Hacker News with Generative AI: Humor

You share a house with Einstein, Hawking and Tao (faisalabid.com)
You're apartment hunting when a friend mentions a free room. Your skepticism evaporates the moment you hear the roommate's name: Albert Einstein.
Humor, Science, Thought Experiments
23 points by FaisalAbid 32 days ago | 50 comments
Anti-Proverbs (wikipedia.org)
An anti-proverb or a perverb is the transformation of a standard proverb for humorous effect.
Humor, Linguistics, Proverbs
5 points by qifzer 32 days ago | 0 comments
Looking for Keys Under the Lamppost (johndcook.com)
There’s an old joke about a drunk man looking for his keys under a lamppost. Someone stops and offers to help. He asks, “So, did you lose your keys here?” The drunk replies “No, I lost them over there, but here’s where the light is.”
Humor, Logic, Problem Solving
10 points by zdw 33 days ago | 5 comments
Survival is my weekly sprint goal (miserablyemployed.com)
"Do we have a roadmap, or are we just vibing?"
Work Culture, Humor, Productivity
12 points by ramijames 33 days ago | 0 comments
Apple Rejects My Name Because It Contains "Dek" – But "Dick" Is Allowed (ycombinator.com)
Apple, Censorship, Names, Technology, Humor
13 points by Kevin605 34 days ago | 1 comments
AI can't even fix a simple bug – but sure, let's fire engineers (nmn.gl)
Reddit discovered the funniest thing in tech this week, and it shows exactly how broken the AI narrative is.
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Software Development, Humor
100 points by namanyayg 34 days ago | 141 comments
The PhD Metagame: Don't Make Things Actually Work (maxwellforbes.com)
It's a trap!
Academia, Research, PhD, Humor
8 points by teleforce 35 days ago | 1 comments
I propose a new design term: "total design failure" (grumpy.website)
I propose a new design term: "total design failure".
Design, Humor, Terminology
19 points by troupo 35 days ago | 4 comments
AI Can't Even Fix a Simple Bug – But Sure, Let's Fire All Our Engineers (nmn.gl)
Reddit discovered the funniest thing in tech this week, and it shows exactly how broken the AI narrative is.
Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Software Development, Humor
11 points by namanyayg 36 days ago | 0 comments
My Deathbed, I Have One Regret: Not Spending More Time Resetting Passwords (mcsweeneys.net)
Come closer, grandchild. Thanks for visiting me one last time before I die. I’ve lived a great life. I climbed Mt. Everest, founded a Fortune 500 company, and had six amazing children. But there’s one mistake that haunts me: not spending more of my life creating, entering, and re-entering passwords.
Humor, Life Lessons, Technology
9 points by zdw 36 days ago | 5 comments
DumPy: NumPy except it's OK if you're dum (dynomight.substack.com)
Python, NumPy, Data Science, Programming, Humor
7 points by crescit_eundo 36 days ago | 2 comments
DumPy: NumPy except it's OK if you're dum (dynomight.net)
I don’t like NumPy
Python, Libraries, Data Science, Humor
23 points by mbforbes 36 days ago | 4 comments
Passphrases made with slang, band names, movie titles, insults, and jobs (slang45.com)
73 Billion-ish combinations possible. It's like listening to your drunk uncle explain something Carl Sagan said.
Security, Passwords, Language, Humor
4 points by geocrasher 37 days ago | 1 comments
Chicago newspaper prints a summer reading list. The problem? Books don't exist (cbc.ca)
News, Media, Humor, Chicago
10 points by pseudolus 38 days ago | 0 comments
The Onion's Ben Collins Knows How to Save Media (vanityfair.com)
The NBC News reporter turned CEO sits down for a long talk about his “weird and awkward” last year at the network; his girlfriend, congressional hopeful Kat Abughazaleh; and how he turned The Onion around: “Write a bunch of unprintable headlines.”
Media, Journalism, Humor, Leadership, The Onion
17 points by coloneltcb 38 days ago | 2 comments
I Want a Squire (hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com)
I want a squire. Not an AI personal assistant. A squire.
