HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

boredemployee

1,555 karma · joined April 22, 2022

submissionscomments
boredemployee··on 1D Pac-Man
Quake takes a lifetime to master
boredemployee··on Can We Imagine a World Without Work?
>> I have some useful things I'd like to pursue with extra energy and time.

It's funny that most of my peers don't even think about that, or even a life with less work.

boredemployee··on Can We Imagine a World Without Work?
I always thought the problem was with me, but increasingly I observe that the people around me also hate the world of work, the politics at work, the greed, the falsehood, and the bullshitting.

The holiday season is so nice for gathering family and people who will soon move to another plane, but we have a limited time to enjoy all this because of a foolish convention that was invented where we must keep the gears turning 9-5.

It's a shame we didn't know how to appreciate the gift of life as we could have.

boredemployee··on Data scientists need to learn about significant digits
business ppl ~always~ prefer that approach.

When we go to industry or "the real world", it's as if we are forced to unlearn all good practices

boredemployee··on Data scientists need to learn about significant digits
In my experience, non tech/engineer/math people dislikes more than 1 or 2 digits.

Obs: Don't wanna sound a douche here but I can't help but notice that they're talking about accuracy citing Wikipedia.

boredemployee··on Scientists aren't using ChatGPT – here's why
I agree. It changes everything .
boredemployee··on Show HN: I made a tool to turn a Spotify artist profile into a website
weird enough, that someone tried to hack my facebook account just a few minutes after I use my gmail account to use your service. I hope it's just a tragic coincidence
boredemployee··on HN website is/was down. I'm curious why?
2nd that. no need of tricks for "user retention", the content is so good that we keep coming by our own.
boredemployee··on I hate work
I honestly think that the problem lies in the amount of working hours.

Society needs to discuss this urgently.

boredemployee··on I hate work
>> Every day millions of people wake up and perform all sorts of labor that is absolutely essential to keep societies functioning.

That's why I always say: we ourselves have made the world an impossible place to live in. We've created an unbearable society.

boredemployee··on Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download your music now
Paradoxically, I was lucky enough to work with something I love, music, for 7 years.

Just as the internet and social media helped me gain enough exposure to make a living DJing and producing music, providing a decent life for my family, the intense competition for attention on social media, exacerbated by the pandemic, made continuing in this profession unfeasible, largely due to my somewhat introverted personality. Bandcamp wasn't really my thing but I had some friends that made a decent money out of it.

Anyway, I wish the best of luck to those still trying to make a living from music in this new era.

I'm unhappy with my current job, but at least I can pay the bills.

boredemployee··on Researchers identify 'switch' to activate cancer cell death
Sorry for your loss!
boredemployee··on Goodbye Spotify
It's all about retention metrics.
boredemployee··on Window-swap – open a new window somewhere in the world
I literally thought about phisically opening a window somehow smh.

Dope idea!

boredemployee··on The product manager role is a mistake
Coming from a technical background, I am pursuing a career in product, and I sincerely believe that engineers generally dislike any activity linked to a product owner/manager. Interviewing clients, prioritizing, and navigating politics are soft skills that technical people usually don't want to develop. I didn't want to either until I received an offer that doubled my salary.
boredemployee··on Ask HN: PG's 'Do Things That Don't Scale' manual examples?
I'm genuinely curious if you could elaborate a little bit more, thanks.

I always thought about a product like that in my area but the "features" you mentioned (soil/climate conditions monitoring) are pretty simple, so I wonder if you're still able of finding a market (fit) for products like that, that "anyone" could build. Are you able to find customers, which I assume is B2B?

boredemployee··on Engineering Statistics Handbook (2012)
I read a few mins of the book and loved it, but I confess that the comments here have left me a bit confused.

I have a degree in engineering, took two statistics courses that basically used high school level math.

Nowadays, I work with data analysis, using SQL and Python. And I would like to know which statistical approach you guys think are most suitable for the real world, like how to test hypothesis etc?

boredemployee··on Joining CSV Data Without SQL: An IP Geolocation Use Case
Wow yes. I just found this out recently, it's funny because Sql seems easier than most of the complicated shit a dev needs to deal with.
boredemployee··on A 1990 experiment to test whether we could discern life on Earth remotely
I wonder if in other places (galaxies and planets), the atoms could behave differently thus creating other forms of life. But I have no idea if that makes any sense.
boredemployee··on Psytrance Guide
It's called (I think) sound design. Changing parameters of a sound wave like filters, resonance, envelope, cutoff, etc, you can achieve desired sounds (you can do that using a real synthesizer or a virtual one). In this case they're explaining how to make a bass sound (which is in the lower frequency of the spectrum)
boredemployee··on Refusing to fly has lost me my job as a climate researcher. It's worth the price
I don't want to diminish the value of what he did, but things are so different in first-world countries. Here where I live, if I do that, I'll simply be unemployed for a long time. I, like others, also have personal values. I hate having to use algorithms to influence people to buy more in a world already worn out by excessive consumption. But, at the end of the month, I have bills to pay and a child to feed.
boredemployee··on Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
You know, in some countries, people are using Whatsapp a lot to do b2b. I don't know any CRM integration with it that could segment/classify customers using the app.
boredemployee··on The Basics of Photovoltaic Systems: How They Work
>> solar panels don't like being hot

that's why in tropical countries people should aim for photothermical systems instead, collecting sun energy with parabolical mirrors heating up water, moving steam engine thus generating energy

boredemployee··on Quake related work logs (1996)
>> QuakeWorld.

>> The code I am developing right now is EXCLUSIVELY for internet play.

I hope he has at least a vague idea of how many lives he changed because of this feature/philosophy/idea and game.

boredemployee··on Show HN: Use an old tablet as an extra monitor
Thats a cool idea, I have a Fire tablet (and a Kindle) that I still don't know why I bought it.
boredemployee··on How to Balance Money and Meaning
I genuinely laughed at your comment.

Here's someone who has lightly lived off their passion.

First and foremost, look up the origin of the word "passion" if you're not familiar with it. You'll be surprised by its original meaning.

Living off something you love and that lights up your eyes doesn’t take months, it takes years, many years. In the initial years, you have to fight against all possible forces, starting with your own imposter syndrome, the lack of money (if you’re not from a wealthy family), and then there’s the phase of convincing everyone around you who doesn’t believe in your "talent" - that is if you come from a culture that needs the validation of others to feel good. Besides that, you still have to deal with the sales and marketing part. It’s not enough to be talented, it’s not enough to do your job well, there are still many variables. All of this doesn’t get resolved in months (maybe very, very lucky people manage to turn their passion into success in months, but that should be less than 1% of the entire sample). Anyway, I could spend many hours talking about this topic that I experienced firsthand for 7 years and was forced to switch to the corporate world because of the pandemic.

boredemployee··on We don't have senior engineers anymore
But whose fault is it?

I just got hired by a company that was looking for a data product leader.

I only have 3 years of experience in data analysis, but the owner of the company thinks I am extremely capable of leading the company's data front.

Since I'm not attached to titles, concepts, and job definitions, I obviously accepted the offer because my salary doubled.

boredemployee··on We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT
Cool now I'll get "There was an error generating a response" in plain audio!
boredemployee··on We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT
Man you're a genius. I was trying that uploading pdfs with manual of my synth and other stuff. With image that could be super easy.
boredemployee··on We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT
They could also improve their current features. I always need to regenerate answers.
← PreviousPage 6 of 22Next →