testycool's comments

On: Show HN: I built a 2-min quiz that shows you how bad you are at estimating

[testycool]

I thought it was interesting, but don't appreciate having to give you my email to see full results.

I unsubscribe from mails that aren't useful to me day-to-day because they're distracting.

Other than that it seems like a cool idea. I'd recommend slightly bigger fonts. I often have this issue with Gemini.

  Brier Score: 0.216 (lower is better)
  Diagnosis: Overconfident

[convexly → testycool]

Just pushed a fix for that! You should be able to see everything without inputting your email now. I've made a note about font size, thank you for the feedback.

On: AI singer now occupies eleven spots on iTunes singles chart

[testycool]

I mostly listen to AI-generated music. 8 out of 10 of my top listens in the last 180 days are AI-generated.

I gradually went from various genres -> mostly nerdcore -> mostly AI nerdcore.

https://www.last.fm/user/testycool/library/tracks?from=2025-...

EDIT: Updated link to the most listened songs in the past 180 days. The songs are not generated by me.

[kbelder → testycool]

I don't like most AI music I've heard, but you shouldn't be voted down for expressing a preference.

I do sometimes turn on ambient noise, some of it is randomized and musical (like '88 keys' at mynoise.net). Not AI, just algorithmic, but just because there's no human composer doesn't mean it MUST be condemned.

[rauljordan2020 → kbelder]

I feel like now, you can't even tell! I was in an uber drive where the driver had this incredible playlist of Brazilian bossa nova. It was sublime and some of the best tracks I ever heard. He even said he loves the singer but cannot find their name anywhere. It turns out it's a youtube playlist that is fully AI generated and genuinely some of the best bossa nova you can imagine. I still hear that playlist daily tbh. A legitimate, real Brazilian was vibing to a playlist he didn't even know was AI generated...

[egypturnash → kbelder]

It may not be traditionally "composed" but there was a lot of human thought that went into creating the loops and balancing how they play off against each other.

It's aleatoric music: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleatoric_music

[rafram → testycool]

Why?

[testycool → rafram]

It sounds great to me. AI-generated music is pretty popular with Warhammer 40k lore as well.

Also I tend to listen to songs for a few days, during which time I feel they're the best thing ever, which also helps with momentum during work.

After a few days I have to find other songs. Since AI music started getting more traction it's been way easier to find great songs.

I understand the criticisms of AI music, but that doesn't take away from the fact that for me and a growing number of people it sounds good.

[lokar → rafram]

The grift requires full commitment

[skeeter2020 → testycool]

If you think that AI generated beige music is nerdcore, you don't know what you're talking about. The best is far more sophisticated and deeply - sarcastically - self-referential that I think it would be a real challenge for AI to come up with something both compelling and meaningful.

[testycool → skeeter2020]

I don't have strong opinions on whether the AI music I listen to is nerdcore or something else. Maybe I didn't use the correct term.

[kjs3 → skeeter2020]

I think you touched on the point: people who don't actually care about music think musical pablum is 'good', because it slides in their ear and out without challenging them with actual 'listening'. This guy even assigns a genre to his slop while clearly knowing (and, really, caring) nothing about what he claims to like listening to.

[testycool → kjs3]

I do care a lot what I listen to. It takes me while to find songs that I like.

Also I am not listening to AI generated music that I generate myself.

These are some channels whose music I like:

  - https://www.youtube.com/@EndlessTaverns
  - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAutomaticSinger

On: Caveman: Why use many token when few token do trick

[testycool]

+1 Have used Grug as example for years to have LLM explain things to me.

On: Get Shit Done: A meta-prompting, context engineering and spec-driven dev system

[testycool]

Same experience on multiple occasions.

On: OpenAI, the US government and Persona built an identity surveillance machine

[testycool]

If I tap somewhere else the cat goes there. I like the website, even though some design choices don't follow UX best practices.

[righthand → testycool]

That has changed in the last couple days.

On: Anthropic is Down

[testycool]

Not much. Anthropic was down. What's up with you?

On: Putting Gemini to Work in Chrome

[testycool]

I do hope we get vertical tabs before that, though.

[samhh → testycool]

It’s already available behind a flag IIRC.

On: Ask HN: Share your personal website

[testycool]

https://testy.cool

I've been writing tutorials for multiple of my sites through the years (bytexd.com, nooblinux.com, and others), but decided recently I just want a more personal site where I mess around. It's still new though.

On: Show HN: Prism.Tools – Free and privacy-focused developer utilities

[testycool]

I was not expecting that. It's really interesting that they are behind this.

On: No Longer Burying the Lead: A New Media Culture for the Metacrisis

[testycool]

Glad you didn't turn a blonde eye to OPs mistake. If you hadn't, I would've.

I toohave zero taller ants for eggcorns[1] in serious forums.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn