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Fixing the Portobello Police Station Clock

548 points · 116 comments · avidly

  1. dwayne_dibley · · focus · HN ↗
    This is what I want the internet to be. Great read.
    1. unkeen · · focus · HN ↗
      I'm confused… You don't want to read about the newest LLM models on the HN front page all day long, every day of the week? SAD!!
      1. dang · · focus · HN ↗
        If it helps at all, we put this article in the SCP (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=26998308">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=26998308), which is why it&#x27;s on the frontpage.

        We didn&#x27;t put it at #1 though! That is a confirmation that we made a good pick.

        1. Melatonic · · focus · HN ↗
          You could almost say like it was TIME something like this hit number 1 !

          badoosh

          ....I&#x27;ll see myself out

          1. defjm · · focus · HN ↗
            This made me giggle! Thanks.
        2. EvanAnderson · · focus · HN ↗
          &gt; If it helps at all, we put this article in the SCP...

          With the popularity of this post the &quot;SCP&quot; reference made me think Hacker News had some kind of antimemetics department.

          Then I saw it was the Second Chance Pool and was sort of disappointed.

          1. dang · · focus · HN ↗
            I&#x27;ve actually never connected the two before! The brain is so context-dependent...
          2. amiga386 · · focus · HN ↗
            Now now, you know full well there is no antimemetics division
      2. stronglikedan · · focus · HN ↗
        I came here via unslop.news, so I have no idea what you&#x27;re talking about.
      3. ChrisClark · · focus · HN ↗
        I really wish I didn&#x27;t have to read about AI in the comments of a post like this too, ugh.
      4. z2 · · focus · HN ↗
        I&#x27;ve embraced postmodernism and my latest hobby is using LLMs to connect ESP32s to random stuff in my house, so I can unironically WiFi-enable everything from my toaster oven to my 1950s 4-chime doorbell.
      5. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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    2. Yhippa · · focus · HN ↗
      This is how it was about 15 years ago.
    3. moebrowne · · focus · HN ↗
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