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Prediction: AI will write most code, humans will be primarily employed for QA 4 by handfuloflight | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: Is there a good hackable smart watch? 2 by xrd | 3 comments on Hacker News. I've owned a variety of smart watches. From Android via Google and Samsung to Huawei purchased in Japan. I would like to find a hackable smart watch that allows: - gps - cellular connection. But maybe just a data connection if I can write my own apps. I really want to record audio of my thoughts while I'm running. - programmable? Android apps are great, but I'm open to other things. - decent battery life, hopefully 2 days or more I have been waiting for the right pine64 but it isn't coming. I love my banglejs but it doesn't have cellular. Are there any interesting things from Shenzhen? Or on Alibaba? I don't need an app store. I'm really interested in something that can capture audio and submit it, perhaps receiving audio or text back without an elaborate screen interface. If I have that, maybe my kids can use it without getting sucked into the platform of apps and games a...

Is Patrick Mackenzie's salary negotiation guide relevant in today's market? 10 by sideway | 6 comments on Hacker News. The market has changed a lot since this classic blogpost[1] on salary negotiation was written. With no specific numbers to back it up, it feels like demand for generalists SWE has decreased, while supply has increased by a lot. In this market where every company out there tries to minimise costs, is there still room for salary negotiation for generalists that interview with non-FAANG? Do you have any industry insights or anecdotes to share? [1] https://ift.tt/7JHM2Sg

Ask HN: What's Going on with the US Economy? 6 by burgerland | 5 comments on Hacker News. Just saw the news about Dropbox doing 20% layoffs. There have been at least 600k to 1 million people laid off since 2022. While job market is absolutely bonkers, I saw on LinkedIn that US is posting strong growth. How is this possible? Granted tech is only 8% of US job market, but layoffs in tech are due to stagnant market and state of the economy if we take reasons given for layoffs seriously. Stock market is up but people can't find jobs. Are we in a state that we dont need these jobs anymore in tech? Are more people going to get laid off leading to '07-08 style recession? Are we seeing meltdown due to AI in realtime? I can't make sense of anything going on in the US economy.

Ask HN: Why aren't more apps using WebP format? 6 by dngit | 8 comments on Hacker News. WebP has been around for a while now, offering better compression and performance over JPEG and PNG. So why haven't more apps fully adopted it yet? Are there hidden compatibility issues, performance downsides, or just inertia in the industry? Curious to hear if the switch to WebP has made a difference for anyone here, especially for mobile performance.

Ask HN: What countries provide the best incentives for startups? 5 by roundstars | 2 comments on Hacker News. Incentives such as startup funding, Intellectual Property protection, tax exemptions, ease of starting a startup, costs to run a startup, insolvency regulations etc.

Ask HN: Is a Carnival sized application of Lenz's law possible? 2 by zakstal9 | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've wondered for a while if it's possible to make a giant Lenz's law ride. Like a blown up version of this [1] video. I think the experience of falling slowly down a tube would be very interesting. I know it would be expensive, but money aside, would it be possible in any form? [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7tIi71-AjAMaybe

Rackspace increases cloud rates by 22% 5 by sarkedev | 0 comments on Hacker News. I haven't seen anything in the news or online, but I noticed our invoices were noticeably higher lately. I did a comparison with 2 months ago: | SERVICE | NAME | UNIT | BEFORE | AFTER | CHANGE | |----------------------|-----------------------------|----------|---------:|----------:|---------| | Cloud Bandwidth | Load Balancer Bandwidth Out | GB | 0.12 | 0.1464 | +22.00% | | Cloud Bandwidth | NG Server Bandwidth Out | GB | 0.12 | 0.1464 | +22.00% | | Cloud Block Storage | CBS Volume | GB_HRS | 0.000164 | 0.0002 | +21.95% | | Cloud CDN Bandwidth | Files CDN Bandwidth | GB | 0.12 | 0.1464 | +22.00% | | Cloud Database | Database Compute | HOURS | 0.12 | 0.1464 | +22.00% | | Cloud Database | Database Storage | GB_HRS | 0.001027 | 0.0012529 | +22.00% | | Cloud Files | Files Storage | GB | 0.1 | 0.122 | +22.00% | | Cloud Load Balancers | Load Balancer Connections | CONN_HRS | 0.015 | 0.0183 | +22.00% | | ...

How do you find side projects? 3 by annaletitgo | 3 comments on Hacker News. Trying to find some side project but really hard to find one.

Ask HN: Can Calculus be taught without differentiating or integrating by hand? 2 by amichail | 4 comments on Hacker News. Maybe the focus could be on solving Calculus problems with the help of a symbolic algebra system instead?

The End of Golden Age of Tech? 8 by apocalknight | 2 comments on Hacker News. I’ve been a developer for 15 years, Millennial (28 years old), and I’ve done everything you can imagine. I've never been mediocre and have always been passionate about technology. I've never been unemployed because I'm good at what I do, and I've already founded and sold a startup with two years of growth and constant updates. However, my generation and Gen Z are facing a strong global financial crisis, which makes us work like crazy, only to be rewarded with just enough money to pay rent and buy food. I'm not ungrateful, but just to put things into perspective, selling a startup for a few thousand BRL didn’t give me enough autonomy to even buy my own house or get a better car. At most, it allowed me to make a few small investments and set up an emergency fund. I live in Brazil, which has its own economic challenges that add another layer to this situation. In the past few months, I was...

Ask HN: What ist your AdBlock strategy? 3 by laserstrahl | 8 comments on Hacker News. Hi, Just installed OpenWRT. Which solutions for ad blocking and other trackers would you recommend? Pi-Hole is not a option, since I don't have one laying around. So anything else I can try which will work out of the box? For links and guides I'd be happy. PS: I got dual antennas what would come into your mind to do with it?

