Hacker News: garagemc2

New comment by garagemc2 in "Niantic announces "Large Geospatial Model" trained on Pokémon Go player data"

garagemc2 — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:50:09 +0000

Don't quite understand the application of this?

New comment by garagemc2 in "Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all"

garagemc2 — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 03:41:46 +0000

No. But people do want large action models and for that you need a training dataset, which is what Recall will provide.

New comment by garagemc2 in "Ask HN: I love programming but hate the industry. Can anyone relate?"

garagemc2 — Mon, 18 Jul 2022 11:38:46 +0000

How did you find your job?

New comment by garagemc2 in "Ask HN: Anyone have stock option horror stories?"

garagemc2 — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 10:37:18 +0000

Name and Shame!

New comment by garagemc2 in "Swedish PM rejects opposition calls to consider joining NATO"

garagemc2 — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 21:23:55 +0000

The UK said the same to Australia. No one came during after the bombing of Darwin , in fact it was AU troops that ended up helping out the empire.

New comment by garagemc2 in "Ask HN: Non-tech professionals on HN?"

garagemc2 — Sat, 09 Oct 2021 15:10:00 +0000

What made you switch?

New comment by garagemc2 in "Extremely disillusioned with technology. Please help"

garagemc2 — Tue, 05 May 2020 07:15:16 +0000

ha Bullshit jobs is a great place to start.

New comment by garagemc2 in "Is the world's best butter worth 50 dollars a pound? (2017)"

garagemc2 — Mon, 20 Apr 2020 03:52:31 +0000

Out of curiosity what is the reputation of Lurpak like in Denmark? It's top shelf butter in most mainstream supermarkets in the UK and Australia.

New comment by garagemc2 in "Hinkley Point C nuclear plant to run £2.9bn over budget"

garagemc2 — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 10:58:50 +0000

I wonder why large projects are never fully costed? Is it because the real cost would remove any initial appetite for the project?

New comment by garagemc2 in "Inside Huawei – A Photo Essay"

garagemc2 — Wed, 22 May 2019 14:49:11 +0000

Wow some really interesting choices in terms of architecture. Quite like how the employees have a nap after lunch. One of the main reasons I don't go for heavy lunches at work is because I feel so sleepy afterwards.

New comment by garagemc2 in "Ask HN: Startup failed after years of work – Can I even get a job now?"

garagemc2 — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:45:24 +0000

Just thought I'd add that you'll not only be in demand as a developer but probably very much as a product manager - especially for startups looking for product / market fit.

New comment by garagemc2 in "Zillow CEO: startups trying to disrupt real estate commissions will fail (2012)"

garagemc2 — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:58 +0000

Wow, in the UK it is about 1 - 2%.

New comment by garagemc2 in "Apple becomes the first $1T company"

garagemc2 — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 17:30:24 +0000

didn't actually buy it initially just licensed it. The underlying company tried to sell the license but Microsoft stopped it.

New comment by garagemc2 in "How Zildjian, a 390-year-old family business, avoids layoffs (2013)"

garagemc2 — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 13:32:24 +0000

The biggest threat to Zildjian is a shift to electric drums and thus electric cymbals.

New comment by garagemc2 in "Ask HN: How do you sell to governments and large organizations?"

garagemc2 — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:55:56 +0000

didn't quite understand what you meant, but keen to learn what you mean and why :)

New comment by garagemc2 in "Spend analysis of 6 years, 686 rides, and $12k spent on Uber (2017)"

garagemc2 — Mon, 21 May 2018 13:02:21 +0000

Had the same thing in Brighton. Uber was quoting £90, taxi stand was £48.

New comment by garagemc2 in "Spotify Form F-1"

garagemc2 — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 23:20:06 +0000

wow kinda reminds me of groovesharks dj feature, missed that.

New comment by garagemc2 in "How Apple Built a Chip Powerhouse to Threaten Qualcomm and Intel"

garagemc2 — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 23:42:58 +0000

Why don't companies just come up with their own designs?

New comment by garagemc2 in "How Apple Built a Chip Powerhouse to Threaten Qualcomm and Intel"

garagemc2 — Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:21:48 +0000

> Right now Apple is several years ahead of other high end phone manufacturers in CPUs.

I hear this statement a lot... how is this determined?

New comment by garagemc2 in "How Australian Tech Companies Can Think About Silicon Valley"

garagemc2 — Fri, 08 Dec 2017 08:21:49 +0000

So what is the correct thing to do here? Do the selling yourself or go along to sales meetings?