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not1ofU

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not1ofU··on [dead]
Well, he was bound to "drop" the ball at some stage
not1ofU··on SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story
Surprised no-one has posted this yet:

The Insane Engineering of the SR-71 Blackbird: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hYSnyVLmGE

not1ofU··on MIT AI researcher Lex Fridman says ChatGPT is reasoning [video]
Check this out and see if it changes how you think about it

DON’T TRUST ChatGPT’s CODE! [youtube / 18 min] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiokTYzA6BI

"He explores the code that ChatGPT can write, and gets ChatGPT to practice Test Driven Development (TDD)."

not1ofU··on Tell HN: Whole Yandex Git repository leaked
why?
not1ofU··on ChatGPT Cheat Sheet
Thanks!
not1ofU··on Fentanyl vaccine tested in rats
It was in response to this comment:

"The real issue here that people don't seem to want to face is the WHY."

They provided an answer to "why?". I think thats fair. Maybe I am wrong. I checked further on the comment history, it appears to me someone has it out for this person, as the other topics are not soapboxing at all, and most or dead without comments.

Care to discuss further?

not1ofU··on Fentanyl vaccine tested in rats
If you check the comment history it is unlikely that anyone here wants to listen to what this person has to say, let alone provide them with work. I have skimmed through a few of the comments and IMO there is nothing in there that warrents the downvotes / dead comments, which appear to not even get replies (tut tut HN, breaking your own "rules" again)

I do wish this person well however, I hope luck smiles down on them soon.

This comment will go the way of the dodo soon enough .!.. :-)

not1ofU··on Roger Linn on Swing, Groove and the Magic of the MPC's Timing (2013)
You might be interested in a TED talk by Jojo Mayer.

[0] TEDxZurich - Jojo Mayer - Exploring the distance between 0 and 1

[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KExLCJAuTXA

not1ofU··on “Don't sign YouTube's new money-stealing TOS before watching this ”
Agree, I just thought it was worth sharing, as the other commentor stated, not many people bother to read the TOS ( I usually don't), and I know of at least one popular youtuber on here which I follow, so basically a heads up / FYI to them.
not1ofU··on Windows OS Security
I worked previously with a security solution from $bigcorp, it ran on linux. If you wanted to do a backup to a Windows server, your only option, for a very long time, was to use SMBv1 only.
not1ofU··on How to Befriend Crows?
Wow :-)

Thanks for sharing this!

not1ofU··on Microsoft is preparing to add ChatGPT to Bing
Short answer is yes, found somewhere within this video [0]. Originally google didnt want to do ads in search at all for this very reason (supposedly)

[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLLxpAZzy0s

not1ofU··on Being fatter than Homer Simpson
I cant find the blog post now (its probably 20ish years old now), from the creator of AutoCAD (John Walker, I beleive). Where he details all the issues he had with various diets and weight loss plans. Finally he looked at the issue from a engineers point of view, and eventually came up with a solution that worked for him. I am under-weight all my life, so I cannot speak to the method myself, but he seemed quite logical to me. He more or less stated that the human body could be considered like a rubber bag with a hole in each end and that if the calorie in number exceeded the calorie out number then weight goes up, with the added complication of water retention (as far as I know, most programs recommend that you weight yourself at the same time every day so as to get a more accurate reading, due to water retention), and as such devloped an excel sheet which would show a rolling average of weight (like the way they guess the weather or some stocks). This he found, helped with motivation, instead of seeing big swings from day to day, a steady small reduction is seen via the charts instead.

I tried to google the blog, but couldnt find it, however it appears that he has released books and other such materials relating to it since then.

This isnt the post I read, however, it looks like some of the tools he created exist here:

https://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/

Note, as stated above, my struggle with weight is gaining, not loosing, so I have not delved into this stuff on a deeper level, however, what drew me into the original post, was the amount of research he did in relation to how much calories various activities will burn.

not1ofU··on Show HN: A userscript that adds archive URLs below the paywalled HN submissions
"Someone else being unethical doesn’t absolve me of ethics" - Fair point!
not1ofU··on Show HN: A userscript that adds archive URLs below the paywalled HN submissions
It you're gonna get all ethical, surly you have also heard, how hard it is to get out of those subscriptions?

