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by codingdave 7d ago
The thing about the icons next to each phrase is that they are useless. Forget how they look, instead ask why they are there? Icons in UX design give a visual representation of what a button does, to help people understand the interaction w
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by codingdave 10d ago
Doesn't seem to work. I tried a few terms that I know have results when using the existing search at: https://hn.algolia.com/ , and it returned nothing.
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by codingdave 10d ago
> If coding is a nearly solved problem, if AI is making it so easy to make anything, If you are open to the idea that those premises are incorrect, you have your answer. Coding is helped, not solved. AI makes it easy to prototype, but no
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by codingdave 12d ago
Actual title: Eliminating the Discretionary 60-Day Grace Period (Thanks - the title has now been corrected.) This is a "Proposed Rule", and the comments window is open. Use that "Comment" button on the page to share you
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by codingdave 12d ago
In short, no. Most of the folks I talk to in my age group are somewhere between anti-AI and "AI works for specific use cases". I find it is the younger folk who think it is miraculous and want to use it everywhere.
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by codingdave 12d ago
Hey, this is my niche - I wrote what was once the leading policy management system for K-12 districts in the USA. It no longer holds that position, but it originated the niche, and it really taught me how policy is created. Talking to the s
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by codingdave 12d ago
> Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by codingdave 13d ago
> Here's the API key... > ...that can't really be stopped easily. Sure sounds like you built in an easy lever to pull to stop it. After all, even if you accept your premise that it will clone itself and run independently,
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by codingdave 13d ago
> all they'll find out Who is "they"? Flock collects data which is given/sold to police departments or other entities. Regardless of how you feel about law enforcement having this data, how do you feel about Flock bei
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by codingdave 13d ago
AI has no autonomous goals or personal ambition. The only way they would "take over" in any sense is if people give them a goal that drives them to that direction and give them access to freely access any system. What needs to s
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by codingdave 14d ago
From the guidelines: "HN is a community—users should have an identity that others can relate to." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by codingdave 14d ago
Actual Title: "Snapchat's New Business" https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html "...please use the original title, unless it is misleading or linkbait; don't editorialize."
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by codingdave 14d ago
This question is asked often, and the answer is always that it depends on who your audience is. Channels that work for one person might fail for you, and vice versa. Every product solves a different problem, which means different people who
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by codingdave 16d ago
> and loads of other huge tech things that are now wildly profitable. They also said it about loads of other huge tech things that died. Pointing at the ones that made it is literally survivor bias.
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by codingdave 16d ago
This was clearly a popular post, but please do be aware that blog posts are explicitly not "Show HNs".
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by codingdave 19d ago
Actual Title: "Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas" If you want to quote an essay, then write a blog post and quote the essay. Linking to the reference material, putting in the wrong title, and then commenting about the one sentence y
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by codingdave 20d ago
> (k) to interfere with or circumvent the security features of the Service IANAL. But I think reverse engineering their data structure, identifying a security measure - even one as weak as obfuscation, and publishing code to circumvent i
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by codingdave 20d ago
> you and I know it misses the point. wat. I didn't lie about my perspective. If you disagree, by all means, share your thoughts. But that statement puts a really odd spin on your response.
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by codingdave 20d ago
"Asking for a friend" is a great example.
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by codingdave 20d ago
I dabble in art - maybe more than dabble. I have a degree in Fine Arts / Art History, and have been creating art for a few decades. But I don't do it professionally. With that context in mind, my take on this is that it might help
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by codingdave 23d ago
That existed for decades in the USA just by dialing '411'. It only went away a few years ago in many locations.
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by codingdave 25d ago
I worked with some of the folks who introduced coding into school districts way back when that movement started, so I have a bit of inside knowledge. The biggest anecdote I'd share is that learning to code as early as 1st grade unexpec
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by codingdave 26d ago
The JavaScript test is more about how well you know how quirky JavaScript is than whether or not you have lost coding ability.
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by codingdave 26d ago
The author doesn't really claim it was a hack, just that it is a possibility. But they are charging down the path of the potential hack before asking the more obvious question: How many refrigerators exist in the military at all? And o
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by codingdave 27d ago
> The device captures the dream, illustrates it beautifully... Captures it how? Does she describe it to the device? If so, this is just another ChatGPT wrapper, with added hardware. If not, and it somehow actually captures what is going
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by codingdave 29d ago
> To write the kind of code AI generates, I used to have to keep documentation open on a second monitor, think deeply, and constantly Google better approaches. This is a double edged sword. Yes, LLMs have given me some really interestin
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by codingdave 29d ago
Most new businesses have nothing to do with tech at all. If you want to play in the slice of the tech world that is focused on AI, that is a choice you can make. And some people are going to make a fortune doing so. But don't fall into
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by codingdave 1mo ago
Civil law is not centered around what is or is not legal. It is about resolving problems that fall outside of criminal law. It is a completely different set of procedures and approach to the law.
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by codingdave 1mo ago
Hm. I'm someone who stills prefers to code by hand, and one of my hobbies is to go do some work in my blacksmith shop down in my barn. While my wife enjoys making our own clothes by hand and quilting. OK, I think I'm going to bow
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by codingdave 1mo ago
> if you don't use social media to promote your business you'll be left behind by your competitors who do. That isn't universally true, though. If everyone is at the same skill level for a skill common enough to be a commo

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