Ask HN: What's your favorite text-based adventure game? 22 by ranuzz | 18 comments on Hacker News. I loved playing zork and torn.com is kinda text based. With generative AI it feels like they can easily make a come back !!

Ask HN: Local RAG with private knowledge base 2 by zephodb | 0 comments on Hacker News. Looking for a free, local, open source RAG solution for running a reference library with 1000s of technical PDFs and word docs. Tried the Ollama + open webui, Ollama+Anything LLM with opensource models such as Llama3.2 etc. As expected the more documents we feed the lower the accuracy. Doing it for a bunch of senior citizens who still love geeking out.

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2024) 11 by david927 | 39 comments on Hacker News. What are you working on? Any new ideas that you're thinking about?

DietPi released a new version 9.8 4 by StephanStS | 0 comments on Hacker News. DietPi is a lightweight Debian based Linux distribution for SBCs and server systems, with the option to install desktop environments, too. It ships as minimal image but allows to install complete and ready-to-use software stacks with a set of console based shell dialogs and scripts. The source code is hosted on GitHub: https://ift.tt/rEn24hF The main website can be found at: https://dietpi.com/ Wikipedia: https://ift.tt/ocnjChI The project released the new version DietPi v9.8 on October 17th, 2024. The highlights of this version are: NanoPi M3/T3/R5S/R5C, ROCK 4/4 SE, Orange Pi 3B/Zero 3/Zero 2W: Fixes for these boards NoMachine: Upgraded to newest version installation HomeAssistant: Start problems fixed Raspotify: Start problems fixed Folding@Home: Installation problem fixed Fixes for Portainer, DietPi-Drive_Manager, DietPi-Services, DietPi-Config The full release notes can be found at: https://ift.tt/Z8...

Ask HN: What is the cheapest ($/hour) H100 renting service with quick spin-up? 2 by dtquad | 0 comments on Hacker News. Something that can be programmatically spun up and turned off in seconds would be ideal.

Ask HN: How can tech help with mental health? 4 by Gooblebrai | 2 comments on Hacker News. I ask this because I'm very skeptical of mental health apps and most of the mental health startups around the scene. Feels like technology is not specially useful to tackle this, more human-centric, issue. Prove me wrong, what are some examples you have seen of technology being useful to help in the mental health space?

Ask HN: Halloween: What would be classed as a "Ghost" detection? 4 by docapotamus | 6 comments on Hacker News. Hi HN, Strange question, I know, but I feel this is a good place to ask the question: What would be classed as a "Ghost" detection? I do not believe in anything; ghosts, deities, witches, skeletons with bows and arrows, zombies or anything else. But I'm obsessed with Ghost hunting YouTube channels. I know it's a load of nonsense, however, like Mulder, somewhere deep down "I want to believe". I understand it's all side effects of being human with good filmography that make this entertaining. These hunters use some strange equipment, "Rem Pods", EMF testers, "Spiritboxes", etc. These are all easily debunked. But it got me thinking; What would actually prove the existence of a ghost? What phenomena and what evidence would actually be required? I don't think anything will ever be found as concrete evidence, but w...

Tell HN: Switched from Lightsail to Hetzner Cloud, 2 blogs for $4 a month 3 by 999900000999 | 1 comments on Hacker News. After a few comments mentioned I was probably wasting money using AWS Lightsail, I finally tried out Hetzner Cloud for hosting my Ghost Blogs. Since ARM is new and interesting, I picked the 4$ ARM Ubuntu server for hosting. After experimenting with a few different alternatives, I installed Captain Rover again( it's still the easiest solution here). The only thing I really had issues with was getting the A records to work right. I had some weird franken system where I had the domains on a different register, pointing to AWS name servers, pointing to Hetzner Cloud. This was really confusing and didn't work right, so I migrated the domains over to AWS. I'm happy to say both of my blogs are working fine now. Both of these are near no traffic blogs, so I have no idea how this would behave under load. 4$ is a great deal compared to the 30$ a month I was spen...

Ask HN: What are the algorithms used by predictions markets like Polymarket? 5 by callmeed | 8 comments on Hacker News. I am curious how prediction markets like polymarket and kalshi work behind the scenes. I assume it's more like stock options than sports betting. Is there something like a market maker to help provide liquidity? Is it setting probabilities/prices using something like black-scholes? How would you design a very simple prediction market MVP?

Namecheap charged my card, didn't deliver the domain, then upped price by 200x 48 by paige_d | 20 comments on Hacker News. Buyer beware if you're looking to purchase a domain on Namecheap. I've been eyeing a .co domain for a while, but it was pretty pricey at $3900. I thought it over for a while, decided I wanted to go through with the purchase. To my luck, I see that Namecheap is having a 'birthday sale' and the price has been marked down to $31. I was ready at that point to buy it for $3900, but hell yeah, I'll definitely take it for $31. I click the 'Buy Now' button, my credit card is charged, and I even see the domain in my account. I'm unable to manage/setup the domain, but that's ok, I didn't need it right away. Eleven days later after my purchase, I get an email from Namecheap support saying the $31 price was a mistake and the actual price is $3900. Ugh. This is annoying, but again, I really wanted the domain so I agreed to pay the ...

Point-of-sale providers that don't require proprietary hardware 2 by willmadden | 0 comments on Hacker News. I have a relative who runs a micro-brewery. Most of the focus is on distribution, but they have a healthy retail business. They hate their existing point-of-sale solution because it requires expensive pre-configured Samsung hardware to work. What is the consensus on point-of-sale providers with software that works on existing client hardware?

