I'm not an expert, but as I understand it there are existing solvers for poker/holdem? Perhaps one of the players could be a traditional solver to see how the LLMs fare against those?
Readit Newsmashlol commented on Show HN: Play poker with LLMs, or watch them play against each other llmholdem.com/... · Posted by u/projectyang
AI almost always reduces the time from "I need to implement this feature" to "there is some code that implements this feature".
However in my experience, the issue with AI is the potential hidden cost down the road. We either have to:
1. Code review the AI generated code line by line to ensure it's exactly what you'd have produced yourself when it is generated or
2. Pay an unknown amount of tech tebt down the road when it inevitably wasn't what you'd have done yourself and it isn't extensible, scalable, well written code.
mashlol commented on GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder gog.com/blog/gog-is-getti... · Posted by u/haunter
Yup, Cyberpunk 2077 has sold more copies in the same time frame than Witcher 3, which is routinely highlighted as one of the best and most successful games of all time.
You have to give kudos to CD PROJEKT for not just abandoning the game after a bad launch (which is what every other major studio would have done in its place) but patiently fixing problems and constantly adding content over 5 years to get to the state it is in today. And the game has no online requirement, no multiplayer, no microtransactions. Just one paid expansion which added a ton of new content. Rare to see this behavior in the industry today.
> which is what every other major studio would have done in its place
Afaik CDPR doesn't make many games. If one flops, that might be the end of them. I don't see abandoning a game as a valid option for them from a financial perspective. Makes much more sense to fix the issues and sell more.
mashlol commented on Counter-Strike's player economy is in a freefall polygon.com/counter-strik... · Posted by u/perihelions
I don't know, reading? Building something? Exploring the natural world? Sports?
Not to say that all video games are unsubstantive. But the substance in exploring virtual world comes from its uniqueness, not playing de_dust2 for 1000 hours. No other form of entertainment or art is analogous to video games in terms of the maximum time you can spend on it with totally depreciating returns.
Would you say the same if someone played 1000 hours of a sport?
mashlol commented on Launch HN: April (YC S25) – Voice AI to manage your email and calendar · Posted by u/nehasuresh1904
Definitely seems like it could be useful, but I'd be worried with giving AI write access to emails.
Is there a good audit trail of exactly what actions it takes at each step? I'd personally be worried about leaking proprietary or otherwise private information this way, or having it hallucinate information when it sends out emails potentially causing catastrophic issues.
mashlol commented on IRS Direct File on GitHub chrisgiven.com/2025/05/di... · Posted by u/nickthegreek
What makes it easier than US taxes?
mashlol commented on Mozilla Firefox – Official GitHub repo github.com/mozilla-firefo... · Posted by u/thefilmore
I think it would be great if git have some kind of soft lock by default (like attach a text on some file without make it into actual commit). It could probably make peoples' live easier when you and teamates need to communicate what files you are changing thus reduce the chance of conflict.
FWIW git lfs does have support for locking files.
mashlol commented on I think content is a bad business swizec.com/blog/it-made-m... · Posted by u/Tomte
> The launch is an intense marketing push with a component of artificial scarcity.
I consider artificial scarcity to be an unethical practice. It's literally lying. It uses fake timers to pressure people into buying or fake limits to suggest that they need to buy now. Does it work? Absolutely. Is it ethical? Not a chance.
Do you find retail store sales to be unethical too?
mashlol commented on Greppability is an underrated code metric morizbuesing.com/blog/gre... · Posted by u/thunderbong
Greppable commit messages and descriptions are also important, for a similar reason. If you want to learn where a feature exists in the codebase, searching the commits for where it was added is often easier than trying to grep through the codebase to find it. Once you've found the commit or even a nearby commit, it's much easier to find the rest.
mashlol commented on Anatomy of a cryptocurrency scam practicalsecurity.substac... · Posted by u/atilla_bilgic
I recently watched John Oliver's video[1] about the "pig butchering" scam. It's a brutal scheme where scammers invest months in building fake relationships, gain a ton of trust, and then rob all of their money.
Even though I'm pretty tech-savvy, I'm not sure I could totally avoid falling for this. These scammers don't ask for money directly; they casually mention how they're making big bucks through crypto trading on some app. Naturally, you get curious about the app, but you're still cautious. Then you see it's got a ton of good reviews on the app store, so your trust increases a little.
You install the app, and it looks legit - like it was made by a solid dev team. It offers some limited-time crypto deals where you can't withdraw for a while. The victim invests a little, watches the crypto value climb, and sees their "money" grow on paper. So they put in more. When they finally try to cash out, they realize they can't. They panic and turn to their "romantic partner" for help. That's when the scammers and the fake app squeeze out the last bit of cash, claiming it's for taxes or fees, and they need to put some money. And the victim loses everything.
It's not unreasonable for the victim to think the relationship is real if they've spent months chatting and calling, sharing really personal stuff. Plus, the app seems totally legit, both from the store reviews and how it looks and works. I really hope these scams will disappear soon.
I watched the video but I wasn't fully sure what the scam was. Where it became unclear to me was where it transitioned from a chat to an app.
The app mentioned in his video (MetaTrader 5) is still up - and seems actually legit... at least I think?
So is the scam that they send links to fake versions of the app? How'd the reviews look legit then? Or is there some sort of scam they run on the app where they actually have control of your account?
EDIT: nevermind, I found this[1] post that explains it - the app connects to brokers and is not one itself. So they basically just make a fake brokerage and convince you to use it. So John Oliver's explanation was a bit lacking on that part, and misleading/incorrect about MetaTrader 5 itself.
[1] https://old.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1b4070o/...