Hacker News: insamniac

New comment by insamniac in "Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model"

insamniac — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 23:53:03 +0000

Nothing to hide for now.

New comment by insamniac in "Libre – An anonymous social experiment without likes, followers, or ads"

insamniac — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 23:35:49 +0000

Don't know how long it took, but we made it to Nazi videos pretty quick.

New comment by insamniac in "Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned into a Sims-style game"

insamniac — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 19:52:41 +0000

Not supported on linux :(

New comment by insamniac in "Show HN: Progressor – coach that breaks down big goals into actionable steps"

insamniac — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 08:37:21 +0000

Took me through a promising questionnaire on how to suck my own dick but I didn't want to pay the $2 to get the full plan. It's nice to know that it exists though.

New comment by insamniac in "Are Plants Farming Us?"

insamniac — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 03:17:38 +0000

I feel the same way tending to these goddamn machines. Who's helping whom?

New comment by insamniac in "Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time"

insamniac — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 19:46:32 +0000

All humans need to start being compensated for all the data they generate that gets collected. Start giving fractions of stock or whatever for all human input which can now more than ever be endlessly productized.

New comment by insamniac in "You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a legacy project (2023)"

insamniac — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 19:10:40 +0000

you should be a production line manager.

New comment by insamniac in "Show HN: Physically accurate black hole simulation using your iPhone camera"

insamniac — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 18:23:33 +0000

As above so below. I love how it looks so similar to a colonoscopy.

AI speech generator 'reaches human parity' – but it's too dangerous to release

insamniac — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:26:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.livescience.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/ai-speech-generator-reaches-human-parity-but-its-too-dangerous-to-release-scientists-say

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40927274

Points: 53

# Comments: 64

New comment by insamniac in "U.S. students will take the SAT online"

insamniac — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 18:34:25 +0000

The sad future.

New comment by insamniac in "Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids < 16"

insamniac — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 01:47:35 +0000

To what end exactly?

New comment by insamniac in "Building a defence startup"

insamniac — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 14:26:30 +0000

I was hoping for a few specific examples. You might be able to find something with more abstractions between yourself and the killing and destruction, but if there are any 'pure' industries out there, there certainly won't be enough jobs for all of us.

New comment by insamniac in "Building a defence startup"

insamniac — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 13:49:55 +0000

What are the most morally acceptable industries on offer that we should use our skills for instead?

New comment by insamniac in "Harry Browne’s Rules of Financial Safety (1999)"

insamniac — Sun, 03 Sep 2023 15:12:01 +0000

I haven't heard about this guy in a long time (2001 or so) but one thing he said has stuck with me for some reason, and pops into my mind often. I think he framed it as good general life advice to his young adult daughter. "No one owes you anything."

New comment by insamniac in "The Never Married, a New Normal"

insamniac — Mon, 29 May 2023 02:11:46 +0000

Were you actually able to convince yourself with all that or no?

Ask HN: What do we do with all these shovels?

insamniac — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 17:26:10 +0000

I'm just a boring enterprise java dev most of the time, but over the last year or so have been amazed by what can be done offline with the new AI tools that are getting so much deserved attention. With only a shallow understanding of the concepts behind things like GPT/Dall-E/StableDiffusion/Whisper, I think many of us are justifiably overwhelmed and even anxious about the implications.

The world will catch on once a few killer apps establish better footholds, but we're not at all prepared for what's coming. ( omg doom and gloom :D )

It's as though we're in the middle of a gold rush, and most of us are using shovels. But a few new technologies just showed up, allowing tiny teams to create factories capable of generating bespoke solutions like self-guided/self-healing electric razor shovels, and quadruple edged camouflaged scanning bean shovel, etc..

Whichever shovel factories come out on top is somewhat irrelevant, though we'll probably some new billionaries in this area soon.

The thing I'm excited about most is that this will allow some 10x developer/creator types to become 10^x once they master the right combination of skills.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33868621

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by insamniac in "Disassembling an Amazon Blink Mini camera"

insamniac — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 00:36:39 +0000

The official rtsp firmware is garbage and outdated and of course still phones home. For v3 I have been playing with https://github.com/gtxaspec/wz_mini_hacks which seems very promising since it allows ssh root access.

New comment by insamniac in "Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes"

insamniac — Sat, 02 Jul 2022 03:39:31 +0000

transpoosion

Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a major contributing cause [pdf]

insamniac — Thu, 05 May 2022 01:23:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Haidt%20Testimony.pdf

Hacker News: insamniac

New comment by insamniac in "Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model"

New comment by insamniac in "Libre – An anonymous social experiment without likes, followers, or ads"

New comment by insamniac in "Show HN: We started building an AI dev tool but it turned into a Sims-style game"

New comment by insamniac in "Show HN: Progressor – coach that breaks down big goals into actionable steps"

New comment by insamniac in "Are Plants Farming Us?"

New comment by insamniac in "Copilot for Everything: Training your AI replacement one keystroke at a time"

New comment by insamniac in "You're not a senior engineer until you've worked on a legacy project (2023)"

New comment by insamniac in "Show HN: Physically accurate black hole simulation using your iPhone camera"

AI speech generator 'reaches human parity' – but it's too dangerous to release

New comment by insamniac in "U.S. students will take the SAT online"

New comment by insamniac in "Florida House of Representatives approves bill to ban social media for kids < 16"

New comment by insamniac in "Building a defence startup"

New comment by insamniac in "Building a defence startup"

New comment by insamniac in "Harry Browne’s Rules of Financial Safety (1999)"

New comment by insamniac in "The Never Married, a New Normal"

Ask HN: What do we do with all these shovels?

New comment by insamniac in "Disassembling an Amazon Blink Mini camera"

New comment by insamniac in "Modern city dwellers have lost about half their gut microbes"

Teen mental health is plummeting and social media is a major contributing cause [pdf]

Custom AI Text to Speech for Streamers