Yesterday, John Romero did a historic livestream on his Twitch channel.
He played through a few maps while sharing details about the origins of Quake, design decisions, how Nine Inch Nails ended up doing the soundtrack, and a lot of rich information for fans of the game, at least for me, since I still play QW to this day and didn't know any of this.
But one thing I notice about Romero, or maybe I’m just imagining it, is that he doesnt seem to have anywhere near the same affection for Quake as he does for Doom. Maybe the internal issues back then had something to do with it.
How can I learn the practical side of computer vision in 2026?
I'm not interested in understanding papers or the math behind it, but rather in how to put a system into production, whether it's object detection, running 20 cameras in parallel on a single computer, like sizing hardware for a specific task, and so on.
The top one reason I want to retire so bad is because of useless meetings and calls. I had a boss for 6 months that would call me randomly during the day "just to check how things are going", I mean wtf.
But as I age, I see that there are people out there that NEED to talk and to speak to other people. And of course, you have those doing micromanagement.
We're in a phase where founders are obsessed with productivity so everything seens to work just fine and as intended with few slops.
They're racing to be as productive as possible so we can get who knows where.
There are times when I honestly don't even know why we're automating certain tasks anymore.
In the past, we had the option of saying we didn't know something, especially when it was an area we didn't want to know about. Today, we no longer have that option, because knowledge is just a prompt away. So you end up doing front-end work for a backend application you just built, even though your role was supposed to be completely different.
Funny that this is on the front page of HN.
I’m currently attending a 3 day in person immersive course at a university.
For what applications are you guys using it for? Curious about the potential
Calling LLMs "intelligent" is not a neutral technical description, because in the end it carries strong anthropomorphic implications that shape how users interpret and trust all these systems.
Remember that decades of research in human computer interaction show that framing and interface design strongly influence user perception.
also disclaimers do little to counteract this effect. Because LLMs simulate linguistic competence without understanding or truth-tracking mechanisms, marketing them as intelligent risks systematically misleading users about their capabilities and limitations.
I think it’s already time for us to stop calling these things "intelligent" or using the word intelligence when referring to LLMs. These tools are very dangerous for people who are mentally fragile.
I have almost a spiritual experience when I go to vinyl record shop around the globe, it is a rare moment where I feel present and don't feel the time passing by. I also like to connect with people looking around for records and to know their background. Apps can't replace any of that.