How about when an article gets changed (or removed), without archiving sites, how would you know?

At the end of the day, if its "actually" valuable to someone (e.g their livelyhood depends on it or something), they will probably pay for it.

not1ofU··on Pele's Hair
They also use Cig butts to line their nests, apparently the crap in the butts kills bacteria.
not1ofU··on The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns
Oh, I didnt realise Tik Tok was US only.
not1ofU··on The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns
I've heard an apt anology; "its a reverse opium war"
not1ofU··on Ask HN: Why is it so hard to disrupt Ticketmaster?
Indeed.

Andrew Schulz's Beef with Ticketmaster | Joe Rogan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS8a1rnPGGo

not1ofU··on Tesla has used space characters in internal emails to identify leaks
Not sure I beleive this, I think this is parallel construction. Because why would they give away the method they used?
not1ofU··on Ask HN: How ready for daily driving is Asahi Linux?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-LTjXdMe2w
not1ofU··on iOS collects invasive analytics even if you opt out. – Louis Rossman (YouTube)
but of course they do
not1ofU··on Ask HN: How ready for daily driving is Asahi Linux?
I got one of the midi sized systems, not a laptop. No complaints, the cable management is good. The parts are grand, the delivery was quick. I found it through a youtube channel called "the linux experience" - I think he is German. He does a review on their laptops, maybe that will be more usefull for you.
not1ofU··on Ask HN: How ready for daily driving is Asahi Linux?
If you are in EU, you might be interested in this

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/

I am not affiliated, but recently purchased one and very happy with it.

not1ofU··on Fencer Matthias Behr takes in relatives of the opponent he stabbed (2022)
because of downvotes, HN has no sense of humour (which is not surprising, they say a good sense of humour is a good gauge for inteligence)

:-D

not1ofU··on Ask HN: Should I quit without a new job lined up?
I have quit twice without having anything to go to, however, I already had about 12 years of experience in various roles. The first time, I was pretty dumb about it, and it could have ended badly. I was unemployed for a about a year and that was mainly due to not being motivated to get back into IT (was totally burnt out - similar situation to yours).

I definitely didn't plan the financials properly the first time, even though I thought I was covered.

The second time I did it was 2 years ago roughly, but I had more of a solid idea of what type of job I wanted (more specifically, did not want - this is personal, and down to you. Remember, you are also interviewing them).

If you have already decided to move (and I think you should based on your description, the last job I walked from seriously changed me in a negative way), then you might consider to slow down where you are, you have nothing to lose, they are clearly not treating you correctly, so I wouldn't feel bad about about half-arsing it. Take sometime to plan your next steps (research roles you want/ do interviews), note what you don't like about the current job and would not want in the next one. Be open minded about all opportunities, even if you think you might not like them (I honestly didn't expect to like my current role at $bigCorp, but its been the best job I have had so far, and this is purely down to my boss and the rest of the small team I work with. This made me realize that I might have possibly found a nice team within that place, but was not open to that, as I had already made my mind up). Again, being open to anything new even if you are not sure is likely going to be positive, as the change of environment and new people will give you a different outlook, which will help, and again, if you don't like it, you can always change. The old school thinking of having to many changes on your CV is dead, no corp has any loyalty to there staff and as such don't deserve it in turn. I of course am speaking generally.

I wish you the best of luck, try to stay positive. And if (like me), you like the herb from time to time, think about knocking it on the head until you get yourself sorted, this was a must for me.

not1ofU··on Ask HN: Where to Start with Android Custom ROM or AOSP Development?
https://wiki.lineageos.org/build_guides

You'll need to figure out which model you have though

not1ofU··on Accidental Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass
Security through ̶o̶b̶s̶c̶u̶r̶i̶t̶y̶ bribery

*Edit: ̶H̶o̶w̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶?̶ - cheers

not1ofU··on Accidental Google Pixel Lock Screen Bypass
70,000 reasons to think long and hard about that appraoch though :-D
not1ofU··on At Xamarin I left every day at 5pm
I agree, but you are trying to convince an audience made up of a "few" of the types of people who came up with those methods you raise here, or at the very least trying to get to that position. If anything you might even be provding a few of the younger ones with a road map. (joke / sort of). Source: see the reponses :-D
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