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New comment by Mehuleo in "Help boost your daily productivity with CC – Google Labs"

Mehuleo — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:34:11 +0000

Perplexity did almost same thing a while ago: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/a-personal-assistant-for-...

What do you think about such single feature tools? And, I am wondering if anyone here has found a good use for such tools.

Help boost your daily productivity with CC – Google Labs

Mehuleo — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 06:34:11 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-labs/cc-ai-agent/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46853089

Points: 1

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Lot of insights: The biggest mistakes I've made with Lunch Money – Jen

Mehuleo — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:20:33 +0000

Article URL: https://lunchbag.ca/lunch-money-mistakes/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46597827

Points: 1

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New comment by Mehuleo in "AI, Tariffs and Box Office – 14 Charts That Explain 2025"

Mehuleo — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 05:51:07 +0000

http://archive.today/GZZCg

AI, Tariffs and Box Office – 14 Charts That Explain 2025

Mehuleo — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 05:49:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/business/dealbook/charts-2025-economy.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46399492

Points: 1

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The Economy Avoided a Recession in 2025

Mehuleo — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 05:27:16 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/business/economy-unemployment-wages-affordability.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46399393

Points: 2

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New comment by Mehuleo in "Do not download the app, use the website"

Mehuleo — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 03:03:48 +0000

I think for companies, the main advantage of an app is the opportunity for uncontrolled data ab/use.

Let me explain. Say you order food online — you’d want a notification to update you, instead of having to manually refresh a webpage. So you prefer using the app. But what’s the guarantee the company won’t also send you marketing notifications? You give contact permission to access just one contact, but what’s stopping the app from uploading your whole contact list to their servers? You allow location for one check-in, but they start logging your GPS every minute? Every permission asked & given for right purpose end up as consent-full data siphons.

And honestly, if the app world hadn’t taken off, the web would have invented its own version of permission systems. So yeah, I dis/agree with the article’s title — web can do everything apps can; including the shady data siphoning.

Some people might argue that they need excessive data to serve right ads, make money and keep the app free — the only way. But I don't think so, even if you pay for the app, they will need excessive data to ensure you keep renewing.

Ask HN: Are you guys also observing Cursor deleting files without confirming?

Mehuleo — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 11:00:56 +0000

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2025/07/ai-coding-assistants-chase-phantoms-destroy-real-user-data/

Nothing at this scale, in last two three days I am observing that Cursor feels a need to delete file which did not happen before. If this is a trend then I think they are retraining the user data and if users are not objecting some misbehavior then it becomes habit.

Just a hunch — and a bit of privacy concern.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44681806

Points: 1

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New comment by Mehuleo in "Tip: Git compare in UI – see diff between versions, tags, branches etc."

Mehuleo — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:38:03 +0000

TLDR: just append /compare in the url or you git repository.

I know this is very old but I often find that a lot of people don't know this. Sharing this for more awareness.

Tip: Git compare in UI – see diff between versions, tags, branches etc.

Mehuleo — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 08:38:03 +0000

Article URL: https://docs.github.com/en/pull-requests/committing-changes-to-your-project/viewing-and-comparing-commits/comparing-commits

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44668429

Points: 1

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How far can reasoning models scale?

Mehuleo — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:28:59 +0000

Article URL: https://epoch.ai/gradient-updates/how-far-can-reasoning-models-scale

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44578417

Points: 2

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New comment by Mehuleo in "The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million"

Mehuleo — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 05:30:56 +0000

We don't know what kinda stuff is stuffed in the center — maybe some useless stuff that saves them Feds $500K!

New comment by Mehuleo in "Chatbots are replacing Google's search, devastating traffic for some publishers"

Mehuleo — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 05:48:19 +0000

This is definitely bad. But on a different note, I think this was inevitable, as the new generation's attention span keeps dropping rapidly with all the TikTok and Instagram shorts. I believe publishers will need to figure out shorter written content formats as well. Until then, Google and others that offer alternatives will have an edge. I'm not saying this is the only way forward—just part of the evolution. I believe publishers will evolve to adapt to this too.

Indian gov allowed to read WhatsApp chats under existing income tax laws

Mehuleo — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:09:36 +0000

Article URL: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/tax/is-the-government-already-reading-your-whatsapp-chats-despite-the-governments-denial-heres-what-experts-are-saying/articleshow/119656223.cms?from=mdr

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43841761

Points: 5

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New comment by Mehuleo in "Microsoft Probing If DeepSeek-Linked Group Improperly Obtained OpenAI Data"

Mehuleo — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:11:11 +0000

I think you're misunderstanding the answer here. By asking that you're assuming that the model has a self-awareness but most models don't. Think of it as a common question asked on internet. They just have a training data and answers are from that. And Chat GPT is mostly talked about on the internet, so you get that answer. You can replicate this behavior with most open source model.