Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit | Avicebron's commentslogin

It's a fairly common english phrase that originated out of the gaming culture of the US in the mid 2000-2010s.

"He's so good (plays aggressively) he must be on crack" sort of became "he's cracked", etc. Now that the people who were killing CoD lobbies are writing code full time or running companies, its seeped out.

Actually I think "it's cooked" came from this as well.


I have heard this term and used it myself but wasn't aware of the etymology.

Funny enough, I've only ever heard 'crack team' used in a professional context.

If 'cooked' diffuses to corporate at the same rate then I'm very much looking forward to 'cooking the ops' during standup in 2035 :P


"Crack team" long predates video games and even crack cocaine. I think it is related to the phrase "get cracking", i.e., "get working", but I wasn't able to find a clear etymological line. One possibility is it refers to gunfire, but I wonder if it refers to harvesting, cracking corn, etc.

What if it's actually Craic team though ?

IMHE everybody wants to be on the craic team - they play hard, work hard and go hard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craic


Notably, if someone is "cooked", it's bad. If someone is "cooking", it's often (but not necessarily) positive, most commonly in the form "let him/her cook" or "he's/she's cooking".

Not aure anyone else mentioned it but good luck keeping a big dog in a rental unit.. or any other animals for that matter. Gardens are a pain as well...

You can rent a single family house

it doesn't really fill the same need. Especially because you are at the mercy of the landlord.

Owning my own home is the only way to go.


Well the short version is that Robert Rubin and company sold our industries for parts years and years ago. And now we have to rebuild the industrial base from scratch

That should make it possible to buy a cheap Chinese EV.

You can't because they didn't sell out completely. In fact they still have some power to protect the companies from foreign products.

The result is a mishmash of protectionism and globalization.


> Your Brain Doesn't Perceive the World, It Translates It

Well I'm out.


I'm holding out hope we can get the moa birds back in my lifetime.

Or the South American terrorbirds, the extant species are tiny, seriemas, and they're very interesting. I bet one that weighs 700 pounds would be even more exciting

Terrorbirds? Based on the name alone, are we sure this is a good idea?

That's what I think the comment meant.. I was trying to put my finger on the word (other than slop) for the sort of low-effort, gimmicky pastiche that LLM's enable..but it might not exist yet.

Giving objects interiority is a very Pratchett move.


Just tried it on mobile. The definition is still there below the AI overviee, but the AI overview thinks I prompted it via disregard.

I guess that means quality control was...disgregarded.


The diff for the PR was probably too large so they just rubber stamped it

Try "good job"

"Disregard disregarding, acquire currency"

It's interesting after reading briefly about this, but I think previously NIH funding was more permissive to directly awarding funds to foreign nationals/groups. But interestingly enough, China doesn't do the same for say foreign researchers trying to collaborate with chinese researchers. (Unless you already live there etc etc). So it was indeed asymmetrical.

Do you have a reference for that? At least based on this, it seems like China's trying to increase collaboration and funding for joint research projects with non-Chinese researchers:

* https://www.nsfc.gov.cn/english/site_1/international/D2/2018...

* https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260107-overseas-scho...


nonprofitable ex-non-profit seeks profit via AGI (A Giant IPO)?

This comment deserves praise

by this definition, we may be on track for AGI 2027 after all

> what if that happens to a small account which hosts some really important data/services there?

Pray to @dang that you will make the front page of HN?


Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: