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I really appreciate this: > 1. What Wyzer Is, In One Paragraph... > 2. Why Make a New Language At All?... Far too often I see projects on HN where, on a casual skim, I just can't f…

In this article, it's very obvious that a person put a lot of time into writing about their feelings; something that AI doesn't do. Your statement is unfair and mean: The biggest f…

Around the time I turned 11 or so, my dad bought be a "how stuff works" book; definitely written to a "newspaper" reading level. It was paperback, not a lot of pictures, and genera…

Moving is a pain in the ass , especially in today's world where we just have a lot of stuff. I moved a lot in my 20s, and really grew to hate moving. One year I moved into a place …

Inflation is more probable than deflation: Meaning, over 30 years, we're more likely to hit a period of inflation where the value of your house (in dollars) will go up even though …

What problem is this trying to solve? > Data with an immutable schema. > TSON (Typed Schema Object Notation) is a schema system with immutable, hash-pinned schemas whose definition…

Which if you know that's the case, it's a good way to f*ck with the police. Travel to the dispensary and be empty handed when the search comes. After 2-3 searches you file a cease-…

> “Every child in this video is home tonight because Flock gave officers the right information at the right second,” ... “That’s the mission. That’s the whole company. I wouldn't t…

I find there's a lot of variation between LLMs / models... But there's also some psychology in play too; that we (engineers) see a lot: Some people just let their imagination run a…

> The coding questions that require an "aha!" moment are very similar to brain teasers, and should also be avoided. Those are usually the first hints I give; mostly because I'm con…

> difficulty of interview & difficulty of job Define "difficulty of job" I'm going to assume you mean "people problems;" because the best way a team avoids people problems is by in…

Halfway through my career, being on both sides of the table (interviewer and interviewee,) I've observed that a common interviewer mistake is to expect candidates to regurgitate fa…

A common interviewer mistake is looking for exact answers, assuming that a candidate just needs to regurgitate facts.

I find images are good for speed-reading; they convey information that otherwise would require much more time-consuming attention. I'm significantly more likely to read a long arti…

I think a much better solution is to get rid of phone numbers (and email addresses), and instead only allow incoming phone calls, texts, email, ect, from people and companies you k…

> Not all elevators have buttons in them. Some of the fancy new elevators have a kiosk on each floor that allows you to specify what floor you're heading to before the elevator eve…

I'm fairly certain those exist. The "click" that a car charger makes is a commuter (sp?) (basically a relay) connecting the car to voltage. Mine handles 40 amps.

Where were these "3rd place" video rental shops? By the mis 1990s Blockbuster pushed everyone out in my town! The selection was limited, the staff rude, ect, ect. I switched to Net…

Cold outreach is great when it's personal. SPAM isn't: I don't want automated cold outreach. I don't want something trying to fake making it look personal. I wish that we could tur…

Every time I look at a "how to do pure REST", it seems like doing REST correctly is building a self-describing database instead of making an API that does a thing. Here's the thing…

I skimmed that. First, I'm not referring to a smart plug. I'm referring to a thermostat-controlled plug. You were afraid that it would rapidly turn the AC on and off, which would b…

I don't understand why he can't just connect / disconnect the power? The thermostat is a bi-metallic strip. Assuming the thermostat is controlling 120V AC: 1: There are plenty of c…

The US is on the metric system: The official definitions of US customary units are in metric. For example: https://www.regulations.gov/document/NIST-2019-0003-0001 > After December…

I wish there was a hiring site (cough Linkedin cough) that limited the number of jobs someone could apply to; or otherwise allowed hiring managers to say something like "I'm only i…

TLDR to your response to me. You should update the page to say that. I'm not going to jump through all those hoops to understand what a link on Hacker News is about.