Hacker News with Generative AI: Memes

4chan is down following an alleged hack (engadget.com)
4chan, the controversial forum known for birthing early meme culture and Gamergate, is down, following an apparent hack.

4chan, Online Forums, Security, Hacking, Memes

7 points by coloneltcb 11 days ago | 0 comments

OpenAI's Ghibli frenzy took a dark turn real fast (businessinsider.com)
From meme madness to copyright concerns, the release of OpenAI's new image generator this week has been nothing short of dramatic.

Generative AI, OpenAI, Copyright, Memes, Art

7 points by bentobean 29 days ago | 2 comments

Playstation Mod Turns the PSOne into a Crustacean (gizmodo.com)
“Playstacean” is more than a pun, it’s a meme that’s transformed into an actual console, and it may be the cutest, working version of Sony’s long-defunct PSOne in the 25 years since its initial launch.

Gaming, Hardware, Retro Gaming, Memes

108 points by ulrischa 32 days ago | 23 comments

Buy Infowars for the Memes (bloomberg.com)
Here’s a thing I have never seen before:

Memes, Media, Satire

35 points by feross 57 days ago | 62 comments

Vibe Coding and the Future of Software Engineering (alexp.pl)
Vibe coding (or vibeware) is making rounds on X now. To the best of my knowledge Andrej Karpathy started the “meme” in this X entry. I find it well written and hilarious and it seems to have taken off.

Software Engineering, Programming, Artificial Intelligence, Social Media, Memes

120 points by alexp 60 days ago | 97 comments

It's a Republic of Shitposters, If We Can Keep It (gizmodo.com)
Lost in the general turmoil of the moment is news that, over the weekend, the President of the United States posted a Spongebob Squarepants meme.

Politics, Memes, Social Media

5 points by rntn 60 days ago | 0 comments

Show HN: Live-updating version of the 'What a week, huh?' meme (dlazaro.ca)
What a week, huh?

Humor, Memes, Social Media, Web Development

834 points by dlazaro 67 days ago | 154 comments

Ask HN: Do you think AI is being hyped by "Surprisers"? (ycombinator.com)
Hi,HN<p>There is an internet meme in Japan called “Odrokiya(驚き屋)” who are overly surprised by the release of OpenAI and overstate the usefulness of AI.

Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Technology, Japan, Memes

5 points by enpera 71 days ago | 10 comments

$TRUMP Meme Coin Is Already Blowing Up in Everyone's Faces (slate.com)
Not long ago, the cryptocurrency industry was having the time of its life. It was Friday evening, and the best-connected players were canoodling in Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium for the first presidential inauguration Crypto Ball, a special evening co-sponsored by the nonprofit corporate alliance Stand With Crypto. Firms like MicroStrategy and Crypto.com, whose executives had met with and advised the president-elect during the transition, had sent over sponsorship funds and personal ambassadors to usher in the new Washington regime.

Cryptocurrency, Politics, Memes, Finance

8 points by petethomas 93 days ago | 8 comments

Getting LLMs to Generate Funny Memes Is Unexpectedly Hard (greptile.com)
Getting LLMs to Generate Funny Memes is Unexpectedly Hard

Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Humor, Memes

13 points by dakshgupta 110 days ago | 10 comments

What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021) (stackexchange.com)
This image, the template for the "Panzer of the Lake" meme, depicts a soldier from an unknown nation looking at what appears to me to definitely be a Panzer. However, no-one seems to know the origins of the image. So, where and when was this image taken, and where was the image originally published?

Memes, History, Images, Military

628 points by napolux 157 days ago | 150 comments

Async await: the worst thing to happen to programming? (andrewzuo.com)
I recently saw this meme about async and await.

Programming, Asynchronous Programming, Software Development, Memes

67 points by thunderbong 163 days ago | 140 comments

Memecoins are the point (blogspot.com)
Cypherpunks wanted to change the world. We ended up with memecoins.

Cryptocurrency, Memes, Technology, History

27 points by atwrk 166 days ago | 16 comments

Piracy (cobanov.cloud)
This meme is so true.

Piracy, Memes

121 points by cobanov 207 days ago | 118 comments

Two Oxford Minds Are Redefining Photoshop: Turn Any Photo into a Meme (techcrunch.com)