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codegladiator

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Winning the fights against code !
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codegladiator··on Scamlexity: When agentic AI browsers get scammed
Probably too close to Perplex...
codegladiator··on Meta accessed women's health data from Flo app without consent, says court
three digit ? the only thing these folks understand is exponential growth per affected user.
codegladiator··on Show HN: Open-source macOS CLI tool for aliasing and timing command line runs
isn't this alias ? (plus time and &)
codegladiator··on When we die do we still have any of the original cells from our birth? (2020)
Is word defined by meaning or feeling?
codegladiator··on When we die do we still have any of the original cells from our birth? (2020)
If every vibration in a wave is replaced dozens of times, is it the same wave?
codegladiator··on Andrew Ng says vibe coding is a bad name for a real and exhausting job
hi, lets meet. imo this is bad for the whole community to bad mouth vibe coding with such negative connotations, effectively gate keeping. vibe coding is like a car for people in the age of walking. sure you like to walk, want to keep walking, even enjoy walking, but there is no comparison with how far you will get if you start using a car. you still need to walk to your car and all effectively holds.
codegladiator··on Left-Pad (2024)
maximum code reuse flex, copy-paste is for losers.
codegladiator··on Ask HN: What's a tool you use every day that most developers haven't heard of?
I've been using this obscure tool called "documentation" for years now. It's this revolutionary concept where the people who created the software actually write down how it works!

Sometimes it even has examples showing how to use the software correctly.

I know it sounds too good to be true, but trust me once you discover documentation, you'll wonder how you ever lived without it.

codegladiator··on BuyMeACoffee silently dropped support for many countries (2024)
What I find fascinating is that crypto bros keep coming back with "technically its solved by crypto" and never looking at the non-technical sides of why a business/solution exists.
codegladiator··on US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Support of Plaintiffs [pdf]
I know what you mean but your statement

> Just like we don't fine everyone with a car for speeding

can me mistaken for "not everyone who is speeding is fined", and that's clearly not what you meant or wrote. You are right its not more like tolls because it still doesn't capture the /exponential/ difference of whats being compared (any other company vs google). Its like a car vs a jet fighter

codegladiator··on US vs. Google Amicus Curiae Brief of Y Combinator in Support of Plaintiffs [pdf]
more like same toll-tax/road-tax for vehicles of all sizes
codegladiator··on Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions
No this is not for philosophical challenge. not one of these actors are "enjoying" their work. its a regular job at the end.

Compare US tier 1 city salary to India tier 2 city salary and the math will work out.

codegladiator··on Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions
redhat openshift is partly developed by this work. I know its not great. the "engineers" working there are afraid to touch the code even beyond whats asked of them.

> This is debatable

work is being delivered is relative, not talking about good work or great work. its average at best. The debate you want to do maybe is if this is better than call center scams

codegladiator··on Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions
1 company, taking up multiple positions (5-10) in multiple companies (3-5) as regular full time employees (us salary) and work is spread across lowly paid workers. and its not 8-12 people involved, that would be just 1 position. there would be about 20-50 people in these "smbs"
codegladiator··on Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions
money is made, people are living on this. surely better than call center scams ? because work is being delivered. work from fortune 500 companies end up here.
codegladiator··on Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions
yes, its a regular freelancer project to begin with for all these actors
codegladiator··on Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions
i am the source, i have worked across multiple years on and off between 2015-2020
codegladiator··on Fake job seekers are flooding US companies that are hiring for remote positions
> putting recruit A in front of the interviewer and then slotting recruit B in after the position is secured

reality is way more messy and worse. There are multiple actors involved in each part. Eg 2-3 "actors" for visual screen are ready for each call, 2-4 "audio" knowledge only experts on the call, 1 dedicated speaker, 1 person coordinating answers from audio folks to actor folks.

they are even ready for once in a while visit to offices in us, so they have actors there on the field as well ready to attend calls (probably 1 to 1 mapping after first visit)

and the work assigned is assigned to a completely different set of people, not involved in any of above. those folks and these folks dont interact.

i have worked part time as one of the "audio" person in above interviews. also involved on work side. ama.

codegladiator··on You're overcomplicating it. Just solve a real problem.(Got my SaaS to $3,6k MRR)
Do it 10 times and come back and I will buy your book
codegladiator··on You're overcomplicating it. Just solve a real problem.(Got my SaaS to $3,6k MRR)
You guys keep posting similar stories:

https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=davidheikka

Not quite sure what response you are hoping for with all these posts.

codegladiator··on Interview Coder is an invisible AI for technical interviews
I believe people who are using these AI tools to pass interviews wont be able to use AI in their real job in a net positive manner.
codegladiator··on Preschoolers can reason better than we think, study suggests
OTOH adults reason worse than we think, practice suggests
codegladiator··on Show HN: I built a MCP server so Claude can play Minesweeper
Ditch the image

use this format for board representation

``` { "game_state": { "board_size": { "width": 9, "height": 9 }, "mines_total": 10, "mines_flagged": 2, "game_status": "in_progress", // "in_progress", "won", "lost" "time_elapsed": 45, "difficulty": "beginner" // "beginner", "intermediate", "expert", "custom" }, "board": [ ["1", "?", "?", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "0"], ["1", "2", "?", "2", "?", "1", "1", "?", "0"], ["0", "1", "1", "2", "1", "1", "1", "1", "0"], ["0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0"], ["1", "1", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0"], ["?", "1", "0", "0", "0", "1", "1", "1", "0"], ["1", "1", "0", "0", "0", "1", "F", "1", "0"], ["0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "1", "1", "1", "0"], ["0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0", "0"] ], "last_action": { "action_type": "reveal", "x": 3, "y": 2, "result": "revealed_number", "timestamp": 1710931245 } } ```

and this format for llm response generation

``` { "action": { "action_type": "reveal", // "reveal", "flag", "unflag", "chord" "x": 5, "y": 3, "confidence": 0.95, "reasoning": "This cell is surrounded by revealed cells with low numbers, making it a safe choice." }, "game_analysis": { "identified_safe_cells": [[5, 3], [2, 5]], "identified_mine_cells": [[6, 1], [8, 2]], "uncertain_cells": [[1, 1], [2, 2]], "strategy": "Targeting isolated revealed areas first to gain more information." } } ```

It should fix all your issues plus also make it cheaper to play

codegladiator··on Ask HN: It's becoming easier to rebuild than to fix. Awesome or Dangerous?
> Who says is easier to rebuild than to fix?

People who don't understand the codebase

codegladiator··on Ask HN: What is an "outdated" tool or plugin that you refuse to switch from/why?
https://openmtp.ganeshrvel.com/
codegladiator··on Ask HN: Why there's no email address portability like with phone numbers?
Because you pay for it
codegladiator··on Ask HN: Why mining power is useless for LLM training?
I hope someone makes a lmgtfy but with llm instead of g.
codegladiator··on Making any integer with four 2s
> If I can hide numbers in a function call

Yeah this feels like those "Implemented XYZ in 1 line"

  import XYZ
codegladiator··on Show HN: I got frustrated with CRMs, so I'm building my own for startups
> Pre-Sale Offer • 48 Hours Left > $30/month > $6/month > 80% Pre-Launch Founder's Discount > No payment until we launch > Access granted immediately at launch > 30-day money-back guarantee after launch

.... Show HN what ?

codegladiator··on The New York Stock Exchange plans to launch NYSE Texas
Similar in India, there is BSE and NSE
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