HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

profsummergig

1,066 karma · joined June 6, 2019

my HN user name @ gmail.com
submissionscomments
profsummergig··on Best explanation of Q, K, V? (Attention)
Thank you!
profsummergig··on How are founders finetuning AI with limited resources?
If you have any other links / articles you can share, please do so. Thanks.
profsummergig··on 670nm red light exposure improved aged mitochondrial function, colour vision
I can't seem to find any 670nm headlamps.

Question: do you know how you know that the headlamp you own is 630nm? Thanks.

profsummergig··on 670nm red light exposure improved aged mitochondrial function, colour vision
Thanks.

I found this: https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Red-670nm-Wavelength-Flashlight/...

profsummergig··on 670nm red light exposure improved aged mitochondrial function, colour vision
I use a Windows app called SunsetScreen [1] to make my screen warm.

Anyone have any idea if it contributes a lot of i̶n̶f̶r̶a̶-̶r̶e̶d̶ red light that way?

[1] https://sunsetscreen.en.softonic.com/

profsummergig··on 670nm red light exposure improved aged mitochondrial function, colour vision
Could you please link to the product. I have trouble sleeping. Am interested in trying this technique. Thanks in advance.
profsummergig··on Europe cannot rely on US protection, Pentagon chief tells NATO allies
They're not "making your case for you",

they're pointing out a grammatical error in your post,

just like you pointed out one in their post.

Touché, I think.

But you already knew that.

profsummergig··on YouTube's New Hue
Beginning of the end?
profsummergig··on Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed as National Intelligence Director
Do share, 1) her views "about Russia and Syria", and 2) your analysis of why they're problematic.

(Note: the secular dictator was removed with help from the west, and Syria is now run by a leader of ISIS. Are you happier now?)

profsummergig··on Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed as National Intelligence Director
To me, an outsider looking in, she seems to have reasonable positions.

She's anti-war.

She believes that there's a military-industrial complex that is unduly incented to promote war.

And then that ultimate sin: she visited, in-person, a secular dictator in the middle-east who was accused of committing genocide. So did American news channel anchors. As a Congressperson (or maybe ex-Congressperson) who had served in active duty in the US military, she had every right to visit and talk to the guy. Build bridges and all that.

It completely baffles me how everyone accuses her of being Putin's agent.

If she's Putin's agent, then produce the evidence and arrest her!

Sorry. I just watched a video on YT which shows the timeline of when the mainstream (media and politicians) turned against her: as soon as she came out as being anti-war.

profsummergig··on Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js–now it wants that ignored
The crazy thing is that ORACLE was a CIA program that Larry got a contract for. He named his company after it.

A genius aspect of Larry is that, like Steve Jobs (his best friend), he knew how to milk a gifted 50x programmer. There was a co-founder who did all the heavy code writing, while Larry did the schmoozing (not an unimportant job).

profsummergig··on Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js–now it wants that ignored
I've always been fascinated by Larry Ellison ever since I read his biography (God something something).

What's insane is how much of the culture he controls. In tech and outside. He's about to own the largest entertainment company, he owns some of the best real estate in the world, and he owns MySQL and Java.

Genius (or maybe evil genius).

profsummergig··on OpenAI O3-Mini
Something I've not understood about their pricing system.

I have the $20 plan. How does this "3.3612 cents" apply to my situation?

profsummergig··on OpenAI O3-Mini
Can someone please share the logic behind their version naming convention?
profsummergig··on Basel has to buy domain name in the Bahamas after mishap
It should be possible to geofence it such that requests from within Switzerland are redirected to the correct address.
profsummergig··on The ancient discovery that put a Silk Road city back on the map
Five photos of mountains.

A single photo of a museum housing the "ancient discovery" (crates full of fancy goods from all over the world).

Not a single photo of a specific item from the "ancient discovery" (crates full of fancy goods from all over the world).

Journalism. BBC.

(Also, implying that goods from New York were being traded on the Silk Road is a huge stretch.)

profsummergig··on Questions censored by DeepSeek
Censorship for thee.

"Alignment" for me.

profsummergig··on Florida man eats diet of butter, cheese, beef; cholesterol oozes from his body
Holy sh*t. My mother had that.

She was severely overweight.

Mostly vegetarian, but had strange ideas about nutrition. E.g. she believed (from reading in the media) that seed oils were "Heart Healthy™ ".

profsummergig··on Mixxx: GPL DJ Software
Looks interesting, thanks for sharing.
profsummergig··on Ask HN: How to try out AIML finetuning on a laptop?
I am looking for an aha moment, a eureka moment, where after a bit of finetuning I start to see the model responding.

It literally doesn't matter to me what exact domain problem is solved.

I want something that's easy to set up and could produce (at least some verifiable) results in under an hour.

Some sort of toy problem would be ideal.

profsummergig··on Mixxx: GPL DJ Software
The ideal interface of course would be to use an external turntable and use one's hand to rotate a physical plate or record.

I find the mouse-cursor drag very clunky.

profsummergig··on Mixxx: GPL DJ Software
I want to do scratching by pushing a button on my laptop keyboard (instead of dragging the spinning record with my mouse-cursor).

Can Mixxx do this?

profsummergig··on Is XYplorer really written in VB6?
Even a tool like Frontpage was a game changer.

Simple website in a minute without any need to know HTML.

No free tool that does that today. Dreamweaver does, but it's paid.

profsummergig··on Ask HN: How can I learn to better command people's attention when speaking?
Speak less.

For practice: for a year, don't say a word.

profsummergig··on U.S. Army Soldier Arrested in AT&T, Verizon Extortions
Here's the tragedy: the free world actually needs people with his skills working on their side.
profsummergig··on “A Course of Pure Mathematics” – G. H. Hardy (1921) [pdf]
IMHO, it has the best ELI5 explanation of integration, still not bested in 100 years.
profsummergig··on Ask HN: Questions to ask the interviewer that put them on the defensive?
Good ones.
profsummergig··on Ask HN: Questions to ask the interviewer that put them on the defensive?
> Challenging what doesn't sit right with you

You have aroused my curiosity. Feel free to share an example of such a scenario.

profsummergig··on Ask HN: Questions to ask the interviewer that put them on the defensive?
"I like to see the capabilities of a team I might be on."

- Not bad.

profsummergig··on Ask HN: Questions to ask the interviewer that put them on the defensive?
This guy liked playing mindgames: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrUmVz-o&ab_channel=Jonat...
← PreviousPage 11 of 17Next →