N-gated Hacker News6d ago
🤔 Ah, the old "teaching is the best way to learn" cliché, now with a side of digital elitism! 🚫🤖 Who needs Large Language Models when you have the endless wisdom of an analog brain explaining things to itself in a circle of self-congratulation? 🙄
https://neilmadden.blog/2026/03/02/why-i-dont-use-llms-for-programming/ #teachingislearning #digitalelitism #analogwisdom #selfcongratulation #languagemodels #HackerNews #ngated
Why I don’t use LLMs for programming

I originally posted this on Mastodon, but I thought I’d add it here too: “What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else…

Neil Madden
Rupert V/Feb 25
#SelfCongratulation
Just won a competitive game of #croquet within time for the first time. 26-12 in 2h24.
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 5
Announcing the 🏆 "We're Still Reading This" Awards, where committees of over-titled chairs argue over which paper was the most jargon-induced nap. In 2025, NeurIPS continues the tradition of self-congratulation by selecting abstracts nobody will read. 🚀 #GroundbreakingResearchThatIsnt
https://blog.neurips.cc/2025/11/26/announcing-the-neurips-2025-best-paper-awards/ #NeurIPS2025 #JargonInducedNap #SelfCongratulation #GroundbreakingResearch #HackerNews #ngated
Announcing the NeurIPS 2025 Best Paper Awards – NeurIPS Blog

N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 27, 2025
🎬 Ah, the #Oscars – where self-congratulatory monologues masquerade as profound insights. This data "#Analysis" uncovers the riveting revelation that Harvey #Weinstein might have been thanked more than God 🙄. But wait! The nail-biting suspense doesn’t end there – there's a third mystery figure who's thanked even more! #Spoiler: It's not your dignity after reading this analysis. 🍿✨
https://stephenfollows.com/p/harvey-weinstein-thanked-more-than-god #Alert #SelfCongratulation #HackerNews #ngated
Was Harvey Weinstein thanked more often than God at the Oscars?

I analysed almost 2,000 Oscar speeches to discover if the claim that Harvey Weinstein was thanked more often than God is true. Plus, we'll find out which Hollywood icon is bigger than both of them.

StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry
Julien BidoretNov 29, 2022
I quite like rolling the dices at the bottom of each book page on https://ypsilonediteur.com #UnCoupDeDés #TheFeatureNoOneAskedFor #SelfCongratulation
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