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Re:Tinnitus Neuromodulator
on Saturday October 18, 2025 @05:41PM (#45630561)
How would replacing a buzzing sound problem with a synthetic buzzing solve the problem of... not hearing any buzzing?
It's like trying to put out fire by lighting more fire, what am I missing?
Re:I asked ChatGPT to generate a typical HN front page, it feels oddly...
on Friday June 13, 2025 @01:18PM (#44270362)
Prompt: Generate a typical Hacker News front page posts list.
I asked ChatGPT to generate a typical HN front page, it feels oddly accurate
1. Show HN: TerminalGPT – ChatGPT in your terminal with voice input (github.com/terminalgpt) 152 points by devthrasher 3 hours ago | 54 comments 2. We Rebuilt Our Monolith into a Monolith (Again) (acme.dev) 280 points by backendbaron 6 hours ago | 136 comments 3. Ask HN: How do you manage burnout while working remotely? 112 points by remoteviking 5 hours ago | 97...
Re:Show HN: iFixit created a new USB-C, repairable soldering system
on Thursday September 12, 2024 @07:33PM (#41526767)
Can you suggest an alternative please?
Ask HN: What is the hardest kind of software to build and maintain?
I'm hoping to get some objective insight and arguments, not personal preferences.
Re:Ask HN: Why is WhatsApp API so bad?
on Saturday April 27, 2024 @01:49PM (#40181965)
Their message template feature also has multiple limitations, for instance you aren't allowed to put variables in the footer section, but you are allowed to do so in the header section, which is strange.
Re:Ask HN: Why is WhatsApp API so bad?
on Saturday April 27, 2024 @01:13PM (#40181651)
Also the current limitations don't solve spam, I get spammed on WhatsApp often, it just limits it on the expense of non-offending businesses that want to offer quality service to their customers.
Re:Ask HN: Why is WhatsApp API so bad?
on Saturday April 27, 2024 @01:08PM (#40181618)
They could easily implement a reputation system, with checks and balances, and a strict approval process.
Or implement a progressive system that allows you more freedoms as you build a good reputation (Being an honest business, not having spam intentions)
The painful part of on-boarding for me was technical (Setting up API keys, doing initial configuration, etc., the UX is bad), not administrative.
These are just ideas I thought of on the spot, I'm sure they can come up with a better workflow if they needed.
Ask HN: Why is WhatsApp API so bad?
- Limited APIs (You can't read previous messages, you have to rely on the Webhook and pray you don't miss anything, you can't even use the same number on a smartphone as a backup or fallback)- Limited flexibility- Painful on-boarding experience- Painful to use for pro-active Customer Support (Users have to initiate messages, you can't get back to them after 24 hours without using an automated...
Re:Llm.c – LLM training in simple, pure C/CUDA
on Monday April 08, 2024 @05:09PM (#39973746)
George Hotz is attempting to solve this: https://github.com/tinygrad/tinygrad
Re:Ask HN: Selling B2B SaaS Software to SMEs
on Saturday February 24, 2024 @04:51AM (#39490408)
Thanks, what aspects of the process are affected by this definition, besides pricing (potentially).
Re:Ask HN: Selling B2B SaaS Software to SMEs
on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:27PM (#39461548)
Part of it, yes.
Ask HN: Selling B2B SaaS Software to SMEs
If anyone can share tips, lessons or pitfalls to avoid in building the sales team and the sales process, especially if the software is heavy and is not a simple signup and pay or a classic SaaS trial, software that requires a relatively long process to deploy.I'm grateful if anyone can share insight into the lead generation process.
Ask HN: Would humanity benefit from designing a new computing platform
What if we took all the lessons learned from the past 50 years and rebuilt a brand new computing platform, hardware and software, from scratch, removing all the extra layers of complexity, removing all the bottlenecks and not worrying about backward compatibility. We could even let go of the 0s and 1s, and replace it with something else.Are there companies working on such a project? Would this...
Re:Sqids – Generate Short Unique IDs from Numbers
on Saturday November 25, 2023 @06:41PM (#38417864)
I see many people in this thread saying that this is a good way to hide insights from ids/numbers, I don't understand, aren't the generated values easily decoded? couldn't I just decode a couple of numbers to get that insight? What am I missing.
Re:Ask HN: What happened to video progress bars?
on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @04:24PM (#38090855)
I'd like to also point that many content creators end up adding an artificial progress bar to the video itself...
Ask HN: What happened to video progress bars?
It seems all notable platforms are deliberately getting rid of this crucial UI, it has become frustrating, especially if you wanted to skip parts of the video or rewind to a specific point in the video, which are reasonable user behaviors.I find myself downloading videos to "solve" this.
Re:Deno 1.34: Deno compile supports NPM packages
on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:46AM (#36069512)
Isn't one of the main selling points of Deno is the new package management system, wouldn't supporting NPM effectively nullify the benefits?
Will there be a strategy to avoid NPM ultimately becoming the defacto package manager for Deno
Re:Toaster: Pure CSS 3D Modelling Suite
on Monday May 22, 2023 @06:49AM (#36029741)
What do you mean? I couldn't find what you're describing in the app.
Re:Ask HN: What does a large application's daily development workflow ...
on Monday February 27, 2023 @12:41PM (#34959452)
How did you learn to tolerate this long cycle of engineering, compared to say building a service that can rebuild in a second?
Ask HN: What does a large application's daily development workflow look like?
Example: Chromium takes hours to compile, how do engineers iterate and test their code in a reasonable amount of time?Other examples: Photoshop, Firefox, Microsoft Word, Safari, etc.
Re:Ask HN: Are ICs at tech companies usually so concerned about job pe...
on Sunday January 08, 2023 @05:51AM (#34297990)
From ChatGPT: "IC" is short for "individual contributor." This is a term used to describe someone who is responsible for their own work within an organization, rather than managing a team. Individual contributors are typically focused on completing specific tasks or projects, rather than overseeing the work of others. In the context of the comment you provided, it sounds like the poster is asking if individual contributors at tech companies are typically very concerned about their job performance.
Ask HN: How do AI models protect against SEO/Sales optimized internet content?
If models are trained on internet content (Ex: ChatGPT), then surely there is some bias in their output, as the internet is infested with content who's sole purpose is to make you buy something, influence you in some way or straight up plug a product.
Re:Ask HN: How can the google.com domain point to different IPs based ...
on Sunday October 30, 2022 @06:19PM (#33399512)
How can one set up region-specific DNS replies? is it exclusive to large companies?
Ask HN: How can the google.com domain point to different IPs based on location?
Don't "A" DNS records point to a single IP address?
Ask HN: Are Windows 10 and 11 considerably more secure than the old versions?
Is it enough to avoid opening unverified executables and emails to stay safe? or I'm being oblivious
Re:Tell HN: Never Trust 'Lifetime' Licenses
on Friday June 10, 2022 @08:11AM (#31692953)
The same thing happened for old lifetime Team Viewer licenses, they force you to stay with the old version and use dark patterns to force you to update to new versions.
:/
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there a simple, seemless Windows screen recording...
on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:52AM (#29734643)
Not bad! The closest solution to what I wanted, unfortunate that it's no longer maintained :-(, any idea what happened?
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there a simple, seemless Windows screen recording...
on Thursday December 30, 2021 @02:51AM (#29734639)
Thank you, this looks interesting, though it has a lot of other features.