Hacker News: awad

New comment by awad in "New 14‑inch MacBook Pro with M6"

awad — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:22:05 +0000

Wow turns out there's a whole community of us! Same boat. I usually recycle, hand me down, trade-in but have really had a hard time letting that little one go.

New comment by awad in "DraftKings Is Using AI to Behaviorally Target Chronic Gamblers"

awad — Tue, 29 Sep 2026 19:56:09 +0000

DraftKings also owns JackPocket, in case you want to play your local state lotto without ever leaving the house.

New comment by awad in "MongoDB CEO resigns "effective immediately" to join Meta, stock drops 20%"

awad — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:14:45 +0000

I was surprised Facebook Workplace lasted as long as it did. But, hey, it took Google a few tries to get GCP (anyone remember the Search Appliance?) to a solid place so I wouldn't count Meta out of being able to make an enterprise splash just yet.

New comment by awad in "MiMo v2.6"

awad — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:57:47 +0000

Fair enough, apologies for reading in to it that which you did not mean.

New comment by awad in "MiMo v2.6"

awad — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 01:13:37 +0000

Why is it OK to train on the collective IP of humanity and call it fair use but then call the next batch distilled with negative connotations?

New comment by awad in "Singapore’s National Library Board offers micropayments to build reading habits"

awad — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 18:44:12 +0000

The ultimate purpose of a library should be to help with access to knowledge and information for all. In 2026, it's not unreasonable to think that includes internet access, eBooks, perhaps even desktop computers for those who don't have their own.

New comment by awad in "OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads with Sponsored Agents"

awad — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:44:57 +0000

OpenAI does offer many paid, ad-free experiences. The vast majority of their user base, being consumers, don't take them up on it, but it's been there from pretty much day one.

AirPods 5

awad — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 17:39:24 +0000

Article URL: https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/09/apple-introduces-airpods-5-with-best-in-class-open-ear-active-noise-cancellation/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49630253

Points: 510

# Comments: 453

New comment by awad in "Nvidia to acquire Hugging Face"

awad — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:10:48 +0000

Going to Golden State was fruitful for quite a few players. Great timing.

New comment by awad in "Stowaway – Take the window seat on any plane or satellite overhead"

awad — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 00:10:41 +0000

This is very neat! Great job :)

I can empathize with your quota....was gifted a FlightWall recently (https://theflightwall.com) and it constantly throws a 'too many flights' indicator given that I live in a major metro with quite a bit of air traffic. I'm sure it was thrilling and terrifying to see your usage spike. Wishing you all the best of luck!

Teacher Sent a Private Snapchat Complaining…Police Pulled Up to Her School

awad — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:48:53 +0000

Article URL: https://www.gadgetreview.com/student-teacher-sent-a-private-snapchat-complaining-about-her-workday-an-hour-later-police-pulled-up-to-her-school

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49160542

Points: 13

# Comments: 4

New comment by awad in "Launch HN: Rise Reforming (YC S26) – Turning Waste Gases into Valuable Chemicals"

awad — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:45:19 +0000

How does one reach you privately? Not seeing anything on your HN bio

New comment by awad in "Judge Rejects Google's Attempt to DMCA Its Way Out of Being Scraped"

awad — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:43:10 +0000

The question I have that no one has really answered is...what kind of crawling have the current frontier labs done historically and what are they continuing to do now for training? Inference can follow rules easily, but the training is a big black box that mostly gets headlines for books getting slashed but that's not the only source of data is it?

New comment by awad in "Judge Rejects Google's Attempt to DMCA Its Way Out of Being Scraped"

awad — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 03:35:43 +0000

Do you have a free or paid ChatGPT license?

New comment by awad in "Launch HN: Rise Reforming (YC S26) – Turning Waste Gases into Valuable Chemicals"

awad — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 02:59:51 +0000

Congrats on everything you've accomplished so far! You emphasize two-sided marketplace so, I'm wondering, from y'alls POV which side is more difficult/which side are you going after harder? Naturally you need to do both, but realistically, one side is always more challenging and more important and it's not always obvious which is which.

BYD aims to overtake Toyota in five years without relying on the US market

awad — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 19:17:18 +0000

Article URL: https://carnewschina.com/2026/07/15/byd-aims-to-overtake-toyota-in-five-years-without-relying-on-the-us-market/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48951211

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by awad in "AirPods Max 2"

awad — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 23:35:59 +0000

Forgetting all technical benefits: people will always have opinions on headphones and it's rather fascinating that Apple owns the entire market for fashionable ones, despite there being nothing stopping outside players. They specifically acquired Beats for this reason to shore up that base, and so far no one has been able to make a dent in the celebrity or influencer space.

New comment by awad in "GPT-5.4"

awad — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 23:03:29 +0000

Incredibly curious how Google's approach to support, naming, versioning etc will mesh with the iOS integration.

New comment by awad in "What Claude Code chooses"

awad — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 22:22:47 +0000

There are competing terms currently being decided on by the market at large: AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)

Candidly I am working on a startup in this space myself, though we are taking a different angle than most incumbents.

While it's still early days for the space, I sense a lot of the original entrants who focus on, essentially, 'generate more content ideally with our paid tools' will run in to challenges as the general population has a pretty negative perception of 'AI Slop.' Doubly so when making purchasing decisions, hence the rise of influencers and popularity of reviews (though those are also in danger of sloppification).

There's an inevitable GIGO scenario if left unchecked IMO.

New comment by awad in "iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information"

awad — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 19:50:46 +0000

There's this old gem about being able to ask Aristotle a question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YzLMPm3Jgw