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sieepon Why do Americans hate A.I.?

The only Americans ive seen excited about AI are CEOs which should come as a shocker to nobody.

sieepon Linux is good now

+1 for CachyOS. I also recommend Mint and Pop!_OS if you prefer Debian based distros.

sieepon Show HN: 22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite

Cheers to you for doing the math, I hope 2026 is excellent for you!

sieepon Ask HN: Any example of successful vibe-coded product?

Even worse, almost all of these links look exactly the same. Similar heros, similar calls to action, etc.

Ive even noticed fortmatting bugs that are seemingly identical on two different websites lol

sieepon Show HN: 22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite

What a reminder on how text is so much more efficient than video, its crazy! Could you imagine the same amount of knowledge (or dribble) but in video form? I wonder how large that would be.

sieepon Karpathy on Programming: “I've never felt this much behind”

Yes, this does look like a beginner project & exactly what i expected from someone who doesn't write code.

sieepon Ask HN: Loneliness at 19, how to cope?

Fascinating. I can see the usefulness in that. It seems a little bizarre to me without the context so thank you for clarifying.

sieepon Go away Python

Ive been away from python for awhile now, I was under the impression uv was somehow solving this dependency hell. Whats the benefit of using uv/pip together? Speed?

sieepon Ask HN: Loneliness at 19, how to cope?

Im interested to learn more about this team building exercise. What do you mean by hug random strangers? Like on the street? I've never heard of such an exercise before.

sieepon Unity's Mono problem: C# code runs slower than it should

I recently started learning Godot and learning that they use .NET for the C# runtime is a nice touch. I write a lot of code that targets .NET in my day job, so having to learn the unity way of doing things would be frustrating.

sieepon Shut-In Society

I also thought that and was surprised they never moved to the digital age, at least in a meaningful way.

sieepon Eastern Market Detroit

To anyone who has never been, this is one of the oldest and most vibrant marketplaces you will ever see.

Thanks for sharing the beautiful side of Detroit with us.

sieepon FreeRadical – Rust CMS that's 1500% faster than WordPress

Vibe coded site thats pretty broken on mobile. Im assuming the product is as well.

sieepon Makesite: Simple, lightweight, and magic-free static site/blog generator (2022)

Thanks for sharing this, I've never heard of it! It's actually a pretty similar approach to what I'm doing, without having dug into the code. Making an ssg does feel like you're reinventing the wheel, but I rather enjoy having creative control over things even if it's not much different from what's out there.

I just started working on my own ssg using Elixir https://github.com/Sieep-Coding/project-ssg

Here's a sample using our 'minimal' template https://project-ssg.vercel.app/

sieepon Tell HN: Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to HN

sieepon Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files

Keep up the good work boys this is great stuff and is actually a pretty intuitive way to view the files, ive been sharing it for weeks now.

sieepon Ireland’s Diarmuid Early wins world Microsoft Excel title

From my understanding it wasn't started or ran by Microsoft. They have Microsoft listed as the first sponsor on their main website, for what it's worth.

https://fmworldcup.com/

sieepon Be Like Clippy

Well said. I've long been a believer in computer literacy. Streamlined UX/UI has made people, especially the younger generation worse at using & troubleshooting computers. It's painfully obvious in the corporate world nowadays. Clippy to me, absolutely played a part in this.

sieepon LinkedIn is loud, and corporate is hell

I agree with a lot of the sentiment here about the actual app itself but I'm surprised that people aren't seeing LinkedIn for what it is, a tool. If you're a founder, LinkedIn is a great place to find talent & drive inbound sales, at minimum.

If you're not using it, I bet your competition is. Sure, the feed is terrible but look at it purely as a talent & sales pipeline. There isn't anything else like it out there.

sieepon S&box is now an open source game engine

I doubt its much of a deal. Garrys Mod and Rust have both been wildly successful (which means Valve has made tons of money off them as well)

My point is, if I were Valve id let Garry run wild with my engine--no deal needed. Hes proven himself more than once. Just a thought!

sieepon A One-Minute ADHD Test

This is the exact test that I took. I found the results and subsequent treatment based on those results to be highly beneficial to my life & career.

sieepon Ultra-processed food linked to harm in every major human organ, study finds

Also from this wiki page[0], identifying UPF (paraphrased by me):

Long ingredient list: Foods that contain many ingredients, especially those that could not be found in a kitchen, are likely to be ultra-processed.

Claims on the packaging: Ultra-processed foods often come in packaging with nutrition claims like "low-fat," "sugar-free," or "fortified with vitamins."

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-processed_food

sieepon Ask HN: Is Computer Science still a good choice?

I studied economics and philosophy at a medium sized state school, yet i ended up with the software engineers because of my passion for coding. Degrees are largely just checkboxes unless you're going to MIT, Stanford, etc.

With that being said, I did use my economics degree to get my foot in the door doing data analytics then I transitioned to SWE. You'll find you way, if being a SWE is truly your passion.

sieepon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)

Thanks Sam! Means the world. Looking forward to any feedback you have when I launch.

sieepon Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)

https://michigan-pulse.com

I am building a community driven data aggregation platform for the Michigan tech ecosystem. This is just a promo page.

On launch there will be a company index, curated newsletter, educational resources in michigan like CS programs, and much more!

sieepon Some rando turned me into a meme coin

There's been snake-oil salesmen for a long time now.

sieepon Aisuru botnet shifts from DDoS to residential proxies

Very fascinating. I saw multiple people predict that these ddos attacks were just advertisement for the Aisuru services.

How can regular users of Android, smart TV's, etc. identify these IoT devices that have been compromised?

sieepon Tell HN: Twilio support replies with hallucinated features

This is hilarious.

The gall these guys have to say things like '...not-too-distant future in which AI models are autonomously running things in the real economy.'

It's not even close to doing something a little girl at a lemonade stand could do, no?