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New ask Hacker News story: GitHub can f..k you and you are forced to love it. or live with it...

GitHub can f..k you and you are forced to love it. or live with it... 5 by anonymous_frust | 1 comments on Hacker News. In January, Hytale launched in alpha. The owner said: “We officialy support mod” and “As long as the code isnt obfuscated you can decompile it.” Those were his words. I was on the official Discord, among thousands of players wanting to create servers and mods. Everyone wanted to move fast. I saw an opportunity. A huge wave I could surf. So I decompiled the server JAR and started creating comprehensive modding documentation. Three sleepless nights. Two more days. Twenty coffees. My reverse-engineering skills, boosted by AI, working overtime. Finally, it was ready. I published it on GitHub and shared it with the community. Developers thanked me. Two people joined the project. Then I woke up on Sunday morning. Account suspended. Both collaborators? Suspended too. GitHub said my account had been suspended for violating the rules. No specific rule. No explanation. I’m a...
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New ask Hacker News story: Commadore64 vs. Nvidia GB10

Commadore64 vs. Nvidia GB10 2 by spottedmarley | 0 comments on Hacker News. One of my first PCs was a C64 (my very first was a TRS80) Today I have a Dell Pro Max GB10 (2, actually) I started thinking about how far tech has come since those days so I asked Grok to try and calculate for me how many C64s would be required to match the processing power of one GB10. Grok's answer: Between 10- and 50-billion C64s (depending on how you compare them, they are not strictly comparable) Anyway, that's quite a 40yr leap!
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What's a good title for a software engineer now?

Ask HN: What's a good title for a software engineer now? 2 by type4 | 3 comments on Hacker News. Going with the premise that "software engineer" or "developer" is a dead-end because code is very cheap to produce now, I need something to market myself as.
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Ex-swe what part time did you pickup?

Ask HN: Ex-swe what part time did you pickup? 2 by conqrr | 0 comments on Hacker News. For all burntout swe, what's a good paid part time that you are doing?
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New ask Hacker News story: Factory AI vs. Cognition (Devin) board tussle

Factory AI vs. Cognition (Devin) board tussle 2 by pranshuchittora | 1 comments on Hacker News. Here are all the relevant tweets - Matan (CEO, Factory AI) - https://ift.tt/sTMbSUh - Chris Degnan's reply (who was allegedly fired) - https://ift.tt/NzcYi63 - Scott Wu (Cognition) - https://ift.tt/pUPybWh - Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures) - https://ift.tt/8OyYNkF
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What are you reading to your kids?

Ask HN: What are you reading to your kids? 3 by jopizio | 0 comments on Hacker News. I was inspired by the other thread I saw today about books for adults. For those with young children, what are you reading to them these days? Any good science and technology books appropriate for age 5 or 6? Or other non-fiction? I can strongly recommend "Mushrooms and Company" (https://ift.tt/B5UrndZ). My five year old daughter and I really enjoyed it, and now I'm personally very interested in fungi as a result.
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: How will the AI endgame play out?

Ask HN: How will the AI endgame play out? 2 by jackgavigan | 2 comments on Hacker News. It feels like there are three broad narratives regarding the future of AI: it's a bubble, humans face extinction, or it will usher in an AI revolution that will transform the way we live and work. I'm curious to hear what the HN Collective thinks will happen.
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