Is it really "hype" if like 100s of millions of people are using llms on a daily basis?
The dot-com bubble burst but I'm betting you visited at least one of those "websites" they were hyping today.
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pmg101 commented on AGENTS.md – Open format for guiding coding agents agents.md/... · Posted by u/ghuntley
> So the solution to using AI so you don't have to code, is to try to write some kind of pseudocode in AGENT.md and hope the AI does a bit better?
Umm, no. Where did you get that idea?
The purpose of the agent.md file is to give it instructions. Nothing about no-code AI said there would be no instructions...
I'm old enough to remember when computer code was called "instructions".
Eg, the 6502 instruction set. https://www.masswerk.at/6502/6502_instruction_set.html
History doesn't repeat but it rhymes!
> I do feel that there is a routine bias on HN to underplay AI
It's always interesting to see this take because my perception is the exact opposite. I don't think there's ever been an issue for me personally with a bigger mismatch in perceptions than AI. It sometimes feels like the various sides live in different realities.
It's a Rorschach test isn't it.
Because the technology itself is so young and so nebulous everyone is able to unfalsifiably project their own hopes or fears onto it.
pmg101 commented on Wholesale prices rose 0.9% in July, more than expected cnbc.com/2025/08/14/ppi-i... · Posted by u/belter
> if we all have 3-10% more money and things are 3-10% more expensive
Who has 3-10% more money, exactly?
Anyway with money invested in inflation-hedged assets.
Also anyone with a wage since wages rise with inflation too (not always and not always immediately, but generally correlated).
Of course they do stuff like that, otherwise it would look like they are stagnating. Fake it till you make it. Tho, at this point, the world is in deep shit, if they don’t make it…
What deep shit do you foresee?
My prediction is that this will be like the 2000 dot com bubble. Both dot com and AI are real and really useful technologies but hype and share price has got way ahead of it so will need to re adjust.
pmg101 commented on Why tail-recursive functions are loops kmicinski.com/functional-... · Posted by u/speckx
I've found that no mater what country I've been to, or what social classes the people belong to, three topics have a 95% success rate when it comes to social relations with guys: sports, cars, fishing/hunting. And to some degree handywork.
It is a bit unfortunate, as I'm not at all interested in talking about those things - but they are such staple topics, that you can come off as a sort of outcast if you can't keep a short convo on those things.
Another observation has been that some topics are very polarized. In some countries you can talk pretty freely about politics, while in other places it is a faux pas.
But then again, part of finding out what the other party likes talking about is a skill in itself.
The problem is that I find the conversations that flow from these openers incredibly dull. So I just stay at home and read my phone instead, however unfortunately I hear that that is correlated with various negative outcomes.
"Hi, I have no interest in you or these topics but let's converse to extend my lifespan." Beer can help with this.
pmg101 commented on EU proposal to scan all private messages gains momentum cointelegraph.com/news/eu... · Posted by u/6d6b73
Something the HN discussion on this topic just like the UK online safety act seems to ignore is that this kind of legislation has broad support among voters.
I'd say in general people are more concerned about The Bad People than about privacy. Probably because they mostly trust their governments, certainly more than they trust Big Tech.
pmg101 commented on Ask HN: What trick of the trade took you too long to learn? · Posted by u/unsupp0rted
These are not financially identical at all, at least where I live. If heating breaks down, it is landlord's financial burden. Sooner or later you'll have to replace the roof. You don't have this type of financial burdens if you rent.
Yes it'd be interesting to see all those kinds of decadal costs factored in.
My head is still very much turned however by the fact that rents rise with or above inflation every year, meanwhile I'm still paying off my mortgage in 2012 pounds. But I'm quite willing to believe I'm behaving irrationally.