mbrameld (u/mbrameld)

mbrameld commented on Human coders are still better than LLMs antirez.com/news/153... · Posted by u/longwave

p1necone · 3 months ago

> the duck can occasionally disagree

This has not been my experience. LLMs have definitely been helpful, but generally they either give you the right answer or invent something plausible sounding but incorrect.

If I tell it what I'm doing I always get breathless praise, never "that doesn't sound right, try this instead."

mbrameld · 3 months ago

Ask it. Instead of just telling it what you're doing and expecting it to criticize that, ask it directly for criticism. Even better, tell it what you're doing, then tell it to ask you questions about what you're doing until it knows enough to recommend a better approach.

mbrameld commented on Airlines are charging solo passengers higher fares than groups thriftytraveler.com/news/... · Posted by u/_tqr3

akudha · 3 months ago

Isn’t it a waste to book accommodation and not use it? If it is a popular place, maybe they’ll give it to walkins or something, but otherwise?

mbrameld · 3 months ago

Isn't it a waste to spend more for a flight when you could get the same flight for less if you also booked an accommodation you don't plan to use?

mbrameld commented on The A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be with You Soon nytimes.com/2025/05/14/te... · Posted by u/voxadam

tbrownaw · 3 months ago

We already have AI taxis (in specific limited areas, but still). Driving isn't something I'd usually call "merely mechanical".

mbrameld · 3 months ago

Can you describe a driving scenario where the correct action couldn't be determined "mechanically"? Are you thinking of something like the trolley problem?

mbrameld commented on Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users? · Posted by u/amanchanda

jeffhuys · 3 months ago

There are so many little things that sets it off. And this… person? sets off 90% of them.

mbrameld · 3 months ago

Too many to list even 1?

mbrameld commented on Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users? · Posted by u/amanchanda

jeffhuys · 3 months ago

Look at his blog. 0 spelling error, 2 big articles in 1 day. A LOT of —…

This is just an LLM. I would be surprised if this guy writes like this.

Why do you think he’s NOT an LLM?

mbrameld · 3 months ago

I don't know about his blog since this is a thread about whether or not his comment is AI-generated, but I ran his comment through GPTZero and it reports it's confident the comment is entirely human. I asked Claude to summarize his comment and ran that summary through GPTZero and it reported it was confident that it's entirely AI-generated. Maybe the comment didn't set of my llm radar because I didn't draw conclusions about the comment by looking at the blog, which very well might be 100% AI-generated.

mbrameld commented on The great displacement is already well underway? shawnfromportland.substac... · Posted by u/JSLegendDev

teg4n_ · 3 months ago

Militaries don’t normally enlist 42 year olds unfortunately.

mbrameld · 3 months ago

The US military does. The branches all state an age limit, but it's easily and routinely waived.

mbrameld commented on Ask HN: How are you acquiring your first hundred users? · Posted by u/amanchanda

kristopolous · 3 months ago

I think this person genuinely writes like an llm. Read the rest of their comments.

My llm radar picks it up as well.

A reverse uncanny valley

mbrameld · 3 months ago

Is it just the list? I'm curious what specifically sets off your llm radar.

mbrameld commented on The missteps that led to a fatal plane crash at Reagan National Airport nytimes.com/2025/04/27/bu... · Posted by u/keepamovin

aaronbaugher · 4 months ago

Seems like a lot of people have never had to deal with a higher-ranked person who might ruin the underling's career if shown up in a particularly embarrassing way. It's easy to imagine that prospect causing the instructor to hesitate just enough for disaster.

mbrameld · 4 months ago

Instructors routinely take the flight controls, it's not embarrassing at all.

mbrameld commented on The missteps that led to a fatal plane crash at Reagan National Airport nytimes.com/2025/04/27/bu... · Posted by u/keepamovin

542354234235 · 4 months ago

While I can’t speak to their individual temperaments, this is not an issue in the Army. Warrant officers are probably the least likely to worry about rank being confused with authority. They have the military experience from serving in the enlisted ranks as an NCO, with the protection of being officers that are above enlisted but still fall outside the commissioned officer ranks. They aren't untouchable but are highly insulated from petty tyrants.

I don’t know why the instructor didn’t take a more forceful/active role leading up to the crash, but I don’t think rank was a contributing factor.

mbrameld · 4 months ago

I agree with everything you said, just want to point out that there's a "street to seat" program for Army aviators, so the warrant may have never served as an enlisted soldier. I still don't think a reluctance to act based on rank was the issue, like at all. Aviation is different from the rest of the military, there is generally a culture of safety that supersedes the rank structure.