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mohi-kalantari

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mohi-kalantari··on Surprise, pay $1000
Can I ask how much did they charge you? for how long
mohi-kalantari··on Are You the Same Person You Used to Be?
It paints a picture of us constantly reshaping our identities, but how much of that is truly up to us? I feel like our choices are shaped by things like family, upbringing, or biology, are we really free to evolve, or are we just rolling with a preset script?
mohi-kalantari··on Why the Ultrarich Are Unplugging from "Smart Homes"
Tech-free homes are the new rich people flex? Crazy that in 2025, the super wealthy are spending millions on houses with no smart gadgets or Wi-Fi, like they’re living in the old days. It’s not just about hating tech maybe more about buying privacy. No Alexa listening, no data tracking. Is this just for billionaires, or are we all tired of being online all the time?
mohi-kalantari··on Encryption Is Not a Crime
It’s honestly annoying how often experts speak up about this, and still nothing changes. We’re stuck in the same cycle—fear gets in the way, and in the end, it’s our privacy and security that suffer. If anything, this should be a sign to invest in stronger encryption and better law enforcement tactics that don’t mess with the tools keeping us safe online.
mohi-kalantari··on Ask HN: Should every country have their own national CA certs?
If someone has a trusted CA and has access to switches/packets, can't they do a MITM? I thought that's possible.
mohi-kalantari··on Tell HN: A realization I've had about working with AIs and building software
I always try to break out of local optimas I'm in and asking AI to give me other options/insights or even disagree with me. At the end we are steering the wheel and "amplifier" made sense to me.

I'm wondering how an "aggressive" button would look like in an AI, asking it to be less confirmative. Although I guess it will piss some people off since most of the times I just want a direct answer and get on with my code/life.

mohi-kalantari··on Ask HN: What made your favorite manager so great?
For me, it was about giving space to grow. I feel that trusting the people in your team and not micro-managing them really helps them explore new things, learn and become more responsible.
mohi-kalantari··on Ask HN: Do you still use search engines?
Honestly, I haven't really thought about how much better my searches have gotten but one thing for sure is that now it's way faster.

I can only really validate the generated response when it's code. Usually on other stuff, I trust and read the response which is not good I guess.

Hope you were satisfied with the food at the end :)

mohi-kalantari··on Go's best-kept secret: executable examples
Seems pretty cool! The only caveat is that it works pretty well with purer functions that have outputs which can be formatted. Writing these docs for more complex tests returning abstract types not in the built-in library can be overwhelming.
mohi-kalantari··on Ask HN: Do you still use search engines?
I'm also using chatgpt with its search enabled or perplexity for searching almost anything. Way more accurate and to the point.

I feel like the google search will become obsolete in a short time and they have to make big changes to their UX and search engine.

Although I guess most of its user base are still relying on the old ways so changing it right now has huge impacts on older users.