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New comment by hnjobsearch in "AI CEO – Replace your boss before they replace you"

hnjobsearch — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 21:14:46 +0000

The "scam" part of Tesla has been well-documented, from their failure to deliver reliable full self-driving to the Cybertruck's low quality manufacturing, there is a lot of information out there about it.

I can't comment on the other things.

New comment by hnjobsearch in "How England misplaced its first king"

hnjobsearch — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 11:55:44 +0000

Æthelstan was a fairly common name among the anglo-saxons at the time. The "Æthel-" prefix, really - meaning "noble" - was common among both boys and girls.

I am unaware of the culture around non-binary people at the time and can't comment as to the popularity of their preferred naming conventions.

New comment by hnjobsearch in "GPT-5 leaked system prompt?"

hnjobsearch — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 04:12:10 +0000

> why is it spoken to as if it's a being with genuine understanding?

Because it is incapable of thought and it is not a being with genuine understanding, so using language that more closely resembles its training corpus — text written between humans — is the most effective way of having it follow the instructions.

New comment by hnjobsearch in "The time bomb in the tax code that's fueling mass tech layoffs"

hnjobsearch — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 03:19:30 +0000

You went back to bed after being stung 50+ times by bees? That sounds like a medical emergency. I'm glad you are okay, but I'm amazed you were able to just shrug it off.

New comment by hnjobsearch in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025)"

hnjobsearch — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 06:40:13 +0000

Do you ever hire engineering staff in Canada?

Normally I wouldn't bother asking, but I think I'd be a very good fit here. Almost my entire career has been building sales CRM SaaS products.