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New comment by aws_ls in "LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do"

aws_ls — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:42:40 +0000

Its surprising, how this key insight is lacking, even in the best of developers.

It happened fast, as you prompted it just the right way. Another person, who doesn't have all that context in the mind, would fail quickly.

For example I have decades of Software experience, but wont know where to even begin what OP did.

New comment by aws_ls in "Ask HN: We just had an actual UUID v4 collision..."

aws_ls — Sat, 09 May 2026 09:55:36 +0000

Thanks for your explanation. I did not get it in the first read, and was too lazy to think, until saw your comment.

Just want to point out, that one is actually doing the experiment with a biased coin, then one must ignore all pairs.

e.g in case a coin which is heavily biased, say .9 H and .1 T. One should start with ignoring all the HH pairs, and start only at odd index. Lest, one picks a value like HHHHT (in the case the 2nd HH pair was not skipped, instead they greedily picked up the first HT, which will make the experiment HT biased).

New comment by aws_ls in "Lessons from 14 years at Google"

aws_ls — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:20:38 +0000

Yep. I too felt that. The insights seem genuine. But probably fell into the temptation to use LLM to structure. I feel increased cognitive load with numbered lists, thanks to LLM.

New comment by aws_ls in "Cloudflare Global Network experiencing issues"

aws_ls — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 13:32:53 +0000

Well its easy to cause damage by messing up the `rm` command, esp with `-fr` options. So don't take it as a proxy for some great skill which is required to cause damage.

New comment by aws_ls in "If you are reading this obituary, it looks like I'm dead"

aws_ls — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:48:02 +0000

Yes, first thing, you must stop driving at crazy speeds. Good thing is is you already know what you need to do :)

New comment by aws_ls in "If you are reading this obituary, it looks like I'm dead"

aws_ls — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:43:55 +0000

I am a curious sort. Always look at bios. Came across yours, and reading your blog. Keep it going! :)

New comment by aws_ls in "A 10x Faster TypeScript"

aws_ls — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 11:14:53 +0000

Go compiler tooklit works very well on all the OSes. That would be a consideration.

New comment by aws_ls in "OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment"

aws_ls — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 12:14:39 +0000

Also reached Master level at Codeforces,well before joining his engineering course: https://codeforces.com/profile/suchir

New comment by aws_ls in "Learning to Reason with LLMs"

aws_ls — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 15:55:23 +0000

>What I mean is that when its generate a response, the computation happens on a snapshot from input to output, trying to map a set of tokens, into a set of tokens. Model doesn't operate on a context larger than the window

The weights in the model have the larger context, the context length size of data is just the input, which then gets multiplied by those weights, to get the output.

Twitter/X human verification workflow fail

aws_ls — Tue, 14 May 2024 13:27:58 +0000

I have been having an account since 2015. But Twitter (X) asks to 'authenticate you are a human', and the flow is buggy. Even if you pass 10/10 tests, it continuously shows a screen 'Something went wrong', 'Due to a technical issue, we couldn't complete this request. Please try again' screen.

Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/PXsnRIA

Anyone else facing this issue?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40355023

Points: 1

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New comment by aws_ls in "The man who killed Google Search?"

aws_ls — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 15:42:35 +0000

For me google search is still useful for weather, stock prices, flight prices, maps, also to reliably navigate to a website(e.g. of a bank).

But for all other (code/health/taxes/so many others) queries use chatgpt. For code occasionally need to go to API docs, if chatgpt (v4) hallucinates. Not very often, but does happen, if the requirement gets complicated, example involve some specific (older) versions of certain APIs.

New comment by aws_ls in "I nearly died drowning"

aws_ls — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 08:42:47 +0000

I searched for Kadin on the page and came to your post. I was hoping to see a romantic end to their story. But that would have been too much Mills and Boon, I guess (sigh!). TBH large part in the middle does read like that, also the author reflecting on whether she has a crush on him. A very poignant long read.

New comment by aws_ls in "CUDA Is Still a Giant Moat for Nvidia"

aws_ls — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 14:12:17 +0000

I wonder where does Mojo (new programming language by Chris Lattner's company) fit in all this? Their promise is to be a super-set of Python (like C++ was to C) and resolve all hardware interface issues.

I know its still in development. But curious to know if someone has played around with it for the kind of needs discussed on this page.

Does time-restricted eating increase the risk of cardiovascular death?

aws_ls — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 14:44:23 +0000

Article URL: https://peterattiamd.com/time-restricted-eating-and-ascvd/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39807526

Points: 4

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New comment by aws_ls in "To Delay Death, Lift Weights (2017)"

aws_ls — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 09:07:36 +0000

You could start with farmer's carry, if you have some free space to walk in the gym. Lift two equal weights on each side, using both hands and walk for 1 minute. Start with easy weights and increase gradually, over a period of days/weeks to a point, where lifting and walking for a minute makes you really exhausted and by the end of the minute you are ready to drop the weights (but don't!).

Edit: Just be careful of back being straight and firm, while doing it.

New comment by aws_ls in "To Delay Death, Lift Weights (2017)"

aws_ls — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:45:08 +0000

Yes, Peter Attia says this precise thing in his book 'Outlive' and also his podcasts. I stopped using the gripper after that.

I started lifting weights 1 year and 2 months back - whole body compound lifts i.e. deadlift, squats, bench press, overhead press - and results are phenomenal.

Before that had been doing body weight for a decade push ups/ pull ups/ planks, and for some reason thought it was sufficient for me. Only when I pivoted to these (lifting weights) after a chronic pain developed due to excessive running, did I feel the difference.

Overall lifting weights and counting protein intake seems to be life changing. The chronic pain also went away.

New comment by aws_ls in "Scammed by the top result for 'Bitcoin wallet' in Apple App Store"

aws_ls — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:48:37 +0000

> The apple app indeed received it and promptly sent it off somewhere else. What's even crazier is that the apple app shows this info!

Did you try moving the crypto back to your Android wallet? Sometimes they do move to cold storage, or invest into DeFi schemes. It will be hidden in their T&C.

New comment by aws_ls in "Scammed by the top result for 'Bitcoin wallet' in Apple App Store"

aws_ls — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 07:07:51 +0000

This is understandably shocking. The way I have chosen bitcoin wallets is searching for trusted brands in the space using Google, and going to their website and then installing the app.

New comment by aws_ls in "What a major solar storm could do"

aws_ls — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:59:15 +0000

Great article. And also perhaps, should we always have the steering wheels in Cars even though level 5 FSD is reached?

Edit: If its not obvious, level 5 FSD will assume permanent availability of communication, GPS, sensors etc to be working at all times. So having a steering wheel backup for critical unforeseen situations should be a good redundancy and safety measure.

New comment by aws_ls in "Mourning Google"

aws_ls — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 10:08:45 +0000

Just wanted to thank folks, who helped me cross 500 Karma points :) ... It may not be a big deal for you all. But it seems to matter to me.