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New comment by palidanx in "I'm Eric Ries, author of "The Lean Startup" and new book "Incorruptible" – AMA"

palidanx — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:30:33 +0000

Just curious what other types of 'gravities' exist in organizations? In a negative gravity example, something I've seen as a social contagion is when some people start resigning it tends to spread and then the organization slowly decays (or quiets quits)

New comment by palidanx in "Ask HN: How much AI is in your writing?"

palidanx — Mon, 25 May 2026 03:24:30 +0000

For first drafts, I always write it by hand first, then later I'll ask AI for some feedback and thoughts. I find that the AI training data is based on really boring structured writing where it has to be

1. Introduction

2. Transition sentences

3. Middle paragraphs

4. Clean conclusions

which I find doesn't vibe with my style of writing where I tend to meander quite a bit then try to wrap things up back in a different manner

GKN Aerospace – Hazard Zone Simulator - Garden Grove Chemical Tank Emergency

palidanx — Mon, 25 May 2026 03:00:24 +0000

Article URL: https://joevezzani.github.io/hazard-zone-sim/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48263037

Points: 2

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New comment by palidanx in "The purist's guide to phở in Hanoi"

palidanx — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:00:20 +0000

pho 79 - cash only - this place is still the best and an old legend

New comment by palidanx in "The purist's guide to phở in Hanoi"

palidanx — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 04:57:54 +0000

so pho tai refers to just the raw cut out of beef, you make a traditional beef broth. Here is a short cut way with an instant pot.

* Beef bones (neck or shin, the type of bones you get depend on how intense it will be)

* 1 chicken carcass

* Parboil for 10 minutes, throw away broth, rinse bones

* Parboil chicken carcass for 2 minutes

* Char onion and ginger

* Toast coriander, star anise, cardamom

* Add chicken carcass, bones in an instant pot, covered with water, and some salt and onion and ginger

* High pressure for 15 minutes (depends on quantity)

* Natural release

* Add spices, high pressure for 3 minutes (and if you are added brisket - nam, parboil that first and add it here)

* Season with salt to taste, mushroom seasoning (bot nem), or msg.

* Refrigerate overnight

For tai, you want to cut a some raw meat and just make sure your stock is very hot so it cooks

New comment by palidanx in "The purist's guide to phở in Hanoi"

palidanx — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:41:44 +0000

In Orange County, CA there is another variant of pho ga kho, which literally translates to dried chicken pho. The rice noodles and chicken are stir fried, and served with a side of pho ga broth, and a sweet soy sauce.

Pho Dakao, 16171 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley, CA 92708, United States

Also I got a recipe for pho ga from my aunt which is:

* 6 chicken legs, and 2 bone in breasts (or debone a whole chicken)

* Bring a pot of water to boil

* Parboil all pieces for 2 minutes, throw away the broth

* Char onion and ginger (in an air fryer or on a gas stove - air fryer is easier)

* Toast coriander seeds and star anise

* Add all ingredients back, bring to boil, then drop to a low simmer, and salt

* After 30 minutes remove the pieces, let it cool and debone

* Add the chicken bones back, cook for additional 30 minutes, season with salt and msg

* Optionally serve with a side of nuoc cham, but this variation has no fish sauce in the stock

How well this turns out depends on the quality of the chicken you buy. At the Asian markets, there are different breeds of chicken which have less meat, but are more flavorful.

New comment by palidanx in "Show HN: Vibium – Browser automation for AI and humans, by Selenium's creator"

palidanx — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 05:13:19 +0000

Sorry, I kind of have a dumb question here. So we have a bunch of legacy selenium scripts that do end to end user testing, and occasion they break (either because of a network error, or devs committed something that breaks a test).

We were looking at seeing if a model could look at the screenshot of the failure, some of the original website source code, and try to fix the failing test.

My question is with vibium, would it make more sense to port the legacy tests over to vibium, and if a test fail, use its capabilities to try to self-heal?

Government of Canada AI Register (Minimum Viable Product)

palidanx — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 19:23:07 +0000

Article URL: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/fcbc0200-79ba-4fa4-94a6-00e32facea6b

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46125447

Points: 2

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Robot uses Japanese tradition and AI for sashimi that lasts longer

palidanx — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 18:47:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-07-29/shinkei-systems

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44738066

Points: 2

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New comment by palidanx in "Ask HN: How do you have effective 1:1s with your manager?"

palidanx — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:50:15 +0000

As a manager, this is the framework I use

1. Staff updates their personal journal by Friday before our 1:1

2. Staff takes a one time skill assessment of all the tech dimensions we use on a likert skill so I know what they are strong and weak at (like might be weak in batch processing, containers, etc).

3. Staff periodically updates their career journey which has

-Start Date

-Elapsed Time

-What were your expectations in the elapsed time you were here?

-Review of skills matrix and what you want improved

-Current Role

-Desired Next Role

-Projects worked on in this year

-What skill sets did I learn in this years projects?

-Certifications

-Next year I want to accomplish

-In 5 years I want to accomplish

[ these are all the artifacts I use as a reference point ofr myself]

-- then during the 1:1 I ask

1. 'how are you?' --> And then I listen to see how their response is. Are they sighing a lot, are they stressed are they bored. I then follow up to make sure everything is okay emotionally or they have issues. I have noticed a lot of employees are not honest in what they say

2. I then assess how they are doing in terms of their

- project delivery

- tech skills

- soft skills

and get feedback accordingly.

Most engineers I have are doing well on projects and tech skills, but often need work on soft skills. I ask them to focus on soft skills by thinking of

- communication

- writing

- reading

For those who need help in communication I advise them to attend a Toastmasters class in person. Also I have been advocating for staff to read 'Supercommunicators' as a way to think about communication as a framework.

For soft skills, I believe the way of improving is being well rounded in the humanities, and not just going hard core tech.

LaHood Introduces Bill to Modernize Tax System for Americans Overseas (2024)

palidanx — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 21:29:05 +0000

Article URL: https://lahood.house.gov/2024/12/lahood-introduces-bill-to-modernize-tax-system-for-americans-living-overseas

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42912024

Points: 4

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New comment by palidanx in "Ask HN: Is maintaining a personal blog still worth it?"

palidanx — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 16:41:51 +0000

Initially I sent out Mailchimp newsletters to my closest friends, but found the interface a bit clunky, so instead switched to Wordpress. What I do is write specifically for the audience of my friends, send them the newsletter, and post it on the Internet.

What I found kind of interesting, is when I would see some of my friends months later, they would cite something they found interesting from the blog. Occasionally, I peek at the metrics, and it is in the low single digits, but I'm okay with that as long as my friends have seen it.

My guess is with the inundation of shallow knowledge and posts people resonate with deeper writing.

U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcoholic Beverages

palidanx — Fri, 03 Jan 2025 17:10:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/health/alcohol-is-a-leading-preventable-cause-of-cancer-u-s-surgeon-general-warns-fa78b5c2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42587396

Points: 7

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YouTube TV Price Increase: $83 per Month

palidanx — Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:35:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/youtube-tv-price-increase-googles-tv-streaming-service-will-now-run-83-per-month/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42400017

Points: 11

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New comment by palidanx in "Quit Social Media (2016)"

palidanx — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:12:10 +0000

Oddly enough, the most beneficial thing I have is my Twitter account, because I can often DM airlines or companies support (like fedex support) for quicker responses.