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New comment by nowherebeen in "Ask HN: Isn't ChatGPT unfair to the sources it scraped data from?"

nowherebeen — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 17:08:37 +0000

> It's bizarre to me how many people are missing this.

Very much this. I am too tired right now to engage with other responders, but thank you for articulating precisely the point I want to make.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Google testing ChatGPT-like chatbot 'Apprentice Bard' with employees"

nowherebeen — Sun, 05 Feb 2023 03:09:20 +0000

> Your comment comes off as "hire a person because you get along with them, don't worry if they can't write a function that accomplishes a simple task".

No. He is simply saying the current interview only focuses on LC above all else. And should focus on soft skills as well among other things. You took his argument and flipped it 180 and went to the other extreme end. It's false dichotomy.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Protocol Labs is laying off 21% of staff (89 people)"

nowherebeen — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 16:42:17 +0000

This summer is going to be brutal for non-revenue generating startups (which is most of them). Assuming their last raise was last summer, they usually only have 18 months of runway before they run out of money. I don't think any of them can raise and even if they can, their valuation will take a significant hit.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Companies save billions of dollars by giving employees fake “manager” titles"

nowherebeen — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 16:11:57 +0000

People outside the finance industry really buy it too. I think it's because in most companies, VPs are above director. Only in finance, is it below.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Google Fires Employee of over 16 Years with Automated Email"

nowherebeen — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 06:18:52 +0000

I think the bubble is bursting with big tech employees that think they have tenure once they reach a certain level. Big tech isn't some anomaly where layoffs don't happen. It's just that their growth has been uninterrupted for a decade.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Instagram’s co-founders are back with Artifact, a kind of TikTok for text"

nowherebeen — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 04:05:51 +0000

So this is a newsfeed? I think Hacker News has been doing a good job without AI. You simply need a community. I am not sure turning Facebook's news feed feature into a product is really that innovative. How many reputable news sources are there to supply their feed?

New comment by nowherebeen in "The end of founder worship, and a reset of toxic startup values"

nowherebeen — Sun, 29 Jan 2023 13:46:44 +0000

I think employees treat startups more and more like a jumping pad to get to their ultimate goal of work for Fang. There's no point staying at startups when working at a big tech will yield more money in the long term. I don't blame them though. Look at how startups are run nowadays, all the potential upside has been sucked dry by VCs.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Stripe tried to raise more funding at a $55B-$60B valuation"

nowherebeen — Sat, 28 Jan 2023 09:45:43 +0000

They should have IPO'd when they had the chance.

New comment by nowherebeen in "MacBook Pro featuring M2 Pro and M2 Max"

nowherebeen — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:03:06 +0000

I just checked the trade-in value for 16inch M1 Pro 10 core CPU 16 core GPU with 32GB on the Apple website. It's only worth $700USD. I would have thought they would pay more for a 1 year old laptop. I am not looking to upgrade, but am quite surprised by how low the trade-in value is.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Internal document explains why Google has become slow and bureaucratic"

nowherebeen — Sun, 15 Jan 2023 01:41:51 +0000

I think this is the document the article is referring to?

https://komoroske.com/slime-mold/

New comment by nowherebeen in "Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I"

nowherebeen — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:24:41 +0000

The internet isn't young anymore. There are millions of people using Bing right now. There also wasn't any thought when people incorporated the like button in social media. Look how it turned out for its users. Search engines are a mature product with enough users. Microsoft isn't some startup and it has capital to do this.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I"

nowherebeen — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 10:09:16 +0000

Has there been any studies on how incorporating ChatGPT into a search engine will affect the search results and in turn millions of people that use it? I would like to read it.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I"

nowherebeen — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:43:11 +0000

Sounds like Microsoft is trying to leap frog ahead of Google, but I worry more about the consequences of ChatGPT. Not much thought has been put into whether incorporating it in Bing will be good or bad for users.

Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I

nowherebeen — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 09:35:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/12/technology/microsoft-openai-chatgpt.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34365677

Points: 10

# Comments: 7

New comment by nowherebeen in "ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon"

nowherebeen — Sun, 08 Jan 2023 08:01:27 +0000

Not necessary. The google search function still works fine, its just the content becomes worst. If the content is generated from ChatGPT, I don't see how it will cut out the middle-person. I believe a more likely scenario is people appending site:reddit.com for all of their search. It will be domain specific.

New comment by nowherebeen in "ChatGPT won’t replace search engines any time soon"

nowherebeen — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 19:55:28 +0000

ChatGPT will flood the internet with articles like how SEO was used to hack search. It might not replace search engine, but search results will becomes even more irrelevant.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Netflix has job with almost $1M listed salary range, to comply with new CA law"

nowherebeen — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 03:52:39 +0000

High cost of living city. A million doesn’t go as far as it used to (inflation). Think about how much real estate has increased in the last 10 years. That’s the biggest expense for anyone.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Netflix has job with almost $1M listed salary range, to comply with new CA law"

nowherebeen — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 01:13:39 +0000

90k to 900k is the difference between living as lower class to upper middle class at Silicon Valley.

New comment by nowherebeen in "Breaking RSA with a quantum computer?"

nowherebeen — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 02:36:30 +0000

I just watch this yesterday about post quantum cryptography.

https://youtu.be/_C5dkUiiQnw

New comment by nowherebeen in "Coworkers are less ambitious; bosses adjust to the new order"

nowherebeen — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 07:05:47 +0000

Too many people have been burnt by this before. All the reward goes to the boss and not the employees. I used to work 70+ hours and I didn't even get a thank you. I will only work those hours nowadays if I am working for myself. If not, there is no chance I will do it. It's not nice to know you are being used for someone else's personal gain.