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Re:Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out on Monday December 01, 2025 @06:35AM (#46106183)
This was so expected...And actually thought we would see this at the beginning of 2025 given the growth and usage rates.
Re:Delphi still exists and is actively developed on Thursday August 18, 2022 @10:17AM (#32509943)
Lazarus? Do you have a reference/link?
Re:Programming breakthroughs we need on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:10PM (#32498207)
mostly just a glimpse of that talk, perhaps better suited is the one about programming he gave at Dropbox. In my opinion quite more in-line with what's being said.
Re:Uncomfortable Truths in Software Engineering on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @12:06PM (#29568671)
didn't work out because ... little inventors, lots of implementors.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:19PM (#25784418)
Working on a system to automatically get your data using the GDPR law - which usually is a pain. And then trying to make it usable. I have a good use case of n=1 and growing. Last week I got a few people using it.
Re:Young children would rather explore than get rewards on Thursday August 13, 2020 @08:26AM (#24142630)
Some adults do as well, they are the ones who usually discover be things...
Re:Ask HN: What did you make during lockdown? on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:17PM (#23593437)
I’ve written 1Tab chrome extension to only allow 5 tabs open altogether. Worldly, (web+chrome extension) helps you get better at English by learning words (usually for advanced users of a language.). Https://worldly.mammbo.com Remade https://kippie.co helps you get your data through GDPR and Use it to get cheaper insurance. Built a needle pump breather during the first phases of the lockdown. Invented a valve for patients on a breathing machine to be more comfortable. It could be used in a specific setup to allow for a patient on an emergency breather to supply air to 2 patients. Im now working on an idea to improve the speed of gold standard testing to be performed in-situ. I got the idea and started working on it during lockdown.

Also, experimented with 3d printing visors and changing the designs.

Re:Ask HN: Pitch your personal newsletter/blog with a one-liner on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:00PM (#23593306)
I invent and design stuff - sometimes I rant and dump my thoughts there too.

Https://letsmeetin.space

Re:Bullshit Ability as an Honest Signal of Intelligence on Tuesday May 12, 2020 @04:12AM (#23151621)
maybe yardstick for real friends
Re:Adult immune systems ‘remember’ germs to which they’ve never been e... on Thursday April 23, 2020 @03:06AM (#22953525)
Not on the article but...my understanding is that we have genetic material which has these encounters in it and so it’s transmitted over generations. If it does help or not or even if it manifests at any point and creates antibodies is out of the scope of what I know. However, the epigenetic activation is dependent on many factors.
Re:Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it? on Tuesday April 07, 2020 @08:09AM (#22802438)
https://letsmeetin.space

‘Cause the domain name is clever enough to attract attention. Especially with sub domains. (Which were there before and are going to be there back at some point): Elon.letsmeetin.space , jef.letsmeetin.space. If you’re more insitutional what about nasa.letsmeetin.space.

Blog itself is very random.

Re:Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour? on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @01:04PM (#21640840)
I am surprised to find this here. I've been practising on and off for the last three years. It's well worth the investment :)
Re:Show HN: The quest to get better insurance prices (starting in the ... on Thursday October 03, 2019 @06:01PM (#21152704)
ouch! missed your comment earlier on today. Thanks this helps.
Re:Show HN: The quest to get better insurance prices (starting in the ... on Thursday October 03, 2019 @05:08AM (#21145013)
Hi cynix, thanks for the feedback. Working on fixing this next :)
Re:Show HN: The quest to get better insurance prices (starting in the ... on Thursday October 03, 2019 @03:42AM (#21144624)
Hey onion2k,

Thanks for the heads up, our landing page is not 100% ready that's for sure :) What's the screen size of the device you're using so we can reproduce it?

The app which lives at https://gdpr.kippie.co should be but will check on that too just in case and fix any errors now.

Thank you!

