Hacker News: Nemant

New comment by Nemant in "Sharing AI progress in mathematics"

Nemant — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:41:51 +0000

Can someone with a math background explain the significance of these and previous problems that have been solved by AI?

Does some real problem get solved in physics, chemistry, biology, materials, etc? Or are these fun puzzles for mathematicians with not much real world impact? Eg solving the 8 queen problem in leetcode.

Ask HN: Meta/Google E8/L8 interview and role

Nemant — Sat, 08 Jun 2024 14:59:31 +0000

Any E8/L8s who could describe the role at Meta in detail? Eg

- What’s the sphere of influence? How many SWEs? 100? - how big is the product you’re influencing? Number of services? Revenue? Criticality of dependency you own? - what kind of impact are you having? Improving latency? Increasing revenue? Etc - how do you ramp up as a new hire? Surely you have to go very deep - how do you come up with projects that involve your entire org? How does your work exactly influence 100 engineers?

Also if you could please share a bit more about the interview process. Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40617963

Points: 1

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Google launches Project IDX, an AI-enabled browser-based development environment

Nemant — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 17:15:14 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/08/google-launches-project-idx-a-new-ai-enabled-browser-based-development-environment/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37052378

Points: 34

# Comments: 7

Ask HN: Which AI code assistant do you use?

Nemant — Thu, 25 May 2023 14:00:15 +0000

So I’m wondering which tools people are using for generating their code on a day to day basis. What are the most popular IntelliJ plugins? Are you using GitHub Copilot? Have you tried Android Studio Bot? Etc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36070814

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Alphabet shares dive after Google AI chatbot Bard flubs answer in ad

Nemant — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:52:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-ai-chatbot-bard-offers-inaccurate-information-company-ad-2023-02-08/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34716752

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: Transitioning from SWE to Manager. Book/Resources Recommendation?

Nemant — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 23:47:36 +0000

I'm transitioning from a TL/Senior SWE role at my company, and would like to get book recommendations, articles, or any other useful resources to help me prepare for the new role.

Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34333120

Points: 8

# Comments: 4

My father had a lifelong ticket to fly anywhere. Then they took it away (2019)

Nemant — Sun, 13 Jun 2021 21:57:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/sep/19/american-airlines-aairpass-golden-ticket

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27496921

Points: 5

# Comments: 1

Ask HN: Experience with Virtual Assistants like magic, fancyhands, wing, etc.?

Nemant — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 04:52:24 +0000

What has your experience been outsourcing parts of your life with Virtual Assistants? Are they worth the money? What type of tasks do you delegate?

So I have a couple of small projects (1-2 months of part-time work) that I've been wanting to build for some time (a small brochure/booklet type thing), and I don't really the time to work on the logistics.

I wanted to delegate all of the logistical work to a virtual assistant and all I'd do is review the process ("no, yes, no, yes, that should be red", etc). Of course I'd be focused on the actual product and would be deeply working with the designer.

I need everything from researching freelancers on fiverr, upwork, etc to finding the right printing company, getting prototypes shipped to me, etc.

Has anyone got experience with working with VAs on this sort of thing? Would appreciate some input.

Thanks!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25899358

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Wave of Foreclosures May Follow Housing Market Boom

Nemant — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 08:07:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-10-30/housing-boom-may-lead-to-wave-of-foreclosures

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24965654

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by Nemant in "Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response"

Nemant — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 03:13:10 +0000

A lot of practicing Muslims also fast Mondays and Thursdays and the “3 white days” of the month[0]

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasting_in_Islam see “Days of voluntary fasting”

New comment by Nemant in "Intermittent fasting from dawn to sunset induces anticancer response"

Nemant — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 03:06:19 +0000

Welcome to Ramadan!

New comment by Nemant in "Alphabet announces Q3 2020 earnings"

Nemant — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 23:52:09 +0000

They don't work, do they? I tried a few but nothing works. I'm on Chrome on Mac.

New comment by Nemant in "Netflix CEO explains why he pays technologists huge salaries"

Nemant — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 20:03:20 +0000

This is BS. Netflix pays market rate, the same as the rest of the FAANGS. The only difference is that they pay everything in cash, while the rest of the companies pay a big % in stocks. However, because of the tech bull run of the past decade or so non-Netflix FAANG employees have made significantly more money than Netflix employees.