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Gigablah

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Gigablah··on The walls of Apple's garden are tumbling down
Stockholm syndrome is continuing to stay on Windows.
Gigablah··on Don't mock machine learning models in unit tests
For me, I thought it was an article defending the practice of using machine learning models in unit tests
Gigablah··on 'A mouse for your mouth': New device allows users to scroll with their tongues
The return of the joystick
Gigablah··on High school student allegedly uses device to turn off nearby iPhones
Wireless interference would be the lesser charge at this point.
Gigablah··on Reflecting on 18 Years at Google
There’s always room for a runner-up. What you really don’t want to be in is 3rd place.
Gigablah··on After Boeing declines to pay up, ransomware group leaks 45 GB of data
There should be a law for this. (Law as in Murphy’s law)
Gigablah··on Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down
Only on HN: your worth is tied to your choice of CEO.
Gigablah··on OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
This applies equally to their detractors.
Gigablah··on OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
Well, he was hired away from Google in the first place.
Gigablah··on Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted
He was basically describing a variation of the “have you stopped beating your wife” parable. Hope that helps.
Gigablah··on Apple Faces Potential Watch Import Ban After Federal Trade Ruling
They used to do just that, just not in the way you imagined: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34227388
Gigablah··on California suspends Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment
"When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to appear very grown up" - CS Lewis
Gigablah··on We’re opening up access to Gov.uk forms
Here's Singapore's: https://www.designsystem.tech.gov.sg/
Gigablah··on Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On
Now apply your argument to “random anonymous person” or “small startup”.
Gigablah··on iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus
Throwing another data point into the ring. Of all the lightning cables I bought, the genuine ones from Apple always failed first.
Gigablah··on USA Today Owner Pauses AI Articles After Butchering Sports Coverage
I don't know about you, but "a close encounter of the athletic kind" is a hit for me.
Gigablah··on Google abandons work to move Assistant smart speakers to Fuchsia
You don't say "Hey Assistant" though, you say "Hey Google".
Gigablah··on Show HN: I made a website that color-codes the world by language
Apparently Singapore has sunk into the ocean.
Gigablah··on Ask HN: Could you please brutally review my product website?
The FAQ section is seriously lacking color contrast. If you want people to read paragraphs of text, make it actually readable.
Gigablah··on YouTube removed dislike counts, so this guy made Rotten Tomatoes for YouTube
Well, if you're comfortable with sending your youtube view history to another website.

https://github.com/Anarios/return-youtube-dislike/blob/5c738...

Gigablah··on Cantonese Font with Pronunciation
Just because you can figure it out by context in songs (rarely upon the first listen, mind you), that doesn’t mean the added cognitive load isn’t excessively burdensome in everyday speech.
Gigablah··on What it feels like to work in AI right now
I mean, that’s exactly what it’s being used for — hallucination.
Gigablah··on “Blue Light” creating capacity for nothing (2007)
I don’t see the contradiction?

“Value/productivity bigot” = what they think

“Leeches” = what they are

Gigablah··on Peter Norvig critically reviews AlphaCode’s code quality
Tends to happen when writing self-assessments.
Gigablah··on Meta lays off 11,000 people
More like a crab bucket
Gigablah··on Birdwatch, Twitter's collaborative fact checking system
Turdwatcher rhymes better
Gigablah··on Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it
Don't forget, so will the alternatives :)
Gigablah··on A man who lived in a Singapore forest for 30 years
There's one beside my flat, even.

https://media.karousell.com/media/photos/products/2020/12/2/...

Gigablah··on The Evil List
Hint: look at his submission history.
Gigablah··on Could housing be cheaper and better if we stop building so many staircases?
People pay more for units all the time for various reasons - location, orientation, superstition, etc. I’m sure they’ll add “not suffocating to death during a fire” to the list.
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