Hacker News: jassyr

New comment by jassyr in "Ask HN: Any interesting niche hobbies?"

jassyr — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:04:13 +0000

Very cool! I've been playing uke for a few years to help me disconnect from the real world.

Did you go to a luthier school or self taught?

New comment by jassyr in "AI helps add 10k more photos to OldNYC"

jassyr — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:02:17 +0000

I love this! Thanks for sharing. My job involves reviewing old maps and documents, and I have a special place in my heart for easily accessible archives.

So much cool stuff is freely available at libraries but in practice no one visits them anymore.

New comment by jassyr in "How elites could shape mass preferences as AI reduces persuasion costs"

jassyr — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:14:11 +0000

You mentioned you're not a fan of this administration. That's -1 on your PalsOfState(tm) score. Your employer has been notified (they know where you work of course), and your spouse's employer too. Your child's application to Fancy University has been moved to the bottom of the pile, by the way the university recently settled a lawsuit brought by the governmentfor admitting too many "disruptors" with low PalsOfState scores. Palantir had provided a way for you to improve you score, click the Donateto47 button to improve your score. We hope you can attend the next political rally in your home town, their cameras will be there to make sure.

New comment by jassyr in "An unprecedented window into how diseases take hold years before symptoms appear"

jassyr — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:11:35 +0000

you can't criticize someone for poor reasoning while simultaneously making unsupported claims yourself

New comment by jassyr in "What I learned gathering nootropic ratings (2022)"

jassyr — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:19:24 +0000

Creatine does help some. Staying hydrated and good sleep, too.

New comment by jassyr in "What I learned gathering nootropic ratings (2022)"

jassyr — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:47:52 +0000

I'm in a similar situation but with multiple sclerosis for over 15 years. I love to exercise, however on some days a medium-intensity cardio session will leave my brain functioning at like 50% which is not great for my job. I gotta work hard to make sure my gas tank has enough for all the tasks planned for that day. My neurologist calls it Energy Management.

New comment by jassyr in "Microsoft's Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing"

jassyr — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:52:34 +0000

It's like some sort of Cunningham's Law Inception.

New comment by jassyr in "Microsoft unveils Majorana 1 quantum processor"

jassyr — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 17:05:49 +0000

Whenever I read about a scientific breakthrough I login to HN to see what the smart people think about it, and am disappointed if there isn't a post with hundreds of comments.

New comment by jassyr in "Elon Musk PAC will pay registered voters in swing states to sign a petition"

jassyr — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 04:49:09 +0000

Yes. In any election in which a federal candidate is on the ballot, federal law prohibits any individual or entity, including 501(c)(3) nonprofits, social welfare organizations, and unions, from knowingly and willfully paying, offering to pay, or accepting payment either for registering to vote or voting

52 U.S.C. § 10307

New comment by jassyr in "No one expects young men to do anything and they respond by doing nothing (2022)"

jassyr — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 13:28:29 +0000

Even so, the IP is used to make things which require resources. Disney IP is used to make toys, movies, books, etc, that all require electricity, paper, computers, employees sitting and eating, commuting into the office. Or a vaccine patent will be used to make a vaccine which requires a factory to be built and operated, the product produced, stored, shipped, used, and disposed into a landfill.

New comment by jassyr in "Ask HN: People who switched from GPT to their own models. How was it?"

jassyr — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 04:49:16 +0000

Reddit community r/LocalLlama has great info

New comment by jassyr in "Better Call GPT: Comparing large language models against lawyers [pdf]"

jassyr — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 16:10:31 +0000

I'm in the energy sector and have been thinking of fine tuning a local llm on energy-specific legal documents, court cases, and other industry documents. Would this solve some of the problems you mention about producing specific answers? Have you tried something like that?

New comment by jassyr in "Polyamory, the Ruling Class's Latest Fad"

jassyr — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:47:25 +0000

Morals for thee, but not for me!

New comment by jassyr in "Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago"

jassyr — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:48:22 +0000

Ah thanks for the clarification, I suppose I considered the survivor the superior.

New comment by jassyr in "Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago"

jassyr — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:46:31 +0000

Ha, that took an unexpected but interesting twist!

New comment by jassyr in "Neanderthals and humans lived side by side in Northern Europe 45,000 years ago"

jassyr — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 15:10:36 +0000

I wonder how the neanderthals felt when a new, superior(?) species appeared out of nowhere. Is this how we're feeling about technology and AI now? Give technology another thousand years and humans may well be facing the same fate as neanderthals did. Or perhaps like nea/humans, we will find a way to interbreed?

New comment by jassyr in "Pixel owners report problems after installing January 2024 Google Play update"

jassyr — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 17:52:53 +0000

6a user here. No issues.

New comment by jassyr in "Mark Zuckerberg’s new goal is creating artificial general intelligence"

jassyr — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:40:49 +0000

I went down a very deep rabbit hole looking into the Tang clan/dynasty. So interesting.

New comment by jassyr in "Boeing whistleblower: MAX 9 production line has "enormous volume of defects""

jassyr — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 14:08:03 +0000

Having been through a number of mergers and subsequent layoffs, I can confirm the surviving talent is typically less... Talented.

New comment by jassyr in "Antidepressant use is surging in Britain"

jassyr — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:36:11 +0000

>While some people may have a temperament that predisposes them to having depressive episodes or symptoms

This is me, and that's why I needed medication (bandaids).