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RomanHaukssonon The ChatGPT/Codex app bundles a full copy of LibreOffice

> why not also install dozens of other apps?

because other apps are less likely to be useful, and there's diminishing returns

RomanHaukssonon Ask.com has closed

I think so too, wasn't ascribing any value judgement.

RomanHaukssonon Ask.com has closed

The page seems AI-generated, it has a few front-end Claudeisms:

- PlayFair Display and Inter as fonts

- Comments in the HTML for each section ("" and "")

- Bottom fade-in animation

- Tailwind (obviously a common choice for humans, but since it's an even more common choice for LLMs, it counts as evidence in favor)

RomanHaukssonon The secret inside One Million Checkboxes

I wonder if you could register using all the plate numbers from a nearby car rental place, then try to rent the corresponding car if it gets chosen.

RomanHaukssonon Academic Project Page Template

I made a template to make it easier to publish simple, professional project pages for research papers. It's based on Eliahu Horwitz's classic research page template, but it's made with Astro and styled with Tailwind CSS. Let me know what you think!

RomanHaukssonon Udio: Generate music in your favorite styles with a text prompt

Hey Conor, congrats on the launch! Will there be an API any time soon? I’m currently working on a hobby project that uses an unofficial API for Suno, but would love to switch it to Udio if possible.

RomanHaukssonon A 2024 plea for lean software

I would have liked to see some statistics cited instead of anecdotes about individual security incidents. Is industry software really less secure than it used to be because of larger attack surfaces, proportional to the size of the software industry?

RomanHaukssonon Ask HN: What's the state of the art for drawing math diagrams online?

From someone who apparently knew him personally^1:

> I just want to tell everyone that Gilles Castel, the incredible person that popularized this form of math note taking, has passed away. It's awesome to see that people still use his blog and keep his legacy alive. We lost him at a very young age. Thank you for this video.

On why:

> depression got the better of him.

1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtM1mrWjUo&lc=UgyBCHtOu_8bl...

RomanHaukssonon Show HN: Khoj – Chat offline with your second brain using Llama 2

Awesome work, I've been looking for something like this. Any plans to support Logseq in the future?

RomanHaukssonon Recreate the cavity-preventing GMO bacteria BCS3-L1 from precursor

Hey Austin, nice seeing you here!

RomanHaukssonon MF FOOM: AI-generated MF DOOM songs

Sorry, ignore this comment. I thought I was typing into the description text box instead of the reply box.

RomanHaukssonon MF FOOM: AI-generated MF DOOM songs

Fuck, that is sad, and horrendous timing. I had no idea. Should i take this down for a week or two?

RomanHaukssonon MF FOOM: AI-generated MF DOOM songs

I fine-tuned GPT-3 on the lyrics of 96 MF DOOM songs to write lyrics in his style. Then, i cloned his voice to a text-to-voice model to make him rap them.

RomanHaukssonon Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?

https://roman.computer

Only 5 posts up so far but more in the works. A grab bag of my interests, including self-improvement, AI alignment, and statistics.

RomanHaukssonon Show HN: Hacker News user blogroll

I used to own roman.hn since my last initials are H-N, but I switched to roman.computer after I dropped my second last name (it's hyphenated).

Technically you can't own an Honduran domain name if you're some rando American like me, but you can use a registrar like Njalla, which legally owns it for you but lets you control it.