<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: seshagiric</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=seshagiric</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:50:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=seshagiric" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "I built a demo of what AI chat will look like when it's “free” and ad-supported"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ads can be a nuisance but if/ when done they can be nice too.<p>I hate the Google sponsored results/ ads, often they masquerade as an organic result and push the actual relevant results down in the list.<p>On the other hand, Instagram ads are nice, I often find really interesting stuff from Insta ads.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 17:35:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208784</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208784</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47208784</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "Tesla kills Autopilot, locks lane-keeping behind $99/month fee"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's a tradeoff, too early to say if it's a dumb move.<p>Side A: Tesla can grow FSD subscription revenue by making FSD + Autopilot completely based on subscription. Lot more people use Autopilot than FSD. In the happy path such users will pay the subscription and that revenue will increase.<p>Side B: Autopilot (aka lane keeping) is fast becoming default option across manufacturers. Tesla will take a dip in sales if such 'basic' option is no longer available.<p>Whether side A > side B is to be seen.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:13:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46737268</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46737268</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46737268</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (January 2026)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>1. Developing an voice AI agent (applied AI, not research)<p>2. Production ready AI - mix of code and human eval<p>3. Understanding and building for the new agentic AI commerce</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:37:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581143</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581143</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46581143</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Writing Evals for AI agents]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/demystifying-evals-for-ai-agents">https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/demystifying-evals-for-ai-agents</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570105">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570105</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 21:29:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/demystifying-evals-for-ai-agents</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570105</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46570105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>we should not dilute the effect of what's been by saying Maduro was not good for Venezuela.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:07:39 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46479648</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46479648</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46479648</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "When irate product support customers demand to speak to Bill Gates"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>One can only think if all the customer complaints really went to Bill Gates, how much different Microsoft would be today. They still operate in a world where they think once they build something, people would just use it. CoPilot is the latest example.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 19:09:07 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46368289</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46368289</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46368289</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without MS account"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>IIRC:<p>What you can do:<p>1. At setup time, you are not forced to provide any apple ID.<p>2. You can login to your notebook without needing Apple ID<p>3. Install apps directly (i.e not from app store)<p>What you cannot<p>1. Install apps from App Store<p>2. Get Apple care etc.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 01:59:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45498627</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45498627</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45498627</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think Netanyahu cleverly played on Trump's ego to get him to strike Iran.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 17:43:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44348739</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44348739</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44348739</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "New iMac with M4"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's almost becoming a bother of how accurate the rumors are becoming now a days. With this release they were spot on with the 16gb min ram and no change in screen size.<p>I am not building LLMs on my computer (I wish :)) but I do use my iMac for both work and photography. Lightroom slugs big time on my 2019 iMac. My dream spec for the next iMac would be:<p>- bring back the 27" form factor<p>- dumb down use as monitor. My work computer has disabled file & screen sharing so current methods  dont work. I just want to plug my work macbook using a cable or wireless and use the imac as a display.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:44:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41973894</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41973894</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41973894</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "Tesla Full Self Driving requires human intervention every 13 miles"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I use the monthly subscription every couple of months on my Model Y and the FSD has become quite good. For me the two recurring problems are does not follow traffic rules when merging and navigating to exit in case of back 2 back traffic on highway simply does not work. However in rest of the cases its pretty good or perhaps better way to say the best in market right now.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2024 16:04:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41660048</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41660048</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41660048</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Easy Guide to Understanding Transformers]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://jalammar.github.io/illustrated-transformer/">https://jalammar.github.io/illustrated-transformer/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39412447">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39412447</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Feb 2024 19:14:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://jalammar.github.io/illustrated-transformer/</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39412447</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39412447</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "Mozilla names new CEO as it pivots to data privacy"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not that privacy is important, but in the age where everyone is thinking GPTs will become the new interface to internet, it does not look like the right strategy for a browser to pivot to privacy.<p>Edge already has a copilot and looks like Chrome has something in the works too. I am afraid this strategy will only push Firefox more distance from prime time.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:31:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39309789</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39309789</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39309789</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "I made a website to share rejection letters"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Wow, is the one from OpenAI for real?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 00:02:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39049798</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39049798</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39049798</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train Midjourney"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Assume there was a law where GPTs cannot train on data from websites that put up a "Do not crawl" notice. If everyone did this, doesn't the value of the GPT diminish?<p>It does diminish and hence the question, what is the value the website owner is getting by having their data be used by someone else. (others have called out the same concern).<p>In your case, you seem to be fine with your data getting used for free. Others are not, especially if the art, data etc. on their website is something they want to earn their livelihood from.<p>Btw if you can't get MidJourney to create anything that looks like this artist's work, it does not mean it's impossible. Perhaps something with your prompt or perhaps it's something MidJourney will fix eventually. Once it does, the artist has simply lost opportunity to get some value from their own work.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:56:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39017266</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39017266</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39017266</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train Midjourney"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>An independent artist who was already struggling now got bamboozled by Midjourney. Instead of listing the Artist somewhere in the midst of a million attributions, every instance Midjourney draws a cartoon in the Artist's style should at least have a (clickable link) attribution to the artist's website.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2024 18:44:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39017037</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39017037</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39017037</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask HN: How to practice data analytics skills?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Merry Christmas YCombinatorions, I am looking to improve my data analytics skills, basically how to identify patterns, trends, useful insights from data. Can folks some suggest good web based tools for this please?<p>Not looking for books, but rather sample datasets I can use to visualize, analyze and test if I found the right insights.</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38765862">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38765862</a></p>
<p>Points: 17</p>
<p># Comments: 8</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 20:35:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38765862</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38765862</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38765862</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yeah, say I brought the car for $70K. 2 weeks later Tesla reduced the price by $12K. So, it's now $58K, and then you add depreciation...If I were to sell the car today (within 1 year of buying) I'd be looking at $35-40K!</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 13:26:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38762396</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38762396</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38762396</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "Breakdown of faults by car brand: Tesla has replaced Dacia at the bottom"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My experience as a Model Y owner:<p>What works:<p>- best in class software quality. Both various controls (lights, wipers, electronic parking brake etc.) and infotainment work just right.<p>- Navigation is quite good, especially considering it automatically adds/ suggests charging locations as needed.<p>- Steering assist (automatic lane and speed control) is quite handy. I never felt the need for trying out autopilot.<p>What doesn't work: it's just one thing for me: you cannot trust Tesla:<p>- Battery mileage. My model Y is supposed to give me 330miles on a full charge. For the recommended 80% charge it should be ~260 miles but in reality, I get 125 miles in winter and 200 miles in summer.<p>- Price drops. Cars depreciate but to have a $10-15K price drop right after I purchased really sucked. For this reason alone, I will never buy a Tesla again.<p>- For a 70K (model Y) car, it rattles, and they will charge 30$ to test for rattling.<p>- I haven't faced them but I often read about poor quality issues like cracked roof, wheels falling off (yes !).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Dec 2023 11:45:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761824</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761824</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38761824</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "Hanukkah of Data: Practice your data skills with 8 free data puzzles"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>oh cool, can't wait for it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 23:49:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38563462</link><dc:creator>seshagiric</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38563462</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38563462</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by seshagiric in "A reality bending mistake in Apple's computational photography"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I am always amazed how people even catch (come across) issues like this...the chances are 1 in a million?</p>
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