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New comment by andrewfromx in "OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war"

andrewfromx — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 21:20:30 +0000

Not to mention how many times it gets it wrong and you have to redo. If gpt 5 makes you do many things twice…

OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war

andrewfromx — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 14:32:53 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/08/openai-priced-gpt-5-so-low-it-may-spark-a-price-war/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44846778

Points: 4

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New comment by andrewfromx in "Show HN: Turn Images and Text into AI Videos in Minutes"

andrewfromx — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:21:30 +0000

i get "File upload failed"

New comment by andrewfromx in "GitHub now provides a warning about hidden Unicode text"

andrewfromx — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:56:18 +0000

for this issue: https://www.pillar.security/blog/new-vulnerability-in-github...

the warning is great but they could do more. Like auto remove them when you clone? or an option in settings for that. The fear is someone will send me some cool new AI repo and I'll not see that warning and just clone it and start using it.

GitHub now provides a warning about hidden Unicode text

andrewfromx — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:54:58 +0000

Article URL: https://github.blog/changelog/2025-05-01-github-now-provides-a-warning-about-hidden-unicode-text/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44375435

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by andrewfromx in "Health secretary wants every American to be sporting a wearable within 4 years"

andrewfromx — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:18:53 +0000

https://friend.com/

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/10/maybe-friend-wasnt-crazy-f...

New comment by andrewfromx in "Air India crash points to systemic problems at Boeing that CEO Ortberg must fix"

andrewfromx — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:18:25 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VswFVpyg5ew

Another pilot agrees: this was software

"Boeing 787 to lose all AC electrical power due to generator control units simultaneously entering failsafe mode."

The aircraft computer uptime was 248 days. It needed to be rebooted. Yes, it that's stupid of a software bug.

A 2016 Airworthiness Directive requires "repetitive cycling of the airplane's electrical power system."

a Model 787 airplane that has been powered continuously for 248 days can lose all alternating current (AC) electrical power due to the generator control units (GCUs) simultaneously going into failsafe mode. This condition is caused by a software counter internal to the GCUs that will overflow after 248 days of continuous power. We are issuing this AD to prevent loss of all AC electrical power, which could result in loss of control of the airplane.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2015/05/01/2015-10...

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/03/23/2020-06...

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/12/02/2016-29...

Air India crash points to systemic problems at Boeing that CEO Ortberg must fix

andrewfromx — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 22:16:58 +0000

Article URL: https://leehamnews.com/2025/06/15/five-for-five-air-india-crash-points-to-systemic-problems-at-boeing-ceo-ortberg-must-fix/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44350760

Points: 23

# Comments: 20

Tell HN: AI for learning other culture's names

andrewfromx — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 15:17:28 +0000

I got an email from 郭涛 and at first I thought it must be spam. I get a lot of spam with Chinese characters. But then I noticed it was a reply to an email I sent to a Chinese company's customer service technical support.

The reply was very helpful and I wanted to add 郭涛 to my contact list but I needed some English translation right?

Normal google translate just told me Guō Tāo which is fine. But still, what did the characters mean?

https://chatgpt.com/share/68542946-9444-8010-8a88-e0ff8d7c42f2

Guō: Literally means "outer city wall" or "city enclosure", symbolizing protection, defense, or a stronghold.

Tāo: Means "big waves" or "surging tides". Conveys a sense of power, momentum, and unstoppable force.

Okay now we are getting somewhere...

Then I asked would "stronghold of big waves" be the right english?

And AI told me some better options:

Fortress of the Rising Tide Stormwall

I have a new contact in my gmail now:

First Name: Fortress of the Rising Tide 涛 Guo Last Name: Stormwall 郭 Tao

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44319481

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Show HN: Easy picture in picture final cut pro automation

andrewfromx — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:55:24 +0000

Take this hammerspoon lua script:

https://github.com/andrewarrow/cutlass/blob/main/scripts/ham...

And you can now press one buttons to start a movie recording and a screen recording at the same time.