Ask HN: Real-time speech-to-speech translation 2 by thangalin | 0 comments on Hacker News. Has anyone had any luck with a free, offline, open-source, real-time speech-to-speech translation app on under-powered devices (i.e., older smart phones)? * https://ift.tt/vJ2RGlc * https://ift.tt/gJTyl5V * https://ift.tt/i1xzeyI I'm looking for a simple app that can listen for English, translate into Korean (and other languages), then perform speech synthesis on the translation. Basically, a Babelfish that doesn't stick in the ear. Although real-time would be great, a max 5-second delay is manageable. RTranslator is awkward (couldn't get it to perform speech-to-speech using a single phone). 3PO sprouts errors like dandelions and requires an online connection. Any suggestions?

Ask HN: Who is hacking Internet Archive? 3 by weallfeelit | 0 comments on Hacker News. apparently a "pro-Palestinian" group SN_BlackMeta claimed responsibility for the attack. SN_BlackMeta has previously been linked to an attack against a Middle Eastern financial institution earlier this year, and a security firm has linked it to a pro-Palestinian hacktivist movement. but what does this have to do with the Internet Archive? and even if it's not SN_BlackMeta, what's the angle? i can't imagine any citizen being opposed to one of the only sources of truth on the internet. there's also, as always, some chatter about Big Tech or Big Govt. the question remains open. who is hacking Internet Archive, and what do they want?

Ask HN: Is your company putting off plans until after the election? 7 by JesseTG | 0 comments on Hacker News. I keep hearing that the upcoming American election is making companies uncertain about hiring, but I can never seem to get a straight answer about what they're afraid of. So I'll ask here: what is your company worried about? What plan/project/etc. is your company suspending or reconsidering, pending the outcome of November 5th?

Ask HN: Why aren't we fighting email spam more effectively? 5 by outcoldman | 1 comments on Hacker News. I own a few businesses and receive daily emails from (a) hiring agencies, (b) investment firms, and (c) companies selling “user data” (e.g., Docker users, Apple users, etc.). None of these emails are CAN-SPAM compliant (in the USA). I started looking into whether it’s even possible to report these violations, but it seems like ICANN doesn’t really care. They only enforce abuse forms/emails with domain registrars when spam includes phishing or other specific violations. Have we just given up on fighting spam? Is it because we allow cold sales outreach to continue unchecked?

Ask HN: What is the current status of RAG-as-a-service tools out there? 2 by epolanski | 0 comments on Hacker News. I have lately been looking to implement a chatbot, which I first did some 12 months ago on the Llamaindex framework. I didn't particularly like the experience and it felt like lots of plumbing. I would've expected tons of companies to provide now a simple interface to author text and have it automatically serve as knowledge for some model yet that doesn't seem the case. Something akin Notion + prompt + get an API you can use against your knowledge. The few Raas I've seen all want me to contact sales which to me is an instant no, and they also lacked some way to test the product. Or they didn't provide authoring tools, which feels a bit odd to me, as you're requiring a customer to set up all the plumbing just to upload some text. At the end of the day it looked like the assistant API from OpenAI was the closest thing that could do it for me, but ...

Ask HN: What books have most influenced your coding style? 4 by davikr | 5 comments on Hacker News.

Tell HN: macOS Sequoia Preview app adds random passwords to PDFs upon Saving 4 by behnamoh | 0 comments on Hacker News. This bug was originally fixed but it's back again: https://ift.tt/5vaS8uE

Ask HN: Is It Wrong to Use My Personal Laptop for Work? 4 by throw142345888 | 14 comments on Hacker News. At the company I just started working at, the computer has a company profile as well as Sophos antivirus, which, from what I can see, filters all traffic. However, I have another MacBook, and there are no requirements to use a VPN. We use GitHub, which means I can work on my personal MacBook. In my contract, I’m not obligated to use the company laptop, and I believe these software tools are just to comply with some ISO standards. From what I’ve noticed, the IT team monitors app usage, so I could leave the IDE open all the time. So my question is: would it be wrong to use my personal computer for development?

BMI-type measure for a place's "goodness of weather" 2 by profsummergig | 7 comments on Hacker News. If you're familiar with BMI (body-mass index), read-on: I am trying to develop a single score, similar to BMI, for a place's "goodness of weather". Yes, I am well-aware that BMI is flawed. But its simplicity is useful. The data available to me are: - MAX TEMP (°F) - MIN TEMP (°F) - AVG TEMP (°F) - PRECIP (IN) - SNOW (IN) - Standard Deviation of each of the above. Data are available for tens of thousands of weather stations in the USA, and are available in the following bin-sizes: annual, monthly, daily, hourly. I think I want to use monthly data. BMI is calculated as: weight in kilograms (kg) divided by height in meters, squared (m2). In your opinion, what should the formula for "goodness of weather" look like? (Of course, people will disagree on what constitutes good weather. Some like San Diego weather, some like Denver weather. So, what wo...

Ask HN: What are the best resources for SWE to PM transition? 3 by justchad | 1 comments on Hacker News. I am a software engineer with nearly 15 YOE and as I progressed I have been drawn more and more towards product. I am interested in transitioning to the PM role at a startup but would like to be setup for success upon doing so. What classes, books, courses, etc would you recommend to someone with my background?

Ask HN: What is a programming language that you don't use at work but enjoy? 2 by dondraper36 | 2 comments on Hacker News. At work, I use Go and Python, but a short while ago I started learning Clojure and fell in love with the simplicity and a totally different approach to everything. What is your favourite second language and why?

