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baranmelik

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baranmelik··on How to get power naps right
Yoga Nidra (NSDR) is a game changer when it comes to power naps
baranmelik··on Common Plastic Chemical BPA Found to Feminize Males and Masculinize Females
It's a rat study with a vague definition of feminization and masculination. Would take it with a grain of saşt.
baranmelik··on The Anti-Pomodoro Technique: Focus on Taking Breaks, Not Watching the Timer
The fear of being interrupted at the wrong time with this method would drive me crazy. For me, focusing by task instead of time works better. (also a big task divided into smaller tasks)
baranmelik··on Ask HN: What recent UX changes make no sense to you?
not being able to access desktop features on mobile. I don't expect these features by default but having the option would be nice; especially given that the phones have more than enough RAM for any of these features.
baranmelik··on Ask HN: What usually happens after a VC asks for a demo?
a day or two means nothing. you can follow-up in about a week. In the mean time, talking to more VCs really helps both the outcome of each conversation and the founders' propensity to obsess over a specific conversation
baranmelik··on Ask HN: What's something interesting you learned from training your own GPT?
That it's really easy to overfit a model
baranmelik··on Ask HN: Breaking into tech project management from different field?
Hi, I have a background in strategy and finance and used to work at an agriculture firm. I joined a very technical AI startup as a COO last year and I still have a ton to learn about the industry. And it's different from a PM role but a few things that have been helpful for me:

-Learning the jargon: Youtube videos from developer/creators in the field help a lot. -Forums (you're already here; so, great!) -Asking our developers to explain me thing like a child+getting their opinion on almost everything -LLMs help a ton (you can even send screenshots of code and ask what it means/does)

baranmelik··on Ask HN: What non-fiction do you read?
The Very Short Introduction series is great. ie A Very Short Introduction to Art History, Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introduction etc
baranmelik··on Ask HN: What are your best purchases under $100?
Portable charging station
baranmelik··on Ask HN: Is it still worth pursuing a software startup?
I think that the opposite is also very plausible. I've seen numerous startups take a big company's product unrefined product and quickly turn it into something better.
baranmelik··on Ask HN: Claude Opus performance affected by time of day?
Have you noticed whether this correlates more with load (e.g. outages / announcements) than actual time of day? Curious if anyone has tried controlled comparisons.
baranmelik··on Ask HN: ADHD – How do you manage the constant stream of thoughts and ideas?
I've observed that people with ADHD often find it very natural to meditate, in that refocusing is something the ADHD brain is more used to than the neurotypical brain.
baranmelik··on GLM-4.7-Flash
For anyone who’s already running this locally: what’s the simplest setup right now (tooling + quant format)? If you have a working command, would love to see it.