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New comment by dumbmachine in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (February 2026)"

dumbmachine — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 10:38:24 +0000

Working on pg-fs, a postgres backed file system abstraction for ai agents. So I agents can be given their familiar file primitives, without

https://github.com/DumbMachine/pg-fs

A version of it powers my local rubber duck thoughts and voice note store. Like an explicit chatgpt memory store, helps with information fomo cause I know finding the needle in haystack would be easy.

The Gili Ra'anan model: Questions emerging from Cyberstarts' remarkable success

dumbmachine — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 08:54:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/b1a1jn00hc

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41044040

Points: 2

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New comment by dumbmachine in "Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5"

dumbmachine — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:58:42 +0000

It would, probably, be cost prohibitive to use 10M context to it's fullest each time.

I instead hope for to have an api to access to the context as a datastore, so like RAG we can control what to store but unlike rag all data stays within context.

New comment by dumbmachine in "Ask HN: What apps have you created for your own use?"

dumbmachine — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:28:25 +0000

Its still a work in progress. https://github.com/DumbMachine/pbs/ to use a keyboard to interact with web. It's like vimium but tailored to my liking:

- hints are acronym of textContent ( or metadata ) of html elements.

- A command bar with fuzzy search for browserhistory.

Helped reduce mouse usage, which I think was causing strain on my wrist.

Launching Peak XV Partners

dumbmachine — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:27:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.peakxv.com/article/launching-peak-xv-partners/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36211598

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by dumbmachine in "Stripe tried to raise more funding at a $55B-$60B valuation"

dumbmachine — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 13:31:59 +0000

Considering they are in the same segment, Adyen seems to be doing fine. EPS of 17.64 https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/ADYEN.AS/

Could be a result of smaller product suite and headcount of Adyen.

Is massively collaborative mathematics possible? (2009)

dumbmachine — Sat, 10 Dec 2022 15:04:19 +0000

Article URL: https://gowers.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/is-massively-collaborative-mathematics-possible/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33933194

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Toward a simpler, safer life online

dumbmachine — Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:54:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.future.1password.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32579480

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Pinterest debuts a new app, Shuffles, for collage-making and moodboards

dumbmachine — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 06:44:49 +0000

Article URL: https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/01/pinterest-debuts-a-new-app-shuffles-for-collage-making-and-moodboards/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32315818

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

IntelliCode API Usage Examples

dumbmachine — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 14:13:14 +0000

Article URL: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=VisualStudioExptTeam.intellicode-api-usage-examples

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31977257

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Europe becomes Covid-19's epicentre again, some countries look at fresh curbs

dumbmachine — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 19:00:03 +0000

Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/covid-19s-epicentre-again-europe-faces-fresh-reckoning-2021-11-12/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29203201

Points: 1

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New comment by dumbmachine in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2021)"

dumbmachine — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 17:26:41 +0000

Location: United Arab Emirates

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, JS, ReactJS, Postgres, MongoDB, Little CV/Data Science

CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ratin-kumar-8a6272141/

email: ratin.kumar.2k@gmail.com

Extremely Passionate ( and Fresh graduate ) FullStack developer based in India/Abu Dhabi. Have experience working at startups and corporate. Previously Engineering Intern, doing qa and creating testing pipelines, at a startup in Paris. Interested in Backend/Fullstack, but also open to Data/MLE, positions.

New comment by dumbmachine in "Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”"

dumbmachine — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 22:28:48 +0000

I don't follow enough users to have a flourishing newsfeed, so facebook gives me suggestions to follow pages and shows posts from those pages. These suggestions are purely based on what facebook thinks I may like.

With people having enough sources to feed their newsfeed, facebook decides the order and cherry picks what posts are shown.

> Is facebook wrong for showing you the things you said you want it to show you?

I do agree with this. Coming to a solution to this would be hard problem. Users will have to give finer information about types of posts people like from a creator. I doubt there are any real work incentives for a big company to build a system like this.

New comment by dumbmachine in "Facebook is now claiming official CDC.gov links are “False Information”"

dumbmachine — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 20:13:21 +0000

By adding content to user's newsfeed, they ( facebook's algorithm ) have made a explicit decision to share the piece of content and implicit decision that they deem the post safe for sharing. In that case shouldn't a speaker operator be responsible for the voices they amplify?

New comment by dumbmachine in "Show HN: A graveyard for my side projects"

dumbmachine — Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:15:45 +0000

Graveyard listing of some failed startups. https://www.failory.com/cemetery.