Ask HN: Why WhatsApp is sending so much unsecured traffic and unresolved IPs? 4 by mariankh | 0 comments on Hacker News. Here is a photo from Malloc privacy & Security app report https://ift.tt/V8Deq5u

Ask HN: How to Learn 'To Think'? 5 by cannnot_think | 6 comments on Hacker News. I am writing this desperate to find out what to do. Most of my life, I have been 'listening' passively, without thinking. I don't have an internal monologue. I had a neuropsych evaluation which commented on my poor memory and inability to think. How do I learn how 'to think'? How do I learn to create an internal dialogue to comment on my surroundings and tasks? I am hoping for a book recommendation, or maybe a blog post. I've heard that Ulysses is a stream-of-consciousness book, but I have not checked it out. I would hope that books help - but I have read a lot of books and still don't think. I am hoping for a tutorial or something to practice.

GPT-based translator for large pptx files 2 by seinecle | 1 comments on Hacker News. because DeepL and Google have tough limits on size (30Mb for DeepL, 10Mb for Google), which makes their solution practically useless for many professionnal cases. For this reason, I developed slidelang: same as existing services, without the size limit. With a bonus: since the translation is achieved with an LLM, the user can add custom instructions to tune the style of the translation. - the app (still in alpha): https://ift.tt/JHXg2x5 - a short blog post about it: https://ift.tt/cnd97bk Your feedback is welcome.

Did Reddit start blocking its subdomain-to-subreddit URL scheme? 2 by interestica | 1 comments on Hacker News. Any subreddit used to be available at subreddit.reddit.com —> Reddit.com/r/subreddit I have no idea if it was an advertised or officially supported scheme. And I don’t know what the nature of the URL redirect/rewrite/forwarding was. It was handy for remembering. Now all those links seem to redirect to the main domain. Old.reddit still works but could go soon if they’re reorganizing schemes/standards. I actually used that subdomain structure years ago to allow users to select different subset styles for subreddits.

What takes too much of your time at work that could be automated but isn't? 5 by bmiselis | 0 comments on Hacker News. Follow up question: why haven't you automated it yet?

Ask HN: Companies of one, what is your tech stack in 2024? 3 by ecmascript | 2 comments on Hacker News. Hello dear HNers. Each year for the last few years I have asked companies of one, meaning companies that consists of only one person of what tech stacks you use. Include as much and as little information as possible but the more the merrier! Feel free to link to your site or project for show case if you want. What is your tech stack? Why did you choose it? Do you think your choices had any impact on your success or failure? Here is the previous threads: (2023) https://ift.tt/AXB0oUa (2022) https://ift.tt/MeXRh5V (2021) https://ift.tt/Ki4USAk (2020) https://ift.tt/NVpk37b (2019) https://ift.tt/WSUEXtm Thanks in advance!

Hopping too many startups in a row? 2 by 15characters | 1 comments on Hacker News. The last 3 positions I've held have been SWE at relatively small startups. Within 2 years of being at those companies, big changes occurred prompting me to hop for job security (didn't secure next round of funding, C-suite got replaced, etc). For me, this is the nature of startups- fast turnaround and turnover. I thought this was normal until my last interview where a recruiter was looking for stronger explanations as to why I haven't held a position for 3-4 years recently. Being clear that it wasn't a positive sign to them. Is it really that strange, or were they maybe used to bigger company culture and expectations? Not going to risk my own security riding a sinking ship.

Ask HN: Whats a good publication to subscribe to for tech? 4 by pm90 | 0 comments on Hacker News. I am an ACM subscriber, and read the ACM journal. I looked at MIT Tech review but Im wary of the MIT brand and many of their articles seems commercial. Im looking for something that people would be interested in just because its interesting tech/science news and not just the latest hype.

Ask HN: Can a 5 year old i7 laptop compete with one made today? 3 by WheelsAtLarge | 1 comments on Hacker News. Moore's Law is mostly dead, so current i7s aren't much faster than the ones made many years ago. I'm thinking of buying a 5-year-old Dell i7 laptop, which will mostly give me the same speed as the latest model. Am I right? Is it worth saving the money? I mostly use spreadsheets and web apps.

Ask ChatGPT this question – paste response if possible 3 by grahamgooch | 2 comments on Hacker News. What do you know about me that I might not know about myself

Ask HN: I want to use two phones with one SIM 2 by garyfirestorm | 3 comments on Hacker News. I understand the limitations of how SIM cards work. However i was wondering if there was a workaround for this. I would really like to daily an iPhone and an android phone. Ideal to carry one or another device when I need to without worrying about missing calls

Have You Wanted to Quit Social Media? 6 by ismailsevik | 4 comments on Hacker News. I'm curious, have you ever wanted to quit social media?

Ask HN: In 2024 what's the best way to manage contacts? 2 by raleighm | 4 comments on Hacker News. How do people sync and manage contacts across so many apps and contexts? -- UPDATE: Thanks for the comments so far. To clarify my situation: My main use cases are: Gmail (personal): For personal contacts. Gmail (work): For professional contacts related to my role. Outlook (work): For internal and external business communication. LinkedIn: Managing professional connections. Messaging apps (WhatsApp, Messenger, etc.): Keeping in touch with a wide range of contacts. I’ve tried syncing across these platforms using Google Contacts, vCard exports, and a few automation tools, but the results have been inconsistent. Either the syncing doesn't work as expected, or there’s a lot of manual cleanup involved—especially when contacts change roles or details across different apps. I’m wondering if anyone has found a more seamless way to manage contacts across all these different contexts? I’d...

Ask HN: Does the Anarchist's Cookbook still have any practical uses? 5 by robfjames | 4 comments on Hacker News. the 1971 book from William Powell, specifically. Remember wanting to read it as a kid and eventually doing so on early versions of the internet, but even then it seemed either over my head, make believe or outdated. just curious.

