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cookie_monsta commented on I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and I hate it   makeuseof.com/ai-features... · Posted by u/gnabgib
rsynnott · 2 months ago
Generating huge amounts of stylistically awful ultra-verbose nonsense isn’t actually useful in any industry other than the ultra-low-end journalism/blogspam space. Either no-one reads it anyway, in which case it’s more or less a wash, or someone actually has to read it, in which case it’s a productivity drain.
cookie_monsta · 2 months ago
It's a productivity boost for the people who have to generate the text that nobody reads. At an organisational level it's a wash caused by requiring that text in the first place
cookie_monsta commented on I'm drowning in AI features I never asked for and I hate it   makeuseof.com/ai-features... · Posted by u/gnabgib
blt · 2 months ago
Yes. Generative AI is bad. Most of the general population already realizes it. Only the tech and computer science bubble remains optimistic.
cookie_monsta · 2 months ago
The (non-tech) industry I am in generates an enormous amount of text that it's fairly certain nobody reads past the executive summary.

My workmates love it. Amongst the tech community, I see a divide very similar to the crypto one - everybody who has a stake in it succeeding is very optimistic. Everybody working in other areas seems dubious at best.

cookie_monsta commented on Engineer restores pay phones for free public use   npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-... · Posted by u/andsoitis
juliangmp · 4 months ago
You should also consider a bat suit.
cookie_monsta · 4 months ago
Or a high visibility vest and a clipboard.

Really, who is going to catch you in this scenario?

cookie_monsta commented on Steve Jobs' cabinet   perfectdays23.substack.co... · Posted by u/padraigf
bryanrasmussen · 5 months ago
so when selling the house you figure people will do this work before calling a realtor?
cookie_monsta · 5 months ago
Why not? There are companies dedicated to sprucing up houses for sale. They will even bake bread for you before inspections to give the place a "homey" smell.

Half an hour with a screwdriver seems doable

cookie_monsta commented on Steve Jobs' cabinet   perfectdays23.substack.co... · Posted by u/padraigf
WalterBright · 5 months ago
A real estate agent walked through my house I was putting for sale. He examined the switch plates carefully. I asked why. He replied that a good craftsman lined up the slots in the top screw and bottom screw, and this was a "tell" that he'd done a good job.
cookie_monsta · 5 months ago
..... aaaaaand another measure just became a target...
cookie_monsta commented on Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope   wired.com/story/steam-itc... · Posted by u/6d6b73
bko · 5 months ago
I'd feel more comfortable showing a 12 year old a violent movie than I would an adult movie.

Or maybe put another way, if my child was at a neighbors house and one of the parents watched an adult movie with my child I would have a huge issue. If they watched Terminator or something similar, I would have much less of an issue.

They're not even close to the same thing.

cookie_monsta · 5 months ago
Not defending the ratings system here, but there is a big gap between M and R/X or whatever your country uses.

A better question would be if you would be more comfortable with your child being shown porn or snuff movies. For me the answer would be neither, in about an equal measure

cookie_monsta commented on WhatsApp introduces ads in its app   nytimes.com/2025/06/16/te... · Posted by u/greenburger
Guest9081239812 · 6 months ago
My site has about 30k active registered users a day. The vast majority are long term members that have been on the site for years, so they're quite dedicated to the service. Even so, only about 50 of them pay to remove advertising.
cookie_monsta · 6 months ago
This is really interesting. Can you say how much it costs the user to remove ads?
cookie_monsta commented on Binary Wordle   wordle.chengeric.com/... · Posted by u/eh8
gamerDude · 6 months ago
It took me 10 tries...
cookie_monsta · 6 months ago
The classics are classics for a reason
cookie_monsta commented on Show HN: Lazy Tetris   lazytetris.com/... · Posted by u/admtal
tremarley · 7 months ago
Make it compatible with more browsers please
cookie_monsta · 7 months ago
The more constructive way of putting this would be to mention which browser you are using. Judging from the comments, it works in plenty of browsers
cookie_monsta commented on Show HN: Clues by Sam – a daily logic puzzle using natural language in a grid   cluesbysam.com... · Posted by u/tikotus
cookie_monsta · 7 months ago
I found this game from a recommendation here and I have played it every day since. I think it's great. The rules take a bit of getting used to, but the dynamic of never having to guess (and getting penalised for guessing) makes it really interesting. It's just hard enough without being infuriating.

The page says that there are other Sam puzzles which can be played in html5, but the link only goes to the app store. Congrats on this one. Where can I find the browser versions of the others?

u/cookie_monsta

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