Hacker News: samwiseg

New comment by samwiseg in "Macrodata Refinement"

samwiseg — Sun, 02 Feb 2025 04:32:40 +0000

In refining 2126C5:9B4FF3 (Minsk) in 00h 04m 42s 365ms I have brought glory to the company. Praise Kier. 7⃣9⃣5⃣2⃣1⃣ 5⃣8⃣4⃣5⃣7⃣ 8⃣8⃣0⃣4⃣7⃣ 5⃣2⃣5⃣5⃣8⃣ 3⃣1⃣8⃣3⃣5⃣ #mdrlumon #severance lumon-industries.com

New comment by samwiseg in "LLM based agents as Dungeon Masters"

samwiseg — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:43:22 +0000

Right, but why not play BG3? You know that an LLM is not going to provide any meaningful narrative, or craft a thought provoking story.

New comment by samwiseg in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2024)"

samwiseg — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:43:08 +0000

Hi there, I see that the only solutions engineer role available is based in France/EU. Is there a US based solutions engineer role?

New comment by samwiseg in "Ask HN: Is it ethical to create an open source clone of proprietary software?"

samwiseg — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 03:08:00 +0000

Thanks! I never thought of it that way.

Ask HN: Is it ethical to create an open source clone of proprietary software?

samwiseg — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 02:48:17 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11017371

Points: 9

# Comments: 14

New comment by samwiseg in "Ask HN: Why the hell can't you return my email?"

samwiseg — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:38:16 +0000

As a "regular joe", receiving a reply from someone I admire is a great feeling. Richard Stallman and Noam Chomsky come to mind.

New comment by samwiseg in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2016)"

samwiseg — Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:34:34 +0000

>we’re recruiting [interns] from local schools near our offices. So if we're not local, can we still apply?

New comment by samwiseg in "Ask HN: How happy are you working as a programmer?"

samwiseg — Mon, 01 Feb 2016 20:37:28 +0000

I find that incredible (in a good way!) My idea of govt organizations was strict dress code, clock in at 8 AM on the dot, leave at 5 PM sharp, unknowable bureaucracy above your head.

New comment by samwiseg in "The result would be a catastrophe (1985)"

samwiseg — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:47:53 +0000

Of course, it's extremely important. I'm currently listening to the Freakonomics podcast on the Challenger explosion[0]. I was only noting the difference being born a few years apart can make when it comes to significant shared cultural memories.

[0]http://freakonomics.com/2015/05/20/failure-is-your-friend-a-...

New comment by samwiseg in "The result would be a catastrophe (1985)"

samwiseg — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 16:40:27 +0000

As someone born in 1995, I don't have any real emotional connection to the Challenger explosion. It's pretty bizarre to think that children born after the 9/11 attacks will probably feel the same indifference.

New comment by samwiseg in "Voxel.css"

samwiseg — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 05:51:36 +0000

Congratulations on 4 million users! The visualization works really well, IMO. A couple thoughts on its implementation: 1) The dropdown list of countries is not alphabetized. Makes it difficult to find reviews from a given country, although it does make you use the map:)

2) If you click on a country that doesn't have a review, it produces a blank, instead of the country name and flag with no reviews.

New comment by samwiseg in "The Apple iPad Pro Review"

samwiseg — Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:48:43 +0000

Is that really true? That seems like such an oversight.

New comment by samwiseg in "Expedia Acquires Airbnb Rival HomeAway for $3.9B"

samwiseg — Thu, 05 Nov 2015 00:15:55 +0000

You've never heard of HomeAway? They and VRBO (which they own) are the 2nd and 3rd biggest players in the home sharing economy, after Airbnb.

New comment by samwiseg in "What Happens Next Will Amaze You"

samwiseg — Wed, 23 Sep 2015 17:15:07 +0000

He said social democracy, which has nothing to do with communism.

New comment by samwiseg in "Elsevier, that just freaked me out"

samwiseg — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:18:43 +0000

Yeah exactly, this has been out for a while. Not sure why this is on the front page of HN.

Picture Yourself as a Stereotypical Male

samwiseg — Fri, 04 Sep 2015 05:20:50 +0000

Article URL: http://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/picture-yourself-as-a-stereotypical-male

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10168929

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by samwiseg in "The Disturbing Consequences of Seeing Your Doppelgänger"

samwiseg — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 02:10:29 +0000

Poe also wrote a pretty disturbing short story about a doppelganger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wilson_(short_story)

New comment by samwiseg in "Pixar in a Box"

samwiseg — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:27:29 +0000

This is amazing. I can't wait to show this to my little sister.

New comment by samwiseg in "The Best Jobs Now Require You to Be a People Person"

samwiseg — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 14:22:38 +0000

I've definitely seen this after spending two summers at Airbnb. They take pride in being very selective re: culture fit and personality, and I think this is one of the most critical reasons why it's a great place to work.

New comment by samwiseg in "Things mimicking other things"

samwiseg — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 01:36:45 +0000

Cool, but some of these are a bit of a stretch. I don't think a slug is actually mimicking a cow.