Hacker News with Generative AI: Humor

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

9 points by namanyayg 14 hours 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 15 hours ago | 4 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 19 hours ago | 1 comments

DumPy: NumPy except it's OK if you're dum (dynomight.net)
I don’t like NumPy

Python, Libraries, Data Science, Humor

17 points by mbforbes 19 hours ago | 3 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 2 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 2 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

16 points by coloneltcb 3 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 3 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 4 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 4 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 4 days ago | 0 comments

Weddingeddon (weddingeddon.com)

Wedding Planning, Humor, Satire

14 points by jseip 5 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 6 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 6 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 6 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

522 points by plam503711 7 days ago | 190 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 8 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 9 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 9 days ago | 0 comments

Have you ever seen an emolument fly? (reason.com)

Politics, Humor, Satire

44 points by treetalker 11 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 12 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 13 days ago | 0 comments

What Happens When There's No Job to Learn On? (gideons.substack.com)
Have you all seen this thread about how quickly o3 can produce quite plausible and clever New Yorker-style cartoons?

Artificial Intelligence, Creative Projects, Humor

12 points by paulpauper 13 days ago | 7 comments

Write the most clever code you can (buttondown.com)
I started writing this early last week but Real Life Stuff happened and now you're getting the first-draft late this week. Warning, unedited thoughts ahead!

Programming, Humor, Blogging

17 points by todsacerdoti 14 days ago | 6 comments

Miserably Employed (miserablyemployed.com)
Miserably Employed

Humor, Work, Jobs, Employment

11 points by ramijames 14 days ago | 0 comments

The Screamer – A yell-on yell-off light (rulethepla.net)
Don't you want to just yell at your electronics?

Humor, Electronics, Gadgets, Design

35 points by eieio 15 days ago | 15 comments

Show HN: Checking Pope's election results with smoke test script for chimney (github.com/donobu-inc)

Programming, Humor, Pope, Religion

26 points by vasusen 15 days ago | 12 comments

How Is Elon Musk Powering His Supercomputer? Fast and Loose in Memphis,as in D.C (newyorker.com)
Since Elon Musk announced that he’ll be stepping back from his daily work with DOGE, perhaps you’ve been wondering if he has anything else to fill that time now that he’s shut down operations at America’s humanitarian-aid provider, wrecked much of the nation’s scientific-research infrastructure, and disrupted the communications systems at the Social Security Administration.

Elon Musk, Technology, Politics, Humor, United States

5 points by KnuthIsGod 16 days ago | 0 comments

Whitehouse.gov now scrolls a banner link to "LoFi MAGA Video to Relax/Study To" (whitehouse.gov)
America is Back