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Show HN: How to Kill the Dead Internet
Ok, so maybe "how to revive the internet" would be more accurate, but if you're reading this, I got your attention, right? Here's why I want you to read on: I built a free extension, D-slop, to disincentivize anyone from posting AI writing, and eventually images and video as well, on the internet.
For writing, it checks known vocab and punctuation tells, as well as subtler tells related to cadence, and assigns it a score subject to an adjustable threshold. If the text fails, users have the option to flag offending text, hide it, or block the page entirely (with the option to see anyway).
For media, it's admittedly fairly weak, as it relies on C2PA metadata which is stripped from all of the social media sites where it would be most helpful. (Anyone else have chronically online boomer parents continually gobbling up slop like it's real information?)
I have a D-slop+ version in the works that should be able to handle the media itself, but it's going to have to make API calls to have real teeth, which means I can't offer it for free. If this extension validates the concept, I'm happy to build it for y'all.
Yes, I vibe-coded it, but an ancillary bonus to the project accrued when it inspired me to cook dinner listening to Metallica's "Fight Fire with Fire," which in turn brought my 5 y/o running into the kitchen with every musical instrument in the house for an impromptu karaoke speed metal session.
It's MIT license open-source, full brief at https://github.com/jared-the-automator/d-slop; This forum is full of people smarter than me, so I'm open to suggestions.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174775
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Microsoft will let you remap the Copilot key to restore right ctrl functionality
Tracking Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Supernovas and Interstellar Visits
I built a local layer that kills Token Tax–Python lib+Chrome extension+Mac app
Article URL: https://omna.dev/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174747
Points: 1
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Terms of (Ab)Use: An Analysis of GenAI Services [pdf]
Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18964
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174746
Points: 1
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ArXiv will ban authors for a year if they let AI do all the work
Signex: AI-first EDA, KiCad-compatible schematic and PCB editor built in Rust
Article URL: https://github.com/alplabai/signex
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174633
Points: 2
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Tie Club
Article URL: https://martin-baker.com/tie-club/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174625
Points: 1
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Yum Brands, Nvidia will deploy new AI at 500 restaurants
Article URL: https://www.restaurantdive.com/news/yum-brands-nvidia-ai-taco-bell-pizza-hut-kfc-deal/742926/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174558
Points: 2
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pocket – A dead-simple file clipboard for your terminal
Article URL: https://github.com/pasc4le-ai-sandbox/pocket
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174547
Points: 1
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Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments
Article URL: https://imaginaryinstruments.org/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174516
Points: 1
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Stop paying $360/year to access your own email history
Article URL: https://mailvaulty.com
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174502
Points: 2
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My Thoughts on Bun's Rust Rewrite
Article URL: https://en.liujiacai.net/2026/05/16/bun-rust-port/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174497
Points: 2
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Why raw RPC logs are not enough for trading infrastructure
Article URL: https://blog.bridgexapi.io/behavior-reconstruction-vs-token-scanners
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174488
Points: 1
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EDR vendors: source code access (3), staged updates (8), SBoM rare
Reverse engineering Android malware from popular Chinese projectors
Article URL: https://zanestjohn.com/blog/reing-with-claude-code
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174465
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What's inside an AI agent: a 300~ LoC ReAct loop
Article URL: https://quantumentangled.dev/viewpost/11/whats-actually-inside-an-ai-agent-a-300-loc-react-loop
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174452
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Academia, startups, big tech, and back again
Article URL: https://austinhenley.com/blog/academiastartupsbigtech.html
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174432
Points: 2
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How to use codex to get the most out of it
Article URL: https://jxnl.co/writing/2026/05/10/codex-maxxing/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174417
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