Could you please stop posting unsubstantive comments to Hacker News and generally breaking the site guidelines? We ban accounts that do those things, because they destroy what the site is supposed to be for.
I realize HN (including downvotes) can be frustrating sometimes but the solution is not to double down with dramatically worse posts.
I'm sorry, dang, I can't stop at this point: I've set my sights on glorious hacker news oblivion and I will stop at nothing to achieve it. I recommend you ban this account. I am fully prepared to become a martyr to the cause of saving the world from self-satisfied tech knobs. I have reconciled myself to this fate. Hit me.
It doesnt have to be considered self congratulatory or smug, or indeed an indictment. The gradual erosion of any need for individual thought or creativity is a real problem nowadays. The existence of a tool like this is just a shame.
Examining and replicating the work of others is a significant part of creativity and harnessing imagination. There is a record of this stretching back into history with painters, sculptors, authors, musicians and more.
Do you think that playing Mozart or Beethoven on piano ruins the imagination of a potential composer? That just isn’t how it works.
There are a lot of deeply awful things in the world, but I don't really understand how this is one. Don't know what pieces you have/want to get an idea of where to start? Use the app, but then don't follow the generated instructions. Want to enjoy the act of following directions, without needing to buy more kits? Use the app as intended. Want to build things from your imagination instead of instructions? Just don't use the app.
