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New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "What Being Ripped Off Taught Me"

jfrbfbreudh — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:53:47 +0000

No longer a contractor but I used to offer a 10-15% discount for paying upfront. Almost every client took this deal. Earned a little less but never lost sleep over payments.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "The three year myth"

jfrbfbreudh — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 19:12:31 +0000

The author could be technically competent, but I think he’s completely failed to recognize one of the core principles of getting recognition and promotions at work:

Who are you bringing with you?

As in, who else gets recognition and success as a result of you doing well? If it’s your boss, great, promotion likely. If it’s your skip, even better.

If the result of your grand project is that it solely makes you look good, nobody else is incentivized to support you in any capacity. It’s much more likely that it will have the exact opposite effect: you will be seen as a selfish and ambitious threat.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "OpenAI's cash burn will be one of the big bubble questions of 2026"

jfrbfbreudh — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 03:25:57 +0000

Google’s moat:

Try “@gmail” in Gemini

Google’s surface area to apply AI is larger than any other company’s. And they have arguably the best multimodal model and indisputably the best flash model?

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "State of AI: An Empirical 100T Token Study with OpenRouter"

jfrbfbreudh — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:26:37 +0000

with enough samples

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Ask HN: How does one stay motivated to grind through LeetCode?"

jfrbfbreudh — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:54:29 +0000

Identity precedes habit.

I accepted that mastering algorithms was something I needed to do if I wanted to break into my desired income bracket.

So I leaned into the premise that I was a Leetcode grinder. And I spent 6 months during COVID doing only that.

I went from never having solved a medium on my own to being able to solve almost any medium in < 5 minutes (sometimes < 2 minutes).

I landed a job in HFT fairly quickly once I started interviewing.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts"

jfrbfbreudh — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 20:55:00 +0000

Or the stock price was suppressed pending antitrust decision?

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "A.I. researchers are negotiating $250M pay packages"

jfrbfbreudh — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 16:52:03 +0000

dude, computers are just rocks that we coerced into adding 1’s and 0’s. when are people finally going to wake up?

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Google AI Ultra"

jfrbfbreudh — Tue, 20 May 2025 22:14:47 +0000

This is what Google currently does for access to their top models.

AI Studio (web UI, free, will train on your data) vs API (won’t train on your data).

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "The ADHD body double: A unique tool for getting things done"

jfrbfbreudh — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 03:49:13 +0000

Same here. I started an in-office job recently as the company’s highest ranking engineer and my productivity has plummeted vs WFH.

I found myself having to allocate mental bandwidth to my environment to allow for the possibility of being interrupted by others, so I ended up both less productive and more tired.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Tesla deliveries down 43% in Europe while EVs are up 31%"

jfrbfbreudh — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 13:24:14 +0000

https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Haber

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "George Foreman has died"

jfrbfbreudh — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 13:34:03 +0000

To the downvoters: Hogan is a notorious liar and definitely lied about the grill story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AukVofRrSP8

If you have some time to kill, this is a fun video to watch. Otherwise, you can just google his long list of lies.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "YouTube, when the walls fell [video]"

jfrbfbreudh — Sun, 09 Mar 2025 04:08:19 +0000

Sounds like Chengyu

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengyu

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Ask HN: I'm 38 and I have just left my last startup. What should I do next?"

jfrbfbreudh — Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:25:09 +0000

Just apply everywhere, the market is terrible and you will need to cast a wide net.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Bryan Johnson – The World's Most Expensive Eating Disorder"

jfrbfbreudh — Thu, 28 Nov 2024 21:59:01 +0000

It’s not about the fasting, it’s about being chronically low body fat. 6% is comically unhealthy.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Understanding the Limitations of Mathematical Reasoning in LLMs"

jfrbfbreudh — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:04:39 +0000

I think it’s an important result because filtering signal from noise is just as, if not more, important than forming conclusions from signal.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Ask HN: Freelancer's Dilemma – Client Won't Pay Despite Clear Agreement"

jfrbfbreudh — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:21:24 +0000

I offer a 15-20% discount for payment upfront. I basically view it as insurance against late/never payments.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Ask HN: What were interviews like before Leetcode?"

jfrbfbreudh — Wed, 03 Jul 2024 05:19:13 +0000

woops

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Nvidia announces financial results for first quarter fiscal 2025"

jfrbfbreudh — Wed, 22 May 2024 21:06:50 +0000

You quite literally can; a $1000 strike call contract on NVDA 2-DTE is <$2000

$1140 strike is <$200

(before markets closed today obviously)

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "Takeaways from the Jane Street bond prospectus"

jfrbfbreudh — Thu, 02 May 2024 12:26:40 +0000

I work at a competing firm and our SWE new grads make $420-470k (including signing bonus).

JS pays their new grads similarly, just a tiny bit lower.

New comment by jfrbfbreudh in "7.4 earthquake in Taiwan, 34km depth"

jfrbfbreudh — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 05:25:55 +0000

Read his comment again