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New comment by andrewthornton in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

andrewthornton — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:06:37 +0000

It wasn't bypassing, I was just helping start because of what I believe to have been a bearing issue.

New comment by andrewthornton in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

andrewthornton — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:06:00 +0000

I was spinning it in reverse actually, but it would be enough to start the exhaust blower. It would also re-start pretty well for ~6 hours. It was probably the bearing. Also FWIW I have multiple carbon monoxide/air quality monitors and nothing tripped or alarmed.

New comment by andrewthornton in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

andrewthornton — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:03:54 +0000

Yes, here is my prompt. It also contained a video: "I have a furnace that will not heat when I reset the power to this unit. It makes some noise within its fan system for about three or four minutes and then I get an error light. Can you help me figure out what may be wrong here?" This prompt is not the best but I was freezing and in my attic.

New comment by andrewthornton in "Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?"

andrewthornton — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:34:26 +0000

My furnace went out during the 2025 holiday and I couldn't get an appointment with a repair person for 2 days. It was getting very cold in my house so I went into my attic and made several videos of the furnace attempting to start and gave it to gemini. It diagnosed the issue immediately and had me spin one of the components (a small exhaust fan) while the furnace tried to fire. It came on immediately. I had to do that several times, but it worked until the HVAC service showed up.

Ask HN: Where do you get OS notification sounds that don't sound terrible?

andrewthornton — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 11:36:40 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47501183

Points: 3

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Ask HN: Resource for User Interface Examples

andrewthornton — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:00:45 +0000

I am looking for a site or a book that has many different examples of user application interfaces. Something like the Dark Patterns site (https://www.deceptive.design/) but for helpful interface design examples. My internet searches are just turning up click-bait "articles" like "Top 5 Amazing bla bla".

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41056065

Points: 2

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Ask HN: Examples of interfaces combining data display and user-generated input?

andrewthornton — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:50:51 +0000

I'm developing a web-based desktop app for internal users to view and analyze datapoints on various companies that is stored in our database. Users need to create short and long-form narratives based on predefined questions about the data (e.g., funding rounds, employees, patents, news, sales).

The interface should: 1 Display the stored structured data (in sections) 2 Allow short-form confirmations/fact-checks for specific data points 3 Enable longer narratives referencing multiple data points 4 Use various input types (text areas, fields, tags, selects)

Does anyone know of some examples of any apps with similar functionality so I can check out their UI?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41045424

Points: 3

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New comment by andrewthornton in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2023)"

andrewthornton — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:41:59 +0000

Cylitic Security | Remote (US Only) | Full Time | Senior Python Developer

We are a managed security services company that helps enterprises ensure that their smaller business partners are secure from cyber threats. We are a profitable company but operate like an early stage start up. Our environment is pretty fluid, and our challenges span across multiple domains.

We are currently looking for a senior python developer who has extensive experience designing and building modern customer facing web applications, and ideally has experience with ingesting, parsing, and unifying multiple data sources. Our tech stack consists of django, drf, postgres, and react.

This is a great opportunity to come onboard early in our journey and make a large impact. We offer very competitive salaries, equity, health benefits, and unlimited time off.

If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to ajt@cylitic.com

New comment by andrewthornton in "Capabilities of GPT-4 on Medical Challenge Problems"

andrewthornton — Sun, 26 Mar 2023 22:30:37 +0000

You should take a quick look at EPIC. They dominate the electronic heath record space, and a ton of health systems use it. You will know if your doctor's office uses an EHR application, because they will be typing notes into it for the majority of your visit. I have not been too excited about the amount of time that physicians spend on EHR systems, but I am hopeful that taking the data they input (along with blood work and other test results) will make everything more accurate, fast and effective.

New comment by andrewthornton in "A Dose of a Hallucinogen from a ‘Magic Mushroom,’ and Then Lasting Peace"

andrewthornton — Fri, 02 Dec 2016 02:55:07 +0000

I would love to get a hold of the playlist that they mention.

New comment by andrewthornton in "Inside Palantir"

andrewthornton — Sat, 07 May 2016 12:15:55 +0000

This is 100% what they are doing.

New comment by andrewthornton in "Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?"

andrewthornton — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 14:29:08 +0000

When you feel emotional, wait at least five minutes before acting, especially if you are upset. It is tough to do but waiting to cool off and think before acting has really saved my bacon a couple of times.

Potential Data Breach at Chick-Fil-A

andrewthornton — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 22:54:51 +0000

Article URL: http://press.chick-fil-a.com/Pressroom/LatestNews/PressDetail/databreach

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8821470

Points: 3

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New comment by andrewthornton in "Tim Cook Speaks Up"

andrewthornton — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 13:41:45 +0000

What kind of chair is he sitting on in the first image?

Sick of Internet comments? Us, too – here’s what we’re doing about it

andrewthornton — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 11:44:27 +0000

Article URL: http://voices.suntimes.com/news/sick-of-web-comments-us-too-heres-what-were-doing-about-it/#.U0vJSGRdVqk

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7585606

Points: 2

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New comment by andrewthornton in "AOL Is Still the Weirdest Successful Tech Company in America"

andrewthornton — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:19:13 +0000

If they are getting $1 CPM it would be a miracle.

New comment by andrewthornton in "Show HN: Find a mentor, Become a mentor"

andrewthornton — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:48:16 +0000

Is there no way to delete your account?

New comment by andrewthornton in "Things I Wish I Had Known About Django Development Before Starting My Company"

andrewthornton — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:42:10 +0000

Would you mind giving a little more of an overview of how you set this up? I think this would be incredibly useful.

New comment by andrewthornton in ""Two Scoops of Django" is out in beta"

andrewthornton — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:28:59 +0000

I picked this up the day it came out and I have been super impressed with the frequency of the updates that have been made. The book is very well written and useful. It also covers 1.5, which is great.

Crypto for Pentesters (Video)

andrewthornton — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:10:04 +0000

Article URL: http://vimeo.com/41116595

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4779936

Points: 3

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