I hate these too, but I'm worried that a ban just incentivizes being more sneaky about it.
Readit Newsskobes commented on Ask HN: Should "I asked $AI, and it said" replies be forbidden in HN guidelines? · Posted by u/embedding-shape
skobes commented on Over fifty new hallucinations in ICLR 2026 submissions gptzero.me/news/iclr-2026... · Posted by u/puttycat
After an interview with Cory Doctorow I saw recently, I'm going to stop anthropomorphizing these things by calling them "hallucinations". They're computers, so these incidents are just simply Errors.
Developers have been anthropomorphizing computers for as long as they've been around though.
"The compiler thinks my variable isn't declared" "That function wants a null-terminated string" "Teach this code to use a cache"
Even the word computer once referred to a human.
skobes commented on Over fifty new hallucinations in ICLR 2026 submissions gptzero.me/news/iclr-2026... · Posted by u/puttycat
To me, this is exactly what LLMs are good for. It would be exhausting double checking for valid citations in a research paper. Fuzzy comparison and rote lookup seem primed for usage with LLMs.
Writing academic papers is exactly the _wrong_ usage for LLMs. So here we have a clear cut case for their usage and a clear cut case for their avoidance.
If LLMs produce fake citations, why would we trust LLMs to check them?
skobes commented on I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA · Posted by u/proberts
What has Chevron got to do with EB-1A adjudication? The Kazarian step 1 step 2 stuff is hokey. It is ultimately a subjective evaluation that will remain under the executive.
Wouldn't this fall under Auer deference (agency's interpretation of its own regulation)?
There is some uncertainty about whether Auer deference survives after Loper Bright.
skobes commented on Google is killing the open web, part 2 wok.oblomov.eu/tecnologia... · Posted by u/akagusu
In part 1 of this article, the author wrote, "XSLT is an essential companion to RSS, as it allows the feed itself to be perused in the browser"
Actually, you can make an RSS feed user-browsable by using JavaScript instead. You can even run XSLT in JavaScript, which is what Google's polyfill does.
I've written thousands of lines of XSLT. JavaScript is better than XSLT in every way, which is why JavaScript has thrived and XSLT has dwindled.
This is why XSLT has got to go: https://www.offensivecon.org/speakers/2025/ivan-fratric.html
Your link is just the abstract, I had to hunt for the full talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1kc7fcF5Ao
But it is quite interesting and especially learning about the security problems of the document() function (described @ 19:40-25:38) made me feel more convinced that removing XSLT is a good decision.
skobes commented on Prefer Boring Technology itwont.work/blog/prefer-b... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
I tried to read this but the pronouns are so grating
The only thing I know about rock tumblers is that Steve Jobs thinks they're like teams of people building software...
Apple must have been a noisy, violent place :P
skobes commented on SGI demos from long ago in the browser via WASM github.com/sgi-demos... · Posted by u/yankcrime
Interesting that the canvas looks to be in a 5:3 aspect ratio. Did SGI displays have that shape, or would they have used non-square pixels like many DOS games in CGA/EGA resolution?
skobes commented on The Fisherman and His Wife (1857) sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grim... · Posted by u/andsoitis
Some people are greedy and don't know when to stop when they have enough. The fisherman is notably not one of those people.
Older generations might have been most offended by the "becoming like God" part. The enchanted fish was willing to grant any wish that is in principle achievable by a human being, even the most ridiculous wish of becoming Pope.
But the moment the wish transcends that human realm it is turned down and punished.
I guess the theme of "becoming like God" resonates with the story from Adam and Eve's fall.
Interesting, you read it as if the fish said "You want to be like God? No, that's too far. Game over!"
But another reading is: God would have chosen the shack (grace to the humble, etc.) So she got her wish.
I seek and value friends that DO ask about me, and then try to remind myself to not take it for granted, and return the favor to them!
This gives some additional lens, though, to be flexible with "takers" and give them credit for putting themselves out there.
I think I'm a lot better now than when I was younger at adapting to a wide range of conversational styles, mostly just from paying more attention to that dynamic.
Do you feel like your conversational toolbox has evolved over time? :)