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ben174on A Hands-On Introduction to Machine Learning

Am I correct in finding this is only accessible via paying for it, or if you are currently enrolled in school? Or is there someway to gain access to this information without paying?

ben174on Ableton Push 3

I strongly feel that with the more year that I acquire, the less creative I become. I don’t think it’s an age thing that slowed me down, it’s an over abundance of options. The few times I’ve been stuck with just my laptop and a copy of FL studio, the old creative me comes back.

ben174on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2023)

I advise to not invest time into this company. They took me through three rounds and completely ghosted me. I emailed several times and heard nothing. Only when they saw me on the outside did they realize they should probably get back to me.

ben174on The Twitter API is now effectively unmaintained

Reddit survived a long time with absolutely horrendous stability. They still have pretty bad uptime: 99.72 % uptime (web). Their community was very vocal about it, but they continued to grow.

I could even see it helping. When reddit was down everyone lost their shit and there would be posts "where were you during the outage of '21" and "today I actually went outside", etc.. Kinda adds to the hype.

ben174on Adobe Firefly: AI Art Generator

Closed beta. Requesting access requires filling out a four page form. Product page is a bunch of hand-selected images.

Nothing to see here.

ben174on Tell HN: MailChimp blacklists your IP if you open the browser's dev tools

Can you just view the RAW email body after it's sent?

ben174on Show HN: Django Developers – Reverse Job Board for Django Developers

Why would anyone waste their time creating a profile on this site if no one can find you unless they have a "business subscription".

ben174on The Quest for Netflix on Asahi Linux

It's not worthless though, because if it didn't exist - some browser extension would appear the next day which adds a nice little download right next to the play button.

ben174on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2023)

Location: SF Bay Area

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: Possibly

Technologies: Python/Django (Full Stack: React) - AWS - CI/CD, with a particular focus on testing and optimizing test suites.

Résumé/CV: www.bugben.com

resume+hn@bugben.com

ben174on Microsoft somehow brings iMessage to Windows – will it last?

Yea, when I saw these limitations, the first thing I thought of was Tesla. And Tesla makes it very clear with their messaging, when you first pair your phone, something like 'Due to limitations by Apple, you won't be able to participate in group chats.'

It seems obvious to me Apple always wants to keep one critical thing inaccessible for iMessage, to lock people into using their platforms. They'd rather Tesla use car play, that way they can lock the integration down so others (like Windows) can't use the same integration.

ben174on Mysterious object is being dragged into the black hole at the Milky Way’s center

I don't. But that doesn't matter. If it has happened it has happened. Whether I know about it has no bearing on reality (not my reality).

ben174on Mysterious object is being dragged into the black hole at the Milky Way’s center

I can't make any sense of this. It has happened over there - so it's happened. How does it make a difference where I am standing. I'm not talking about my reality. I'm talking about reality. Things which have taken place and nothing can change that.

ben174on Bigscreen Beyond – Small VR Headset

One cool often overlooked thing about BigScreen VR is the fact that 3D movies work perfectly. It's a great experience watching a 3D movie on a giant virtual screen.

ben174on Bigscreen Beyond – Small VR Headset

I do believe one of the reasons VR has been slow to gain traction is because of the bulkiness/awkwardness of the headsets. This definitely takes care of the weight, but it still looks ridiculous. I don't foresee people sitting on the train wearing these.

The right headset is around the corner, but this isn't it.

ben174on Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software

Is this a hosts file only? It doesn't seem to want to import into uBlock.

ben174on Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that aren't based on WebKit

Once the native engine is available to the general public, there will be more users. When there are more users, there will likely be more resources thrown at development.

ben174on Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software

Any other external filter lists that are useful?

ben174on ChatGPT Plus

What is the expected format of the transcript? Would this work?

Me: I'm feeling lonely Bot: I'm sorry Me: What should I do?

ben174on ChatGPT Plus

Wow, I just implemented this in BTT and it's amazing how quickly it's become an indispensable tool. Just highlight any text I type and get the "answer" to it. Thanks for the tip!

ben174on Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell

www.showertexts.com

Sends you a daily SMS with the top upvoted /r/showerthoughts of the day. I've been running it for several years and people seem to really appreciate it.

ben174on Photos capture life inside a drop of seawater

I hear the men are real assholes.

ben174on Amazon Alexa is on pace to lose $10B this year

Assuming you're referring to Sonos -- while they were once the best, they seem to just not work well anymore. I'm lucky if I can get it to function correctly. I've observed my brother's Chromecast whole-home audio which cost him a fraction of the price and has a ton more variety - and I'm thinking I may ditch my Sonos setup.

ben174on Show HN: I'm trying to guess your personality by your comments with an NLP model

Mods asleep, post some ads?

ben174on Show HN: I'm trying to guess your personality by your comments with an NLP model

Wow this troubles me this stayed on the HN fp for three hours (and counting). It's clearly someone trying to profit off affiliate links using the oldest tricks in the book.

ben174on Show HN: I'm trying to guess your personality by your comments with an NLP model

This is nothing more impressive than the horoscope in the newspaper. It's a cold read and people will always fall for it because they believe what they want to hear.

ben174on Nearly Half of San Franciscans Have Been Victims of Theft, New Poll Says

Do the 50% who do claim they are victims of theft say it only happened to them a single time? In my experience, the people who admit they are the victims of theft have countless stories of it happening to them.

ben174on Matter – Protocol to connect compatible devices and systems with one another

Do you have any fear that the connection of all these iot devices could be used in the facilitation of a widespread attack?

Also, all the devices in our homes running code which we have no way of scrutinizing. I'm a bit alarmed about that.

And the uprise in unchecked images people are flashing onto raspi's which could potentially be owned by a bad actor.

I could be paranoid, but these are things that have been on my mind.

ben174on Matter – Protocol to connect compatible devices and systems with one another

I am so afraid of the potential of a cyber attack via IoT... with people taking image files from random spots on the dark web and writing them to their rasp pi's without looking at what's on the image, and putting random devices on their network without having any way to explore the code embedded -- it would be very easy for a widescale cyber attack to suddenly be unleashed and very suddenly we wouldn't even know what hit us.

ben174on You can't buy a Raspberry Pi right now

I've been struggling with this so long. I've been following https://rpilocator.com -- but nothing is available. I've been spending so much on ebay trying to buy pi's for my personal projects in my home. It sucks :(

ben174on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2022)

  Location: SF Bay Area
  Remote: Optional
  Willing to relocate: Unlikely
  Technologies: Python/Django Startups / Unicorn building - clutter.com - Co-Founded some smaller ventures, looking to do more management things and build teams as well as maybe build some things from the ground up. 
  Résumé/CV: www.bugben.com
  Email: resume+hn@bugben.com