Hacker News: marmshallow

New comment by marmshallow in "HN website is/was down. I'm curious why?"

marmshallow — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 11:43:09 +0000

down for me too

New comment by marmshallow in "Extremely large telescopes at risk"

marmshallow — Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:44:37 +0000

I lost it at Overwhelmingly Large

New comment by marmshallow in "Stripe issues"

marmshallow — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 21:44:06 +0000

The title when I clicked on it was "Stripe crushed my startup at the first whiff of success".

Googling leads to this apparent snapshot of subtext "This is just a general rant, but I wish it could be more than that. A little over a week ago, my startup saw our first and sudden uptick in user activity. After a few hard months of work building our platform, we were relieved to see customer feedback and turn our first profit. It was through a marketing campaign that…"

New comment by marmshallow in "Pele's Hair"

marmshallow — Tue, 29 Nov 2022 22:21:33 +0000

How does one living on the island stay safe from the air borne fibers?

New comment by marmshallow in "“What if it changes?”"

marmshallow — Sun, 22 May 2022 23:43:17 +0000

Is this article satire? It does not offer any bounds to imagination nor scope creep. Seems like a good way to justify writing code that doesn’t help achieve immediate (or even foreseeable) goals.

New comment by marmshallow in "What do new Sudoku techniques teach us about real-world problem solving?"

marmshallow — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 07:40:09 +0000

Indeed. After reading the title of the post, I thought it may be about the Cook-Levin theorem, which is about how all NP problems (of which Sudoku is one) can be reduced to one another.

New comment by marmshallow in "Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Francisco"

marmshallow — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:42:02 +0000

Yes, Cruise has obtained the relevant permits from the CA DMV. The only permit they're currently missing is the one that let's them charge customers for rides.

New comment by marmshallow in "Cruise is opening driverless cars to the public in San Francisco"

marmshallow — Thu, 03 Feb 2022 06:33:07 +0000

I'm not sure what there is to "fall for". Cruise is offering truly driverless rides (in a limited domain), and Tesla does not have any kind of truly driverless product (although they still call it Full Self Driving).

New comment by marmshallow in "BMW removing touchscreen from a bunch of models due to chip shortage"

marmshallow — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 22:37:00 +0000

This comment should be higher. The ui may be even more difficult/dangerous to use if you need to use the dial instead of tapping.

Like another commenter said, very curious to see safety studies on car uis.

New comment by marmshallow in "DMV approves Cruise and Waymo for commercial service in parts of Bay Area"

marmshallow — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 06:00:03 +0000

(Tesla)

New comment by marmshallow in "DMV approves Cruise and Waymo for commercial service in parts of Bay Area"

marmshallow — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 23:16:32 +0000

Tesla's business model (and stock valuation) is based on launching a robotaxi service. I'd say that this news introduces more competition for the robotaxi aspect, not the selling you a car aspect.

New comment by marmshallow in "DMV approves Cruise and Waymo for commercial service in parts of Bay Area"

marmshallow — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 23:08:32 +0000

Sounds about right. No real difference from a human-driven Uber

New comment by marmshallow in "Facebook apology as AI labels black men 'primates'"

marmshallow — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 02:56:02 +0000

What’s this about soap dispensers?

New comment by marmshallow in "Welcoming our first riders in San Francisco"

marmshallow — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 04:58:03 +0000

In SF, Waymo/Cruise/etc have safety drivers behind the wheel who are being paid to ensure the car doesn't crash. Tesla drivers, on the other hand, are often misled about the capabilities of "FSD" and may not be paying as close attention.

New comment by marmshallow in "TikTok overtakes Facebook as most downloaded app"

marmshallow — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:21:59 +0000

It’s only positive cause HN also likes bashing FB. Just give it time and the tides will turn.

New comment by marmshallow in "Too Smart"

marmshallow — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 01:23:51 +0000

A nice short piece with a simple thesis. Should be easy enough for intelligent or ordinary people to understand.

New comment by marmshallow in "Perfectly Ordinary Stones, Carried for 1,300 Years (2014)"

marmshallow — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 14:38:55 +0000

Someone is gonna sell theirs on Ebay (or as it’s known 1000 years from now, Eblork).

New comment by marmshallow in "Google is saving $1B per year as a result of employees working from home"

marmshallow — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 00:15:25 +0000

It's hard to quantify the potential loss of productivity or collaboration caused by working from home, though. No way to find out either, unfortunately.

New comment by marmshallow in "Can’t use iCloud with “true” as the last name"

marmshallow — Sat, 06 Mar 2021 07:54:48 +0000

Not every little bug that requires technical knowledge is worth a monetary reward.

New comment by marmshallow in "3 years ago, remote top paying gigs were hard to find. Today they are the norm"

marmshallow — Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:50:43 +0000

Well it’s not one of the big four specifically. Neither is Twitter. While they carry weight, they’re simply not as dominant in terms of seeing cultural norms.