1y agoThis bothered me but the longer I think about it the more I think I get the idea. It's a gambling company, really. The product is a slot-machine-like interface for software mining.
- camillomiller 1y agoAnd that makes it better?
- conartist6 1y agoIt's better for me not to go insane. Gambling at least makes this sounds like greed, and greedy companies fit in my world view. Does it disgust me? Sure. In the same way casinos disgust me because they know how to reprogram people and they do it. They're the reason my dad became estranged from his father and I never met my grandfather. I think software is a tool to emplower people. These youngsters are selling the idea that it can be a tool to enslave. But here's the thing. They have to go against me and I still believe in empowering people with software and I spend all my time working on IDEs, not as a joke but to free people from, well, the kind of betting-illiteracy slavery this startup proposes to foster
- camillomiller 1y agoGreat reply, thanks.
- andy99 1y agoCan someone ELI40?
- imiric 1y agoMy disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.
- Ancalagon 1y agoOk, so the AI bubble is bursting in a week.
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- sph 1y agoNot even Mike Judge could have foreseen such idiocy in the valley. AI-powered NipAlert™ when?
- raincole 1y agoI don't get it. Sorry.
- heroprotagonist 1y agoPayday for someone's pet project in the "We need to invest in every alternative IDE" bubble?
- crumpled 1y agoCould this just be a VS Code extension? I feel like it's not that hard.