Hacker News: ben174

New comment by ben174 in "A Hands-On Introduction to Machine Learning"

ben174 — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 01:57:51 +0000

Am I correct in finding this is only accessible via paying for it, or if you are currently enrolled in school? Or is there someway to gain access to this information without paying?

New comment by ben174 in "Ableton Push 3"

ben174 — Tue, 23 May 2023 20:20:51 +0000

I strongly feel that with the more year that I acquire, the less creative I become. I don’t think it’s an age thing that slowed me down, it’s an over abundance of options. The few times I’ve been stuck with just my laptop and a copy of FL studio, the old creative me comes back.

New comment by ben174 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2023)"

ben174 — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:09:49 +0000

I advise to not invest time into this company. They took me through three rounds and completely ghosted me. I emailed several times and heard nothing. Only when they saw me on the outside did they realize they should probably get back to me.

New comment by ben174 in "The Twitter API is now effectively unmaintained"

ben174 — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:24:01 +0000

Reddit survived a long time with absolutely horrendous stability. They still have pretty bad uptime: 99.72 % uptime (web). Their community was very vocal about it, but they continued to grow.

I could even see it helping. When reddit was down everyone lost their shit and there would be posts "where were you during the outage of '21" and "today I actually went outside", etc.. Kinda adds to the hype.

New comment by ben174 in "Adobe Firefly: AI Art Generator"

ben174 — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:51:55 +0000

Closed beta. Requesting access requires filling out a four page form. Product page is a bunch of hand-selected images.

Nothing to see here.

New comment by ben174 in "Tell HN: MailChimp blacklists your IP if you open the browser's dev tools"

ben174 — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:57:02 +0000

Can you just view the RAW email body after it's sent?

New comment by ben174 in "Show HN: Django Developers – Reverse Job Board for Django Developers"

ben174 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 20:07:14 +0000

Why would anyone waste their time creating a profile on this site if no one can find you unless they have a "business subscription".

New comment by ben174 in "The Quest for Netflix on Asahi Linux"

ben174 — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:07:26 +0000

It's not worthless though, because if it didn't exist - some browser extension would appear the next day which adds a nice little download right next to the play button.

New comment by ben174 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (March 2023)"

ben174 — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 21:32:22 +0000

Location: SF Bay Area

Remote: Yes

Willing to Relocate: Possibly

Technologies: Python/Django (Full Stack: React) - AWS - CI/CD, with a particular focus on testing and optimizing test suites.

Résumé/CV: www.bugben.com

resume+hn@bugben.com

New comment by ben174 in "Microsoft somehow brings iMessage to Windows – will it last?"

ben174 — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:07:36 +0000

Yea, when I saw these limitations, the first thing I thought of was Tesla. And Tesla makes it very clear with their messaging, when you first pair your phone, something like 'Due to limitations by Apple, you won't be able to participate in group chats.'

It seems obvious to me Apple always wants to keep one critical thing inaccessible for iMessage, to lock people into using their platforms. They'd rather Tesla use car play, that way they can lock the integration down so others (like Windows) can't use the same integration.

New comment by ben174 in "Mysterious object is being dragged into the black hole at the Milky Way’s center"

ben174 — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 21:22:50 +0000

I don't. But that doesn't matter. If it has happened it has happened. Whether I know about it has no bearing on reality (not my reality).

New comment by ben174 in "Mysterious object is being dragged into the black hole at the Milky Way’s center"

ben174 — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 16:25:39 +0000

I can't make any sense of this. It has happened over there - so it's happened. How does it make a difference where I am standing. I'm not talking about my reality. I'm talking about reality. Things which have taken place and nothing can change that.

New comment by ben174 in "Bigscreen Beyond – Small VR Headset"

ben174 — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:51:09 +0000

One cool often overlooked thing about BigScreen VR is the fact that 3D movies work perfectly. It's a great experience watching a 3D movie on a giant virtual screen.

New comment by ben174 in "Bigscreen Beyond – Small VR Headset"

ben174 — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 16:50:19 +0000

I do believe one of the reasons VR has been slow to gain traction is because of the bulkiness/awkwardness of the headsets. This definitely takes care of the weight, but it still looks ridiculous. I don't foresee people sitting on the train wearing these.

The right headset is around the corner, but this isn't it.

New comment by ben174 in "Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software"

ben174 — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 22:08:06 +0000

Is this a hosts file only? It doesn't seem to want to import into uBlock.

New comment by ben174 in "Google and Mozilla are working on iOS browsers that aren't based on WebKit"

ben174 — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 20:43:15 +0000

Once the native engine is available to the general public, there will be more users. When there are more users, there will likely be more resources thrown at development.

New comment by ben174 in "Until further notice, think twice before using Google to download software"

ben174 — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 19:03:31 +0000

Any other external filter lists that are useful?

New comment by ben174 in "ChatGPT Plus"

ben174 — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:49:39 +0000

What is the expected format of the transcript? Would this work?

Me: I'm feeling lonely Bot: I'm sorry Me: What should I do?

New comment by ben174 in "ChatGPT Plus"

ben174 — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 19:44:57 +0000

Wow, I just implemented this in BTT and it's amazing how quickly it's become an indispensable tool. Just highlight any text I type and get the "answer" to it. Thanks for the tip!

New comment by ben174 in "Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell"

ben174 — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 21:25:42 +0000

www.showertexts.com

Sends you a daily SMS with the top upvoted /r/showerthoughts of the day. I've been running it for several years and people seem to really appreciate it.