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andrewtbham

2,224 karma · joined September 9, 2010

computer programmer, investor

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andrewtbham··on Deep Learning Overview
These are my notes over the years on machine learning and deep learning. I recently tuned them up with AI and removed some inaccuracies. They are mostly notes from Stanford classes. There is also a lot of notes on different terms for the same things in the real world and notes and updates from projects.
andrewtbham··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
It really is useful.. If you add your favorite places... it will give you pretty good suggestions using the ai wrapper when you travel and it is good at giving joint recommendations for you and your friends.
andrewtbham··on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)
https://www.lykly.ai/
andrewtbham··on Show HN: Lykly.ai
The basic idea is: 1. signup up 2. add favorite places 3. ai gives suggestions based on favorites.
andrewtbham··on A New Age of Materials Is Dawning, for Everything from Smartphones to Missiles
Probably Orbital composites. The image at the top is from them.

https://www.orbitalcomposites.com/

andrewtbham··on How I overcame my addiction to sugar
I think the author read atomic habits. Even the story about vietnam is in there.
andrewtbham··on Duolingo Sucks, Now What?
I recently wrote a langauge app... my approach has been.. 1. start with ear training. (minimal pairs) 2. learn some vocab (anki) 3. then use social media. tik tok specifically.

https://www.oohwoo.com/

andrewtbham··on Show HN: Name That Nation
I am adding Mauritius
andrewtbham··on Show HN: Name That Nation
It does keep a list of countries you got wrong and you can go through them again.
andrewtbham··on Show HN: Name That Nation
I have tried to get this to work. The problem has to do with the material UI Select component used. I think the problem is that the return key is already used to select an item from the select.
andrewtbham··on Show HN: Name That Nation
That is correct. It is a feature. It is a challenge how to make it more clear to the user.
andrewtbham··on Show HN: Name That Nation
That is correct about the green colors work. Most of the maps are from wikipedia and that's how they do show contested areas in light green. I think I will change them though to another source because it is confusing.
andrewtbham··on Carmakers don’t need ‘EV divisions,’ the whole company should go electric now
I agree... the speculation is becoming less on the market and more on whether these companies can execute. Everyione knows it's in their long term interest to make EVs.
andrewtbham··on Carmakers don’t need ‘EV divisions,’ the whole company should go electric now
In the near term (1-3 years), no role in a traditional oems has incentives to make evs.

dealers make money from maintenance. evs have less maintence.

car salesmen are trained to negotiate, not educate consumers about evs.

factory workers/unions: evs require less factory workers.

many engineers have the wrong skills for evs.

executives also have the wrong skills. they are trained to negotiate with suppliers and focus on core competency. core competency changes from manufacturing engines to battery and electric drive train. innovation may require insourcing if suppliers fail.

investors want dividends and not to speculate on evs.

imho, it makes more sense for startups and tech companies to make evs.

andrewtbham··on GPT Spiritual Avisor
are you saying it's just gpt3 and you only add a prompt for the religion?
andrewtbham··on GPT Spiritual Avisor
how did you train it?
andrewtbham··on Remotely Controlled Lawn Tractor
That is awesome. I have wanted to do this for an electric mower. And maybe eventually train it to drive itself with ML. You could even start a service to cut yards and use the public records of the lots to set a boundaries for the yard.
andrewtbham··on Judge orders trial in Tesla autopilot manslaughter case
It's not false advertising. I think there is a misconception among the public about what autopilot means. Autopilot is assistance, not replacement for human operators.

"An autopilot is a system used to control the path of an aircraft, marine craft or spacecraft without requiring constant manual control by a human operator. Autopilots do not replace human operators. Instead, the autopilot assists the operator's control of the vehicle, allowing the operator to focus on broader aspects of operations (for example, monitoring the trajectory, weather and on-board systems)."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopilot

andrewtbham··on Debunking our narratives of the late 70s and early 80s
Regarding the cold war and military spending... Everyone in the 80s thought Reagan was nuts because he wanted to build "Star Wars" a system that would shoot down all the Soviet Nukes. So the Soviets wasted money trying to compete with it. So at least in some cases, it wasn't about us spending more on the military... it was about tricking them into spending more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiative

andrewtbham··on Ephemeralization
Smartphones... yes. tvs are also an example. I have a flat screen from 2005 and one from this year. the weight difference is hard to believe.
andrewtbham··on It's weird that most of “Hacker” news is dominated by business news
If I could filter all politics out of hacker news that would be great. the comments especially are filled with "useful idiots"

I have filtered a lot of politics on twitter by blocking prominent politicians and mute words.

andrewtbham··on Why didn’t auto-braking stop these crashes?
> Tesla does not have a media relations department and Chief Executive Elon Musk did not respond to attempts to seek comment.

Tesla has ongoing response to this.

https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport

andrewtbham··on Ask HN: What is the HN of Cryptocurrency?
Follow the right people on twitter. I would start by following different crypto projects or topics on twitter. And then people that have interesting tweets.. look at their feed and follow.

Here is a bitcoin topic I follow https://twitter.com/i/topics/1007360414114435072

andrewtbham··on Does this medieval fresco show a hallucinogenic mushroom in the Garden of Eden?
It's possible that manna from heaven and the bread at communion are mushrooms. that many of the experiences seem to by psychadelic: the burning bush, the transfiguration, etc. And that it was all gotten rid of during the black death.

https://psychedelictimes.com/the-secret-psychedelic-mushroom...

andrewtbham··on I've got a broken combine harvester – manufacturer won't give me software key
I have messaged the woman in the article and asked about the incident. because my main point is... these articles are misleading and I don't trust them. curious to see what she says... if anything.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-rachor-5040998/

andrewtbham··on I've got a broken combine harvester – manufacturer won't give me software key
it's not inaccurate, it's misleading.

It could have read...

"It's what enabled Tesla to once accidentally turn off a feature for a user."

This would still make your point... that they have the capability, but wouldn't be misleading.

andrewtbham··on I've got a broken combine harvester – manufacturer won't give me software key
I get your point... you're concerned "the capability" but my point is... why mislead? what else are they misleading about.

> It's what enables Tesla to turn off features that it doesn't think certain users should have

the misleading part is the phrase "doesn't think certain users should have" it sounds like it's at tesla's discretion but in fact they are referring to a single accident.

andrewtbham··on I've got a broken combine harvester – manufacturer won't give me software key
"It's what enables Tesla to turn off features that it doesn't think certain users should have."

As someone who follows Tesla closely, it is destroying my trust in the media. This line would lead you believe that Tesla does this on a regular basis. I know that's not the case. If you click the link it's referring to an isolated incident that involves a single largely anonymous person (alec). So it makes me question the whole article.

This story is also anecdotal... does anyone know if this really even a problem? If it were, it sounds like an opportunity for a competitor to make a simple to repair harvester.

andrewtbham··on The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday
Reminds me of the book atomic habits. It emphasizes the compounding gains of small wins.
andrewtbham··on Contrastive Representation Learning
Seems like nnclr would be covered also.

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2104.14548.pdf

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