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Re:Why "Learn to Code" Failed [PolyMatter] [video] on Saturday April 26, 2025 @06:19AM (#43802353)
Referenced in video: The rise—and fall—of the software developer https://www.adpresearch.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-softwar... (ADP Research)
Has anyone had experience with qdrant (https://qdrant.tech/) as a vector store data and can speak to how txtai compares?
Previous discussion (2022) with 108 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31250275

Ask HN: What would it take for AI to generate pop song mashups?

I've noticed the recent rise in AI-generated music stemming from a text prompt. The rise in the quality of generated music has been startling to say the least.Another genre/category of music is the pop mashup [1]. It's a song that's created from snippets of existing songs blended into a single, cohesive track. Sort of a like a super-condensed 3-minute DJ mix that comprised of up to dozens of...

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Ask HN: Is the $199 Rabbit R1 a loss leader for data collection

I've been following the recent launch of the Rabbit R1. Given its surprisingly low price point relative to Humane's Ai Pin and the Meta Smart Glasses, I'm curious about the business strategy behind it.Do you think Rabbit R1 is priced as a loss leader? More specifically, is it possible that the low price is a strategy to attract a large user base and then monetize through the sale of user...

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Ask HN: Does airport fingerprinting compromise my biometric security?

I recently went through airport security on an international flight where they recorded my fingerprints.Like many others, my smartphone can be accessed via biometric fingerprint login to reveal sensitive data such as email.This got me thinking about the security implications for my smartphone. I'm curious about the potential risks and how secure my data really is after such an interaction. Even...

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What are some ways to find libraries that issue cards to non-residents?
This is quite profound, is this quoted from anywhere or are these your own words?
Re:Thunderbird Is Thriving: Our 2022 Financial Report on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @08:01AM (#35886142)
> We began 2022 with 15 core staff, and now employ a team of 24 in these roles:

    Product and Business Development Manager
    Director of Operations
    Product Design Manager
    Engineering Manager
    Staff Engineers (3)
    Sr SW Engineers (2)
    Sr Security Engineer
    SW Engineer, Add-Ons Ecosystem
    Sr UI/UX Developer
    UI/UX Developers (2)
    Android Project Lead
    Android Developer (1)
    Build & Release Engineers (2)
    Full Stack Developer
    Front End Developer
    Community Manager
    Marketing Manager
    Bug Triager
    Support Engineer

I've never seen "Bug Triager" listed as an advertised role. Isn't this a subset of what a product owner/manager typically does?
I've seen software testing work at scale when there's a company-wide mindset to quality, as opposed to 'quality is the job of one person/department':

- Shift left testing: quality can be implemented at all stages of the development process, from requirements gathering to deployment. Issues are easier and cheaper to fix the earlier they are discovered, and it does not necessarily take a software tester to discover these, although testers can advocate for a mindset of quality - Quality as a shared mindset/goal, not just one team's job: every team member seeks to quality control their bit of work, this inevitably involves developers doing a basic level of sanity testing on their code. When done right this should reduce the long feedback loop to discovering issues when a team completes a piece of work, hands it over to QA, then context switches over to another piece of work.

Re:Bitwarden Acquires Passwordless.dev on Wednesday January 18, 2023 @12:32PM (#34429875)
I have a very similar self-hosted Vaultwarden set up, for the same reasons.

My other concern, which may be unfounded is that Vaultwarden [1], which is an unofficial Rust rewrite, may also be developed to different, or lesser security standards than the official client. However I don't have any real reasons to suspect this.

[1] https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden

With regards to playlisting my digital music collection in novel and interesting ways, I've found Plexamp's "Guest DJ" feature [1] to be second to none.

It's not the cheapest piece of software. However when viewed in comparison to the cost of a standalone mp3-player, I think Plex's $119.99 Lifetime Pass is justifiable.

[1] https://mobile.twitter.com/plexamp/status/158570440123829863...

Re:LineageOS 20 on Thursday January 05, 2023 @06:58PM (#34268843)
Can anyone confirm if the Aperture camera app is still fully functional when LineageOS is installed without GApps?
Re:Ask HN: How do you discover new music? on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:22AM (#32849237)
Bandcamp. The "x items in common" subheading on other profiles has been a very strong indicator of other people with music taste I may also vibe with. As a plus, they seem to be one of the more fair companies with artist distribution payments and their "Bandcamp Fridays", so buying music has a bit more of a feel good factor.

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