After you have talked and demo'd your screen save the files and run:

./cutlass fcp add-video ~/Documents/test1.mov -o demo.fcpxml

./cutlass fcp add-pip-video ~/Desktop/test1.mov --input demo.fcpxml -o demo.fcpxml

And it will make you a final cut pro xml file you can import to FCP and have a video like:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxQkM0Sszeo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44312825

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by andrewfromx in "Why SSL was renamed to TLS in late 90s (2014)"

andrewfromx — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 21:13:35 +0000

picture kaa from the jungle book discussing tcp security and arguing for the s-s-l name. In fact maybe adding a 3rd s.

New comment by andrewfromx in "Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft and people are paying anyway"

andrewfromx — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 10:52:03 +0000

tried to take a waymo today in LA: https://i.imgur.com/ufoDjue.png

New comment by andrewfromx in "Show HN: Automate final cut pro's XML language"

andrewfromx — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 05:04:22 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzWd7HyIkZ0 30 mins of knowledge!

Show HN: Automate final cut pro's XML language

andrewfromx — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 23:53:33 +0000

Did you know the final cut pro xml import export is very powerful? Have you ever opened one of those xml files?

https://github.com/andrewarrow/cutlass/blob/main/reference/p...

That's a simple plus sign drawn with fcpxml shape language. But there's more! Way more:

https://github.com/andrewarrow/cutlass/blob/main/FCPXMLv1_13...

Almost 1000 line DTD file, you can do A LOT. And that's what "cutlass" aims to do. Open source golang project to let you slice, dice, and julienne fcpxml. Once you have code that can generate fcpxml you can do stuff like:

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

This is all the top HN stories titles read by AI with screenshots and animations.

(used https://github.com/resemble-ai/chatterbox and https://github.com/nari-labs/dia for voices)

Do you have an idea for a video we could make using the power of cutlass? Let me know!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44273259

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by andrewfromx in "Ask HN: How do you promote your Chrome extensions (on a budget or not)?"

andrewfromx — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:36:54 +0000

the best way is to search reddit for specific terms and reply to comments.

Final Cut Pro plus Golang: Using cutlass with FCPXML Templates [video]

andrewfromx — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 10:34:50 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9r_Ihl0Tyc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44267299

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

HBO Max Movie Mountainhead is now real [video]

andrewfromx — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:19:08 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EoH-Qy_xw8

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44250838

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Disney and NBCUniversal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

andrewfromx — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:29:32 +0000

Article URL: https://deadline.com/2025/06/disney-nbcuniversal-ai-lawsuit-1236430694/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44249837

Points: 8

# Comments: 0

ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600

andrewfromx — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 11:50:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/chatgpt-lost-a-chess-game-to-an-atari-2600

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New comment by andrewfromx in "OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war"

OpenAI priced GPT-5 so low, it may spark a price war

New comment by andrewfromx in "Show HN: Turn Images and Text into AI Videos in Minutes"

New comment by andrewfromx in "GitHub now provides a warning about hidden Unicode text"

GitHub now provides a warning about hidden Unicode text

New comment by andrewfromx in "Health secretary wants every American to be sporting a wearable within 4 years"

New comment by andrewfromx in "Air India crash points to systemic problems at Boeing that CEO Ortberg must fix"

Air India crash points to systemic problems at Boeing that CEO Ortberg must fix

Tell HN: AI for learning other culture's names

Show HN: Easy picture in picture final cut pro automation

New comment by andrewfromx in "Why SSL was renamed to TLS in late 90s (2014)"

New comment by andrewfromx in "Waymo rides cost more than Uber or Lyft and people are paying anyway"

New comment by andrewfromx in "Show HN: Automate final cut pro's XML language"

Show HN: Automate final cut pro's XML language

New comment by andrewfromx in "Ask HN: How do you promote your Chrome extensions (on a budget or not)?"

Final Cut Pro plus Golang: Using cutlass with FCPXML Templates [video]

HBO Max Movie Mountainhead is now real [video]

Disney and NBCUniversal Sue AI Company Midjourney for Copyright Infringement

ChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600

Cutlass: Fcpxml Templates – Automate final cut pro with code