Hacker News: ParanoidShroom

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released"

ParanoidShroom — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:56:50 +0000

Self funded. It's a custom trained efficient model on CPU so it's borderline free

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "GPT 5.6 Sol is the best "vision" model OpenAI ever released"

ParanoidShroom — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 14:20:43 +0000

I run the free service https://countrx.app/ so i have some idea what goes into counting.

The performance as a general model is indeed really impressive and i think they might actually win compared to fine tuned models.

Their feedback loop of training on user data is incredibly strong. I've learned that lots of accuracy results depends on threshold configs, which llms should be able to dynamically set.

Or the future will develop in llms using fine-tuned models as tools? Inference cost and speed does still seem to be below user expectations.

But for being able to one shot with this accuracy... IMPRESSIVE

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Meta enables ADB on deprecated Portal devices [video]"

ParanoidShroom — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:52:33 +0000

Now you can install a Spotify app and use it as a standalone speaker?

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Meta's New Reality: Record High Profits. Record Low Morale"

ParanoidShroom — Thu, 14 May 2026 15:10:41 +0000

Yeah culture has gone too shit. Since Sheryl left

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "The brave souls who bought a used, 340k-mile rental camper van"

ParanoidShroom — Thu, 07 May 2026 18:26:06 +0000

Having rented one but being Belgian.... Yes

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "The brave souls who bought a used, 340k-mile rental camper van"

ParanoidShroom — Thu, 07 May 2026 15:00:35 +0000

Oh man, i rented one of those! I fell in love with the west coast national parks. A month of roadtripping to all those parks. Great memories, sad to see the. Not available anymore. They are speed limited when you floor it in Nevada tho :)

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Ask HN: Is the Job Market Actually Bad?"

ParanoidShroom — Sat, 02 May 2026 20:22:56 +0000

Wife is a lead motion designer, ex Bumble etc. 6+ months of no job results in NYC. Not sure what's going on honestly, all very slow. Any tips welcome :)

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "The Gorman Paradox: Where Are All the AI-Generated Apps?"

ParanoidShroom — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 17:15:17 +0000

Thanks for the that feedback but my point is about native apps. not a landing page

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "The Gorman Paradox: Where Are All the AI-Generated Apps?"

ParanoidShroom — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 15:10:04 +0000

Yeah I know is awaiting review as i mentioned in the post, the point I'm trying to make is that there are probably a bunch out there already being gen ai apps. I don't think there is a clear way to recognize them

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "The Gorman Paradox: Where Are All the AI-Generated Apps?"

ParanoidShroom — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 14:16:01 +0000

Can people spot them?

https://countrx.app/ is something I vibed in a month. Can people here tell? Sure the typical gradiënt page is something to spot, but native apps i think are harder. I would love to see app store and Google Play Store stats to see how many new apps are onboarded.

Looking at distribution channels like Google Play, they added significant harder thresholds to be able to publish an app to reduce low quality new apps. Presumably due to gen ai?

Edit: Jesus guys, the point I'm trying to make is that there are probably a lot more out there that are not visible... Im not claiming i developed the holy grail vibe coding.

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Running Claude Code in a loop to mirror human development practices"

ParanoidShroom — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 14:01:19 +0000

Lol I've done exactly the same thing past 3 weeks with a python script. Tests are okayish, it's very exhausting spending hours just reviewing tho.

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (Nov 2025)"

ParanoidShroom — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 02:17:02 +0000

Reverse image search to match dirty XTC tablets to lab reports https://pillscanner.app/

https://kauwenofspauwen.be/en Belgian food hygiene rating from official gov reports

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (October 2025)"

ParanoidShroom — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 16:53:50 +0000

https://pillscanner.app Reverse image search for xtc pills for harm reduction purposes. All out of pocket. No monetisation. No analytics

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2025)"

ParanoidShroom — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 23:17:19 +0000

https://pillscanner.app Reverse image search for xtc pills for harm reduction purposes.

All out of pocket. No monetisation. No analytics

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "The AI bubble today is bigger than the IT bubble in the 1990s"

ParanoidShroom — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 13:42:06 +0000

Do you think FANG companies inflate AI on purpose in order to create a scenario for a bust to happen, they can survive it given their vast warchest of cash

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)"

ParanoidShroom — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 23:59:15 +0000

It's harm reduction. Obvious? That's not how the real world works I'm afraid. Where did I claim this "solved" the problem?

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025)"

ParanoidShroom — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:44:33 +0000

A reverse image search to detect dirty xtc pills. https://pillscanner.app/

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "Apple and Meta go to war over interoperability vs. privacy"

ParanoidShroom — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:51:18 +0000

Can we see the interoperability requests that meta submitted? That would clarify if the shade is legit.

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "The IMEI Code: Your phone’s other number"

ParanoidShroom — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:19:10 +0000

They are primarily used for configuring your visual voicemail lol. Stop the hyperbolic statements.

New comment by ParanoidShroom in "FireChat was a tool for revolution, then disappeared"

ParanoidShroom — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 22:29:51 +0000

I applied to open garden many years ago, solved their coding challenges but after back and forth it didn't go anywhere.

It seem Stas has since then started clostra.com The fireside chat messenger just rebranded. https://www.newnode.com/download.

I love a good conspiracy but shows little evidence.