Live data from Hacker News

Viewing profile — t_mann

t_mann

HN member
Joined
Wed, Nov 21, 2018, 10:46 AM UTC
HN karma
3,333
Public activity
1,168 items

About t_mann

No profile information was provided.

Recent public activity

  1. comment
    Comment #46178045

    > there is no way to make the distinction in an interview Just ask? Some online degrees state that they're equivalent, but interviewers may still have their own opinions. I would d…

  2. comment
    Comment #46177822

    The article says that having decompiled some functions helps with decompiling others, so it seems like more than one example could be provided in the context. I think the OP was re…

  3. comment
    Comment #46175010

    > The ‘give up after ten attempts’ threshold aims to prevent Claude from wasting tokens when further progress is unlikely. It was only partially successful, as Claude would still s…

  4. comment
    Comment #46145648

    Sounds like saying that nothing about the Industrial Revolution was steam-machine-specific. Cost changes can still represent fundamental shifts in terms of what's possible, "cost" …

  5. comment
  6. comment
    Comment #46142421

    Would renting it out be an option?

  7. comment
    Comment #46142404

    Great initiative and beautiful site! Tiny nitpick, the wrapping of the controls above the table on my phone could probably be improved. What did you use for the table?

  8. comment
  9. comment
    Comment #46141228

    There's a school of thought of using mostly base R, for all its flaws it already had before Hadley, and selectively using some tidyverse packages. Base R has been the de-facto codi…

  10. comment
    Comment #46062848

    What about Headscale? > Headscale is an open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server. https://headscale.net/

  11. comment
    Comment #46023360

    The article mentions some complications and browsers like LibreWolf that address some of them. But that's not really what I have in mind - I'm thinking more of a dashboard with edi…

  12. comment
    Comment #46019152

    What I don't get, all this data is reported by your machine - why isn't there a tool/browser fork that allows spoofing a (fairly) complete realistic profile, with some sane presets…

  13. comment
  14. comment
  15. comment
    Comment #45977730

    Fully agree that text-based CAD is the obvious path forward. But OpenSCAD won't cut it, it just lacks too many features, starting from basic fillets to more fundamental things like…

  16. comment
  17. comment
  18. comment
    Comment #45935184

    Maybe Firefox would have a higher market share if they worked on features their users actually want instead of things that get widely criticized. I personally would use it a lot mo…

  19. comment
    Comment #45882398

    CadQuery? Would be appreciated if you're inclined to do writeup of your lessons learned.

  20. comment
    Comment #45867508

    Much of this thread is people complaining about on-by-default features and hard-to-find configurations. We're really just talking about a continuation of a trend.

  21. comment
    Comment #45861336

    It's the beginning, A/B-testing takes time...

  22. comment
    Comment #45859482

    > Honestly people who deny any usefulness of AI are getting dangerously close to flat-earthers by now. What made you jump to that conclusion? My guess about someone who's using a n…

  23. comment
    Comment #45828243

    Cool! It's still purpose-built hardware, but cool to hear such stories. Do you use colocation in a data center?

  24. comment
    Comment #45820596

    In principle, you don't even need a "server", ie purpose-built hardware like what he's showing. An old laptop will be fine for many projects, although I'd be interested if someone …

  25. comment
    Comment #45802164

    So in summary, there is actually no pressure that would need resolving, and time being wasted by applicants is a good thing?