Hacker News: philangist

New comment by philangist in "Telus Uses AI to Alter Call-Agent Accents"

philangist — Wed, 06 May 2026 04:07:15 +0000

I believe this applies to a large segment of the population. Diction, tonality, and "vibe" have a big effect on how open recipients are to cold calls, at least according to my SDR friends.

OP likely just has more self-awareness than most in being able to be honest about it.

New comment by philangist in "Why are neural networks and cryptographic ciphers so similar? (2025)"

philangist — Tue, 05 May 2026 03:21:39 +0000

https://mit6875.github.io/ - MIT's Foundations of Cryptography is publicly available with full lectures, lecture note pdfs, and 5 problem sets. It's very rigorous and proof-driven which can be hard at times, but the professor's enthusiasm for the subject is infectious and makes the lectures a pleasure to watch.

New comment by philangist in "Talking to strangers at the gym"

philangist — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:17:45 +0000

"Hey sorry, I've got some things on my mind right now and can't really talk. Have a nice day though".

That takes less than 10 seconds to say, let's you protect your time and peace of mind, and as a bonus there's no need for fuming, blaming, and judging that the other person won't ever even know about.

New comment by philangist in "Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym"

philangist — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:14:24 +0000

I'd highly suggest joining a Brazilian jiu jitsu gym. They tend to be filled with other computer nerds (although not only) and people are very friendly in a genuine way.

The asymmetry at the heart of AI security

philangist — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:32:43 +0000

Article URL: https://fortuna.security/praxis/ai-security

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47834094

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Data scientist uses AI and ChatGPT to create cancer vaccine for his dying dog

philangist — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 20:21:12 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business%2Ftechnology%2Ftech-boss-uses-ai-and-chatgpt-to-create-cancer-vaccine-for-his-dying-dog%2Fnews-story%2F292a21bcbe93efa17810bfcfcdfadbf7

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47391446

Points: 18

# Comments: 1

New comment by philangist in "Ask HN: What did you find out or explore today?"

philangist — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:10:17 +0000

Curious what have been the main insights you've gotten from the book around what causes hard to maintain projects?

New comment by philangist in "Ask HN: Share your personal website"

philangist — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:06:15 +0000

One of my major goals for 2026 was zero LLM use for writing, however I've found it a bit hard at times because LLMs are exceptional for research. Oftentimes I find that in reading an explanation or report that ChatGPT gives me about a topic there will be small turns of phrase or even whole sentences that capture a concept way better than I can. I then feel obstinate not using a clearly superior option, so I'm curious if you've run into that tension and if so how you navigate it.

New comment by philangist in "Ask HN: Resources to get better at outbound sales?"

philangist — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 15:51:55 +0000

So what would you say should be in the effective playbook for selling going into 2025?

Also running a small consultancy firm like OP and coming from a technical background, building an effective sales motion is the hardest challenge.

New comment by philangist in "Owning SpaceX's Starship Rockets Could Be in Department of Defense's Future"

philangist — Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:54:29 +0000

This nitwit brought EVs to the mass market! And build a re-usable spaceflight platform that even the most powerful nation states can't rival! And helped found the world's leading AI lab!

I pray to god to be a nitwit like that.

Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln in the same photo

philangist — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 02:15:27 +0000

Article URL: https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2010/11/09/teddy-roosevelt-and-abraham-lincoln-in-the-same-photo/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36236331

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Hiroshima (1946)

philangist — Mon, 29 May 2023 15:11:58 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1946/08/31/hiroshima

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36114749

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by philangist in "South Korea to give $490 allowance to reclusive youths to help them leave house"

philangist — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 15:33:58 +0000

One could easily argue the opposite too no? That new generations are surrounded by the effects of the breaking down of gender roles, and are looking to the past/other societies for an alternate model.

I'm worried about AI taking our jobs

philangist — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 23:29:45 +0000

Article URL: https://old.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/1226hcn/im_worried_about_ai_taking_our_jobs/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35405279

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

New comment by philangist in "Command line functions around OpenAI"

philangist — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:17:34 +0000

> mentored the people on my team to be similarly efficient

What were the main changes you introduced/points you mentored them on to get their productivity to also be similarly efficient?

New comment by philangist in "Most young men are single. Most young women are not"

philangist — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 21:42:38 +0000

Not the OP but I relocated to Barcelona from New York City a year ago and my dating life has never been healthier or funner. Women here are the most open of anywhere I've been in the world. Now dating a young Russian artist who's very sweet and easygoing and I wish I'd moved here 4 years earlier.

Have More Sex, Please

philangist — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 18:40:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/opinion/have-more-sex-please.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34778073

Points: 13

# Comments: 14

New comment by philangist in "ChatGPT passes the 2022 AP Computer Science A free response section"

philangist — Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:20:19 +0000

Sounds like an AI that would be in a Vonnegut novel

New comment by philangist in "Archaeological analysis suggests warfare helped societies become more complex"

philangist — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:11:56 +0000

> a worldwide, UN-controlled authority

How would it enforce it’s authority with non-compliant actors?

New comment by philangist in "I analyzed more than 7M developer jobs"

philangist — Wed, 29 Jun 2022 14:09:55 +0000

^that.. that’s bait