chanbam's comments

On: Zpdf: PDF text extraction in Zig

[chanbam]

If he made something legitimately useful, who cares how?

[littlestymaar → chanbam]

It seems that he didn't even test it before submitting though…

The author has created 30 new projects on github, in half a dozen different programming language, over the past month alone, and he also happen to have an LLM-generated blog. I think it's fair to say it's not “legitimately useful” except as a way for the author to fill his resume as he's looking for a job.

This kind of behavior is toxic.

[mpeg → littlestymaar]

Exactly this, I like to give the benefit of the doubt to people but pushing huge chunks of code this quickly shows the whole thing is vibe coded

I actually don’t mind LLM generated code when it’s been manually reviewed, but this and a quick look through other submissions makes me realise the author is simply trying to pad their resume with OSS projects. Respect the hustle, but it shows a lack of respect for other’s time to then submit it to show HN

[lulzx → mpeg]

Fair point. I won't submit here again until I've put in the work to make something that respects people's time to evaluate it. Lesson learned. :)

On: Atuin – Magical shell history

[chanbam]

just commenting for my discworld homies

[viksit → chanbam]

i came here for this

On: What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book?

[chanbam]

I wholeheartedly recommend it

On: The Atlantic Daily: QAnon Is a New American Religion

[chanbam]

I believe "cult" is the word they were looking for

[free_rms → chanbam]

Cults have leaders.

[RunningDroid → free_rms]

Qanon is the leader of the Qcult which is based out of Qkun.

[squarefoot → free_rms]

Religions have both leaders and tax exemption. I wouldn't be surprised if in some time they'd become one by similar means to the ones employed by Scientology some time ago. Being pro-Trump might add some attached benefits too.

[badrabbit → squarefoot]

Non-profits have a tax exemption, religios orgs don't specifically have an exemption. Qanon related orgs can be exempt if they are not for profit.

On: Coronavirus Is Making Universal Basic Income Look Better

[chanbam]

Because we're losing jobs to automation.

The simple menial jobs of 1939 are robot jobs in 2020

On: ‘Time has come’ for universal basic income, says Scotland’s first minister

[chanbam]

"Fixed population" We gonna kill a grandparent everytime someone has a kid?

On: David Attenborough calls for ban on deep sea mining

[chanbam]

You're kidding, right?

On: My dudes, it is New Year's

[chanbam]

Happy new year my dude

On: It was the year of ‘OK boomer,’ and the generations were at each other’s throats

[chanbam]

There are clips you can find of kids saying it in school to their teacher, and then the teacher freaks out, to the same degree as if they were just called a racial slur, or something of the same magnitude

On: Big tech companies have been at the cutting edge of corporate tax avoidance

[chanbam]

Yang2020.com Google Andrew Yang

[oarabbus_ → chanbam]

I do like that he seems to be the only candidate who talks about incentivizing corporations to give back, rather than talking about enacting punitive measures on corporations.