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galleywest200 · 2026-04-21T23:59:06 1776815946

Can these people not just create a diagram with their own hands? Literally a pencil and paper.

I am at the point where I would prefer a poorly human drawn diagram with terrible handwriting over AI slop.

twobitshifter · 2026-04-22T00:55:19 1776819319

If you scroll far enough down the linked page, you’ll see they’re knocking off poor handwriting too!

zbrozek · 2026-04-22T00:33:35 1776818015

I do that. My slide decks these days are hand scribbled.

rafael-lua · 2026-04-22T00:15:58 1776816958

It is not the making of the diagram that is the problem, but often the fact I have no idea how to put it visually. AI is awesome at this.

Now, does that justify the harm? Not for me, but this issue is way out of my league.

davebren · 2026-04-22T00:40:53 1776818453

The point of a diagram is that you have something in your head to turn into the diagram. There's no point if you can't do it yourself and the image generator is coming up with it for you.

rafael-lua · 2026-04-22T00:59:36 1776819576

I disagree. Diagrams are a type of visual communication, and not everyone is good at translating things to visual. I open an excalidraw with clear concepts in my head, but nothing comes out of it. I try C4 or flow diagrams, and I spend an excessive amount of time refactoring them to end up mediocre anyway. Not just me, I know MANY developers that are amazing at explaining things but are mind-blocked when drawing simple circles and arrows.

Helping us navigate things we aren't good at has been one of the main selling points of AI.

davebren · 2026-04-22T01:20:07 1776820807

Learn how to draw simple circles and arrows, this is the epitome of learned helplessness.

izucken · 2026-04-22T10:24:18 1776853458

But then he wouldn't have a justification for AI companies to rob people! And you are suggesting robbing himself of this justification!

breezybottom · 2026-04-22T03:57:49 1776830269

It's not translation if it's completely AI generated to begin with. Instead of addressing your mental deficits (which sound severe), you're offloading it and making the problem worse.

wiseowise · 2026-04-22T08:45:14 1776847514

You have lack of practice and OCD if you’re constantly refactoring but “always end up mediocre”.

galleywest200 · 2026-04-17T01:58:35 1776391115

Also mentioning Lexaloffle’s most recent project the Picotron which is a fantasy workstation instead of just a console.

https://www.lexaloffle.com/picotron.php

With no technical upper limit on file size (as well as being able to export for other OSes) you could, in theory, publish a full game from this.

prmoustache · 2026-04-17T13:36:39 1776432999

Isn't it a bit like uxn at that point?

galleywest200 · 2026-04-09T21:16:31 1775769391

Wool will keep you warm and comfy even if it is soaking wet. It is also used for fire blankets.

galleywest200 · 2026-04-09T21:13:14 1775769194

No, but they are the ones who placed an order for 40% of the world's supply.

TeMPOraL · 2026-04-09T21:56:24 1775771784

Sure, but they have competitors who'll be more than happy to pick up whatever OpenAI ultimately doesn't buy. Point being, from POV of suppliers, there's no reason to re-retool for consumer production.

galleywest200 · 2026-04-08T15:23:30 1775661810

I really wish the Libby app worked with devices other than Kindle. I got a Kindle because I wanted to check out eBooks from the library and read them on an eInk screen.

chocochunks · 2026-04-08T17:50:50 1775670650

Libby works with Kobo (well Overdrive works with Kobo). You check out a book in Libby and then just sync the Kobo and it appears.

ZeroGravitas · 2026-04-08T16:00:02 1775664002

I use Libby on a Boox android based ereader.

TitaRusell · 2026-04-08T19:57:17 1775678237

Yeah the public library in my country insists on Adobe.

I lend books legally (library membership), strip the DRM and convert it to mobi. There's just no way I am reading books on my phone.

galleywest200 · 2026-04-06T01:30:23 1775439023

Another opposing viewpoint: there is already so much human made music on YouTube you already had “effectively infinite free entertainment”.

You are paying money to YouTube (or watching ads) for work nobody put any effort into. I would rather pay a human artist.

galleywest200 · 2026-03-29T22:45:53 1774824353

I remember touring a chemistry lab in college and one student asked the panel of chemists how much LinkedIn mattered in their industry and they paused until one chemist asks “what is LinkedIn?”

galleywest200 · 2026-03-26T19:14:29 1774552469

Pickles veggies are made by just leaving veggies under brine at room temp, I am sure they had some form of that.

galleywest200 · 2026-03-23T15:15:35 1774278935

I wonder how clean the clothes looked, however. Clothes can be well worn but still appear clean and taken care of. There is a difference between "this is my favorite shirt" and "these are my grubbies I use while cleaning the house".

galleywest200 · 2026-03-22T17:30:06 1774200606

I prefer to ask people what they do for fun when looking for something in common, as opposed to what they do for work.

Some people are recently laid off, and asking what they do for work might sting a bit.

tdeck · 2026-03-23T03:09:57 1774235397

I like asking both, but these days a lot of the "what do you do for fun" answers are just consumption hobbies (e.g. I watch X show on Netflix) that people use to switch off after a long day of work. It's easier to think of interesting follow up questions about someone's work than about these kinds of hobbies. Even if (especially if) the work is something completely different from what I'm doing.

9rx · 2026-03-23T13:17:49 1774271869

> I prefer to ask people what they do for fun when looking for something in common, as opposed to what they do for work.

Hasn't the question always implied to be about what you do for fun? It has never occurred to me that should answer "I wash the dishes".

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