Re:Show HN: The quest to get better insurance prices (starting in the ... on Thursday October 03, 2019 @03:32AM (#21144579)
Hey, we just launched Kippie! Part of what we do is request your data under the GDPR law. Here is a link of (what a SAR is)[https://smiletogether.co.uk/how-do-i-submit-a-subject-access...] and here how to (get it)[https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-request-your-per...].
Re:The most effective way to tackle climate change? Plant a trillion t... on Friday July 05, 2019 @07:59AM (#20361821)
The point I was trying to make is not that it's exclusive and hence why I reiterated I'm not against planting trees. Or trees in general, in any case I like them quite a lot as I come form the countryside and miss the forest and mountains a lot.

One of the points I was trying to converge is on the danger these types of articles pose and is they are delusional. It makes society think oh well, that's a big problem but we have a readily available solution, just plant more trees and all is solved.

The other is on one of the statements which is dubious.

I do a lot of work on this area hence why I'm saying all of the above and that's what I found when speaking with general public. And also with people with `high educational degrees` which (in theory) take things more critically and think them through.

Re:The most effective way to tackle climate change? Plant a trillion t... on Friday July 05, 2019 @06:37AM (#20361425)
That's quite absurd. Planting 1T trees would be extremely nice to the environment yet we fail to see the big picture. In oceans we have less than half of the phytoplankton than we used to have only a century ago[1].

""The amount of carbon that we can restore if we plant 1.2 trillion trees, or at least allow those trees to grow, would be way higher than the next best climate change solution," Crowther told CNN."

Phytoplankton actually contributes more than trees do to tackle the big construct of "climate change".[2]

In the article, all the climate change action is taken against the CO2 levels in the atmosphere - but I think we can all agree there is more to it than just CO2 (and we can go quite deep on that rabbit hole and slash apart lots of this big amorphous mass of a construct).

On top of that, there are quite some theories on what drives climate change [3] and different views on it [4]. Yet all mediums speak from the same theory which is CO2 is bad. Period.

Now, as said before on a comment by Krageon and Arbalest, it will be the comparable to a person planting 129 trees.

Don't get me wrong I love trees, forest and all that - no question that's beautiful and has more profound effects than climate change alone in our environment and society - but one gets fed up by the `simplicity` we think as a society of these problems.

I guess this is my personal opinion but I think we can do better with technology (which is why we are all in this community anyway) than that. And, again in my opinion, should be the way we lead and liaise with this problem instead of `go plant more trees`.

[1] https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/nasa-study-shows-oceani...

[2]https://novapublishers.com/shop/phytoplankton-biology-classi...

[3]http://climatica.org.uk/climate-science-information/long-ter...

[4] https://www.bettermeetsreality.com/a-history-of-earths-carbo...

Re:Looking for co-founders on Monday January 22, 2018 @04:10PM (#16207930)
Hey Rahul,

Sure! Skype is isaacalbets. Are you avail tomorrow around between 1-3 p.m London time?

Re:Looking for co-founders on Monday January 22, 2018 @02:39AM (#16202571)
Hi Rahul, sounds good to me! What time zone are you in? I'm available today from 19 p.m. onwards, London time.
Re:Looking for co-founders on Sunday January 21, 2018 @06:45PM (#16200800)
What a pitty! Well, we'll find out soon :)

Looking for co-founders

Posted by hunterx on Sunday January 21, 2018 @05:44PM
from the self-post dept.

Hi all,I'm looking for a co-founder for my startup as my current co-founder is leaving the company to invest full-time in crypto. There has no been any bad feelings or anything, he is just not interested in the industry.Matter is, we're very close to some deadlines and there are 3 clients waiting to try it out (which is good, as long as we deliver). Also, there is some more good stuff.So, I'm...

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I made this website 4 months ago and

Posted by hunterx on Tuesday June 27, 2017 @09:59AM
from the self-post dept.

I've made an event-based website (http://www.cawards.co) on February this year and I've been quite shy to share. I mean I've shared it, but not too aggressively. And at this point, I'm quite stuck with whom or where to share it for traffic with a $0 budget.So yeah, guys any ideas/feedback/whatever will be really welcome :)BTW: it changes depending on which event is going on during the year.

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