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downbad_··on Seven Ways to Avoid Losing Your Job to AI
Make yourself indispensable.
downbad_··on Meta Wants You to Pay for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Now
I meant out the US
downbad_··on Meta Wants You to Pay for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp Now
Are there people here who don't use WhatsApp at all? Meta products are really pissing me off, but everyone I know is on WhatsApp.
downbad_··on Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions
They really just copy other people.
downbad_··on Am I Supposed to Feel Happy?
Why couldn't you access the internet?
downbad_··on Ask HN: Why do people seem to generally hate AI?
I don't.
downbad_··on Ask HN: How does ranking work for Tell HN?
Yea, I think I'm right. I've noticed posts on the front page disappear suddenly and got drowned several pages down.
downbad_··on Ask HN: How does ranking work for Tell HN?
I think sometimes the mods press a button to remove it (certain posts) from the front page if they don't think it belongs on the site.
downbad_··on Old Reddit Is Down
We'll find out.
downbad_··on Old Reddit Is Down
I hope so too! The day we all spoke about. Lol.

"The day they take down old Reddit I'm out"

downbad_··on Old Reddit Is Down
Yea, I noticed. I use Reddit on read mode only.

They keep suspending me despite me appealing several times. It doesn't help that I tried creating new accounts each time which is against their rules (evading), but that was only because my initial appeal received no response!

But they let bots roam freely on their land.

It's annoying because I have communities I really like there like the ufc or mma Subreddits.

Ah, this is completely off topic. Ignore me.

Edit: I wonder what percentage of Reddit users use Old reddit. I suspect a great deal of Hacker News users use old reddit.

downbad_··on Ask HN: Could free/low cost LLMs be a momentary thing?
Is it possible that at a point in the near future, when everyone is dependent on them, they can then remove all free tiers and pump up the prices?

But that would lead to another competition on prices again.

downbad_··on Lost at sea: the man who vanished for 14 months (2015)
Tom Hanks in Cast Away.
downbad_··on Microsoft AI CEO forecasts human-level AI in 18 months
I didn't pick that up until you mentioned it. Lol. Nice one.
downbad_··on Microsoft AI CEO forecasts human-level AI in 18 months
Keep promising until it eventually happens! Infinite money glitch.
downbad_··on How a blind taste competition launched the American wine industry
I remember reading that wine tasters are fake. They fail blind control experiments.

"I am not drinking any fucking Merlot!" - Sideways

downbad_··on Do you spend 1h+ time a week just reading?
I used to spend more. I'm just distracted now with life. But I certainly used to spend more.
downbad_··on Ask HN: Why Reddit blocks all automated access but has .json for all URLs?
It was much better years ago.
downbad_··on Ask HN: Why Reddit blocks all automated access but has .json for all URLs?
I just want to know why Reddit keeps banning people for no good reason,while letting bots roam free.
downbad_··on Show HN: World Cup History MCP – every FIFA tournament 1930–2026
"That's main the reason I started to build the dataset for the World Cup API, which eventually grew as more data points were introduced. over a few weekends because LLMs are genuinely."

I don't understand. Did you use LLM for certain data?

It would make a good API for building a world cup quiz app.

Nice job.

downbad_··on Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)
Indeed!
downbad_··on Does it scale? Who cares (2011)
Seems I can no longer make any submissions without them getting killed on arrival. I have already acknowledged your message.
downbad_··on Does it scale? Who cares (2011)
Alright, thanks.
downbad_··on Ask HN: How do I get freelance developer jobs?
Can you help?
downbad_··on Ask HN: How do I get freelance developer jobs?
I'm just a guy trying to get by.
downbad_··on Trump Media and Technology Group lost $406M in first three months of 2026
Yea, I'm sure they got it back and more from all the insider trading.
downbad_··on Does it scale? Who cares (2011)
Previous discussion -

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14070189

(431 points | April 2017 | 273 comments)

downbad_··on Where will UX design be in 5 years? 5 Predictions (2017)
Original discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14037246 (163 points | April 2017 | 184 comments)
downbad_··on Influenza a (H1N1) (2009)
Will do that going forward, thanks.
downbad_··on Ask HN: Would you tell your kids to learn to code?
>solving problems with programming and mathematics, but I fully embrace the fact that the field doesn't have any place for those who enjoy the activity itself anymore. Now it's all about feeling empowered to prompt on subscription and see magic unfolding, and it's a matter of time until the languages we know know are treated like a low level abstraction in the same way assembly is.

You think there's no much point in learning to code by hand anymore as a means to financial freedom?

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