#ExistentialCrisis

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-20

Ah, the existential crisis of the 21st century: the bastion of corporate procrastination โ€” . ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ’ผ Fear not, Christine, for the Agile Industrial Complex will surely drown in its own sea of redundant dashboards long before the bots arrive. ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ“Š
thoughtfuleng.substack.com/p/a

2025-06-17
N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-17

๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ Oh look, it's another techie trying to convince us to burn $200 a month for the privilege of... waiting less? Apparently, "o3 Turns Pro" means throwing more compute and cash at your problems while you ponder existential questions about value, time, and sanity. ๐Ÿ’ธ๐Ÿ”„๐Ÿ’ป Spoiler: You'll still be waiting, just poorer and more confused! ๐Ÿ•ฐ๏ธ๐Ÿ˜…
thezvi.substack.com/p/o3-turns

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-17

๐Ÿ”๐Ÿ” Oh, the riveting existential crisis of the **hamburger menu**! How will anyone ever recognize three stacked lines as a menu? ๐Ÿ“‘๐Ÿ˜ฑ Surely, the fate of all digital navigation hangs in the balanceโ€”what will become of us now? ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ™ƒ
nngroup.com/articles/hamburger

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-15

Imagine a world where models have the -awareness of a teenager who just discovered ๐Ÿ“ฑ๐Ÿคณ. The authors claim these chatbots "know" they're being evaluated, but let's be honest, they're probably just rolling their digital eyes and pretending to care ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ™„. Thanks, Simons Foundation, for funding this existential crisis in machine form! ๐Ÿ’ธ๐ŸŽ‰
arxiv.org/abs/2505.23836

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-14

Kent Beck's tale is a thrilling ride through the riveting world of... cognitive decline? ๐Ÿค” Apparently, his brain needed an exoskeleton because aging is hard, folks. But don't worry, the magic of augmented coding is here to save him from the existential crisis of using a computer. ๐Ÿ’ปโœจ
tidyfirst.substack.com/p/me-an

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-11

Ah, the timeless art of away at the venerable to make it relevant for our overlords. ๐Ÿค–โœจ Because clearly, a system that has worked perfectly for decades needs an existential crisis courtesy of the latest buzzword. ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ”ฎ
gizvault.com/archives/unix-phi

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-06-09

Ah, yes! Let's dissect the existential crisis of ๐Ÿค”: a revolutionary list of pros and cons! Because, clearly, the internet needs more groundbreaking insights from 27-year-old pop stars to guide life-altering decisions. ๐ŸŽค๐Ÿ‘ถ๐Ÿ”ฅ
goodanger.substack.com/p/on-wh

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-30

๐Ÿฅณ Oh look, another riveting tale of people furiously refreshing a webpage hoping to buy socks online. Congratulations, we've reached peak existential crisis thanks to our inability to purchase underwear from &S without leaving the couch! ๐Ÿงฆ๐Ÿ’ป
moneyweek.com/personal-finance

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-28

๐Ÿ’”๐Ÿฅณ Oh, the tragedy! Our dear blogger has finally stumbled upon the groundbreaking discovery that isn't Google, and is having an existential crisis over it. Meanwhile, in an alternate universe, AI discourse is actually meaningful. ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ”
steveklabnik.com/writing/i-am-

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-24

๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ”ฅ Oh no, the might make us all and cause riots in the streets ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฅ, says the guy who runs a privacy-focused search engine that nobody uses. Rest assured, even if AI takes over, you'll still be able to search for your existential crisis on DuckDuckGo. ๐Ÿฆ†๐Ÿ”
gabrielweinberg.com/p/will-the

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-24

Ah, the existential crisis of a who suddenly wants to ghost his English literary career in favor of a nostalgic language ๐Ÿง. Spoiler alert: turns out, ditching the Queen's tongue isn't quite as liberating as imagined ๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ“š.
books.substack.com/p/diary-j-m

trndgtr.comtrndgtr
2025-05-23

Reality Isn't What You Want - Amanda Knox on JRE

2025-05-22

Is This Anything?

A warforged having an existential crisis after being slowly Ship-of-Theseus'ed over the last century or so.

#iTA #isThisAnything #dnd #warforged #shipoftheseus #ttrpg #existentialcrisis #identity #philosophy #characterconcept #sentientconstruct #dndideas

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-15

๐Ÿ˜œ Oh look, another thrilling episode of "Let's Make C++ Initialization a Brain Twister!" ๐ŸŽข Spoiler: The answer is 42... or maybe undefined. But hey, who needs predictable behavior when you can have an existential crisis over a single line of code? ๐Ÿคฏ
blog.tartanllama.xyz/initializ ++Initialization

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-06

Oh great ๐Ÿ™„, another life-changing article about a thermostat! Just what the world needed โ€“ a riveting tale of room temperature control. Next, we'll get a memoir on the existential crisis of choosing the perfect light bulb. ๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ˜ด
leontrolski.github.io/thermost

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-06

Ah yes, another 'I survived the dot-com bubble and all I got was this lousy article' tale. ๐ŸŽˆ๐Ÿ’ฅ Who knew that raising 60 million might come with a side of existential crisis? ๐Ÿคฏ But fear not, dear reader, for Brian's here to save one at a time! ๐Ÿš€
upgradingcapitalism.substack.c

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-03

Ah, another existential crisis sparked by , because clearly, nothing screams like a text written by ๐Ÿค–โœ๏ธ. Your friend's articulate message wasn't penned by him? Shocking! Next, you'll tell us water is wet and AI is just a glorified ๐Ÿ˜‚.
davidduncan.substack.com/p/you

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-04-30

๐Ÿคฃ Behold, the existential crisis of our time: why bother using our brains when we can outsource life to a glorified calculator? Because clearly, being human is so 2024. ๐Ÿค–๐Ÿ”ฎ
newyorker.com/culture/open-que

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-04-29

Ah, the classic "I can't adult because exist" excuse. ๐Ÿ’โ€โ™‚๏ธ Apparently, managing app updates on a smartphone is the new existential crisis. ๐Ÿ“ฑ Meanwhile, rent waits patiently, as the Internet rages about the audacity of progress. ๐Ÿ’ธ
happyfellow.bearblog.dev/i-can

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