Laptop Ports: Is USB-C only fine, or should I get HDMI,USB,Audio if I need them? 3 by johnnybzane | 4 comments on Hacker News. I'm on the market for a new laptop (with windows OS) and I've noticed quite a few laptops are USB-C ports only now. I even saw one laptop that only had 2 USB-C ports, with 1 of them to use for charging. (Dell XPS 13 for example) It's very important for me to connect my laptop to a monitor, and to use earbuds, be connected to ethernet, and to have a charger going, all at the same time. I have an old laptop with an HDMI output port, USB, and direct audio jack for earbuds. I'm struggling to accept that dongles are fast enough or reliable enough. What if I get a HDMI dongle or audio dongle and the connection keeps dropping on my video calls? A direct connections feels "safer" to me than a USB-C splitter. What do you think. Should I still look for laptops with direct HDMI/Audio/USB connections, or are USB-C only laptops still reliable en...

Ask HN: How did you replace Teleport? 3 by speedgoose | 0 comments on Hacker News. Teleport is a good software if you can't configure your SSH servers with Kerberos, or can't figure out Kubernetes' millions of authentication and authorisations solutions. Unfortunately, the Teleport open-source version has been discontinued and the free version doesn't allow companies above 100 employees or with more than 10 million dollars of revenue per year. Fair enough, everyone should live well. But Teleport Enterprise is very expensive and I have been priced out. I don't know if I can share the price behind the "contact sales" but if you wonder about the price, you probably are too poor. In my case, it's quite a few orders of magnitude more than the time Teleport saves me. So, I have been looking for a replacement that is open-source and likely to stay open-source for a while. I can pay for it, but I don't have a "contact us" budget. For HTTPS, I ...

What is the difference between OpenVMM, OpenHCL and CloudHypervisor? 2 by iloveappleman | 0 comments on Hacker News. All of them are VMMs developed by Microsoft in Rust. What's the difference? And how is it different from Google's crosvm?

Ask HN: Kernel Containers (security like VMs, perf like LXC) 3 by riyakhanna1983 | 0 comments on Hacker News. Frustrated by our own challenges with Kata Containers, we have developed a new hypervisor from scratch that can run each Docker container in isolation (i.e., no shared host kernel), with native performance (i.e., no virtualization runtime overhead or cold starts). We have been using it internally with K8s for a while now. What business models could we explore to commercialize this technology? We are thinking of licensing model for enterprises.

Ask HN: How do you add guard rails in LLM response without breaking streaming? 3 by curious-tech-12 | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hi all, I am trying to build a simple LLM bot and want to add guard rails so that the LLM responses are constrained. I tried adjusting system prompt but the response does not always honour the instructions from prompt. I can manually add validation on the response but then it breaks streaming and hence is visibly slower in response. How are people handling this situation?

Ask HN: Standard NDA conditions during deeptech due diligence? 4 by throwaway423d | 0 comments on Hacker News. I have co-founded a deep tech startup in the biotechnology sector. After a meeting with some of their partners, a French fund has expressed interest in investing. They have appointed a domain expert and are asking us to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). We're wondering about standard terms for such agreements. What are the standard penalty fees and conditions? My co-founder is rightfully concerned that the NDA terms we've been sent are too lenient in case of information leaks. We work in a competitive drug development space, and any information leaks to a large pharmaceutical company could cause significant harm to our business. We are far from idea stage. The expert appointed by the fund is currently an academic, but with some clear connections to the pharmaceutical industry.

Ask HN: How can the elderly tell if the AirPods Pro 2 can correct their hearing? 2 by amichail | 0 comments on Hacker News. Do they have to buy it first so they can do the hearing test to determine if it is strong enough to correct their hearing?

Ask HN: Founders, what was the major sourcing channel for your first 100 users? 5 by jainvivek | 0 comments on Hacker News. Please also share target audience to correlate better.

Ask HN: Starting FinTech/becoming a card authority in Australia 2 by drekipus | 0 comments on Hacker News. I thought I would ask here because I can't seem to find the information I'm looking for. Australia is going through a "credit card fee debacle" at the moment so search is cluttered. I want to investigate how to become a card issuer/authority without becoming a bank in Australia. The purpose is simple: I give my customer a "credit card" to use for approved merchants. They can go use that credit card for any amount. The list of approved merchants will vary by customer. I don't know where I can find information on doing this in Australia, and I also want to find information on how far I can get without venture capital.

Ask HN: Why is AI/LLMs so hard to install? Where's the one click installers? 2 by andrewstuart | 4 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: Where After WordPress? 5 by psikomanjak | 3 comments on Hacker News. What's the best alternative to WordPress right now after all the drama? Considering I am a javascript person. None of the solutions right now seem to be close. Not even ghost.

Ask HN: Android app to overview recent activity including SIM-swappage? 2 by thimkerbell | 0 comments on Hacker News. If my phone goes unsupervised for an hour or two, how can I see that it has/hasn't been used or otherwise handled by someone else during that time?

How to Implement Clean Architecture in ReactJS? 2 by bqc | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: Would a Job Site with Public Applications Be Better? 2 by CM30 | 2 comments on Hacker News. As in, every application for every job is viewable in full by users or the general public, along with information about how far that individual got in the process (rejected before first interview, rejected after 1st/2nd/3rd interview, given offer, hired). This seems like it would help with a few things: 1. It'd accurately show how many candidates applied for each role, and how many were rejected at each stage. 2. It'd indicate what the automated systems/AI/HR department are looking for in a CV/resume, since you could note which skills and past experiences result in an offer and which result in a quick rejection. 3. Ghost jobs would be easily spottable, since no one would be marked as 'hired'. 4. Racism/sexism/classism/ageism/etc could potentially be detected, based on what candidates got chosen and what they filled in during the application (many seem to ask for gender...

