Hacker News: um304

New comment by um304 in "What will the impact of LLMs in short, medium, and long terms?"

um304 — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:46:14 +0000

I have been thinking about it lately, and decided to ask GPT-4. I further asked it to convert it into a fancy HTML, which I copy/pasted on codesandbox.io and shared here.

Would love to see what other folks think about the subject.

What will the impact of LLMs in short, medium, and long terms?

um304 — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 05:46:14 +0000

Article URL: https://f0pkpf.csb.app/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35270890

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

New comment by um304 in "Ragya – Indian classical music played by time of the day"

um304 — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 21:35:19 +0000

Love it!

New comment by um304 in "An English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8k Years"

um304 — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 02:37:01 +0000

Death is "Merg" in Farsi, which sounds similar to "morgue". You're correct about "ast".

New comment by um304 in "An English Word That Hasn’t Changed in Sound or Meaning in 8k Years"

um304 — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 02:32:25 +0000

More Farsi words:

Father - Pider

Mother - Maader

Daughter - Dukhter

Dozen - Dawazda

God - Khoda

One - Yek

Two - Do

Three - Se

Four - Chehar

Five (Penta)- Punj

Six - Shush

Seven (Sept) - Heft

Eight (Oct) - Hesht

Nine - Neh

Ten - Deh

No - Neh

Tree - Drekht

Moon - Mah

Foot - Paa

Orange - Naranji

New comment by um304 in "Apple Music on Android asks user's card details to avoid Google's 30% cut"

um304 — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 05:23:58 +0000

Double standards! Apple has removed so many apps from App Store because of the same reason.

New comment by um304 in "Lark Suite"

um304 — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 03:42:24 +0000

Has anyone been using Lark Suite? How does it compare with GSuite?

Lark Suite

um304 — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 03:41:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.larksuite.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23581420

Points: 1

# Comments: 2

New comment by um304 in "Ask HN: What is key to good technical documentation?"

um304 — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:49:25 +0000

Assume your audience is highly intelligent but knows little about the subject you're writing about.

New comment by um304 in "Ask HN: What are you working on?"

um304 — Thu, 04 Jul 2019 22:47:59 +0000

Reading these books:

- The Effective Engineer

- Crime & Punishment

Ask HN: What mental models you found useful in delivering impact as an engineer?

um304 — Tue, 04 Jun 2019 23:03:22 +0000

I hear people talking that it takes more than great programming skills for an engineer to be successful (particularly at fast moving tech companies). As an engineer, I have learned certain mindsets that have helped me do better in my work. For example: 1) an average to a problem well understood can potentially deliver bigger impact than a great solution to a problem poorly understood, 2) not all problems are worth solving and ability to prioritize them in terms of impact is a core skill, etc.

What mental models have you found useful in your career as an engineer? Or if you're not an engineer, what mental models you think engineers need to have to deliver bigger impact?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20100070

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

I Hate Front-End Development

um304 — Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:07:13 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.emumba.com/i-hate-front-end-development-2b7a9ff4704e

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18540175

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

How to let users highlight your HTML?

um304 — Wed, 04 Jul 2018 05:41:00 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.emumba.com/how-to-let-users-highlight-your-html-c1013abf68fb

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17455443

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Ask HN: How do you stay focused when working on hard problems?

um304 — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 02:03:50 +0000

When working on hard problems, which might encompass unknown number of sub-problems, I often find myself procrastinating. Harder the problem, severer the procrastination. A psychology professor says that a person typically fails to begin a project when there is "confusion about what the first steps of the task are" [1].

When working on hard problem, you're bound to hit tasks of which you won't know first steps. You're likely to often find yourself in deep marshes with no way out. How do you stay motivated in situations like these? How do you not give in to procrastination?

[1](https://medium.com/@dr_eprice/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e312d01)

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17281221

Points: 5

# Comments: 2

7 Traits That Separate an Exceptional Engineer from an Ordinary One

um304 — Sun, 20 May 2018 13:04:34 +0000

Article URL: https://blog.emumba.com/7-traits-that-separates-an-exceptional-engineer-from-an-ordinary-one-239e4cd3dc92

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17112531

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by um304 in "Show HN: My embarrassing personal website from the 90s"

um304 — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 21:44:09 +0000

This is the best icon I have seen in a while: http://boglin.iwarp.com/iexploit.gif

New comment by um304 in "The Follower Factory"

um304 — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 08:14:06 +0000

NYT has a history of hiring engineering rockstars. I believe creators of libraries like BackboneJS, UnderscoreJS, and D3 were at NYT when they had invented those amazing pieces of work.

New comment by um304 in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (January 2018)"

um304 — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 06:22:50 +0000

Location: Islamabad

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: JavaScript, ES6, ReactJS, Angular, Redux, RxJS

Résumé/CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1QVCjSWOyh25eRmk7gWKtmi4Wc7...

Email: umar.mughal2@gmail.com

New comment by um304 in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2017)"

um304 — Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:48:26 +0000

I've 8+ years of frontend experience but I live outside US, 12 timezones apart. Can I apply for the job?

New comment by um304 in "How Merkle Trees Enable the Decentralized Web"

um304 — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:31:09 +0000

Exactly! Editing content is the elephant in the room which author didn't even address