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dankwizard commented on Exploring the tragedy of the Counter-Strike 2 server browser   bphilip.uk/blog/2025-08-2... · Posted by u/shaokind
squigz · 3 days ago
Err, no. Bots (in the context of 1.6 at least) are not tied to a Steam account and can't earn anything.

Anyway, GP's is not my impression of 1.6 back in the day: lots of bot servers back then too.

dankwizard · 3 days ago
Not bot in the traditional sense of the game's AI, but bots as in accounts loaded up with the bare basics to join games and AFK - They level the account, get the steam free drops, and then sell that drop + the account eventually.

There is decent money in it. Back in CSGO I had a VM running two full bot servers at a run cost of ~$3.xx per week to earn ~$30 fully automated.

dankwizard commented on Google will allow only apps from verified developers to be installed on Android   9to5google.com/2025/08/25... · Posted by u/kotaKat
dankwizard · 3 days ago
Everybody complaining of this is admitting they are doing nefarious actions. Those of us playing by the rules see no issue with this - In fact I welcome it!
dankwizard commented on Claude says “You're absolutely right!” about everything   github.com/anthropics/cla... · Posted by u/pr337h4m
dankwizard · 15 days ago
Well in my case it is because I'm a highly educated individual who's been in the professional sector for 20 years - I know I'm always right. I do worry it's stroking the ego of those who do NOT deserve it or are NOT actually right
dankwizard commented on Steam payment headaches grow as PayPal is no longer usable for much of the world   pcgamer.com/games/steam-p... · Posted by u/mrkramer
dankwizard · 15 days ago
Transactions done through steam not in USD are 1.1% of all transactions. Not even a noticeable drop.
dankwizard commented on Ask HN: Would you swap your desk for a restaurant shift?    · Posted by u/dorcy
dankwizard · 16 days ago
NO WAY JOSE

until AI inevitably takes my job

then sure

dankwizard commented on I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file   al3rez.com/todo-txt-journ... · Posted by u/al3rez
dankwizard · 17 days ago
Why do these types of blog posts always blow up on hacker news?

"I tried every new zany method but our tried and true classic is what I selected!"

dankwizard commented on Ask HN: What do you dislike about ChatGPT and what needs improving?    · Posted by u/zyruh
netsharc · 22 days ago
How... does it know what this persona is like? I suppose somewhere it's read (or, "gathered input") about this character..
dankwizard · 22 days ago
It doesn't, it would placebo "Fake it 'til you make it" based on other context.
dankwizard commented on Why there are so many more South Asian CEOs than East Asian CEOs in the US   davelu.com/p/learn-to-emb... · Posted by u/United857
calf · 23 days ago
As a bicultural Chinese Canadian with a fancy STEM background, this is a terminally flawed argument because it fundamentally allows capitalism to decide which cultural norm is socially valid. It is shortsighted, self-centered, and actually undermines itself because it is meta-conflict avoidant. Comply with capitalism or you're out. That's compliance with more steps; it talks about "embracing conflict" but its philosophy is essentially a broken one.

(and look: less than 4 minutes my comment is downvoted. Talk about serious debate when an East Asian actually has an informed opinion on this.)

dankwizard · 23 days ago
AI working over time
dankwizard commented on Show HN: I built a browser extension to add comment threads on any website   medium.com/@oencab2/why-i... · Posted by u/itzoen
dankwizard · 23 days ago
Has been done time and time again and never takes off due to the difficulty on mass market user adoption, and moderation.
dankwizard commented on Open models by OpenAI   openai.com/open-models/... · Posted by u/lackoftactics
pocketarc · 23 days ago
Others have already said it, but it needs to be said again: Good god, stop treating LLMs like oracles.

LLMs are not encyclopedias.

Give an LLM the context you want to explore, and it will do a fantastic job of telling you all about it. Give an LLM access to web search, and it will find things for you and tell you what you want to know. Ask it "what's happening in my town this week?", and it will answer that with the tools it is given. Not out of its oracle mind, but out of web search + natural language processing.

Stop expecting LLMs to -know- things. Treating LLMs like all-knowing oracles is exactly the thing that's setting apart those who are finding huge productivity gains with them from those who can't get anything productive out of them.

dankwizard · 23 days ago
I love how with this cutting edge tech people still dress up and pretend to be experts. Pleasure to meet you, pocketarc - Senior AI Gamechanger, 2024-2025 (Current)

u/dankwizard

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