Hacker News: rbrown

New comment by rbrown in "Classical statues were not painted horribly"

rbrown — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 17:48:00 +0000

What a great article. I miss when Hacker News was for the interested and curious!

New comment by rbrown in "[dead]"

rbrown — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 21:31:46 +0000

Meet founding engineers from startups backed by a16z, YC, Sequoia, and more. Learn what they're building and how they're building.

New comment by rbrown in "Open AI announces $1.5M bonus for every employee"

rbrown — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:47:50 +0000

Truly insane

New comment by rbrown in "Developers: Stop Job Hunting like it's 2015"

rbrown — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:36:39 +0000

There's a lot of AI job slop that's flooding the market for genuine applications.

Developers: Stop Job Hunting like it's 2015

rbrown — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:36:39 +0000

Article URL: https://thoughtfuleng.substack.com/p/developers-stop-job-hunting-like

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44825885

Points: 8

# Comments: 3

New comment by rbrown in "Open AI announces $1.5M bonus for every employee"

rbrown — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:35:00 +0000

!!!!

New comment by rbrown in "Open AI in Trouble"

rbrown — Sat, 01 Mar 2025 18:04:31 +0000

No. I think coupling OpenAI's fortunes and the prospects of LLM-native applications is a step too far

New comment by rbrown in "AI: A Vibe Check"

rbrown — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 15:36:38 +0000

Yeah I worry about how we build the bench because it’s only a few short years before it’s all staff level folks and no one junior

New comment by rbrown in "Niantic announces "Large Geospatial Model" trained on Pokémon Go player data"

rbrown — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:32:30 +0000

NooooooooooOooOooOo!

New comment by rbrown in "Niantic plans a “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon Go player data"

rbrown — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:27:29 +0000

They won't. It's the same data collection play as every other Google project

Just for clarity on this comment and a separate one, Niantic is a Google spin out company and appears to still be majority shareholder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niantic,_Inc.#As_an_independen...

New comment by rbrown in "Niantic announces “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon Go player data"

rbrown — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:26:22 +0000

Genuinely impressed Google had the vision and resources to commit to a 10 year data collection project

New comment by rbrown in "Aptronym"

rbrown — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 22:18:35 +0000

Def: a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation)

Favorites include

- Alexander Graham Bell, developer of the telephone

- Russell Brain, 1st Baron Brain, neurologist

- Doug Bowser, president of Nintendo of America (Bowser is a character from a flagship Nintendo franchise, Super Mario

Just found it interesting

Aptronym

rbrown — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 22:18:35 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptronym

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41977057

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by rbrown in "Boeing's New CEO Calls for 'Culture Change' as Strike Vote Looms"

rbrown — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:31:35 +0000

didn't see, thanks!

New comment by rbrown in "Boeing's New CEO Calls for 'Culture Change' as Strike Vote Looms"

rbrown — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 15:50:16 +0000

"As Kelly Ortberg presented his strategic vision, more than 33,000 striking employees of the aerospace manufacturer were expected to vote on a new contract."