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bartonfinkon Ask HN: Has HN become too skewed towards AI/LLM?

If AI increased your productivity 1500% I shudder to imagine how little you get done without it.

bartonfinkon Ask HN: What new tech gives you the same thrill you got from PCs and the web?

Agreed. I count the days until I can throw out every computer I own. They mostly cause stress.

bartonfinkon Apple explores home robotics as potential 'next big thing'

A 12 hour one with stops every four hours. Reset the timer when you fill the feeder in the morning.

If this was an interview question I would reject the job. You don't seem worth working with.

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Step one, do you have access to a handgun?

bartonfinkon Ask HN: Has anyone lost their job due to AI?

Does that change the fact that it clearly answers your question with data from less than a year ago? Or was that a really stupid rhetorical question you didn't actually want answered?

bartonfinkon Ask HN: Has anyone lost their job due to AI?

https://www.businessinsider.com/jobs-lost-in-may-because-of-...

You're welcome.

bartonfinkon Former University of Iowa hospital employee used fake identity for 35 years

Did you read the article? Clearly not. Gtfo.

bartonfinkon I'm 28. And I'm Scheduled to Die in May

Choice is important. Claiming that it's wrong for someone stuck in a hopeless situation to make a choice to exit that situation is unethical and makes you an asshole, Quinzel.

Medical professionals told her they did everything they can for her and her illnesses would not improve. Maybe there will be future treatment options, but she is an adult in pain and she has the right to change that.

bartonfinkon I'm 28. And I'm Scheduled to Die in May

I think it's great.

bartonfinkon Alcohol Use and Mortality Among Couples in US: Individual and Partner Effects

https://news.gallup.com/poll/509501/six-americans-drink-alco... Nearly 40% of respondents to a Gallup poll don't. That seems high to me, but I would expect somewhere around 15% of people to abstain. But then again I'm not so full of myself to put "data science" in my name on here and say obviously incorrect stuff.

bartonfinkon Show HN: Innovatize – AI Startup Idea Generator

Meh.

bartonfinkon Apple explores home robotics as potential 'next big thing'

That's part of why tech products disappoint. The MO is to reduce a complex problem to a simple base case (our robot can vacuum an entire house provided you have no stairs or furniture), half ass solving the complexities, and market your product as if they don't matter.

I'll continue doing stuff myself or paying humans. My time is too valuable to waste on empty promises that tech will save me time.

bartonfinkon Apple explores home robotics as potential 'next big thing'

You've made a stunning point. There's no analog way to make things happen more than once a day. The logic is clear and irrefutable. Well done.

bartonfinkon A beekeeper used her bees to stop an eviction, and a police standoff ensued

Definitely not the pigs they stung, though.

bartonfinkon Ask HN: Why can't the US government run their own social media?

If America is exceptional in specific relevant ways, yes. No points for you, go back to history class.

bartonfinkon Fake AI law firms are sending fake DMCA threats to generate fake SEO gains

GP did the legal equivalent of pasting a bunch of shit from stack overflow and claiming they're a talented software engineer.

bartonfinkon Former University of Iowa hospital employee used fake identity for 35 years

Classic case of letting perfect be the enemy of good. Try harder next time, jj999.

DNA would be significantly harder to fake over 35 years when you're still walking around with your own DNA. Is it perfect? No, but it's a lot more trustworthy in this case than an SSN or driver's license were.

bartonfinkon Ask HN: Why can't the US government run their own social media?

Downvoting this pabulum isn't enough.

You're right, in an abstract HN bullshit sense. It does not need to be this complicated. Nevertheless it is, for reasons that are much more complicated than setting up a Mastodon instance. You are obtusely ignoring the complications.

bartonfinkon Ask HN: Have you ever had to set up an RCP/gRPC server? Why?

Because there's literally nothing in it for me to help this guy unlock the stunning achievement of understanding why and in what manner computer systems communicate. This is intern level information, trivial to learn.

bartonfinkon Developers, what marketing strategies work on you?

Why reply? This is spam, it might not even be worth deleting regularly, let alone arguing with salespeople.

bartonfinkon Deaths at a California skydiving center, but the jumps go on

I give you permission.

bartonfinkon Generational Luck in the Housing Market

If you followed bad advice years ago you don't get to complain.

bartonfinkon Ask HN: Any tips for freeze drying at home?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeze_drying The first sentence of the second paragraph explains that freeze drying produces different results than drying through ambient heat. There's much more in the article to explain the process and its advantages.

If you don't know why did you comment?

bartonfinkon Ask HN: Any tips for freeze drying at home?

It's like any other expensive single use gadget. Some people buy one and use it once. Some use it more. Be one of those.

Freeze drying does give you a new way to get fruit flavors in food, so experiment.

bartonfinkon Washington's Lottery forced to pull site after creating AI porn of lotto user

Pot, meet kettle.

bartonfinkon 7 out of every 10 Fentanyl pills seized by DEA contain a lethal dose

Typically no.

bartonfinkon How do you deal with perfectionism?

Take your perfectionism to its conclusion.

Assume your current work isn't good enough to submit or publish.

Spend time addressing real or imagined defects.

Current work becomes late work. Consequences ensue.

Realize that the consequences are entirely your fault.

Realize that step one applies to your life as a project. Deal according to your emotional constitution (suicide, begging strangers for help, hoping you can get a breakthrough with drugs or therapy).

bartonfinkon Ask HN: How much revenue share do solo developers usually negotiate?

I once earned a 12.5% revenue stake as a freelancer in lieu of cash for designing and building a niche adult website. It wound up being worth mid-six figures before the site shut down. Not a huge payday but not terrible for the early oughts.