Humor, Personal Essays, Substack
14 points by jger15 39 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: Windows 98 themed website in 1 HTML file for my post punk band (corp.band)
Experience the invigorating power of CORP.
Web Development, Music, Design, Humor
204 points by jealousgelatin 39 days ago | 40 comments
Greenspun's 10th rule and the sad state of software quality (github.com)
Any sufficiently complicated C or Fortran program contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of Common Lisp.
Software Quality, Programming Languages, Software Development, Humor
11 points by mivanchev 39 days ago | 0 comments
Write your passwords down (2010) (jgc.org)
Here's my advice on password security based on the collected opinions of others:1. Write them down and keep them in your wallet because you are good at securing your wallet. (ref)2. Use different passwords on every web site because if you don't one site hacked = all your accounts hacked. (ref)3. Use passwords of at least 12 characters. (ref)4. Use mixed-case, numbers and special characters.
Security, Passwords, Web Security, Humor, Advice
10 points by Tomte 39 days ago | 0 comments
Weddingeddon (weddingeddon.com)
Wedding Planning, Humor, Satire
14 points by jseip 40 days ago | 4 comments
The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words (openculture.com)
In 2004, John Con­way and Alexan­der Soifer, both work­ing on math­e­mat­ics at Prince­ton Uni­ver­si­ty, sub­mit­ted to the Amer­i­can Math­e­mat­i­cal Month­ly what they believed was “a new world record in the num­ber of words in a [math] paper.”
Mathematics, World Records, Humor
3 points by geox 41 days ago | 0 comments
Vibe-coded a professional C99 compiler with a broken hand (then threw it away) (reddit.com)
Programming, C Programming, Personal Projects, Humor
17 points by jgarzik 42 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: Roast My Dish – AI roasts your food photos with brutal honesty (roastmydish.online)
Watch your dish get roasted by our AI chef
AI, Food, Humor, Creative Projects, Websites
17 points by romeumaleiane 42 days ago | 9 comments
Ground control to Major Trial (virtualize.sh)
When a $130M aerospace company chooses to endlessly abuse free trials instead of typing git pull, you start to question gravity, or at least common sense.
Software, Aerospace, Startups, Humor
526 points by plam503711 42 days ago | 191 comments
Two Problems Jokes (twoproblems.dev)
Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll use regular expressions."
Programming, Humor, Regular Expressions
3 points by phillc 43 days ago | 0 comments
The Cybertruck was supposed to be apocalypse-proof (theguardian.com)
The Cybertruck answers a question no one in the auto industry even thought to ask: what if there was a truck that a Chechen warlord couldn’t possibly pass up – a bulletproof, bioweapons-resistant, road rage-inducing street tank that’s illegal to drive in most of the world?
Cybertruck, Tesla, Automotive Industry, Design, Humor
16 points by n1b0m 44 days ago | 16 comments
Tesla Optimus Dancing (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.
Tesla, Robotics, Humor
12 points by redox99 45 days ago | 0 comments
Have you ever seen an emolument fly? (reason.com)
Politics, Humor, Satire
44 points by treetalker 46 days ago | 12 comments
Clearly Incorrect (quarter--mile.com)
Gordon Ramsay is a funny guy. Sometimes, this humor is intentional. Most of the time it’s not. Four years ago, he posted a grilled cheese sandwich recipe video in which he somehow managed to burn the edges of the bread without (seemingly) even warming up the cheese inside. It’s one of the worst grilled cheeses I have ever seen.
Food, Humor, Cooking
40 points by surprisetalk 47 days ago | 26 comments
Grumblebee's Rules of Order (For Himself) (metafilter.com)
MetaFilter is a weblog that anyone can contribute a link or a comment to. A typical weblog is one person posting their thoughts on the unique things they find on the web. This website exists to break down the barriers between people, to extend a weblog beyond just one person, and to foster discussion among its members.
Weblogs, Community, Rules, Humor
3 points by 1123581321 48 days ago | 0 comments