Tell HN: Texas about to execute Robert Roberson, a 57-year-old man with autism 11 by rossant | 0 comments on Hacker News. On Thursday, Texas is likely to execute Robert Roberson, 57, a man with autism sentenced to death in 2003 after his daughter Nikki died [1, 2]. His conviction is based on the idea that shaken baby syndrome, or abusive head trauma (SBS/AHT), can be reliably diagnosed by a few specific signs—primarily bleeding around the brain and behind the eyes. I first encountered this theory when I was personally suspected of harming my own 5-month-old son back in 2016 [3], my ASD-related difficulty in expressing emotions being used against me. Eventually, the nanny became the main suspect, and she was prosecuted, though my wife and I were not. Four years later, all charges against her were dismissed. It turned out there had been no crime after all: my son had a medical condition that resembled abuse but wasn’t. I discovered that this is extremely common, as the science linking...

Ask HN: Did you know what average developer salaries are in India? 2 by naveen99 | 2 comments on Hacker News. Fresh grads $5k / year 3-5 years experience: $10k/ year >5 years experience: $20k Is it coding LLM’s making this possible ? Or are these numbers wrong ?

Ask HN: Health Advice for a Tech Person 3 by sujayk_33 | 2 comments on Hacker News. In a few days, I am turning 22 and I've neglected my health for a long time due to the hustling culture I once admired(I still do at some %), there haven't been any backlashes for me yet but there will be if I continue this, I've decided to follow health first routine. How do you balance between this? Do you have any personal experiences to share with? Any advice is welcome. Thanks

Ask HN: Should I Go Back to College? 3 by hncollege1234 | 0 comments on Hacker News. I've been thinking about going back to college but I'm unsure if it's a good decision or not. I've talked to many friends and family and they also seem split on it. I'm 32 years old and currently working as a senior fullstack developer. I have an associates degree in science but I never pursued a computer science degree, I'm self taught and started with a junior developer position and now around 8 years later, I'm here with a senior developer position. In the past I thought about it but I always felt good about where I stood with my career. I've not something I necessarily love, but I think I'm decent at it and it's a good living. Lately however, after layoffs, the bad job market, and the uncertainty with AI, I've felt more anxious about my future and I've really been putting serious thought into going back to college. I would like to get my electrical...

Ask HN: Chrome won't browse to site on same subnet. Safari will, ICMP works 2 by FireBeyond | 1 comments on Hacker News. Weird one that seems to only have begun within the last few Chrome updates: My IP: 10.78.16.20 I want to open an app at 10.78.16.30. Chrome tells me ERR_ADDRESS_UNREACHABLE. Yet Safari can open it. ICMP, SSH works. What gives? Trying to search for an answer to this is painful between all the "check your network, check your modem, restart Chrome" useless answers.

Ask HN: What do you think of Theo Browne (a.k.a. t3.gg)? 2 by RadiozRadioz | 1 comments on Hacker News. Theo is a tech influencer/founder who often has strong & controversial opinions on web development: https://www.youtube.com/@t3dotgg

Ask HN: Who is working on AR for blind people 3 by TechDebtDevin | 0 comments on Hacker News. After watching the video on facial recognition using ML + Meta glasses I started wondering if we could use LLMs + Vision models to help blind people augment their surroundings. While I admittedly have no experience with the blind or the methods taught to them that assist them in navigating the world, I have a hunch there's potential to leverage the current LLM/ AI stack to improve upon those methods. Are their any cool companies or open source projects experimenting with this?

Ask HN: What is it with this hate and disdain for interns/junior engineers? 3 by colesantiago | 1 comments on Hacker News. Some examples of this that I have seen so often: No openings for interns or junior engineers, yet the companies and people I talk with, the senior engineers get sick often, lack drive and take longer PTO and their work isn't really that adequate. Blaming interns or junior engineers for simple mistakes, which the senior which also should have seen. Not training interns or junior engineers to become senior and be given more responsibility, I'm assuming we are all aware of the bus factor here. All the while where some really smart interns or junior engineers come out of prestigious institutions (Oxford, Cambridge, MIT, Stanford, Harvard, etc), with a stunning body of work and can absolutely run rings around engineers that are called 'senior' in title only and don't have a body of work to show when they leave. It is no wonder senior engineers are...

Ask HN: If you were rewriting Emacs from scratch, what would you do differently? 2 by volemo | 1 comments on Hacker News. Don't get me wrong, I'm not planning on creating an Emacs killer, nor suggest anyone do that. But, hypothetically, what are some fundamental pitfalls of this foundational application?

Ask HN: When was the last time you bought something you were excited to get it? 4 by michelsedgh | 10 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: Best modern stack for Federal Reserve ACH processing in 2024? 2 by Jimmc414 | 1 comments on Hacker News. If not COBOL on IBM mainframes, what's the optimal framework and platform for processing the Federal Reserve's ACH system in 2024?

Next.js, TypeScript are instant turn offs 4 by ilrwbwrkhv | 7 comments on Hacker News. I can't stand these codebases anymore. So much of cruft and so many new codebases are all AI generated. Anyone else having a hard time with these?

Ask HN: What's the "best" movie you've ever seen? 6 by codingclaws | 3 comments on Hacker News. Someone recently asked what's the best book you've ever read. I thought I would ask the same question but movies instead.

Retrieval powered by object storage: AMA 7 by jeffchuber | 1 comments on Hacker News. Hey everyone - I'm Jeff from the Chroma team. Chroma is the most popular open-source vector database. Chroma now has a fully-distributed and serverless version backed by object-storage (also Apache 2.0). More on why and how we built this here: https://ift.tt/L0v62J3 AMA about AI, retrieval, systems, Rust, and more.

