Hacker News: peterb

New comment by peterb in "Obsidian Sync now has a headless client"

peterb — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 17:33:37 +0000

Same

New comment by peterb in "Ollama's new app"

peterb — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:48:08 +0000

gptel in emacs does this. You can run the same prompt against different models in separate emacs windows (local or via api w/ keys) at the same time to compare outputs. I highly recommended it. https://github.com/karthink/gptel

New comment by peterb in "Kepler.gl"

peterb — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 16:12:13 +0000

From earlier post (2018): https://www.uber.com/en-CA/blog/keplergl/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17181879

New comment by peterb in "Ask HN: How to get an accessibility tester job as a blind programmer?"

peterb — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:37:49 +0000

+1. Accessibility is in huge demand right now and setting up a consultancy could be very interesting for you as you get to see issues and patterns across companies. Most, if not all, Fortune 500 companies are interested accessibility.

New comment by peterb in "Write documentation first, then build"

peterb — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:45:40 +0000

In my experience it is not one or the other. You can experiment first and then document, or vice versa. The point of documentation is "writing is thinking". The act of writing forces you to think through your ideas in ways that other modes of thinking do not. This is especially important when you are working on a team and need to share your ideas.

I agree that sufficiently detailed design documents are indispensable from code and should be avoided. However, clearly documenting the why, what and how of your work helps align everyone clearly. It also helps an individual clarify their ideas to themselves. It is hard to write clearly & succinctly. It takes time & practice, but I find it essential.

New comment by peterb in "Investigating musical genius by listening to the Beach Boys a lot"

peterb — Sun, 27 Mar 2022 15:47:05 +0000

The Beatles were obsessed with Pet Sounds. Sgt. Pepper was their response to it.

New comment by peterb in "37% of jobs in the United States can be performed entirely at home"

peterb — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 15:12:37 +0000

This. A big problem with office work is office cube design. I'm old enough to have had a closed door office in the 90s and it was the best. I also worked in large cubes which had moveable partitions as walls where you couldn't see your neighbours. They were also good, not great, but better than today's cubes. They even had large book shelves where you could keep your reference books!

At home, I can close my door and it is much superior for my personal productivity than an open office cube plan.

New comment by peterb in "The Unreasonable Math of Type 1 Diabetes"

peterb — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 20:25:50 +0000

This.

New comment by peterb in "The Long Road to Today’s Cochlear Implant"

peterb — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 12:27:36 +0000

That is amazing, thank you for sharing. Given you had experienced sound before your hearing deteriorated, is it possible to describe the difference in sound with a cochlear implant? I always thought with the limited number of electrodes in an implant, the sound would be "buzzy" (less rich), but the brain is quite malleable and maybe adapts to the new sounds.

New comment by peterb in "Cue: A new language for data validation"

peterb — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:31:30 +0000

I really enjoyed the article. Thank you for posting it.

New comment by peterb in "MacBook Pro 14-inch and MacBook Pro 16-inch"

peterb — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:08:00 +0000

Yes. Tim said the notch looks great in dark mode.

New comment by peterb in "H3: Hexagonal hierarchical geospatial indexing system"

peterb — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 21:44:33 +0000

You forgot the reference video!! :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thOifuHs6eY&t=5s

New comment by peterb in "Responsibly recycle your used Dell and non-Dell equipment for free"

peterb — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:56:51 +0000

This is so true and you can buy high quality gear for cheap on Craigslist, Kijiji, VarageSale or your local garage sale.

New comment by peterb in "Replacing grass lawns with native plants"

peterb — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 14:42:32 +0000

I also have kids, but where I live we have plenty of pine & maple trees and traditional grass doesn't grow well in the shade. But we are lucky and native moss filled in. Moss is great for balls, they bounce & roll better, especially for games like bocce & croquet. The kids love it and I rarely have to mow or water. Sometimes there is a native alternative to grass, sometimes not.

New comment by peterb in "Yann LeCun Deep Learning Course 2021"

peterb — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 11:21:56 +0000

Alfredo Canziani is awesome and did a lot of the heavy lifting for this course. I agree with siddharthb_, it would be great to include his name in the title.

New comment by peterb in "Embrace the Grind"

peterb — Sat, 10 Apr 2021 12:25:39 +0000

Respect!

AI-powered autocompletion software is Gmail’s Smart Compose for coders

peterb — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:45:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/24/20708542/coding-autocompleter-deep-tabnine-ai-deep-learning-smart-compose

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20553977

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

California: The Flood That Could Change Everything

peterb — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:15:30 +0000

Article URL: https://features.weather.com/us-climate-change/california/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19224674

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by peterb in "Check Out PC Classic, a $99 Adorable Tiny DOS Games Console"

peterb — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 17:39:21 +0000

What, no Turbo button??

New comment by peterb in "AI Startups in Montreal"

peterb — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 12:18:24 +0000

Except he missed one major selling point. Our food/restaurant scene is second to none. If you consider moving here then negotiate a couple of months remote work per year and work from Costa Rica in Jan-Feb.