Half a Second
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Half a Second
7 people recommended it in 1 thread, 2026.
7 of those were in the last year.
What people on Hacker News said
But with an LLM-generated text, these attempts at understanding will get you nowhere and only produce frustration. The reader is left trying to interpret a signal that isn't really there.
One is that every aspect of the story is treated equally - unimportant facets get an equally profound sounding prose like the really important bits.
And the other one is the repetition of phrases. Everything is worth slowing down on.everything is load bearing. That’s so annoying.
Probably because LLM output only gives the appearance of cohesive writing, but the more you try to understand the author's intent and meaning, the more confusing and annoying it gets, as there is no author, no intent and no meaning there to understand.
It’s great to have the entire topic brought together into a cohesive book - but wow, I find it very annoying to read.
Where it comes up
- Half a Second – a book about the XZ backdoor 2026 · 7 recommendations