Ask HN: Do you track how your email address is used? 3 by themingus | 4 comments on Hacker News. If you want to know when your email is sold or shared, there are several strategies to know who the culprit is. Plus addressing/subaddressing is the practice I hear about the most often, and how I keep track of email use. Do you care about tracking your email? And do you use plus addressing or do something else?

Ask HN: Less People are visiting *NEW* submission Page, How to get traction 6 by habibksan | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: Why Isn't Elixir More Popular? 3 by wkyleg | 1 comments on Hacker News. It seems that when implemented correctly, running full-stack Elixir can greatly simplify complicated distributed systems. In-memory storage can replace a cache, and the architecture itself can replace a message queue. Horizontal or even vertical scaling can replace complicated scaling mechanisms. There are plenty of advantages to running data pipelines in parallel too. There's also a huge trend now away from managed cloud services (ZIRP), and it seems like Elixir with a database on the same machine or network could deliver great performance and scalability. So why don't more people use Elixir? I've read some complaints about the lack of static types or not having as many developers. But if those were the only constraints, one would think that they could be overcome, or some service could just greatly simplify Elixir deployments.

Ask HN: Is iOS 18 Screen Mirroring a backdoor? 2 by sureIy | 1 comments on Hacker News. This new iOS 18 feature lets you use your "turned-off" iPhone without ever inputting your PIN code. To me this is the exact definition of a backdoor. It's true that this is only possible when you're logged into a computer that is logged into the same Apple Account, but this setup feels eerily similar to the ability by Apple to use your phone remotely. Are my worries unfounded? I feel that Apple should secure this better or at least explain how this is already secure. Their help pages are very vague on this.

Ask HN: Why is the .IO gTLD uncertainty not getting press here? 3 by binarymax | 11 comments on Hacker News. There have been a small smattering of posts not making the front page. But the news is a BFD for the community here. As I write this there is yet another startup launching with an IO domain on the front page. We need to be aware of this issue as a community and potentially petition ICANN to find a way to keep the IO domain alive.

Ask HN: Is CAPTCHA even needed anymore? 4 by dusted | 1 comments on Hacker News. I'm running a few small sites with various forms for submitting information for my perusal. They are used by vistors to my sites, and I've done a bit behind the scenes to guard against various types of attacks, such as length limits, rate limits and a bit other stuff. But one thing I've not put there, is CAPTCHA.. On one of the forms, I politely ask that the sender include todays date somewhere in the text, which I then validate to be within +/- 25 hours of the server time.. In other places, I've not even done that and.. I'm not getting spams, I'm not getting robot messages or massive abuse.. Did the scammers and spammers realize that stuffing every input field on the web with commercial links and javascript exploits dosen't actually work ? Back in the day, I remember having to jump through several hoops to avoid automated spams and angry teenagers trying to flood my inboxes....

Ask HN: What do you do for online privacy? 4 by deafpolygon | 0 comments on Hacker News. Two years ago, I submitted this: https://ift.tt/sJ6LGQX which turned up some interesting comments. I thought I'd revisit this topic now that it's been almost two years. # Applications, Operating Systems Do you run specific browsers, and why? Do you have specific applications that you use to protect your privacy? Do you engage in any kind of hardening? Do you run any specific kind of operating system (say, Windows, Mac, etc) and why? Does it matter to you personally whether you are tracked? # Online Storage For example, do you store files on cloud storage as-is? If so, what kind of criteria do you have for that? Do you encrypt all files before they go anywhere? Does AES128 or AES256 encryption provide reasonable protections? # Social Media Do you avoid or block social media? If so or if not, why?

Ask HN: If you are from Florida, how are you preparing for Milton? 4 by 7874cole | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: What's a software project that made people's lives better? 4 by agomez314 | 2 comments on Hacker News. What's a software project you've worked on that's had a positive impact in people's lives, or made it better in some way?

What are your complaints about Docker/containers, and do VMs address them? 2 by ATechGuy | 0 comments on Hacker News.

Hacker News leaderboard with more detail 2 by naveen99 | 0 comments on Hacker News. You can now browse hacker news users and see their story points, number of submissions and comments on hacker read: https://ift.tt/AFxTpbE Looks like the average user only gets about half their story points towards their karma. Couldn’t figure out the exact formula, not sure if there is one…

Is AWS S3 having an outage? 34 by GGO | 18 comments on Hacker News. AWS status https://ift.tt/c6MEuNW shows all green but I am having internal server errors returned from S3. Anyone else having this issue? Downdetector has spike for AWS outage coincidentally https://ift.tt/bk0WRw6

Ask HN: Going to oncology (just for adjuvant chemo) how to prepare mentally? 6 by RicoElectrico | 4 comments on Hacker News. I had an orchidectomy due to a non-seminoma. Because of the histopathology results, just to be safe I'm going to have 1 round of adjuvant chemo (BEP regimen) in 10 days. There was no metastasis detected - I am essentially healthy at this point, it is done out of abundance of caution given how the cancer cells spread outside the tumor (still all within the excised tissue). However I am afraid the human suffering on the oncology ward will hit me hard. Already, when waiting for a PET scan, seeing a bald 6-year-old kid made me feel uneasy. What to do? How not to lose sanity?

Ask HN: How you all do sales research? 2 by quoteexcec | 4 comments on Hacker News. My friend who does enterprise sales manually ctrl-F keywords on news, company reports and earning calls etc to see if the management of the target companies had publicly shown interest in his solution or problem so he can quote them in his call. Any of you do something similar in sales? Any other sales prep routine you have?

Ask HN: Is there an API that enables something similar to notebooklm? 2 by etewiah | 1 comments on Hacker News. I've been blown away by notebooklm and would love to use it via an API. There currently isn't an official API but is there some alternative way of enabling something similar via an API or combination of APIs?

