Hacker News: abbusfoflouotne

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Unesco calls for global ban on smartphones in schools"

abbusfoflouotne — Wed, 26 Jul 2023 14:21:56 +0000

Great perspective. I had not considered the effect of school shootings on this topic. Not a parent, but I suspect this has really driven parents to a place of fear (justifiably), leading to a need to ALWAYS know if their kid is ok at any moment, in schools and in general

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "FedNow Is Live"

abbusfoflouotne — Thu, 20 Jul 2023 20:40:38 +0000

This was super helpful, I have always wondered how this all worked

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Gravitational Machines"

abbusfoflouotne — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 15:09:52 +0000

Reminds me a lot of the Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu. Lot of space travel concepts explored there similar to this.

https://www.amazon.com/Three-Body-Problem-Remembrance-Earths...

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "The topologist’s world map (2020)"

abbusfoflouotne — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 20:14:32 +0000

> It was at some point while I was thinking about adding extra countries to represent seas that it was time to call the automation quits, and just make the map manually. This has some advantages – I get to choose the overall layout, it’s much easier to include stylistic elements, and I don’t have to spend ages describing to a computer what common sense is.

Though this is casually thrown out by the author and empathetically chuckled at by most of us, I this points to a problem worth exploring. In the wake of the hype around recent AI advancements, we can often view computers and software as capable of anything. But often the limits of our current computing systems are made glaringly obvious, such as stylistic design and a "common sense" disconnect articulated here. An area worth our attention and a domain possessing potential for innovation.

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Apple introduces end-to-end encryption for backups"

abbusfoflouotne — Wed, 07 Dec 2022 21:31:46 +0000

I like this view, though many people aren't just purchasing the phone from Apple, they are purchasing the OS and integration into the Apple ecosystem. Definitely think the user should have the option to pick the app store though

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Worldwide Rail Network Map"

abbusfoflouotne — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 20:44:32 +0000

Lived in Barcelona for two summers, loved going back over the metro lines (one of the best things about the city imho) and looking at all my favorite places. Excellent detail!!

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Google blocked my Chrome extension so I created a website to host it"

abbusfoflouotne — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:59:17 +0000

I wouldn't say it is necessarily immature to use a paywall as opposed to ads. I for one sometimes prefer paying for a site just so i dont have to see ads.

Though I do agree, the bait and switch aspect of finessing seo and such leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Glad google penalizes such behavior

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Fake musicians: a million-dollar Instagram verification scheme"

abbusfoflouotne — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 15:38:23 +0000

Definitely not interested in giving ol Zuck my passport and bank statements

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "I love my GPD Micro PC"

abbusfoflouotne — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 20:53:31 +0000

For one our president

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSm7bjGjEwM

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Ask HN: In 2022, what is the proper way to get into machine/deep learning?"

abbusfoflouotne — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 15:26:53 +0000

THWG

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Apple becomes first tech giant to explicitly ban caste discrimination"

abbusfoflouotne — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 14:24:48 +0000

I agree with the general sentiment of this comment, but would add that the employee breakdown should match the applicant pool's demographics, not the demographic breakdown at large. For example, to expect a gender breakdown close to 50-50 would be unrealistic in software engineering roles since generally women are less represented in those roles.

Though id love to see this shift (Women in stem!!)

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "StemRoller – Isolate vocals, drums, bass, and other stems from any song"

abbusfoflouotne — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:56:08 +0000

Would appreciate an easier way to download and run this! The steps on the readme are pretty long, at least for me (Mac user)

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy"

abbusfoflouotne — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 20:35:27 +0000

While amazon may not be as innovative as other FAANG companies, they do have execution down to a science. Supply chain, AWS, etc. all work WAY better than competitors in the market

New comment by abbusfoflouotne in "Ask HN: How to get developers and UI designers to work well together"

abbusfoflouotne — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 20:47:49 +0000

Ego can be such a hindrance for all kinds of interactions, professional or otherwise