worth remembering hacker news cannot “realize” things.

Obvious shorthand for referring to "the majority of users on HackerNews."

How do you know what the majority of HN thinks?

Very obvious from votes, comments on the topic over the past few months.

are you saying HN users are sentient? I think we are going to need a benchmark

parent commenter may not be american

Yeah, there is a level of organizational trust that is required to use this tool (as with any system that allows distributing access via service accounts).

We do signal to Claude that there's a difference between a conversation's initiator versus incoming participants and we've found that in situations where people disagree on an approach, Claude patiently waits for a resolution while correcting any misunderstandings.

It's also worth mentioning that since Claude has its own identity, a coworker cannot enter a thread and commandeer _your_ identity; you collectively steer how Claude acts with its _own_ identity (it opens PRs as itself, browses Datadog as itself, etc).

there is certainly code that sucks; but the article strikes me as someone conflating "code that sucks" with "code that is complex and big and takes a while to get used to".

I have found that a lot of the "massive amounts of bad code" left behind by "rockstar developers" is actually just a long slow drip of added complexity in the face of changing requirements. and I find that people think they're "refactoring the code for readability" when a lot of times, they are actually just "rewriting the code and therefore understanding it in that process".

automated war machines are plenty to stop an angry mob imo.

Now imagine an angry mob with automated war machines

Why do you think they're trying to regulate 3D printers and CNC machines all of a sudden?

For that matter, what did you think gun control was for, exactly?

Maybe in some dystopian future. But right now there are still plenty of humans in the loop for supporting those machines.

Yeah like the elites would have any clue how they operate, like any tech.

The Mexican cartels have kidnapped people and forced them to build telephony infra for them.

Well said. I think a more honest article would’ve been if the author just said “they aren’t conscious because that feels kinda weird and crazy, amirite?”

But in this "Elysium"-like scenario, that same class would have automated protection in place that makes them ~untouchable and capable of keeping the rest of humanity incapable of pushing back.

I don't believe this to be true. Sure, for a short period of time they may be "untouchable". Long term, nope. Most of them can't do anything for themselves in terms of real world skills at this point. They are, literally, the most vulnerable without the protection and production of others.

If history is any guide, you're technically correct, but it's no help to the lower classes. Many a divine king, high priest, or emperor has died at the hands of those they depended on. But systemic change is rare. A new despot replaces the old and the cycle continues.

wow, I've been wanting a "PCB design system" like this for such a long time. I've always found it stupidly hard to just take an existing working board and tweak it.

Worst is when I have a full board and schematic, but its for some other EDA program. Importing EagleCAD shit into KiCAD is agonizing, endless tedium. It's not like I'm not grateful to have free and open-source designs (specifically I'm talking about Adafruit, I like them, but all they use is EagleCAD), but goddamnit why can't it just be easy for once :(

worth noting that silver macbooks are also anodized aluminum, so you'll also be filing off anodization

Yes, exactly. The point I was trying to make is that with a black finish, exposing the original color of the aluminum would be even more striking.

I'm always afraid of the day Logitech takes this away. Somebody should try to make an open source deploy of this too.