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by tomhow 5d ago
We've banned this account.
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by tomhow 5d ago
Comments moved thither. Thanks!
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by tomhow 5d ago
> go fuck yourself This is an unacceptable comment on HN, no matter who or what you're replying to. You've been here long enough to know that. It's fine to disagree with people about code generation, but the guidelines sti
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by tomhow 5d ago
The LLMentalist Effect (2023) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42983571 - Feb 2025 (133 comments) Chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con - https://news.ycombinator.
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by tomhow 7d ago
Please don't do this here.
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by tomhow 7d ago
This is a completely unacceptable comment on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by tomhow 7d ago
Could you please make more of an effort to observe the guidelines if you want to participate here? These ones in particular should be heeded: Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. C
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by tomhow 7d ago
Could you please make more of an effort to observe the guidelines if you want to participate here? These ones in particular should be heeded: Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. C
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by tomhow 7d ago
Could you please make an effort to observe the guidelines if you want to participate here? These ones in particular need to be heeded: Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Eschew f
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by tomhow 7d ago
Too many of your recent comments have been inflammatory. Could you please be less combative and more curiously conversational in your style of participation here? These guidelines in particular are important to heed: Be kind. Don't be
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by tomhow 8d ago
> lizard satanists > Tell a horny monkey not to jerk off. Can you just not post garbage like this on HN. It's okay to criticize the big tech companies or general AI discussion here. Many do, it’s fine. But dreck like that only ma
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by tomhow 9d ago
Whatever this is meant to mean, please don't post it here. It's absolutely not what this site is for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by tomhow 9d ago
We've banned this account for repeatedly posting abusive comments and ignoring our appeals to stop. If you don't want to be banned, you can email us and demonstrate an intention to observe the guidelines. https://news.y
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by tomhow 9d ago
Can you please not go on enraged tirades on HN? You've posted several fulminatory comments in this thread alone: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49729021 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=497285
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by tomhow 9d ago
Please don't fulminate on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by tomhow 9d ago
Please don't sneer like this on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by tomhow 9d ago
Please don't post angry snarls at groups of people like this on HN. Yes I know, anyone can point to egregious things that happen on sites like that and assert that they deserve it. That's not the point. The guidelines make it clea
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by tomhow 10d ago
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49727580 .
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by tomhow 10d ago
We've banned this account for repeatedly posting abusive comments and ignoring our appeals to stop. This is not what HN is for and it destroys what HN is for. We work hard to make HN a place where everyone's point of view can be e
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by tomhow 10d ago
Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. When disagreeing, please reply to the argument
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by tomhow 10d ago
Please don't engage in politicial/ideological battle on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by tomhow 10d ago
Please observe the guidelines if you want to keep participating here, particularly these ones: Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. Comments should get more thoughtful and substant
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by tomhow 10d ago
We've banned this account.
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by tomhow 10d ago
We've banned this account.
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by tomhow 10d ago
We've asked you before not to post slurs against groups of people on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better here. Please stop. We have to ban accounts that do this habitually. https://news.yc
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by tomhow 10d ago
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49716735 and marked it off topic.
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by tomhow 11d ago
Please omit internet tropes on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by tomhow 11d ago
> I admit I reacted unfairly Thanks for that! > You are likely privy to more information than me Not in this case; I have no inside knowledge about this company, and everything I know is via their public posts, and on this particular
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by tomhow 12d ago
You didn’t take the article at face value. You overlooked the part where they were clearly pointing out the absurdity of the “report” and went straight into scold mode, across at least four comments. That’s clearly against the HN guidelines
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by tomhow 12d ago
Can you please quit with the snarky interrogation? HN is for curiosity, not curmudgeonliness. Nothing gets “rescued from” the second chance pool. Posts get selected for the second chance pool if moderators (or others with SCP-picking respon

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