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ijustwanttovote··on Linkwarden: FOSS self-hostable bookmarking with AI-tagging and page archival
I'm paying for readwise, any benefits of switching over to this?
ijustwanttovote··on Silicon Valley got what it wanted
Really I thought Bezos cancelled the WP opinion piece of endorsing Trump after they met up at Blue Origin?
ijustwanttovote··on Fisker EVs Hired an IT Spy Who Funneled Millions to N. Korea's Missile Program
If there is an argument for RTO, it would be this.

Stu Sjouwerman: We were hiring a fairly specific, hard-to-find software engineer who had background in AI. We have a number of AI initiatives, and so we needed a software engineer to support all those initiatives.

Jessica Mendoza: The job was posted on online job forums, and pretty soon, resumes started to flow in from all over the country, and one candidate stood out. He said his name was Kyle.

Stu Sjouwerman: "Mr. Kyle" quote, unquote, air quotes, had experience with exactly everything that we needed. It was a very good interview. He was very open. He talked about his strengths and weaknesses, indicated where he felt he needed additional training and indicated a career path. And so, was the perfect interviewee, which made us move to the next step.

Jessica Mendoza: After conducting background checks, Stu's company decided to hire Kyle as a remote employee. They sent him a work laptop to an address in Washington State and started the onboarding process. But almost immediately, it became clear that Kyle was not who he said he was.

Stu Sjouwerman: At that point in time, our team started seeing very concerning traffic on that laptop.

Jessica Mendoza: What kind of concerning traffic?

Stu Sjouwerman: Well, Kyle immediately started downloading malware. We immediately saw that a whole bunch of things were happening that should not be. We tried to get in touch with him and asked if he needed any help. I think this was through Slack, and he said, "Yes, I am trying to debug my router and I'm following instructions from a list." And this is where it became very, very iffy, very fast.

Jessica Mendoza: The company shut down Kyle's laptop and quickly fired him. And then, they investigated. What exactly was Kyle doing? The answer took them completely by surprise.

Stu Sjouwerman: Yes, we have egg on our face because we hired a fake North Korean IT worker, but this is what happened. And if it can happen to us, it can happen to almost anybody.

Jessica Mendoza: It's kind of unbelievable that you hired a North Korean spy as one of your IT guys.

Stu Sjouwerman: Yes. That is pretty scary. And there are hundreds if not thousands that are actually, as we speak right now, in this same situation and delivering work for United States companies.

https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/your-new-hire-may-b...

ijustwanttovote··on Ask HN: Tired of software career. What now?
I got into software because I am lazy. I don't think physical work is for me.
ijustwanttovote··on Parents outraged at Snoo after smart bassinet company charges fee to rock crib
You can buy these off CL and sell it for almost cost.

I think they were overpriced and how would you know if it works or not.

We decided not to get one and our little one slept through the night. If we had the snoo, we would've thought it was the gadget.

ijustwanttovote··on Show HN: Double – Design and invest in your own stock index
It's what I want since I've been just DCA with recurring buys on Robinhood.

Let me know when you guys plan to hire.

ijustwanttovote··on Launch HN: Roame (YC S23) – Flight search engine for your credit card points
I won't be traveling for a while due to having a young family, but definitely bookmarked.
ijustwanttovote··on Ask HN: How do you structure your shared finances with your spouse/partner
4 accounts, one joint checking, one joint savings, two personal checking.

percentage goes to joint savings and living expenses go to joint checking.

rest is to do what we want.

ijustwanttovote··on Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?
> Choosy

Wow, this would be pretty useful. Drives me crazy when my meetings open up in my personal chrome.

ijustwanttovote··on The Physics of Karate (2021)
Your hand might not break, but it still really painful. Breaking a stack of 6 with a knife hand, my wrist would usually be sore and bruised up the next day. It would take a week or so for full mobility.

I still think most people in the world wouldn't be able to break 2 pavers with no spacers. :)

ijustwanttovote··on The question that no LLM can answer and why it is important
That's a really good tip to screen
ijustwanttovote··on Yahoo is buying Artifact, the AI news app from the Instagram co-founders
I enjoyed the app. I was disappointed when they closed it because they couldn't find a revenue stream.
ijustwanttovote··on Reddit shares plunge 25% in two days, finish the week below first day close
This is exactly what I remembered and I started buying FB under $20.

People said they couldn’t make any money, but my thinking was “they have a billion eyeballs, they’ll figure it out.”

I feel the same about Reddit.

ijustwanttovote··on Klarna says its AI assistant does the work of 700 people
I used https://gethuman.com/ for a long time, which would describe numbers or phrases you can say to get to the operator.

Great idea to have a bot do the work of waiting.

ijustwanttovote··on Show HN: An Experiment with One-Feature Tool Made $7164/Mo
How did you build 20+ products?

I'm trying to build one but cant get over the paralysis.

Any tips?

ijustwanttovote··on Macaroons Escalated Quickly
Small detail, there's a picture of macarons and not macaroons.

A macaron is a sandwich-like cookie that's filled with jam, ganache, or buttercream. A macaroon is a drop cookie made using shredded coconut.

ijustwanttovote··on Implementing a ChatGPT-like LLM from scratch, step by step
Wow, great info. Thanks for sharing.
ijustwanttovote··on Bemi: Data Change Observability for Ops
Sounds like a great idea. Are you guys hiring?
ijustwanttovote··on Tell HN: How you changed my life trajectory
Great product, good luck!

I have the same dream, but haven't taken the leap.

ijustwanttovote··on Sam Altman on X: "we are pausing new ChatGPT Plus sign-ups for a bit"
Yes, I've been using GPT2 for quite a while before, but ChatGPT as an app really did feel like an overnight success.
ijustwanttovote··on Ask HN: How to get back to programming Python?
> https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial...

Wow I practiced programming with that tutorial years ago, it's amazing people still reference it.

ijustwanttovote··on A Conversation with Renaissance Technologies CEO Peter Brown
I hope someone answers with the link, I'm very curious myself.
ijustwanttovote··on Obsidian 1.4.10 Desktop (Public)
> https://obsidian.md/changelog/2023-09-11-desktop-v1.4.12/

it just makes markdown files

ijustwanttovote··on Microsoft is discontinuing Visual Studio for Mac after major overhaul
Not to be confused with VSCode :)
ijustwanttovote··on QuickSort Algorithm (2018) [video]
First time I've seen this and it's genius.
ijustwanttovote··on Ask HN: How do you handle tech use with your kids?
Currently have a 11 month year old and he has had no screentime. Following this thread.
ijustwanttovote··on CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking
> https://www.seroundtable.com/google-dont-delete-older-helpfu...

I think older articles will eventually hold more weight in Google Searches. There will be a before OpenAI vs after OpenAI weighting.

ijustwanttovote··on X, the moonshot factory
I guess the WWE Attitude Era still exists.
ijustwanttovote··on G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics
> Data was the new oil, and now AI is the new plastic. Get ready for the rush of cheap mass manufactured plastic content.

Very well said.

ijustwanttovote··on Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?
> https://paulstamatiou.com/digital-clutter/

Found your site a long time ago, and love the design.

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