Hacker News: outside415

New comment by outside415 in "Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon"

outside415 — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 06:07:42 +0000

I am just happy someone is slowing the H1B and indian out sourcing down. between that and AI california tech was about to die for Americans.

New comment by outside415 in "Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon"

outside415 — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 06:03:47 +0000

thank god he won. someone had to do whatever was necessary.

New comment by outside415 in "Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon"

outside415 — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 05:35:43 +0000

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New comment by outside415 in "ChatGPT Pro"

outside415 — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 17:57:36 +0000

have used it at 2 different enterprises internally, the issue is price more than anything. enterprises definitely do want to self host, but for frontier tech they want frontier models for solving complicated unsolved problems or building efficiencies in complicated workflows. one company had to rip it out for a time due to price, I no longer work there anymore though so can't speak on if it was reintegrated.

New comment by outside415 in "ChatGPT Pro"

outside415 — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:22:29 +0000

this is more or less my take too. if tomorrow all Claude and ChatGPT became $200/month I would still pay. The value they provide me with far, far exceeds that. so many cynics in this thread.

New comment by outside415 in "Claude for Desktop"

outside415 — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 23:43:48 +0000

worked fine for me on google chrome by setting it up as a search engine/site search.

New comment by outside415 in "Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus"

outside415 — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 18:56:47 +0000

I don't have tinnitus on most of my devices at medium to high volumes. only apple devices and more recently built wireless in ear monitors. victim blaming is great though.

I personally like to pick apart all of the layers of music and hear all of the nuance/production. At low volume this is generally not possible. Not all of us have audiophile tendencies though I suppose.

New comment by outside415 in "Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus"

outside415 — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:57:53 +0000

the newer generations of AirPods absolutely trigger tinnitus for me. The gen 1 AirPod Pros are the best. I really have to crank the volume to trigger it. The Gen 2 AirPod Pros are the worst. Even low volumes rip apart my ears. Constant ringing all of the time. The USB-C Airpod Pros Gen 2 are ok at low to mid volumes, can't use them at high volumes what so ever though, they also let in a terrible amount of wind noise for outdoor activity which makes them unusable since turning up the volume to mute the wind noise causes tinnitus for me.

The AirPod Pro Max also get too loud, they are ok at low to mid volumes, high volumes = extreme tinnitus.

HomePods are similar, I can only have them on at volume levels I appreciate for short periods of time or I get tinnitus.

Compare this with my old sennheisers and audeze headphones, 0 tinnitus even at extreme volumes. Similar for my in ear Mochi headphones.

Or compare the HomePods to my Panasonic Surround Sound Speakers for my TV from 12 years ago that I still use, I can make the walls shake with no tinnitus. If I turn up my homepods to a volume close to that my ears will be ringing for hours or days after. It really bums me out, I wish I understood what is changing about the technology. Like are they going from Analog to Digital and is digital more harsh or something? I don't know.

New comment by outside415 in "Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn"

outside415 — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 23:14:43 +0000

Only his word to go off of.

New comment by outside415 in "Arrest of Pavel Durov, Telegram CEO, charges of terrorism, fraud, child porn"

outside415 — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 16:53:42 +0000

Watch his interview with Tucker Carlson and you’ll see. He doesn’t acquiesce to government requests for moderation control, censorship, and sharing private user data so they target him. He refuses to implement backdoors as well. In stark contrast to western social media companies.

New comment by outside415 in "Roblox is the biggest game in the world, but is unprofitable"

outside415 — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 15:53:56 +0000

I am talking like IC-5/6. Senior / Staff level.

New comment by outside415 in "Roblox is the biggest game in the world, but is unprofitable"

outside415 — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 12:55:39 +0000

They pay very well for senior roles . Like $700k+ tc

New comment by outside415 in "Show HN: AI-Powered Stock Market Analyst with Global Coverage"

outside415 — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:16:42 +0000

It is released by both OpenAI and Anthropic each to one of their key partners(large hedge fund) with exclusive access. I have inside sources at both that have told me as much.

New comment by outside415 in "Meta 3D Gen"

outside415 — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 22:59:18 +0000

this is why I love half life alyx. it just gets so much detail in VR space in a way that no other game ever has that makes for a truly immersive experience.

New comment by outside415 in "Brain overgrowth dictates autism severity, new research suggests"

outside415 — Fri, 07 Jun 2024 16:51:05 +0000

A lot of people I’ve met the neurodivergent camp end up on a soup of anti depressants, adhd meds, and other random antis. All because they are treating symptoms rather than the underlying issue.

New comment by outside415 in "Brain overgrowth dictates autism severity, new research suggests"

outside415 — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 21:38:21 +0000

those ADHD meds are exceptionally addictive and long term damaging to your body/heart/mind. be careful.

New comment by outside415 in "Brain overgrowth dictates autism severity, new research suggests"

outside415 — Thu, 06 Jun 2024 21:37:25 +0000

well said. everything needs to be diagnosed and treated with drugs. it is better to persevere with CBT, meditation, and self discipline than to cop out to some prescriptive drug regimen because neurodivergence is viewed as something a drug company can profit of off.

New comment by outside415 in "Claude 3 model family"

outside415 — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:03:47 +0000

a lot of jobs are being replaced by AI already... comms/copywriting/customer service/off shored contract technicals roles especially.