Hacker News: asah

New comment by asah in "Are We Idiocracy Yet?"

asah — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:46:13 +0000

DLU captured the decisions better, but Idiocracy explained how we got there.

New comment by asah in "Germany Power Prices Turn Deeply Negative on Renewables Surge"

asah — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:17:51 +0000

where's the bitcoin miners when you need them ??? /s

New comment by asah in "Show HN: Hippo, biologically inspired memory for AI agents"

asah — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:39:50 +0000

a working group of ~300 senior eng are experimenting with different skills for stuff like this: https://swg.fyi/mom

New comment by asah in "I won't download your app. The web version is a-ok"

asah — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:40:00 +0000

Folding phones are the big/small screen compromise. One you fold, nobody goes back.

The samsung fold7 in particular is the same thickness/weight as slab phones, but unfolds to become a tablet. Please don't vote if you haven't held one. The compromise is cost, durability (dust, water), some battery life & some camera. Huge gains in productivity and night-to-day difference consuming video and photos. Google Maps FTW.

New comment by asah in "Ask HN: How do you handle clients who don't pay on time?"

asah — Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:54:59 +0000

larger customers expect net-terms (e.g. net-30) and have monthly accounts-payable processes. No customer pays instantly.

my strategy is to raise prices, then offer a discount for customers who pay net-7 and even greater discount if they pay in advance.

fun story: I once got $400,000 from a famous venture capital firm who was buying a service from my company and they paid 6 months in advance for 5% discount. In other words, dilution free financing from a VC fund !!!

New comment by asah in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2026)"

asah — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:13:31 +0000

ando.work | algorithms/AI eng and product mgmt | Remote (SF) | Full Time

Ando provides flexibility for hourly workers starting in restaurants, changing the lives of 80M+ people. Backed by Zero Capital, Slow Ventures and Blitzscaling.

- algorithms/AI, ideally with production experience in scheduling and assignment and also reasoning LLMs.

- product mgmt, ideally with early stage startup experience in enterprise SaaS and restaurant IT systems e.g. 7shifts, toast, etc.

https://www.ando.work/careers or DM me

DM me for intro with resume/linkedin. I'm #proudinvestor and experienced with OR algorithms.

New comment by asah in "Woman who had sex with identical twins told it is 'not possible' to identify dad"

asah — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:14:48 +0000

"Amazing" is not necessarily a judgment, could in fact be congratulations or even judgment-free entirely just amazing story.

New comment by asah in "Oracle slashes 30k jobs"

asah — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:34:11 +0000

"cold" is redundant/implied for Oracle.

New comment by asah in "AI overly affirms users asking for personal advice"

asah — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:08:35 +0000

LOL, once I gave my AI clear guidelines for how to "score" the interactions and work, it had no trouble giving me negative feedback. In fact, it's a super direct critic!! and depressing AF to produce stuff I like, then have a &^%&*^& AI shoot it down in seconds (and it's "right" of course, i.e. I see the criticisms and sigh, agree...)

New comment by asah in "People inside Microsoft are fighting to drop mandatory Microsoft Account"

asah — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 11:52:00 +0000

LOL, any __ONE__ of those would be a deal-killer for me. The sum is so WTF I can't understand how anyone willingly chooses Windows over... anything.

(mind you, MacOS has its own nightmares from KeyChain hell, iCloud crap, signed apps etc - but I can use my Mac laptop without iCloud/etc and go weeks without thinking about Apple)

New comment by asah in "In Edison’s Revenge, Data Centers Are Transitioning From AC to DC"

asah — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:48:01 +0000

> The pervasive high rise buildings did not happen before the invention of modern cranes.

yyy! if we're going to wander off-topic :-) then I should mention elevators, water pumps, fire suppression including fire truck ladders and more! :-)

New comment by asah in "A pig's brain has been frozen with its cellular activity locked in place"

asah — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 16:07:37 +0000

see Altered Carbon (netflix), amazing story.

New comment by asah in "Fujifilm X RAW STUDIO webapp clone"

asah — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:26:58 +0000

Worked!! Samsung Galaxy fold 7, Chrome 146.0.7680.153, GFX 100S II firmware 1.20

MacOS 15.6.1 - could see the camera via PTP but couldn't connect (clicking "connect" didn't do anything, no error)

New comment by asah in "A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder (1992)"

asah — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:48:33 +0000

+1 - https://www.google.com/search?q=every+brilliant+thing

New comment by asah in "A proposal to classify happiness as a psychiatric disorder (1992)"

asah — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:47:24 +0000

happiness <> euphoria

New comment by asah in "The Appalling Stupidity of Spotify's AI DJ"

asah — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 09:51:52 +0000

Dunno about classical, but Pandora (still) works pretty well for mainstream music.

New comment by asah in "Wired headphone sales are exploding"

asah — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 14:02:02 +0000

meh, same as "record sales are back" - it's missing a zero in scale and two zeroes in money.

New comment by asah in "How people woke up before alarm clocks"

asah — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:59:05 +0000

um, candle with a nail stuck in the side ?

https://www.google.com/search?q=candle+alarm+clock

New comment by asah in "Open Weights isn't Open Training"

asah — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:47:58 +0000

what about distillation methods ?

New comment by asah in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"

asah — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 04:33:25 +0000

I've heard this from so many greybeards... including me!