Man, Tuesday on Hacker News was a wild ride! Lemme quickly hit you with the highlights, some real head-scratchers and cool stuff:

Scott Adams, the Dilbert Guy, Died

So, the big news was that Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, passed away. It got a ton of comments, like, over a thousand. People were really debating the whole "cancel culture" thing and whether you can still enjoy someone's work even if you don't like the person. Some folks mentioned his later "Dilbert Reborn" comics weren't great, which is kinda sad.

Bandcamp Bans AI Music

Then, there was this whole thing about Bandcamp saying NO to AI-generated music. People were pretty split in the comments – some were arguing if AI music can even be considered "art" or if it's truly "exciting." It sparked a lot of philosophical debate, like comparing it to a perfect replica sculpture or generative art.

Apple's New Creator Studio

Apple dropped some news about their "Apple Creator Studio," which is basically a collection of creative apps. Sounds pretty cool for Mac users. In the comments, people were hoping it doesn't become some mandatory thing, but a lot of love for existing Apple apps like Pages and Keynote. Someone even made a funny jab about Microsoft renaming literally everything to "Copilot," which cracked me up.

Chromium Finally Gets JpegXL

Okay, for the tech nerds, Chromium (that's the engine behind Chrome) finally merged in JpegXL support! This is a big deal for faster, smaller images on the web. Comments pointed out that decoding speed is way more important than encoding speed for web stuff, and some even mentioned using it for cool HDR images. So, hopefully, websites load even quicker now.

AI Scrapers Are Ruining the Internet

This one's a bit of a downer, but super relatable: a blog post from Metabrainz was titled "We can't have nice things because of AI scrapers." They're basically saying these AI bots are hammering their servers, taking up huge resources, and making it tough to keep services running. People in the comments were complaining about bots faking user agents and just being resource hogs. One person even joked about tricking them into doing your computational work for you, which is a wild idea!

Anthropic Gives Python a Big Boost

On a more positive note for open source, Anthropic (one of those big AI companies) just invested a huge $1.5 million into the Python Software Foundation! That's awesome for Python's security and development. A comment even estimated Anthropic's revenue for 2026 to be somewhere between $20 and $26 billion, which is just insane money.

Influencers and OnlyFans Models Getting Special Visas

And finally, this one was a real eyebrow-raiser: influencers and OnlyFans models are apparently dominating U.S. O-1 visa requests. These are visas for "extraordinary ability," usually for scientists or artists. The comments were a huge debate about what constitutes "art" or "value" in society, with some people comparing it to athletes and others just saying "eww icky" versus "it's profitable business." Definitely a surprising trend.

Alright, that's the gist! Gotta run, catch you later!