What book had a big impact on you as a child or teenager? 3 by pjacotg | 3 comments on Hacker News. I grew up in a house full of books that shaped my interests. I have two young children and I'm building up a library for them. I'm curious to know what books stood out in your childhoods?

Ask HN: Tech Approach to Porch Pirates? 3 by A4ET8a8uTh0 | 18 comments on Hacker News. Tis the season for porch pirates. I had a minor incident with porch pirate and while minor it was annoying. I mostly refuse to install cameras, but as a result I am debating Fallout style rotating turrets watching people walking up the stairs. Obviously not plasma turrets, calm down. I am clearly joking. Anyway, I wondered if anyone was playing with anything beyond just reporting/passing video to cops ( if they have a recording )?

Ask HN: Will Apple's hearing aid feature lead to lower volume in movie theaters? 2 by amichail | 7 comments on Hacker News. Or maybe movie theaters will have some showings be at reduced sound volume?

Ask HN: What is your top submission according to HN and top acc to yourself? 4 by pieter_mj | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Ask HN: Why is the gray color of TailwindCSS dark blue? 3 by ugur2nd | 1 comments on Hacker News. The color that comes out when you do "bg-gray-900" is not gray. I checked. It's blue. Dark blue. But why did they do that? Why do they say gray?

Ask HN: What's Wrong with WordPress? 3 by pabloh03 | 4 comments on Hacker News. Not a question about the organization or founder. I'm curious as a product what would you change about WordPress / what would you do differently if you could rebuild it from scratch today?

Ask HN: Any Modern, Serverless Alternatives to Lobste.rs? 3 by contctlink | 0 comments on Hacker News. I’ve been a fan of Lobste.rs for its great community and invite-only model. Recently, I’ve been wondering if there are any modern alternatives out there—especially those that use a serverless architecture. I'm particularly looking for open-source options or any unique takes that embrace scalability and low maintenance through serverless tech. Anyone seen anything cool or working on something similar? Would love to hear your thoughts!

Ask HN: What do embedded engineers do? 11 by meekasan | 6 comments on Hacker News. I would very much like to transition to doing more embedded type software that is closer to interfacing directly with hardware, but my only experience in this has been writing code for Arduino, different Raspberry Pi flavors, and sometimes the ESP8266. I really enjoy doing these kinds of projects but through all the effort of making it as easy as possible for people to write, compile, and use code on these embedded chips I've never gotten the sense that people would be willing to pay me to do similar type of work. I'm not under the impression that writing firmware or doing lower level programming is all like this, so I would like to hear what kinds of projects and challenges people who may have actually been employed doing work like this have come across. Was it interesting work? Is this type of software engineering in demand?

Ask HN: Why are so many people leaving OpenAI? 6 by p1esk | 2 comments on Hacker News. OpenAI has been losing key people recently. Do you think this will impact their ability to lead?

C3 lang – A modern C alternative – 0.6.3 released 3 by joshring2 | 2 comments on Hacker News. Website & Docs: https://c3-lang.org/ Release notes: https://ift.tt/dJ1M3ZK What is C3? – An Evolution of C, with modern language Ergonomics, Safety, Seamless C interop all wrapped up in close to C syntax. C3 Language Features: - Ergonomics and Safety – with Optionals, defer, slices, foreach and contracts. - Seamless C ABI integration, for full access to C and can use all advanced C3 features from C. - Performance by default – with SIMD, memory allocators, zero overhead errors, inline ASM and LLVM backend. - Modules are simple – with modules that are an encapsulated namespace. - Generic code – with polymorphic modules, interfaces and compile time reflection. - Macros without a PhD – code similar to normal functions, or do compile time code. C3 FAQ: - A comparison with other languages: https://ift.tt/eCwVhUM - Changes from C: https://ift.tt/pTnFbc0 - Currently the standard library is acti...

Ask HN: What happens to ".io" TLD after UK gives back the Chagos Islands? 14 by MrsPeaches | 4 comments on Hacker News. UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius: https://ift.tt/iT4Devh

Ask HN: How do you remember what you have read in a book? 3 by sodiumtech | 2 comments on Hacker News. How do you remember what you have read in a book and how do you act on that?

Ask HN: How are you extracting the best performance out of your RAG pipeline? 2 by imaravind | 0 comments on Hacker News. I've been working on various RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) projects, and I'm curious if you all are seeing any generalizeable patterns in building the most performant RAG for any given dataset? For eg: is it even possible to say that in “most” cases, the best retriever setup is going to be a combination of semantic search (embeddings) + keyword search (BM25) + some xyz technique? My hypothesis is that there’s no one-size-fits-all RAG design - every dataset is unique, every use-case is nuanced - and therefore, requires a uniquely optimized RAG pipeline. And it’s practically impossible to find the most optimal RAG setup for your dataset with a manual-trial-and-error approach - because the combinations of the different parameters of a RAG grow exponentially with each parameter (For eg: if you could choose from 5 different chunking strategies, 5 differ...

Ask HN: Do 10DLC Requirements make it impossible for hobby projects to send SMS? 3 by techsin101 | 2 comments on Hacker News. i made bunch of bots and hobby projects with twilio numbers over the years.. i had a new idea, it's my understanding to get a number you have to register a business

Port union demanded wage increases and a total ban on the automation 2 by donsupreme | 0 comments on Hacker News.

References for graphical models and compuatational graphs? 1 by ronald_raygun | 0 comments on Hacker News. Hey, It seems to me like there is a lot of cool stuff that lives ontop of basically neat forms of on doing deep math based on graphical structures (like NN computational graphs/backprop, traditional graphical models, data provenance, differential privacy to some extent, etc). This seems to be 1. newer stuff 2. cross sub discipline boundaries, so I was wondering if any of y'all knew a good text book to get into these and the broader theory and math