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Re:Sharing AI progress in mathematics on Tuesday October 06, 2026 @11:41PM (#49987844)
Can someone with a math background explain the significance of these and previous problems that have been solved by AI?

Does some real problem get solved in physics, chemistry, biology, materials, etc? Or are these fun puzzles for mathematicians with not much real world impact? Eg solving the 8 queen problem in leetcode.

Ask HN: Meta/Google E8/L8 interview and role

Any E8/L8s who could describe the role at Meta in detail? Eg- What’s the sphere of influence? How many SWEs? 100? - how big is the product you’re influencing? Number of services? Revenue? Criticality of dependency you own? - what kind of impact are you having? Improving latency? Increasing revenue? Etc - how do you ramp up as a new hire? Surely you have to go very deep - how do you come up with...

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Ask HN: Which AI code assistant do you use?

So I’m wondering which tools people are using for generating their code on a day to day basis. What are the most popular IntelliJ plugins? Are you using GitHub Copilot? Have you tried Android Studio Bot? Etc

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Ask HN: Experience with Virtual Assistants like magic, fancyhands, wing, etc.?

What has your experience been outsourcing parts of your life with Virtual Assistants? Are they worth the money? What type of tasks do you delegate?So I have a couple of small projects (1-2 months of part-time work) that I've been wanting to build for some time (a small brochure/booklet type thing), and I don't really the time to work on the logistics.I wanted to delegate all of the logistical...

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A lot of practicing Muslims also fast Mondays and Thursdays and the “3 white days” of the month[0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting_in_Islam see “Days of voluntary fasting”

Welcome to Ramadan!
Re:Alphabet announces Q3 2020 earnings on Thursday October 29, 2020 @07:52PM (#24937508)
They don't work, do they? I tried a few but nothing works. I'm on Chrome on Mac.
Re:Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries on Monday September 28, 2020 @04:03PM (#24620704)
This is BS. Netflix pays market rate, the same as the rest of the FAANGS. The only difference is that they pay everything in cash, while the rest of the companies pay a big % in stocks. However, because of the tech bull run of the past decade or so non-Netflix FAANG employees have made significantly more money than Netflix employees.
How is this different to FCM or Urban Airship?
Re:Tether Critical Announcement on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @02:34AM (#15746324)
Could you elaborate more on this point?
Re:The Bitcoin Cash Flippening on Sunday November 12, 2017 @12:15AM (#15679767)
source?
https://www.file.io/ is the simplest most convenient way to do this.

They also have an API: https://www.file.io/#one

They limit you to 5GB for the free version.

Ask HN: Leadership and Project Management books/articles recommendation? I'm a SWE

I'm 26 years old with experience working as a SWE at various big tech companies (Apple, Amazon, Google, etc). I'm a well seasoned developer currently working in SV.I'm starting a project (backend API open to all developers) where I'm going to own EVERYTHING from beginning to end: Requirements gathering, deciding what to build, designing the system, implementation, load testing, launch,...

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Hi Richard,

What's your plan when the number of people with criminal records reaches 80 million, 90 million, etc? Have you already acquired the other domain names?

Re:Is WhatsApp down? on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @06:05PM (#14260612)
Will you publish a post-mortem?
Re:Is WhatsApp down? on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @06:03PM (#14260600)
Down in the SF Bay Area
Re:Is WhatsApp down? on Wednesday May 03, 2017 @05:49PM (#14260482)
Has WhatsApp done post-mortems in the past?

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