mronetwo's comments

On: NotebookLM's automatically generated podcasts are ...

[mronetwo]

Unlikely. It's just that our brains are so fried by our smartphones/social media/24h of news/media consumption that we've lost the plot.

[the8thbit → mronetwo]

I don't doubt you're right about social media and smartphones rotting our attention spans. But also, peripatetic philosophy is ancient. I spend most of my day sitting. Whether its work, entertainment, or hobbies, most of these things have me sat in front of a screen. So its nice, and I do think it increases my retention, to be able to do something while walking or cycling instead of sitting.

[sodality2 → mronetwo]

And if that means the best way to learn now is podcasts, what do you prefer: not learning, or learning via a way you view as inferior?

[cjaackie → mronetwo]

so that's the cool part, I think, instead of wasting time on socmed and news cycle composting, waste time on this instead. I think this is the general direction all media is headed, regardless of whether one agrees with it or not. Feed it whatever you want and it will shuffle together a plot, just for you.

[rafram → mronetwo]

It's unlikely that some people prefer to learn by listening to discussions?

[mronetwo → rafram]

You can prefer many things, but yes, it's unlikely there are people for whom listening two people talking is a good way of learning.

[squigz → mronetwo]

Well... I mean... you're wrong.

On: Genie: Best AI Software Engineer

[mronetwo]

Sorry for not discussing the product itself, but...

I'm just not seeing a machine that is "likely correct", constantly interrupting the "operator" to be that much of a win. I have seen some software influencers reflect on how much more fun it is to code, after dropping the LLM assistant.

All of these feel like offerings to the Productivity God. As a salary guy I'll never get excited that I can do more during my work day. It's already easy to hit my capacity.

On: Attribution is dying, clicks are dying

[mronetwo]

> Allocating budge to partnerships and influencer marketing: yes! The smart marketers are already doing this. Also: community building. Anything that creates an environment of trust & where people interact with experts.

Ehhh... why does it always sound so dishonest when marketing people talk about these things? "community" is just a tool for you. "environment of trust" is just leverage to you. Alex Jones is an "expert" in the world of marketing, since he's selling some crap supplements.

You're just finding ways to pry open our brains, and everything is on the table. This post reads like an ad. Maybe it is? Maybe that's how you talk on daily basis?

On: FastHTML – Modern web applications in pure Python

[mronetwo]

Yeah I also don't get it. Python is great and I really like it, but it never feels like a good choice for an app that runs 24/7 for years to come. So many wasted CPU cycles.

On: Women who make Samsung semiconductors are striking

[mronetwo]

and what's exactly the purpose of that philosophical angle?

[d_tr → mronetwo]

I found it informative. It seems people interpreted the comment very uncharitably.

[amelius → mronetwo]

It is just a way of saying that you should not read anything into the statement.

On: Ask HN: User communities that aren't Discord?

[mronetwo]

Discord's UX feels quite bad. It's overwhelming and readability is bad. That'd be my biggest complain when it comes to "complexity".

[endorphine → mronetwo]

My thoughts exactly. It's one of the most overloaded and confusing UIs I've seen

[ranger_danger → mronetwo]

Never heard this complaint ever. I would argue all other solutions that are usable for the majority of people have much worse UX.

On: Another AI company wrote us and here’s our respons...

[mronetwo]

Yeah but what if I don't want to use it?

Truth is that no one has the luxury to make that choice because everything is seen through the lens of productivity. It's the productivity that makes making art faster "good".

It sucks so hard that the choice is: either get on board or become irrelevant.

People have every right to complain about art, for many reasons. It's not comparable to Photoshop.

On: Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1M...

[mronetwo]

Nitpick (or is it?) but the website is soulless and just bad. The website design communicates that this is just another immature project, desperately looking for a VC funding, just following modern design trends where "design == aesthetics". Yuck.

I am happy to see the project thrive.

[aniviacat → mronetwo]

I don't know if that's true for non-developers. (Of course non-developers aren't the target yet, but they hopefully will be in the future.) I'd assume that non-developers are usually the main audience for a project website like this.

Developers can simply look at the Github readme and get their near plain text overview there.

[ohmyiv → mronetwo]

> Nitpick (or is it?)

We're all nitpicking no matter what our thoughts are on the design. I have my own thoughts on the design, but I'm more excited about the product than to put any more care in what the website looks like. It's easy enough to ignore and doesn't have an effect on the product.

[Sammi → mronetwo]

Where's the Ladybird??

[prettymuchnoone → Sammi]

they got rid of it :(

[trustno2 → mronetwo]

This is a textbook definition of bikeshedding though

[x-complexity → mronetwo]

> Nitpick (or is it?) but the website is soulless and just bad.

It is a nitpick, and the website works just fine for conveying what Ladybird is & what the project will be doing: The elevator pitch given was straightforward & at the top of the main page.

[Kiro → mronetwo]

The new website is the first time I've felt excitement for Ladybird and I've been following SerenityOS from the inception.

[bezier-curve → mronetwo]

Have to agree, though I think as the saying goes, "don't hate the playa, hate the game". Capitalism sucks. Sorry for my non-HN-like comment, but it's the truth.

[rchaud → bezier-curve]

> "don't hate the playa, hate the game"

That might play if this was another Chromium fork, instead of something built from scratch.

[bezier-curve → rchaud]

I've been watching Andreas' youtube channel, no need to talk down to me.

On: Pico.sh – Hacker Labs

[mronetwo]

What you're saying is that it's not for you? Cool story, bro.

[remram → mronetwo]

What they're saying is that the free quota is much lower than the free quota of other repositories, making it uncompetitive.

I'll add that the paid tiers of most repositories are not more expensive and offer better security than "guess my SSH username".

On: How Radicle Works Under the Hood

[mronetwo]

Is it something that's aimed at a specific problem I have never encountered or is it something that can improve everyone's workflow? It feels like it's something closer to git + mailing lists than typical PR workflow, which I do find interesting because PRs are... a lot of unnecessary work. But this has to be better than mailing lists, right?

[_factor → mronetwo]

It seems to address data centralization issues. Government activists and pirates will likely find it attractive.

For the average GitHub user, it adds a lot of complexity for undetermined benefit. It basically ensures your repositories can’t get pulled if someone at Microsoft doesn’t like what you’re doing.

[lftherios → _factor]

Yes, some of us think that entrusting one’s life’s work to platforms that lock in your identity and collaboration data is not a great idea.

[sourcepluck → _factor]

I remember chuckling at those dramatic ads before movies where they tried to equate copying of digital artefacts with heavy-duty "piracy", thinking to myself: who could buy that. Robbing a house isn't the same as sharing a copy of an mp3 with a friend.

I'm not certain you're using it in a pejorative manner, or just neutrally, but in any case, it's funny to see on here.

[zamalek → mronetwo]

Something like Suyu, or Great Firewall evasion. PRs (http/ssh in general) and mailing lists will end up being a game of whackamole.