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New comment by manc_lad in "Qwen3.6-Plus: Towards real world agents"

manc_lad — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 18:47:55 +0000

they're going to start training a pelican riding a bike specifically on these models soon. it's the key global benchmark!

New comment by manc_lad in "Where do the children play?"

manc_lad — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:55:18 +0000

This summarises my thoughts as well. People used to give away children that were too much of a burden. With higher mortality, some were also not expected to make it.

We're in a societal place where we have set the bar high in terms of an expected level of education and quality of life for our kids. kids are expensive and we've grown the population massively. There is also a social stigma associated with having lots of kids in Western countries.

I worry about my kids. But im always fascinated when they stretch the boundaries and show me how resilient they are. So I let them push limits but explain the pros and cons hoping they build their own feedback loops with some sense of perspective.

It's a delicate balance as a parent. I'm consistently fascinated how others parent. It's amazing how changes in parental style can be generational and show how long the changes will take to change.

New comment by manc_lad in "LL3M: Large Language 3D Modelers"

manc_lad — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 16:35:43 +0000

Zelda Breath of the Wild attempts to approach this with an interesting interface.

Ask HN: What tech stack is Windsurf AI using?

manc_lad — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:32:27 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44584199

Points: 1

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New comment by manc_lad in "MiniMax-M1 open-weight, large-scale hybrid-attention reasoning model"

manc_lad — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 10:17:57 +0000

It seems more and more like an inevitability we will run models locally. Exciting and concerning implications.

If anyone has any suggestions of people thinking about this space they respect, I'd love to listen to more ideas and thoughts on the developments.

New comment by manc_lad in "This is a teenager"

manc_lad — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:00:56 +0000

it was my experience of college. many I know would agree, and few would agree with you. I'm sure there are some that didn't feel this way, but strange sweeping statement to make.

New comment by manc_lad in "My co-founder wants to bring his wife as a late joining co-founder"

manc_lad — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 16:26:14 +0000

I agree with this. If she's adding value and her input is worth her place on the cap table then it should be easy to resolve.

You do need to think carefully about what a breakup would look like. Relationships can go sour and if that happened what would the arrangement be if they couldn't work together.

Also, who makes the decisions? Does her allocation give them both a majority of voting rights?

It's not a typical arrangement, that doesn't mean it can't work but your co-founder has added complexity into the process.

New comment by manc_lad in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2024)"

manc_lad — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:48:38 +0000

Thanks. I joined as CTO at the start of the year and it's a fascinating business. really pro-active board and big ambitions. Plus free tickets to games! What's not to love.

New comment by manc_lad in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2024)"

manc_lad — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 20:43:55 +0000

Burnley Football Club | Product Manager | Burnley Lancashire UK | full time | on site

Do you want to help build the football club of the future? With big ambitions to reinvent how a football club is run, I'm looking to hire a Product Manager in a new technology department to work in every area of the football club. HR, medical, retail, stadium hardware and more. It's a full stack technology job. Initially building partnerships and then custom tech it's exposure from the ground up in a startup like environment.

If you're interested in complex and high performance businesses and working in focused commercial businesses then this is a big challenge.

Apply here https://careers.burnleyfootballclub.com/job/523819

Or reply to this comment and I'll answer any questions you have.

New comment by manc_lad in "Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft"

manc_lad — Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:26:02 +0000

multiple ways to make that work. LTIPs, share options, direct equity in subsidiary etc

New comment by manc_lad in "'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight months"

manc_lad — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 12:12:53 +0000

Using the same logic, you could say coal is renewable depending on your time horizon, no?

New comment by manc_lad in "Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario"

manc_lad — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 09:06:01 +0000

Turing is a Godfather of AI. But you can't say there never will be another. In light of recent achievements there should be new pioneers and Godfathers. Its the nature of innovation.

As HN: Any white label private Instagram-like social networks?

manc_lad — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 10:14:35 +0000

Are there any white label private member only social network technology providers? The use case is for example, someone buys a product and gets access to a platform/content. Ideally something like Instagram would be ideal.

Before anyone jokes, I'm not looking for OnlyFans.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38096458

Points: 2

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New comment by manc_lad in "Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses"

manc_lad — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:41:05 +0000

I don't wear glasses. I don't live in a sunny country. Unless I'm wearing flat and clear lenses I would infrequently wear these casually.

I like the concept. Just not sure about market fit outside a people who wear glasses, sunny locations and hardcore fans. Although that's a lot of people!

New comment by manc_lad in "Show HN: HN Resume to Jobs – AI Powered Job Matching Tailored to Your Resume"

manc_lad — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 06:49:32 +0000

Is this not a matter of training? once you know career moves on resumes and how experience can provide the next jump in role it'll then isolate those roles for you. same for cross industry successful moves. I'm sure this is how LinkedIn does this although it's never perfect.

recent advances would allow a platform to conversationally review your CV and probe you're desires to help with recommendations. super interesting space.

Ask HN: Are there SEO techniques for promoting ChatGPT results?

manc_lad — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 10:57:36 +0000

It's hard to find info about optimization strategies to promote businesses on ChatGPT because of the SEO spam about ChatGPT being used to write better SEO articles.

Are there any methods to promote and uplift marketing on ChatGPT (so it talks about your business) like SEO on Google?

I appreciate there are a whole can of worms here, such as rewriting more than just business plugs, but changing perception "big oil is good" etc.

It's an interesting space I've not been able to find much about. Really interested if anyone has any articles, papers it tech research.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35053939

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New comment by manc_lad in "Beating Super Mario Bros 3 in 19 frames (2021)"

manc_lad — Sat, 29 Oct 2022 05:46:16 +0000

that is a great explanation and just what I was looking for thank you. I don't often see complexity broken down so eloquently.

New comment by manc_lad in "New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune’s rings in decades"

manc_lad — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 05:43:23 +0000

I read this book which was a great read https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hunt-Vulcan-Discovered-Relativity-D...

New comment by manc_lad in "The most livable cities"

manc_lad — Sat, 25 Jun 2022 08:37:41 +0000

It would take away the legitimacy of the results if they introduced bias. Asia is more diverse (Sydney, Gujarat, Luang Prabang, Jakarta) and maybe the USA just isn't.

New comment by manc_lad in "Free stuff makes us irrational"

manc_lad — Sun, 15 May 2022 08:14:23 +0000

I worked for a multinational finance company. in the summer, they would give out free ice lollies. Despite being about 0.70p each, the rush and frenzy was too much. They stopped the I've lollies to the disappointment of the rational employees.