AWS Outage?
Cannot start EC2 instance and services like Amazon and Roku appear to have outages per down detector
bingdig
Re:Show HN: Omnara – Run Claude Code from anywhere
on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @03:37PM (#44880941)
Very cool! Would love an integration with Twilio / phone and text-to-voice and voice-to-text.
Start an agent, receive a call when a response from the user is needed, provide instruction, repeat.
Use case would be to continue the work hands-free while biking or driving.
Fireplexity
Re:Gemini 2.5 Flash
on Thursday April 17, 2025 @07:23PM (#43723307)
It appears that this impacted gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25 somehow? grounding with google search no longer works.
I had a workflow running that would pull news articles from the past 24 hours. It now refuses to believe the current date is 2025-04-17. Even with search turned on and I ask it what the date is it and it always replies sometime in July 2024.
"Available to Pro users and developers worldwide" "Try in ChatGPT"
Not seeing it available in the app or on ChatGPT.com with a pro subscription.
Re:Marker: Convert PDF to Markdown quickly with high accuracy
on Friday December 01, 2023 @09:47AM (#38487259)
I'm not very technical but could benefit from this tool tremendously. Is there a way to use it from R?
Re:Nvidia releases new AI chip with 480GB CPU RAM, 96GB GPU RAM
on Tuesday June 06, 2023 @09:25AM (#36212326)
> Grace™ Hopper™
Can anyone with more legal knowledge share how they trademarked the name of Grace Hopper?
Ask HN: Datasets on US Internet Connectivity?
I'm trying to learn more about rural internet connectivity in the US over time, and was wondering what the best source of data is?I've seen the Census ACS has been asking about internet subscriptions and types, but only has robust estimates since 2017. Are there any datasets out there that show more historical perspective on this?
Re:Edible plants that grow in the shade
on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:42PM (#29854058)
so many ads
Ask HN: What service does Robinhood use for emails
I always get trade confirmation emails instantly whereas many apps take a few seconds / a minute to deliver forgot password, authentication code, etc. emails. Would love to be able to incorporate whatever service Robinhood uses into apps I build.
Re:FTC files new antitrust complaint against Facebook
on Thursday August 19, 2021 @12:56PM (#28236263)
The proposed remedy in the complaint is the divestiture of Instagram and / or WhatsApp (extremely unlikely) and increased oversight on Facebook in the future that would make similar acquisitions much more difficult (more likely).
Re:US home prices surge 17% in May, fastest in 17 years
on Wednesday July 28, 2021 @05:32PM (#27990011)
Misleading title: Home prices did not go up 17% in May, they went up 17% over the past year ending in May.
Re:Square Banking
on Tuesday July 20, 2021 @10:32AM (#27894217)
2021 is a great time to own a small regional / community bank. All the mature FinTech companies are trying to buy a bank to expedite the cumbersome bank chartering process (+ mortgage origination and servicing companies are too)
Re:Build internal apps and dashboards using Google Sheets
on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @11:36AM (#27278231)
Hard to see what you can actually put in the dashboards from the website. Would be great if more specific features were shown.
The Next Ketchup Shortage
Re:Launch HN: YSplit (YC W19) – Automatically split and pay any bill
on Thursday May 20, 2021 @01:15PM (#27223993)
Can confirm, as someone who works in the alternative data industry this service, if widely used, will create a dataset that can easily be sold for >$1M/year to hedge funds, credit agencies, etc.
I've seen quite a few companies that operate in this financial intermediary space and start off with strong privacy ideals, and then when they're getting traction and are raising a Series A/B can't resist adding a cool $5-10M ARR with near zero marginal cost by selling out.
Leveraging Product Review Data in Finance
Ask HN: How do Google Ads plugins work?
I've seen quite a few PPC optimization products and other tools for Google Ads accounts. How do these apps work?Haven't been able to find any dev resources about how to build an app that adds a feature to a Google Ads account, but have a few ideas and would love to learn more about how these work. Anybody recommend any resources to learn more?Thanks!
Re:Get better at Googling
on Friday April 23, 2021 @03:58PM (#26918542)
I've noticed filetype:pdf no longer really works - tons of sites that require you to sign up for an account before seeing the file. Used to be a great method to find pdfs of textbooks / other resources.
Re:Show HN: I made a tool to convert images of tables to CSV
on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @06:33PM (#26405901)
Nice! Have used quite a few tools like this to convert data government agencies report in pdfs to csvs. The biggest challenge that existing tools fail to adequately address is when table formats vary (e.g., increasing level of indentation). Perhaps formatting those in json first would be easier
Re:Ethereum on Amazon Managed Blockchain
on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @06:34PM (#26336420)
Does anyone use AWS or other cloud providers to mine crypto? Can't imagine it's profitable today, but wondering if there was anybody leveraging that in the early days to mine without buying a bunch of equipment.
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)
on Monday February 01, 2021 @06:45PM (#25995717)
Viscacha Data | Data Engineer | Full-time | Remote (San Francisco, CA)
Viscacha aggregates unique datasets on the retail industry for use by financial services companies and CPG brands. We track really cool data that can help answer specific questions (e.g. How many AirPods were sold in SF Target stores on the morning of December 20th?).
Our team includes builders and analysts with experience at McKinsey, Citi, and Bridgewater and our backers include experts in retail investing and early backers of startups like Angie's List and Tesla.
We're looking for help to grow and support our data collection and delivery efforts in addition to building out our broader tech infrastructure. If you're excited about data and this sounds interesting, check out our full job posting and send us a message here: https://www.viscachadata.com/careers/data-engineer
Primary technologies we use that you should have at least a basic level of familiarity with: R, AWS, Snowflake
Re:Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2021)
on Friday January 08, 2021 @12:20PM (#25687039)
Viscacha Data | San Francisco, CA | Remote | Data Engineer(s), Full stack Engineer | https://www.viscachadata.com/
Viscacha aggregates unique datasets on the retail industry for use by financial services companies and CPG brands. We track really cool data that can help answer specific questions (e.g. How many AirPods were sold in SF Target stores on the morning of December 20th?).
Our team includes builders and analysts with experience at McKinsey, Citi, and Bridgewater and our backers include experts in retail investing and early backers of startups like Angie's List and Tesla.
We're looking for help to grow and support our data collection and delivery efforts in addition to building out our broader tech infrastructure. If you're excited about data and this sounds interesting, check out our full job postings and send us a message here: https://www.viscachadata.com/careers
How Much Was Trump Selling on Shopify Stores?
Re:Visa Advertising Solutions (VAS) Opt Out
on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @08:52PM (#25577434)
What Thanksgiving Dinner Costs in Every State
Re:I sold Baremetrics
on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @01:20PM (#25049175)
He'll likely pay no federal taxes.
If the business is >1 year old, it's treated as capital gains. Since the company is >5 years old, he can likely take advantage of the Qualified Small Business Exemption up to $10m and pay no federal taxes.
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/q/qsbs-qualified-small-bu...