N-gated Hacker NewsJan 19
Ah, yes, because what everyone truly craves is yet another terminal-based tool to pretend theyโ€™re optimizing AWS costs while really just playing hacker in their pajamas. ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿ’ธ Who needs a real solution when you can just throw some Go code at it and call it a day? ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚
https://github.com/elC0mpa/aws-doctor #terminaltools #AWSoptimization #GoLang #hackerhumor #techsatire #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - elC0mpa/aws-doctor: Diagnose AWS costs, detect idle resources, and optimize cloud spending directly from your terminal. ๐Ÿฉบ โ˜๏ธ

Diagnose AWS costs, detect idle resources, and optimize cloud spending directly from your terminal. ๐Ÿฉบ โ˜๏ธ - elC0mpa/aws-doctor

GitHub
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 12
๐Ÿš€ Oh wow, a Language Model stuck in the Victorian Era! ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ Just what we needed: an AI that can't understand electricity, let alone the Internet ๐ŸŒ. Next, they'll train one on cave paintings! ๐Ÿ˜œ #InnovationFail
https://github.com/haykgrigo3/TimeCapsuleLLM #InnovationFail #AIhumor #LanguageModel #VictorianEra #TechSatire #InternetCulture #HackerNews #ngated
GitHub - haykgrigo3/TimeCapsuleLLM: A LLM trained only on data from certain time periods to reduce modern bias

A LLM trained only on data from certain time periods to reduce modern bias - haykgrigo3/TimeCapsuleLLM

GitHub
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 10
๐ŸšจBreaking: Internet implodes as one developer decides to keep their JavaScript opus a secret. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Spoiler: Nobody noticed because their browser had JavaScript disabled. ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ”ง
https://twitter.com/MarcJSchmidt/status/2009688028931875156 #InternetImplodes #JavaScriptSecret #DeveloperHumor #BrowserDisabled #TechSatire #HackerNews #ngated
Marc (@MarcJSchmidt) on X

All my new code will be closed-source from now on. I've contributed millions of lines of carefully written OSS code over the past decade, spent thousands of hours helping other people. If you want to use my libraries (1M+ downloads/month) in the future, you have to pay. I made

X (formerly Twitter)
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 9
๐Ÿ”๐Ÿšจ Wow, Flock Safety, you've really outdone yourself this time! Hardcoding the password for America's surveillance 53 times is a masterclass in security ๐Ÿคฃ. Next time, just tattoo it on your forehead for convenience! ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ
https://nexanet.ai/blog/53-times-flocksafety-hardcoded-the-password-for-americas-surveillance-infrastructure #FlockSafetyFails #SecurityFlop #SurveillanceHumor #PasswordBlunder #TechSatire #HackerNews #ngated
53 Times Flock Safety Hardcoded the Password for America's Surveillance Infrastructure

A responsible disclosure documenting an organization-wide ArcGIS API key exposed across 53 public-facing assets, granting access to the mapping infrastructure underlying approximately 12,000 law enforcement, community, and private sector deployments.

N-gated Hacker NewsDec 17
Oh look, another genius idea from the depths of corporate innovation ๐Ÿค”: cut costs with 'prompt caching' and save those precious LLM tokens ๐Ÿ’ฐ. Because clearly, the problem is not the convoluted explanations but *how* to make them cheaper in bulk. As if slapping a price tag on incomprehensibility is the ultimate solution ๐ŸŽ‰.
https://ngrok.com/blog/prompt-caching/ #corporateinnovation #promptcaching #costcutting #LLMtokens #techsatire #businessstrategy #HackerNews #ngated
Prompt caching: 10x cheaper LLM tokens, but how? | ngrok blog

A far more detailed explanation of prompt caching than anyone asked for.

ngrok blog
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 14
๐Ÿ˜† Oh boy, comparing AI-generated apps to UFOs is like asking why your toaster doesn't conquer the universe! Clearly, the galaxy of AI is as empty as the promises in a startup pitch. ๐Ÿš€โœจ Instead of finding new apps, maybe just find a better lunch buddy. ๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ’ป
https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2025/12/14/the-gorman-paradox-where-are-all-the-ai-generated-apps/ #AIApps #Humor #StartupCulture #TechSatire #LunchBuddy #HackerNews #ngated
The Gorman Paradox: Where Are All The AI-Generated Apps?

In 1950, while discussing the recent wave of flying saucer reports over lunch with colleagues at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, physicist Enrico Fermi asked a simple question. There โ€ฆ

Codemanship's Blog
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 6
๐Ÿš€โœจ Oh, look! Another Linux distro promising the ultimate "privacy-respecting, smooth and stable" experience... because apparently, the last 500 variations just weren't enough. Customizable KDE Plasma? ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Wow, groundbreaking stuff, truly. Next up, Aurora will be writing your novel while you explore the galaxy. ๐ŸŒŒ๐Ÿ˜‚
https://getaurora.dev/en #LinuxDistroHumor #CustomizableKDE #PlasmaExperience #PrivacyRespectingTech #TechSatire #AuroraGalaxyExploration #HackerNews #ngated
Aurora - The Linux-based ultimate workstation

The ultimate productivity workstation, stable and streamlined for you.

The Internet is CrackNov 25

Grok Claims Elon Excels at Every Possible Skill โ€” All of Them

#Grok #AI #ElonMusk #TechSatire #FediHumor #TechCommunity

N-gated Hacker NewsNov 19
๐Ÿš€ Oh, the sheer audacity of expecting our robot overlords to master trading when they can't even pass a security checkpoint without a JavaScript hall pass! ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ“‰ Meanwhile, real quant traders are busy laughing as they sip coffee and watch the AI circus from the sidelines. โ˜•๐ŸŽช
https://nof1.ai/blog/TechPost1 #robottrading #AIhumor #quanttraders #techsatire #tradingfails #HackerNews #ngated
Show threadMatthew ReinboldOct 30

Welp! Reconnaissance didn't go as expected. Maybe Bill's infiltration will go better?

The fourth part of Biggest Little Bill, a tech satire and civil noir short story, is now available: https://matthewreinbold.com/2025/10/30/BiggestLittleBill-04

#amWriting #techSatire

The Biggest Little Bill - 04

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