<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: vowelless</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vowelless</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:19:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=vowelless" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by vowelless in "What is the Fourth Dimension? (1884)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, he is related to Geoffrey Hinton</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 21:24:28 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39947416</link><dc:creator>vowelless</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39947416</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39947416</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by vowelless in "GM's Cruise alleged to rely on human operators to achieve "autonomous" driving"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Where are these remote assistant human drivers located (country), and how have they been screened for temporarily “driving” vehicles in those cities (do these humans have American licenses? ). How is all this regulated?<p>Basically, I am curious if these remote assistant drivers are located in foreign nations without American licenses. And if so, how did you get them cleared to be able to “drive” cars on Americas roads?<p>Thanks<p>Ps: I took a cruise once in Austin and it needed remote assistance.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Nov 2023 09:14:47 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38160337</link><dc:creator>vowelless</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38160337</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38160337</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by vowelless in "ChatGPT can help yield more accurate stock trading predictions – study"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>… compared to GPT 1 and GPT 2 and BERT…</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:44:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35614679</link><dc:creator>vowelless</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35614679</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35614679</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ask HN: How do I get into angel investing?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I have a bit of spare cash (few 100k). I want to start investing in startups. How does one go about doing that? I live in NY so don’t have a big tech network (mostly finance). How should someone like me go about investing?<p>Some ideas:<p>1. Join a syndicate on angel list<p>2. Find a private equity guy in NY who can give me exposure<p>3. Directly invest into friends companies<p>What are the most recommended ways to get into investing?</p>
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<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34582952">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34582952</a></p>
<p>Points: 6</p>
<p># Comments: 3</p>
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<p>I strongly second this. Abu Mostafa has videos and homework for this course too. This course was the one that made a LOT of fundamental things “click”, like, why does learning even work and what are some broad expectations about what we can and cannot learn.</p>
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<p>Why did you mention Andrei Jikh?</p>
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<p>The two books by Paul (host of that podcast) are <i>fantastic</i>. I cannot recommend them enough.</p>
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<p>Well, how much do you make? Compare your comp with the numbers on levels.fyi to see if you fit in the expected band.</p>
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<p>Does anyone know if comma.ai can use the lidar to improve its self driving car algos? In general, is this lidar sensor long range enough to help cars drive?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 12:44:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30671723</link><dc:creator>vowelless</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30671723</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30671723</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by vowelless in "Mapping and Seizing the Oligarchs' Assets"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Should the world seize the assets of Silicon Valley billionaires over the US invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan and other actions in MENA?<p>Probably.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 11:13:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30670952</link><dc:creator>vowelless</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30670952</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30670952</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by vowelless in "Doctors call out Spotify for letting Joe Rogan spread ‘false and harmful’ claims"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>What if the person continuously says “smoking isnt bad for you. It’s actually great for you” on their podcast that is delivered by Spotify to hundreds of millions?<p>What about they say something even more egregious like “seatbelt laws are against freedom and they do more harm than good and so we should stand up against them?”<p>I dont care either way. But i think its not clear.</p>
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<p>I started to do this recently. It is amazing how motivated I am to walk/run because I want to know whats next in the book.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jan 2022 17:17:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29770730</link><dc:creator>vowelless</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29770730</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29770730</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by vowelless in "Sorry, but you're already living in the “Squid Game”"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Might I suggest doing some introspection?<p>Perhaps I “completely missed” the meaning of it. I hardly saw much discussion about the flaws of Korean society (and thus dont presume anything about it with my own biases — I didnt get the visual it was a “hellhole”). What I saw was a horrible father/son in gambling debt (his choice to gamble), a pretentious trader who overlevered and lost peoples money (his choice to be greedy), a bunch of thieves, and a crazy old rich man (clearly a sadist). I didnt see abject poverty that arose due to capitalism. I am trying hard to see how the free market got these people to be like that. Feel free to explain if you would like.<p>Then I saw these people constantly choose to be inside a messed up totalitarian system so that they could get cash. They were societys degenerates who were driven by so much greed that they joined this quasi commie / authoritarian system to get even more cash.<p>Maybe you are saying that for degenerates, a normal free market is a “hell hole” and thus they need this game. Ok, fair enough. But that doesnt tell us much about capitalism.</p>
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<p>It showed greedy, flawed people who  _chose_ to leave a possibly capitalistic system (they actually dont discuss the outside world too much) and participate in a totalitarian hell hole as they are enticed with cash. Not out of lack of options, but due to messed up promises by the dictator in charge and their own greedy nature, or bad choices (like gambling debt, crashing a overlevered portfolio which is hardly poverty).<p>It is reminiscent of communist revolutions of the past where people choose to overthrow a system to establish a totalitarian system so that they can get some gain out of it.</p>
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<p>Lol absolutely not. They participate out of free choice.<p>Its a warning that people could choose to participate in a centralized, communist totalitarian system if they are encouraged to do so. It reminds us of the communist revolutions from the early 1900s and a lot of the leftist rhetoric from today.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:23:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29391338</link><dc:creator>vowelless</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29391338</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29391338</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by vowelless in "Sorry, but you're already living in the “Squid Game”"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Its shocking and gore, portraying a totalitarian sub society with hints of communism. It reminds us of North Korean.  But for some reason,  westerners think its a “critique of capitalism”.<p>Edit: to clarify, the “hints of communism” here refers to the game on the island, not south korea. These people willingly left capitalism to join this weird commie authoritarian style game to make money.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:18:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29391315</link><dc:creator>vowelless</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29391315</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29391315</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by vowelless in "20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Finger prints for passports is not a thing.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2021 17:53:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28460684</link><dc:creator>vowelless</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28460684</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28460684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by vowelless in "20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> For example, guns. Very few people die because of mass shootings.<p>Adjusted for how armed Americans are, gun violence in this country is tiny. And seeing what an armed citizenry can do against the full American force (Afghanistan), an armed population is a necessity against tyranny in America.</p>
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<p>This might be an unpopular opinion, but non alcoholic beer tastes like crap. Ive tried to “quit” alcohol in the past and tried drinking NA beers: Lagunitas NA IPA (disgusting taste), Odoules (meh), and Athletic Brewing (one flavor was drinkable).<p>Heineken 0.0 was the best tasting NA beer but still, it just felt like I was drinking sugar for no reason.</p>
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<p>I thought that there was American government pressure to remove Al Qaeda/ISIS propaganda from social media sites. If not, then I hope the american gov takes a stronger stance against terrorism.</p>
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