Ask HN: What AI models / frameworks are best for querying private data?
I'm looking for a model that I can run over databases, documents, and internal websites to create a company chatbot.
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Re:Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art
on Saturday October 03, 2026 @09:03PM (#49949523)
Hey, no problem! Hearing that made my day. Glad you enjoyed the book. Flash Game License was really groundbreaking in providing a space for developers and sponsors to come together. A great way to get early feedback on games too!
Re:Newgrounds.com – A community of games, music, and art
on Saturday October 03, 2026 @09:59AM (#49944331)
Newgrounds forums is where I first learned how to code. My early attempts at Flash games were so basic, but in such an endearing way. Such a good community surrounding the Flash games scene. I ran FreelanceFlashGames, if any game developers on here remember the site. Cool to see this surfacing on Hacker News.
Re:Ask HN: What hardware/furniture/hack greatly improved your WFH setup?
on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:50AM (#27447292)
What's the benefit to using multiple desktop machines with Barrier? More processing power?
Ask HN: What Black Friday deals are you shopping?
Looking to pick up some Christmas gifts for family, friends, and myself, and was wondering what everyone here is getting (tech-related or otherwise).
Re:Ask HN: Ergonomic Keyboard Recommendations
on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @11:29AM (#24211405)
What put you off about the Advantage 2?
Re:Ask HN: Ergonomic Keyboard Recommendations
on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @09:31AM (#24210151)
From what I've read this one is amazing. Not sure I want to drop that much cash on a keyboard yet though. Plus I've seen some reviews about it being a fixed layout as a downside (and some reviews where that is an upside).
Re:Ask HN: Ergonomic Keyboard Recommendations
on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @03:04PM (#24202856)
The moonlander looks awesome. The ergodox-ez looks nice as well. I wish there were some cheaper options out there for people who don't know how to solder.
Ask HN: Ergonomic Keyboard Recommendations
What does everyone on here use for their keyboards? I'm looking to get something more ergonomic and am slowly getting sucked down the mechanical keyboards rabbithole.
Re:Ask HN: Is Signal still a good app to use for encrypted messaging?
on Monday June 15, 2020 @09:42AM (#23527201)
Yeah I didn't particularly like that about Signal. If a malignant person were trying to keep tabs on a person (victim) using Signal, they would be able to see that the victim has switched to encrypted messaging (letting the malignant person know the victim is at least partially onto them). Thinking about the use case of a person trying to avoid a hacker/stalker here for example.
Ask HN: Is Signal still a good app to use for encrypted messaging?
How secure is it?
Re:Ask HN: I recently lost my job, I want to pursue blogging as a care...
on Friday June 05, 2020 @03:36PM (#23432918)
What will you blog about? Make sure the audience is big enough that you can make money from it. Too big though and you might get lost in a sea of voices. Quality content and marketing is key. It’s been awhile since I blogged though so someone else might have better advice regarding marketing / social media platforms / SEO rankings.
Twenty-one year old with no pre-existing conditions dies from Coronavirus
Re:Netflix to cut streaming quality in Europe for 30 days
on Thursday March 19, 2020 @04:25PM (#22631346)
Re:The Board reduced reserve requirement ratios to zero percent effect...
on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @03:25PM (#22609140)
I don't mean as an investment per se, just as a more reliable store of money.
Re:The Board reduced reserve requirement ratios to zero percent effect...
on Tuesday March 17, 2020 @01:56PM (#22607880)
Should we be moving money from the banks into another value store? Gold? Investments?
Re:Coronavirus: Some recovered patients may have reduced lung function
on Friday March 13, 2020 @12:21PM (#22568531)
Agreed, without more details surrounding the test group numbers / selection, it's hard to determine what level of concern this raises.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone built a cabin before? Advice?
on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @10:11AM (#22054798)
Agreed there, I know not to mess with plumbing, electric, and/or heating myself. Was debating going with spray on insulation done professionally, although I understand costs will rise the more I hire contractors.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone built a cabin before? Advice?
on Monday January 13, 2020 @08:49AM (#22034407)
Is it really that difficult? I’m imagine there are things I am missing, but isn’t it pretty much: build foundation, build floor, build frame, build out roof, build walls, etc.?
As long as I research, do proper leveling, cutting, etc. and follow along with other builds’ process, I am thinking I will be fine. Would be great to hear where I might be wrong though so I don’t sink money into a failed build.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone built a cabin before? Advice?
on Saturday January 11, 2020 @02:53PM (#22021892)
I was hoping to sell the local government on it being a green building somehow, or something else that might motivate them to help with the building codes. Perhaps reaching out to universities within the region.
I think I’d like to try the tabletop model idea. I plan on having it be a second home / AirBnB spot.
Re:Ask HN: Anyone built a cabin before? Advice?
on Saturday January 11, 2020 @02:51PM (#22021873)
Maybe I’ll try starting with a tabletop model as the other poster suggested.
Any thoughts on acquiring the land? I was told getting in touch with a realtor local to the area would be a good start.
Ask HN: Anyone built a cabin before? Advice?
Thinking about building a modified A-Frame cabin on a plot of land. Doing most of the work myself, with contractors for the toughest parts. Anyone done it before? Costs? Advice?Would be great to hear about your experience.
Re:Ask HN: Any good cyber Monday deals on telescopes?
on Monday December 02, 2019 @01:44PM (#21685388)
Not a telescope person, so idk if these are good, but it looks like this is a deal https://slickdeals.net/f/13673954-celestron-nexstar-8se-203m..., and I think I saw a Costco deal as well.
Re:Ask HN: Any (tech) black friday deals you'd recommend?
on Friday November 29, 2019 @06:31PM (#21667427)
I'm tempted. Do you know which model of the 5700 xt? Is it noisy or not too bad?
Re:Ask HN: Any (tech) black friday deals you'd recommend?
on Friday November 29, 2019 @02:00PM (#21666122)
I've been watching /r/buildapcsales like a hawk for graphics card deals. Can't decide if I'll pull the trigger on a sub $300 5700 or 5700 xt, or wait until ~summer 2020 for the Navi 2.0 release since I barely game anyway.
Ask HN: Any (tech) black friday deals you'd recommend?
Doing post-thanksgiving shopping and thought the HN folk might have some cool gift ideas and deal-hunting strategies to share.Preferably tech-related since this is HN, but really anything that improves your life / others would be great to hear about.
Ask HN: Recommend Me Your Mattress?
Sleep is important and mattress shopping is hard. What mattress do you have and would you recommend it to other HN users?Please include the price if possible, as (personally) I’m trying to keep costs reasonable.
Re:Ask HN: Best resources/examples of great sound design
on Thursday May 09, 2019 @09:23AM (#19868016)
Try taking a look at https://old.reddit.com/r/audioengineering/
Re:Ask HN: After earning how much money are you planning to retire?
on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @10:47PM (#16817599)
Here's a login-less one that looks like it doesn't make any network calls with the data you enter: https://networthify.com/calculator/earlyretirement
Re:The hidden costs of serverless
on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @10:25PM (#16174427)
Could you expand on this? I’m trying to learn more about using Lambda as a serverless REST API recently and one of my projects has a SQL DB.