This. And also a lack of respect for people commenting about it.
I used to randomly evaluate and give honest feedback on invisible projects when I had the time. Most times I was completely ignored, even when I was the only person who really cared enough to answer. Eventually, I got bored.
A personal blog disguised as a newspaper where I try to keep up/make sense of the world - 100% hand made and quite popular among HNers. Actually I never showed it anywhere else.
LLMs themselves are not a fad or overhyped. Even my mum (almost 70) is using an LLM nowadays, and she hates computers. Adapt or die and I don’t say this happily. I hate that I have to use an LLM to stay competitive, something I’m not used to in my life. I was always competitive bare-mind. Now I need to be armed with an LLM.
I have the feeling that most people haven’t fully realized it yet. All the languages or skills they half-learned will soon be worth nothing, and all the time they spent learning them will feel like a waste because it no longer leads to anything. Strange times.
Nowadays, almost anyone «armed» with an LLM can beat you if you’re going in with just your bare mind. That’s what I mean by losing my edge. And it’s not just at work, I mean in everyday life. It feels like someone stole my IQ, and I need to be equipped with an LLM all the time. It’s like we have to be cyborgs now just to survive, at least metaphorically.
I'd happily pay for the traditional physical IKEA yearly catalog. I suspect that if they sold it in-store for a few euros (€2?) just to cover printing costs, many people would buy it. It's more than a product list, it’s a cultural artifact, offering a window into the aesthetics, values, and lifestyle of its time. I still keep their old catalogs, and I’m not alone.
Minorities have the right to make/propose all the rules they want. What I mean is that majorities can’t be forced to comply. That wouldn’t be a democracy. By the way, minorities and majorities are fractal.
That is exactly what most people fail to acknowledge: (nowadays) every competent contractor in trades has more work than he can handle. You need him more than he needs you.
Maybe is just me but I read this as a satire of modern days and not as a satire of the old days. Most things the author hints as awkward in the past, the “optimized” version sounds frivolous.
I’m not a zealot of old times but if we are honest with ourselves we realize that most new stuff is crap. 90% somebody said. Few changes are net improvements.
HN has matured as much more than just "hacker news". Everything that is interesting as a place here and I hope it continues to be like that for a very long time.
I think you already did the first step: you were courage enough to speak about the problem, even if anonymously. Now that your mother has died, you only need to fight your aunt where blood bonds are much weaker.
Don't stop now: your sister needs you and your mind needs peace.