Hacker News: okrad

New comment by okrad in "OpenAI ad partner now selling ChatGPT ad placements based on “prompt relevance”"

okrad — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:48:45 +0000

Use Deep Research and try to be as specific as you can with the attributes of said product. I’ve had a few successes this way.

New comment by okrad in "Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy"

okrad — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 16:16:12 +0000

Easier said than done.

Snacks could also be healthier. The bread we are sold could be less like pound cake. Easier said than done.

New comment by okrad in "Eulogy for Dark Sky, a data visualization masterpiece (2023)"

okrad — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 20:39:26 +0000

Anecdotally, I agree with the parent comment.

Lived in the same general area (just outside a major metropolitan area) where I use DarkSky and now Apple Weather app.

DarkSky has better data vis and more reliable prediction. Apple Weather consistently over predicts snow fall amounts and many times I’ve had to use the Feedback to correct it on current conditions (e.g. raining when it says no rain or vice versa). I believe DarkSky had the same feedback feature but I never needed it this much.

Most of the time AW is fine but it’s less good to the point I’ve considered alternatives.

New comment by okrad in "Apple M5 chip"

okrad — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 04:19:59 +0000

The volume on iPhone when being used as remote seems to work of you use the hardware buttons. It’s not intuitive at all but it works

New comment by okrad in "Blood oxygen monitoring returning to Apple Watch in the US"

okrad — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:52:22 +0000

I’ve always felt the sport loops (soft w/ velcro) provide the best contact with wrist while not being too cumbersome. Very easy to tighten just before a workout or loosen before bed. All the while it stays planted on my wrist. Unlock the rubbery band it normally comes with, which is prone to sliding around and less easy to adjust.

Out of curiosity, which band do you use?

New comment by okrad in "OpenAI o3-pro"

okrad — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:15:19 +0000

Perhaps we are not as unique as we’d like to believe.

The machine does not understand you. The machine can match your flavor of textual communication.

This can be done for audio with a relatively small number of samples. Your iPhone has a feature called Personal Voice which claims it can do it with 150 phrases/15 minutes of your time.

New comment by okrad in "Supreme Court overturns 40-year-old "Chevron deference" doctrine"

okrad — Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:46:35 +0000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevron_U.S.A.,_Inc._v._Natura....

New comment by okrad in "Controlling the Taylor Swift Eras Tour wristbands with Flipper Zero"

okrad — Tue, 28 May 2024 17:56:19 +0000

They have a Wand product that can be used to dynamically paint the audience receivers from the stage. Have yet to see this live

New comment by okrad in "Not an iPad Pro Review: Why iPadOS Still Doesn't Get the Basics Right"

okrad — Tue, 14 May 2024 17:04:35 +0000

Guided access is for restricting access to one app. Not great for a multiuser experience. The AppleTV gets it right in a lot of ways but an iPad with faceID and/or fingerprint sensor could instantly recognize a given user and have their profile ready

New comment by okrad in "GPT-4o"

okrad — Mon, 13 May 2024 21:11:18 +0000

I found it insightful. They showed us how to handle the rough edges like when it thought his face was a wooden table and he cleared the stale image reference by saying “I’m not a wooden table. What do you see now?” then it recovered and moved on.

Perfect should not be the enemy of good. It will get better.

New comment by okrad in "Alternative clouds are booming as companies seek cheaper access to GPUs"

okrad — Thu, 09 May 2024 21:25:46 +0000

Is anyone dedicated to working on optimization?

New comment by okrad in "Sora: Creating video from text"

okrad — Thu, 15 Feb 2024 23:35:55 +0000

Initial displacement will happen and it will require time for society to adapt and new industries to mature. The printing press significantly reduced the cost of producing books and other printed materials, which led to a dramatic increase in the availability of books, literacy rates, and the spread of knowledge. This technological advancement didn’t just replace the scribes; it created new jobs in printing, publishing, book selling, and eventually led to the creation of new genres of literature.

New comment by okrad in "Bard is now Gemini, and we’re rolling out a mobile app and Gemini Advanced"

okrad — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:52:37 +0000

Good catch! I upgraded to Gemini Advanced to try it out for 2 months and figured I’d cancel. There does not seem to be a way to downgrade the plan without canceling and I was on the 100GB/yr plan through August. No discount on new monthly subscription. Bummer.

New comment by okrad in "Apple dials back car's self-driving features and delays launch to 2028"

okrad — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 18:11:53 +0000

I am looking forward to seeing Apple execute on Generative AI. While I think shoving it into every product you can think of (Google, Samsung) might have unforeseen consequences, I don’t think the other extreme is the right play either. This field is moving fast and they may not have time to do it the Apple way.

New comment by okrad in "Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%"

okrad — Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:11:19 +0000

The successful network call condition is particularly frustrating. However, I enjoy the feature on the whole.

New comment by okrad in "Apple iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max"

okrad — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 05:28:30 +0000

Not sure about iOS 17 and the 15Pro but the haptics are different in iOS 16 and the 14Pro when flicking the switch back and forth. Unmute I get not haptics and Mute gets a stern triple shake. If they maintain something like that you should still be able to no look it. In my opinion, I like the customizability.

New comment by okrad in "Learn AutoHotKey by stealing my scripts"

okrad — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 14:17:19 +0000

Slightly more cumbersome but try Option-Cmd-Shift-v

New comment by okrad in "Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours"

okrad — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 03:07:14 +0000

Interesting so it would seem a little more organic than just throwing up a banner with a button to download the new app and juice numbers

New comment by okrad in "Threads has passed 2M sign ups in the first 2 hours"

okrad — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 01:43:52 +0000

Lots of room for improvement like no multi account support, as you mentioned discoverability, and feed options.

I downloaded it directly from the App Store because I’ve heard about it through external channels. Are they somehow notifying users to check Threads via their other apps (Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp)?

New comment by okrad in "Ask HN: How much do you work, what's your salary and how experienced are you?"

okrad — Tue, 04 Jul 2023 02:40:33 +0000

Are you IC or Management?