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notyourav

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About notyourav

Not your average hacker news user

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    Comment #49243137

    I made my first game on a paper and first video game on a C64. After a long diversion working in auto industry (I’m still working) I’m preparing to launch my first game here: http:…

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    Comment #47581909

    It boggles my mind that an LLM "understands" and acts accordingly to these given instructions. I'm using this everyday and 1-shot working code is now a normal expectation but man, …

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    Comment #44920547

    A faulty break pad or an engine doesn’t take decisions that might endanger people. Self-driving cars do. They might also get hacked pretty thoroughly. For the same reason, I’d prob…

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    Comment #44181739

    A naive question: So much “tax payer” money is going towards research funding. But it looks like private companies are reaping rewards, mostly as a new drug. Why is this research n…

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    Comment #44097100

    Agreed. Real world is governed by physics, which tend to work well very well with interpolations, predictability and statistics

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    Google Gemini knows your location

    I was chatting with Gemini 2.0, not logged in. Was looking for a company name. While brainstorming, it suggested one of the names is especially good because it also connects well t…

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    Comment #43553184

    A Survivors clone with Control & Stranger Things vibe and some secrets.

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    Comment #40238195

    I honestly hope they make you drive the half-baked Model T.

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    Comment #39936540

    I wish there was a vacuum bot that didn’t need so frequent maintenance.

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    Comment #38507727

    Depends on your role. Assuming you are their direct supervisor, simply give more tasks. Slacking off is usually due to not enough to do. Follow the tasks at a high level, make sure…

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    Comment #36785911

    Yes-but watching tv is a social~ish event, i.e with your SO. It’s really not my personal time.

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    Comment #36698518

    This is actually bad advice for the "marketing professional" case for two reasons in my opinion; * Author directs his client (?) to create hypothesis out of thin air and start test…

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    Comment #35176888

    In USA people can make these calls with much autonomy. In Korea, leaving before your boss is hard to do. In Germany working hours are hard capped and that’s absolutely normal to st…

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    Comment #34371768

    I wanted to replace my old gas range with a good induction cooktop. Everyone told me that would reduce my homes value, electric ranges are a step back. I think problem is the induc…

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    Comment #33563267

    14h wait time

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    Comment #33394100

    https://www.ancap.com.au/safety-ratings/subaru/forester/ea9a... It‘s a pretty safe car for the driver and passenger. The modern tech generally avoid accidents (notably esp,abs, ebd…

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    Comment #32593747

    I’ve read a great sci-fi short story regarding how far this could go. There is this device that alters your image to fit the “dominant culture” or the “appropriate etiquette”. You …

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    Comment #32105709

    I’m currently in Turkey. I can transfer funds from any bank account to another in about 1 sec., for a very low or no fee, 7/24. I can even withdraw money from an ATM w/o a card jus…

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    Comment #31506432

    And by the way the amount of people interested in playing huge simulations makes me think that we living in a simulation because someone likes to play it might not be that sci-fi. …

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    Comment #31506375

    I want Factorio with more interesting enemies and stuff I further expand. Played some popular mods but they don’t cut it.

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    Comment #31294747

    Gillette M3 selling point for me is you can’t cut yourself. It’s really effortless shaving. I can basically shave and finish under a minute, no cuts no hassles, no special movement…

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    Comment #27443456

    Bosch is going all-in for IoT. CEO/Borad realized they need to produce own chips for that a couple of years back and made the single biggest invest decision. Automotive also uses l…