Hacker News: drvladbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=drvladbHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:17:47 +0000<![CDATA[I salvaged $6k of luxury items discarded by Duke students]]>Article URL: https://indyweek.com/culture/duke-students-dumpster-diving/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44108207

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# Comments: 321

]]>Tue, 27 May 2025 15:59:23 +0000https://indyweek.com/culture/duke-students-dumpster-diving/drvladbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44108207https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44108207<![CDATA[New comment by drvladb in "OpenAI o3 and o4-mini"]]>o1 is a much larger, more expensive to operate on OpenAI's end. Having a smaller "newer" (roughly equating newer to more capable) model means that you can match the performance of larger older models while reducing inference and API costs.

]]>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:16:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43707916drvladbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43707916https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43707916<![CDATA[New comment by drvladb in "Ask HN: Should there be new RPN calculators to replace the TI-84?"]]>The HP Prime, though pricy, supports a decent RPN mode. Definitely for a higher level of education (CAS, programs, all that fun stuff), but approved for a decent amount of US based exams.

]]>Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:18:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43308856drvladbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43308856https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43308856<![CDATA[New comment by drvladb in "Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice"]]>Definitely an improvement over your normal Text-To-Speach model, and to some degree really different, but the subtle imperfections do appear and ruin the overall perception. A move in the right direction, though, I suppose.

]]>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 06:30:24 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43227949drvladbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43227949https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43227949<![CDATA[New comment by drvladb in "Happy New Year 2025"]]>To what's to come :)

With a new year / с (наступающим) новым годом / з новим роком

]]>Wed, 01 Jan 2025 03:12:13 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42563663drvladbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42563663https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42563663<![CDATA[New comment by drvladb in "Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds"]]>I’d like that idea, but I feel like more would have to go into it. Things like user-accessible updates/reflashing, or someone to care enough about the software to fix it for use by everyone else. Support requirements + this are probably a better way to go.

]]>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:51:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42398410drvladbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42398410https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42398410<![CDATA[New comment by drvladb in "IMG_0001"]]>I believe Youtube just serves the video with a Shorts UI, nothing special besides the formatting of the page.

]]>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:07:15 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42319494drvladbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42319494https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42319494<![CDATA[New comment by drvladb in "Hetzner cloud servers are now available in Ashburn USA"]]>I think that you are referencing the Germany’s Network Enforcement Law, or NetzDG.

]]>Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:38:35 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29093311drvladbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29093311https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29093311