Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — stevofolife

stevofolife

HN member
Joined
Sun, Feb 12, 2012, 2:02 AM UTC
HN karma
225
Public activity
212 items

About stevofolife

Avid learner, I'm here to learn on HN.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #47127546

    The article title doesn't say "Fired". The HN title is kind of misleading.

  2. comment
    Comment #46828094

    Calculator don't tell you step by step. AI can.

  3. comment
    Comment #46735119

    I’d love to hear your domain expertise—specifically which supplements you’d recommend avoiding, which ones are generally worth taking, and whether there are any brands or products …

  4. comment
    Comment #42073672

    Can you help me understand, if libraries like pandas and numpy also applies to your comment? Or are they truely optimized and you’re just referring to the standard Python language?…

  5. comment
    Comment #41261765

    Here’s the plan: Run the following models: - Speech-to-text - Text-to-text - Text-to-speech - Text-to-image - Image-to-text - Text-to-video - Video-to-text Start by integrating thi…

  6. story
    Ask HN: What is the easiest way to scrape websites today?

    With the rise of large language models (LLMs), what’s the easiest way to scrape the web today? Additionally, what’s the simplest method to automate interactions with a website?

  7. comment
    Comment #40593425

    From what point of view is it bad? Technical?

  8. comment
    Comment #40593413

    Some that come in mind, both personally and corporately: 1) data analytic, insights, and visualization, 2) dashboards, 3) knowledge discovery and exploration, 4) education & learni…

  9. story
    Ask HN: How to use LLM to update app UI/UX dynamically?

    Has anyone been using LLM to update user interfaces of web apps? I don’t even know if there is already a coined term for this line of thinking. If anyone is wondering, I’m imaginin…

  10. comment
    Comment #40590081

    Sure you get paid more, but it comes attached with a whole baggage of other things. A better research should provide insight on the total compensation over the entire career, work-…

  11. comment
    Comment #40262254

    Downvotes help people skip the noise and focus on the signal. Ain’t nothing wrong with that.

  12. comment
    Comment #40090943

    I think what he means is that many of the seminal work related to cognitive science were produced back then. For example, Chomsky, Minsky, John Searle, David Chalmers and many more…

  13. comment
    Comment #39772040

    What step do most find the most challenging? For me, it's the first step. It seems once you get started, everything else tends to fall into place more smoothly. I'm eager to know o…

  14. comment
    Comment #39692783

    Elon had always advocated for a for-profit structure so that OpenAI can raise enough money to achieve its vision. In the email they are discussing how the for-profit structure coul…

  15. comment
    Comment #39463039

    I much rather talk to an AI bot than waiting on the line for a human for 50 minutes.

  16. comment
    Comment #39457355

    That's a wild statement to make about UN's unproductiveness in the history of its existence. I'd like some evidence please.

  17. comment
    Comment #39279384

    What is vaseline used for? Does Unilever promote vaseline the way you think Apple should promote their headsets? Answer is no.

  18. comment
    Comment #39279341

    > This is not something that corporate America recognizes, and in fact, seems eager to censor and suppress. Numerous American companies recognize this and are developing services a…

  19. comment
    Comment #39232503

    I don't think that how life really works? Also not trying to be a snide either.

  20. comment
    Comment #39232484

    That's not the best conclusion. How many families are pet owners? It's not a hard requirement and it doesn't make sense for it to be a hard requirement.

  21. comment
    Comment #39232467

    I think your priorities are different than mine ;)

  22. comment
    Comment #39232375

    Seems reasonable but not so friendly in practice. Not everyone can afford to raise a pet due to living conditions, financial reasons, and time and attention. Edit: "Afford" might n…

  23. comment
    Comment #38814942

    > I don’t see LLMs as playing any significant role in building understanding. Wrong. LLM plays a significant role in building understanding in this day and age. Combining Google (I…

  24. comment
    Comment #38206466

    Ah got it! So basically the prompt to GPT4 is an image + text (converted from audio).

  25. comment
    Comment #38206131

    Am I correct to say this is a multi modal model using vision and audio? What model is it? And how is it understanding the image and the question? Can anyone shed some light on this…