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dtnewman

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About dtnewman

my username + .com

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    Comment #49100248

    I love how ghostty does windows/tabs/splits, but ultimately, I don't find myself using them. I find that I only have so much muscle memory in my hands, and I need to stick with one…

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    Comment #48578429

    They won't try to. ChatGPT is already starting with ads, which is potentially far more profitable (as evidenced by the fact that the most profitable company of all time makes 90%+ …

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    Comment #48299761

    Google has 90% market share. DDG has 0.7%. I don't have a POV on whether AI mode is good or not, but surely there's gonna be some people who dislike it, and even if that's a tiny p…

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    Comment #48217133

    1) this article doesn't really cite that this is due to AI. It cites a reuters article which in turn cites an internal memo, which says that they need to be focused, with AI being …

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    Comment #48154236

    > Token-maxxing is a silly idea Well I guess you also thing that getting a job promotion is a silly idea? /s

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    Comment #48154083

    If you feel this way, you might like my new CLI tool, Burn, Baby, Burn (those tokens) ( https://github.com/dtnewman/burn-baby-burn/tree/main ). Show HN here: https://news.ycombinat…

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    Comment #48153745

    Yeah, lots of enterprise features in the works, but first i need to raise money at a $1B+ valuation (this might seem high for a project that started 4 hours ago, but it's actually …

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    Comment #48153088

    Sorry, it will be a while. We're currently building out enterprise features like SSO/SAML support, role based burn access, and a carbon offset marketplace. As you can imagine, we'r…

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    Comment #48152857

    This is what inspired me to build my new CLI tool, Burn, Baby, Burn ( https://github.com/dtnewman/burn-baby-burn/tree/main ). (If you are a VP at Amazon, yes, I'll consider acquisi…

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    Comment #48152667

    And you'll be such a productive engineer!

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    Comment #48152252

    This article inspired me to build "Burn, baby burn", a CLI tool for burning tokens. See: - Show HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48151287 - github: https://github.com/dtnew…

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    Comment #48151812

    Creator here. Are you a startup looking to show investors your hefty AI budget? Are you an engineer trying to top the AI token leaderboard? Wanna show your friends how "AI Native" …

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    Comment #47042561

    Open Source isn't going anywhere. Open Contribution might be on the way out. I built an open source command line tool ( https://github.com/dtnewman/zev ) that went very minorly vir…

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    Comment #47005015

    > "show me how this handles 10K records" Presumably the issue here is that you have customers with >10k records, but can't show them. Why not take their data and anonymize it, then…

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    Comment #46827918

    many many people have had an idea like Clawdbot. The difference is that the execution resonates with people + great marketing

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    Comment #46825382

    > The current landscape is a battle between loss-leaders. OpenAI is burning through billions of dollars per year and is expected to hit tens of billions in losses per year soon. Yo…

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    Comment #46327226

    General rule... you have zero obligation to merge any code to your repo, much less bad code, or very large hard-to-review submissions. I think that it's bad manners for someone to …

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    Comment #45994558

    This python code comes pretty close: ``` # main.py if __name__=="__main__": print("This code is not useful") ``` /s

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    Comment #45800716

    I think what this misses is that insurers handle the hassle of dealing with negotiated rates. As an example, if you go to the ER and get a strep test, you might be billed $500, and…

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    Comment #45415689

    Seems like a non-story? Person starts a company and for legal or other technical reasons needs to restructure it. This happens all the time.

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    Comment #45006617

    this. And since I was traveling every week, it was even easier to know that i'd use the credit. Not worth paying extra for a cash refund.