Hacker News: jackthetab

New comment by jackthetab in "Alterego: Thought to Text"

jackthetab — Mon, 08 Sep 2025 22:18:40 +0000

Thirteen minutes is an "exceedingly long video"?! Man, I thought I was jaded complaining about 20 minute videos! :-)

I want to know is what are the connected to? A laptop? A AS400? An old Cray they have lying around? I'd think doing the demo while walking would have been de riguer.

Anyway, tres cool!

New comment by jackthetab in "OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one at Walmart"

jackthetab — Sat, 06 Sep 2025 04:06:39 +0000

Tres cool! Can you point me in the direction of how to do that? We're a small, bootstrapped company and could use a manager like that.

New comment by jackthetab in "AI models need a virtual machine"

jackthetab — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 19:14:23 +0000

Since I'm interested in local, small-use [1] cases of AI, what about the byte code VMs is not AI-scale? And what is AI-scale?

[1] I'm looking at single-person/small office LLMs to do simple jobs: summarize these pdfs, structure this data, help drafting a document, that sort of thing, not a be-all end-all monster. Think of a bunch of highly intelligent Python scripts as opposed to Microsoft Office.

New comment by jackthetab in "Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org"

jackthetab — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 22:56:45 +0000

This is a question that I rarely see answered but would love to know as well.

New comment by jackthetab in "I'm tired of talking about AI"

jackthetab — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:24 +0000

Do you follow Steve Brunton's YT channel[1]? His physics stuff is mostly fluid dynamics but still pretty cool.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/@Eigensteve

New comment by jackthetab in "Ask HN: What are you actually using LLMs for in production?"

jackthetab — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:11:01 +0000

Which LLMs and plans are you guys using for all of these cool ideas?

ATM I use ChatGPT Plus for everything except coding inside my Jetbrains IDEs.

I'm starting to look around at other LLMs for non-coding purposes (brainstorming, docs, being a project manager, summarizing, learning new subjects, etc.).

New comment by jackthetab in "Jane Street Boss Says He Was Duped into Funding AK-47s for Coup"

jackthetab — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 11:43:55 +0000

So I hear. And we all know smart/rich people can never be duped or make a mistake outside their areas of expertise. /s

New comment by jackthetab in "Show HN: Weather Watching"

jackthetab — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:13:41 +0000

Cool. Do you have write-up of the technical details or a tutorial on how you did this? I'm not familiar with the tech you mentioned but it'd be interesting to see how it's done and so...easily? cheaply? by non-mega-organizations?

New comment by jackthetab in "How Close to Black Mirror Are We?"

jackthetab — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 03:34:56 +0000

That one really is "too close to reality" as in, it's now a reality, at least on the battlefield, IIUC.

New comment by jackthetab in "How Close to Black Mirror Are We?"

jackthetab — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 03:33:48 +0000

No, I get the "too close to reality" vibes. I actually like that.

LD&R ROCKED! At least the first season; I still watch it regularly (well, I did before Netflix EOLed my TV). Season 2 was forgettable. Season 3 kinda made up for Season 2.

New comment by jackthetab in "AI is going to hack Jira"

jackthetab — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:55:07 +0000

> there are individuals out there who know a lot about many things, and those are probably the ones companies want to hire the most

No, they don't. They want specialists, as you point out.

New comment by jackthetab in "How Close to Black Mirror Are We?"

jackthetab — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:06:42 +0000

If you also avoid movies and books of the same ilk for the same reasons, yeah, I can see that.

To me, they're just great SF stories (well, the first three(?) seasons before Netflix bought them and Americanized them): some poignant, some horror-ish, some uplifting.

I found the "unforeseen consequences" of technology fascinating, but that's just me.

New comment by jackthetab in "How Close to Black Mirror Are We?"

jackthetab — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:35:31 +0000

You've missed out on a lot.

New comment by jackthetab in "Why I Won't Use AI"

jackthetab — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:01:16 +0000

Just because I want/use an artisan knife or bake my own bread in my kitchen doesn't mean I want an artisan microwave or raise my own cows.

New comment by jackthetab in "A Primer on US Healthcare"

jackthetab — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 02:19:08 +0000

> one of the many pernicious effects government regulation has caused in the industry.

Honest question.

DAE interpret this as (implying) all government regulation (in this industry) has pernicious effects?

New comment by jackthetab in "A Blacklisted American Magician Became a Hero in Brazil"

jackthetab — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 18:07:45 +0000

I just saw an interview with Penn wherein he stated that they have been thrown out of The Magic Castle, et. al for revealing tricks.

Given their popularity, I'm sure they've been allowed back in. :-)

New comment by jackthetab in "A Secret Trove of Rare Guitars Heads to the Met"

jackthetab — Wed, 21 May 2025 18:13:14 +0000

Seconding Harley Benton and the Positive Grid. I bought an HB-35 B Stock (a return) and a Positive Grid Spark Go (I'm a bedroom player atm). With setup, the whole thing set me back 350 USD.

New comment by jackthetab in "Ditching Obsidian and building my own"

jackthetab — Sun, 18 May 2025 19:54:25 +0000

I tend to start a note with frontmatter in Obsidian, drop into vim to do the writing, then back into Obsidian to clean things up. Wish there were a cleaner way to do it, but it works for me.

New comment by jackthetab in "Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview"

jackthetab — Wed, 07 May 2025 03:34:22 +0000

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New comment by jackthetab in "Show HN: Aqua Voice 2 – Fast Voice Input for Mac and Windows"

jackthetab — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 22:21:57 +0000

Agreed.

This is where I bounce (out of this discussion).