Hacker News: forgotmysn

New comment by forgotmysn in "Crossing the uncanny valley of conversational voice"

forgotmysn — Sun, 02 Mar 2025 10:34:31 +0000

a lot of comments are dismissive of these generated convos because of out how obvious it is that these convos are generated. i feel like that's a high bar. you can tell that GTA5 is generated, but it's close enough to be fun. i imagine that's as close as we'll get with conversational AI

New comment by forgotmysn in "Is the world becoming uninsurable?"

forgotmysn — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:23:56 +0000

Mexico is in the middle of a crippling drought

New comment by forgotmysn in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2023)"

forgotmysn — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 14:24:09 +0000

knock yourself out

New comment by forgotmysn in "Odyssey – A Custom Blockchain Seeking Advice and Feedback"

forgotmysn — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 03:22:39 +0000

you should post in ShowHN

New comment by forgotmysn in "Ask HN: What pay to target when joining a startup?"

forgotmysn — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 22:04:47 +0000

most start-ups I've worked for have been transparent about operating budgets and runway, but I can't think of any that would open up the books to a random employee, let alone a candidate.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace"

forgotmysn — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 07:06:07 +0000

wasn't it already nerfed?

New comment by forgotmysn in "Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace"

forgotmysn — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 07:05:15 +0000

I believe so. and while it's not significantly worse, it is worse. thumbnails don't populate as consistently, the menu has me full screening a chat sometimes, it's just not as nice.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddit CEO’s recent remarks"

forgotmysn — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 05:31:01 +0000

agreed. but as long as the investors are to move their shares during the IPO before a complete exodus occurs, they are perfectly happy with that outcome.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddit CEO’s recent remarks"

forgotmysn — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 04:22:08 +0000

he's literally doing exactly what the board wants. reddit's investors are more than happy to sacrifices users and the user experience for profitability.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Startups Are Scooping Up Big Tech’s Cast-Off Workers"

forgotmysn — Thu, 11 May 2023 07:01:29 +0000

this might have been news is like, 2009, but it's certainly not a new trend worth reporting.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Startups Are Scooping Up Big Tech’s Cast-Off Workers"

forgotmysn — Thu, 11 May 2023 06:57:30 +0000

uh ya no shit. start-ups froth over having devs with experience at big tech co's so they can throw the logos on their decks. thank the lord the WSJ is performing society-driving journalism like this.

New comment by forgotmysn in "YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers"

forgotmysn — Thu, 11 May 2023 01:04:18 +0000

Odysee is the one I see referenced the most

New comment by forgotmysn in "YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers"

forgotmysn — Thu, 11 May 2023 00:55:08 +0000

the end is nigh. tragic, but inevitable. adblockers are the only thing that make YT worth using. honestly hard to imagine ever going back to that site once adblockers are kaput.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Tall Poppy Syndrome: How to Succeed in Tech Without Being Cut Down"

forgotmysn — Sat, 06 May 2023 04:26:01 +0000

the term is much more popular in Aus than in the states, in my experience. there is more of a 'ambition can/will hurt you' culture.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Ask HN: Would you pay for a verified-only social network?"

forgotmysn — Thu, 04 May 2023 17:04:12 +0000

absolutely not

New comment by forgotmysn in "Ask HN: How do I find my “purpose”?"

forgotmysn — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 17:13:39 +0000

do drugs. travel alone. try lots of different kinds of jobs. good luck.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Ask HN: Shouldn't California Cut Its Housing Mandate in Light of Tech Layoffs?"

forgotmysn — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 18:39:12 +0000

Definitely not

New comment by forgotmysn in "Turo Requires a Driver's License Number and Credit Card to Show Full Price"

forgotmysn — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:11:28 +0000

Ya, I have much more faith in the courts to discern fair deployments of dark patterns than I do any legislative body.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Turo Requires a Driver's License Number and Credit Card to Show Full Price"

forgotmysn — Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:30:17 +0000

I share your sentiment, but I'm not sure there are any legislators I trust to understand or regulate dark patterns effectively.

New comment by forgotmysn in "Ask HN: What interesting data you have found using a web scraper?"

forgotmysn — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:09:40 +0000

lol ya web scrapers are pretty targeted. unless you're the nsa, it's pretty tough to vacuum up everything.