"Why I still write raw code instead of prompting the compiler" and "Show HN: A text editor that doesn't use AI" are my two favorite ones.

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woliveirajr 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

"Ask HN: How do you prevent ad-injection in AR glasses?"

Things that I haven't thought but, after seeing it, makes total sense. Scary.

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barbacoa 17 hours ago | parent [-]

2040 HN:

"Ask HN: How do you prevent ad-injection in my brain implant?"

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mondrian 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Black Mirror episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_People_(Black_Mirror)

	▲	dachris 12 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Good to see that there's new episodes and they've still got their mojo - putting it on my list.
	▲	reaperducer 16 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The National Lampoon did it in the early 70's.

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danielheath 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

IIRC Asimov included this in Foundation; the poor couldn’t afford good adblockers for the implants they’d bought (in the hope of getting a better job)

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joegibbs 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think that "Show HN: A text editor that doesn't use AI" could easily be a post here today

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GPerson 8 hours ago | parent [-]

And it’s just a copy of notepad from windows xp.

	▲	Cthulhu_ an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Given it's HN, it'd likely be emacs, vi(m), or something like acme.
	▲	GaProgMan 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Dave Plummer (ex Microsoft) did this on his YouTuve channel recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmBd39OwvWg Would also recommend his back catalogue, if you haven't.

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Shorel an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I would be the author of the first one

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junon 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"raw code" is going into my permanent lexicon.

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tantalor 9 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hot take: regular old source code is just compiler prompting.

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globalise83 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Peak HN - captures it perfectly.