Hacker News: nsmog767

New comment by nsmog767 in "OpenAI says its new model GPT-2 is too dangerous to release (2019)"

nsmog767 — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:24:08 +0000

Zero mention of Sam Altman…interesting

New comment by nsmog767 in "Creators of Tailwind laid off 75% of their engineering team"

nsmog767 — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:08:59 +0000

not the most important point here, but llms.txt won't have any impact on anything anyway.

Google gets 373x more searches every day than ChatGPT

nsmog767 — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:18:29 +0000

Article URL: https://sparktoro.com/blog/new-research-google-search-grew-20-in-2024-receives-373x-more-searches-than-chatgpt/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43331707

Points: 5

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New comment by nsmog767 in "Gukesh becomes the youngest chess world champion in history"

nsmog767 — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:47:35 +0000

came to the comments to try and find the answer, still don't see it lol

New comment by nsmog767 in "The capacitor that Apple soldered incorrectly at the factory"

nsmog767 — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 12:01:22 +0000

not the Flux Capacitor?!?!

New comment by nsmog767 in "Cofounder Mode: My tactical guide to finding a cofounder"

nsmog767 — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:39:06 +0000

misread this as "my tactical guide to firing a cofounder."

.....probably would be quite useful also?

I love meritocracy, but all the recent anti-DEI rhetoric is bad

nsmog767 — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:45:25 +0000

Article URL: https://interviewing.io/blog/i-love-meritocracy-but-all-the-recent-anti-dei-rhetoric-is-bad

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41808606

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Bolt wants to raise at a $14B valuation with $28M in revenue

nsmog767 — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 11:00:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newcomer.co/p/bolts-audacious-letter-to-investors

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41308992

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by nsmog767 in "Google Search SEO document leak reveals how company curates internet"

nsmog767 — Thu, 30 May 2024 16:42:38 +0000

I have worked in SEO for 10+ years and didn't find this very useful. Yes, it validates a bunch of theories I have. No, it doesn't change how I will do anything.

New comment by nsmog767 in "Anonymous Source Shared Leaked Google Search API Documents"

nsmog767 — Tue, 28 May 2024 11:25:36 +0000

I work in search and didn't find anything surprising in here. But that's mostly because I've just assumed Google has been lying for years about many things, such as not using click data or Chrome data.

I've directly seen people who have successfully manipulated search rankings by having logged-in chrome users search for a term, and then click on a given page. Works like a charm (though may not stick once the manipulation is done, unless organic users also prefer it).

Expectation vs Reality (OpenAI and Sora)

nsmog767 — Tue, 14 May 2024 09:56:34 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wheresyoured.at/expectations-versus-reality/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40353401

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by nsmog767 in "OpenView Venture Partners stops investing, in surprise move"

nsmog767 — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 15:24:33 +0000

Big question here: is this something specific to OpenView, or are we about to see a bunch of 'zombie fund' failures rip through the ecosystem?

HubSpot to acquire B2B intelligence company Clearbit

nsmog767 — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:01:16 +0000

Article URL: https://seekingalpha.com/news/4027784-hubspot-to-acquire-b2b-intelligence-company-clearbit

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38098285

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

New study: Software buyers still rely on Google but don't trust SaaS companies

nsmog767 — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:54:02 +0000

Article URL: https://www.marketingog.com/survey

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38027321

Points: 1

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New comment by nsmog767 in "Stopping at 90%"

nsmog767 — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 08:34:54 +0000

I'm a nontechnical marketer with a senior person who builds internal tools. We very much have this problem. We get it...most of the way there. But without a strong system to distribute it, get feedback, get buy-in, a lot of the work is underutilized.

New comment by nsmog767 in "Why are there no startups in the real estate construction sector?"

nsmog767 — Fri, 07 Jul 2023 14:39:35 +0000

Not sexy, but these guys do project management for builders: https://buildertrend.com/

New comment by nsmog767 in "The End of Silicon Valley (Bank)"

nsmog767 — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 12:44:49 +0000

>The federal government’s action is, in my estimation, the right thing to do for this moment in time. There will, though, be long-term consequences for fundamentally changing the nature of a bank: remember, depositors are a bank’s creditors, who are compensated for lending money to the bank; if there is no risk in lending that money, why should depositors make anything? Banks, meanwhile, are now motivated to pursue even riskier strategies, knowing that depositors will be safe.

I don't believe this is a binary issue, but a lot of the "pro-bailout" rhetoric is essentially "well of course we need to know we'll get our money back if we deposit it in a bank." This is clearly the best ideal. But that's not how it works! And FDIC limits were real but ignored in this case!

New comment by nsmog767 in "Mario Kart Tour Triggers You into Gambling Your Money"

nsmog767 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 21:19:22 +0000

Never seen this site before but love the interactive + visual content. Found this one which is more broadly applicable: https://growth.design/case-studies/mental-models

New comment by nsmog767 in "After Callous Layoffs, Workers Are Done with the Full-Time Work"

nsmog767 — Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:57:12 +0000

The idea behind this is nice - "people want to diversify their risk and not be 'owned' by one company" - but I don't think it's in line with the way people are, unfortunately.

People like the simple, dependable nature of the biweekly paycheck — full stop. I run a services business, and I've talked to many amazing in-house folks who I'm sure could do the same (and be more successful than I am). What I've found is that for many people, the concept of not being sure what they'll make is simply unpalatable.

This article cites survey results but doesn't talk about all the reasons people don't enjoy or have success when they go it alone.

Stripe and Amazon Partnership

nsmog767 — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 22:16:18 +0000

Article URL: https://stripe.com/newsroom/news/amazon-and-stripe

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34495894

Points: 1

# Comments: 0