Hacker News: KuriousCat

New comment by KuriousCat in "507 Mechanical Movements"

KuriousCat — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 19:41:30 +0000

Tried it with chatgpt, and of course it failed. It showed pulleys and belt rotating in opposite directions for a simple two pulley coupling.

New comment by KuriousCat in "France is banning unsolicited telemarketing calls starting next week"

KuriousCat — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:21:45 +0000

If financial incentives align, we will be surprised how effective they would become.

New comment by KuriousCat in "Shuttered startups are selling old Slack chats and emails to AI companies"

KuriousCat — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:45:05 +0000

I was asked by someone today if there are such startups with COBOL based code bases...

New comment by KuriousCat in "Analysis of 320k careers suggests that productive researchers stay that way"

KuriousCat — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:55:58 +0000

No, equating the number of publications to productivity in research is flawed and often frustrating, as it prioritizes quantity over deeper impact, quality, and genuine contributions. Higgs published fewer than 10 papers and he has a Nobel prize.

New comment by KuriousCat in "OpenAI's New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out"

KuriousCat — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:53:15 +0000

What does this even mean? I have to inform somebody that they can't use copyrighted material? Isn't it the whole point to begin with?

New comment by KuriousCat in "Shipping 100 hardware units in under eight weeks"

KuriousCat — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:53:41 +0000

It’s baffling that on one hand we suspend in‑drive app interactions for safety, yet on the other, a product built to sidestep those safeguards and promote driver multitasking still attracts funding. I’m a little sorry to say it, but celebrating ‘move fast’ execution without deeper safety thinking is genuinely disturbing.

New comment by KuriousCat in "Show HN: Comparing product rankings by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity"

KuriousCat — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:24:04 +0000

What is the model used by perplexity here?

New comment by KuriousCat in "97% of drivers want in-car payment system for tolls, parking, charging"

KuriousCat — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 15:53:22 +0000

You know what I would like even more, not having to pay tolls, parking etc having already paid for the tabs, registration and taxes…

New comment by KuriousCat in "Runway Gen-4"

KuriousCat — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:07:14 +0000

Is that Stability?

New comment by KuriousCat in "What college should I go to?"

KuriousCat — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 01:53:59 +0000

It is usually worth the effort and would provide you with invaluable experiences…

New comment by KuriousCat in "What college should I go to?"

KuriousCat — Sat, 29 Mar 2025 22:47:52 +0000

I am not aware of any geographical constraints you might have but from what little I have seen, try picking up a good school either in Germany or Switzerland for your undergrad. Get a masters fellowship such as Erasmusmundus or DaaD, then move to Berkeley/Stanford for PhD…

New comment by KuriousCat in "Ask HN: Should I leave the company I co-founded?"

KuriousCat — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 03:55:13 +0000

As others have already mentioned, the post is a bit vague on details. However, what is your role? Are you the CEO or the CTO? Why is your cofounder able to steer the company? Higher stakes? Your silence? Extrovert/introvert issues? Did you happen to detail your cofounder why their chosen path is not good for the company? Do you have a structure in place to resolve cofounder conflicts? Do you still have your heart at that place? How do you know you are not mistaken/your cofounder is heading in a wrong direction?

New comment by KuriousCat in "Show HN: I made a website that saves you up to 2 hours a day"

KuriousCat — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 20:32:16 +0000

It’s not working

One Sided Terms?

KuriousCat — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 21:34:25 +0000

I an any business deal or negotiation, both parties negotiate and come to mutually agreeable terms. In case of software or digital purchases, it seems the providers can unilaterally impose terms, change them as they deem fit even when the user does not want to be bothered by the updated terms. It is even more pressing when it comes to AI models, the companies can scrape and use all the content available for them but explicitly write in their terms of agreements users can’t use the output train their systems. How did we come to this?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43177755

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by KuriousCat in "Be a Satisficer or Use the Secretary Problem to Find Love (2015)"

KuriousCat — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 18:06:57 +0000

Is there an implicit assumption that secretary suitability is fixed and the secretary or you do not change or evolve? What if having a few worse secretaries early on gets you in a much better shape? How are these dynamics accounted for?

New comment by KuriousCat in "Startup Funding Roadmap"

KuriousCat — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:51:33 +0000

It was more like the prep time, either get some savings or fork out some time. Time lines are not that deep to be honest. But if there are ways to improve it, please let me know. I would be glad to incorporate the suggestions/insights.

New comment by KuriousCat in "Startup Funding Roadmap"

KuriousCat — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:11:39 +0000

I am trying to put together a beginner friendly guide on startup funding, please let me know other materials/sources that I should be including...

Startup Funding Roadmap

KuriousCat — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:11:39 +0000

Article URL: https://anyonyashraya.com/on_startup_funding.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43028641

Points: 10

# Comments: 4

Rethinking Software Delivery: LLMs as Dynamic Computational Environments

KuriousCat — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 19:36:01 +0000

There is a strong tendency to integrate LLMs with existing apps. Barring few errors that could eventually get corrected, LLMs are fundamentally programmable computational environments. With that notion, every app could be an environment that is dynamically instantiated. Do we need to fundamentally change software delivery? Treat LLMs as dynamic computational environments, generate purpose-specific interfaces on-demand, create adaptive, context-aware interaction models. Eliminate fixed application paradigms?

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New comment by KuriousCat in "507 Mechanical Movements"

New comment by KuriousCat in "France is banning unsolicited telemarketing calls starting next week"

New comment by KuriousCat in "Shuttered startups are selling old Slack chats and emails to AI companies"

New comment by KuriousCat in "Analysis of 320k careers suggests that productive researchers stay that way"

New comment by KuriousCat in "OpenAI's New Sora Video Generator to Require Copyright Holders to Opt Out"

New comment by KuriousCat in "Shipping 100 hardware units in under eight weeks"

New comment by KuriousCat in "Show HN: Comparing product rankings by OpenAI, Anthropic, and Perplexity"

New comment by KuriousCat in "97% of drivers want in-car payment system for tolls, parking, charging"

New comment by KuriousCat in "Runway Gen-4"

New comment by KuriousCat in "What college should I go to?"

New comment by KuriousCat in "What college should I go to?"

New comment by KuriousCat in "Ask HN: Should I leave the company I co-founded?"

New comment by KuriousCat in "Show HN: I made a website that saves you up to 2 hours a day"

One Sided Terms?

New comment by KuriousCat in "Be a Satisficer or Use the Secretary Problem to Find Love (2015)"

New comment by KuriousCat in "Startup Funding Roadmap"

New comment by KuriousCat in "Startup Funding Roadmap"

Startup Funding Roadmap

Rethinking Software Delivery: LLMs as Dynamic Computational Environments

New comment by KuriousCat in "Google Shattered Human Connection"