Comment by jama211 3 months ago lol, people on HN learning that fashion is a thing is always hilarious to watch. 10 comments jama211 Reply davidmurdoch 3 months ago this isn't fashion; this is status signaling.i would hate to be you. christophilus 3 months ago > this isn't fashion; this is status signalingTIL these aren't the same things. davidmurdoch 3 months ago You're right. Fashion is about trends. Being in love with Apple products, especially without considering the need, usefulness or cost, does seem to be a trend. 3 replies → jama211 3 months ago Lol I could’ve asked an LLM to make me a typical HN user response and it would look exactly like this, well done. davidmurdoch 3 months ago They're trained on human responses, so it makes sense. 2 replies →
davidmurdoch 3 months ago this isn't fashion; this is status signaling.i would hate to be you. christophilus 3 months ago > this isn't fashion; this is status signalingTIL these aren't the same things. davidmurdoch 3 months ago You're right. Fashion is about trends. Being in love with Apple products, especially without considering the need, usefulness or cost, does seem to be a trend. 3 replies → jama211 3 months ago Lol I could’ve asked an LLM to make me a typical HN user response and it would look exactly like this, well done. davidmurdoch 3 months ago They're trained on human responses, so it makes sense. 2 replies →
christophilus 3 months ago > this isn't fashion; this is status signalingTIL these aren't the same things. davidmurdoch 3 months ago You're right. Fashion is about trends. Being in love with Apple products, especially without considering the need, usefulness or cost, does seem to be a trend. 3 replies →
davidmurdoch 3 months ago You're right. Fashion is about trends. Being in love with Apple products, especially without considering the need, usefulness or cost, does seem to be a trend. 3 replies →
jama211 3 months ago Lol I could’ve asked an LLM to make me a typical HN user response and it would look exactly like this, well done. davidmurdoch 3 months ago They're trained on human responses, so it makes sense. 2 replies →
this isn't fashion; this is status signaling.
i would hate to be you.
> this isn't fashion; this is status signaling
TIL these aren't the same things.
You're right. Fashion is about trends. Being in love with Apple products, especially without considering the need, usefulness or cost, does seem to be a trend.
3 replies →
Lol I could’ve asked an LLM to make me a typical HN user response and it would look exactly like this, well done.
They're trained on human responses, so it makes sense.
2 replies →