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What Can a 500MB LLM Do? You'll Be Surprised [video]

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Tucker Carlson Interviewed Vladimir Putin

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news.ycombinator.com 2y ago

Ask HN: How do you use React as a library in 2024?

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caprover.com 3y ago

Self-hosted open source Heroku alternative

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uizard.io 3y ago

Uizard: Figma alternative with low learning curve

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Learn, earn, or quit, career advice from Garry Tan, YC President

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Flaw in the Enigma Code

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Open source self-hosted Platform as a Service (PaaS)

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Robotic Camera Backpack for Cockroach

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Rosetta 2 is Apple’s key to making the ARM transition less painful

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nullprogram.com 6y ago

Interactive Programming in C (2014)

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Read_once and Write_once in Linux Kernel

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anbox-cloud.io 6y ago

Anbox Cloud: Scalable Android in the Cloud

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Ask HN: Moving into System Engineering

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Ask HN: Moving into System Engineering

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addons.mozilla.org 6y ago

Facebook Container for Mozilla Firefox - Limit Facebook from Tracking You

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IRS Followed Bitcoin Trans, Takedown of the Largest Child Exploitation Site

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We can’t trust AI systems built on deep learning alone

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How NVIDIA Started (2013)

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Advice from Steve Jobs

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Visual Studio Code on Linux Subsystem for Windows

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CERN turns to open source software as Microsoft increases its fees

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Microsoft Bosque, a TypeScript Inspired Language

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Linux 5.2 Is Introducing Fieldbus Subsystem

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15 Years Old GCC Bug

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Ryzen System-on-Chip (SoC)

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Memory management “more effective” on Windows than Linux?

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[2014] The future that everyone forgot

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Ask HN: Is there already a language that compiles to HTML/CSS?

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Went Back to My Home Country to Work on Startups: The Things I Wish I Knew

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You either have a skill issue, or you are deliberately solving problems other than the thing you actually want to solve, which you do not mention.

Wow the first one is quite judgmental. FWIW, I'm the same way, I like writing some code, but definitely not all code. Writing CRUD boilerplate for a schema? No thank you, AI is more than welcome to take that.

I derive my joy from getting something done, making it actually usable by the business side, and ultimately have it to generate revenue.

It's true that building an MVP is a lot easier than creating a polished product that would scale to tons of users. I would even say that the skill set needed for the two are significantly different. Somebody trained at quick prototyping of full stack app may not have the skills to scale it for thousands of concurrent users and vice versa. But isn't that the reason behind raising funds? If the product demand is proven, funds can be raised to polish and scale the product out.

Meanwhile applying, how about working on a project that you can showcase? Use the latest popular technologies in terms of maximizing chance of getting hired.

I think it's pretty normal for hiring team to be worried to hire somebody who hasn't coded significantly for the past 3 years to do coding role.

- Using it as a plain `<script>` tag?

Yes.

- What do you mean by "go back to MVC"? What does "MVC" mean specifically in this case?

MVC as in Model-View-Controller.

To give more context, I'm prototyping a lot, and having to create endpoints for every single APIs is quite a chore. Also I want to avoid the overhead of having to run separate server just to host the frontend (e.g. NextJS)

I think the biggest problem is in the alternative OS. Non-official OSes typically are unstable that I personally find not worth the time given phone is quite important piece of communication. As others have already mentioned, certain lines and brands, such as One Plus, Google Pixels, etc have unlockable bootloader so people are free to install custom OSes.

The TLDR is that a lot of people have very high myopia that causes severe eyeball elongation, which then causes retinal damage/detachment, which sadly could progress into blindness..

I myself was -5.75 and -6.25 with some non-negligible cylinders. I experienced discomfort when looking at my phone phone and reading book with my glasses on. I General check up said that my eyeball pressure and all were normal, but I know the discomfort is nothing good and can be quite serious. I read up online and found out that myopia could cause eyeball elongation, which could cause discomfort and ultimately could cause retinal damage/detachment. The discomfort I was experiencing was probably due to my elongated eyeball.

I prayed and began looking for way to work around my myopic eyes without having to get yet another thicker glasses... And I'm super thankful to have found out about this life-changing video by Todd Becker on how to reverse myopia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Efg42-Qn0. The TLDR is that eyeball elongation (and hence myopic eyes) can be reversed in a way very similar to how strength training is conducted (hormesis). You simply need to keep wearing reduced prescription and do eye-focus exercises regularly.

It sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? I was scared too at first, and when I went to a glasses store to get a lower prescription glasses, the store attendant warned me too. But I went ahead anyway. My latest eyes exam before the attempt (back in August 2021) was -6.75 and -6.5 with -0.25 and -0.5 cyls. After 2 years of wearing lower prescription whenever possible and doing eye-focus exercise quite inconsistently (by reading on Kindle with lower prescription at a distance that causes hormesis, as explained by Todd Becker), I am happy to announce that I'm now wearing -4.5 on both eyes (without cyls) when I need almost-perfect vision, and wearing -3.5 for training purposes. I have seen people online who seem to be much more consistent reported even faster progress.

If you are interested to learn more, here are some resources I found super useful and forever grateful for: 1. Excellent science behind it, explained by Todd Becker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5Efg42-Qn0 2. Article by Todd Becker: https://gettingstronger.org/2014/08/myopia-a-modern-yet-reve... 3. A mailing list with some guidance: https://endmyopia.org/ 4. Excellent PDF by C.G. Hayes with guidance on how to get lower prescription glasses: https://losetheglasses.org/cliffgnu-vision.pdf

On top of those resources, I am happy to share more of my experience and the exercise I did as well. Feel free to email me at denny at nusantara-cloud dot com if you want to have a chat with me!

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Writing this post just because I'm so amazed to realize that my 8 years old digital ocean require so little efforts to manage and very affordable. I feel like more people deserve to know this, especially newer engineers who are taught to use managed cloud from day 1.

I respectfully disagree. "Beg" is also such a strong word here. I don't think there's anything wrong for him to post volunteering opportunity for people with IT skill to help homeless people

Personally I found GraphQL to be a God-sent for prototyping. Tools such as Hasura and postgraphile are just amazing to whip out fully-working backend very quickly. I do agree with some of the posts though about security being a bit of a hassle. It's not impossible to secure GraphQL endpoints (e.g. through row-level or column-level security for Postgres-based backend) but it's not as straight-forward as securing REST endpoint.

I wouldn't say all technical analysis techniques are "astrology". It depends on what method. Support and resistance for example is an economic optimization behavior where people would buy when the price is at the local minima and sell at local maxima. Other "non-astrology" technique is "riding the wave" which is following what large number of people / big volume traders are doing (selling or buying) in a way it's like how AI being the magic buzzword where VC would invest in at the moment, and hence it's easier to get invested in the area

1. Having a "growth mindset" is important, it's a mindset that a mistake/failure isn't the end of the world, but instead it's an opportunity for us to grow and get better.

2. They way we "judge" other people could indirectly be the way we "judge" ourselves. When you encountered somebody else making the same PR mistake what would you do or think about the person? I encountered a very similar humbling experience and I found out that I judged people very easily (although I didn't verbalize it) and it affected how I perceive the mistake I made myself. In my case, I learned to be more compassionate and passionate, and to judge people less based off their mistakes

I think personally it's important for people to realize that people are creature of habit. A person who has the disicipline of going extra miles and strive for excellency in their work, regardless of compensation, is likely to carry his habit across different jobs or even when he decides to do his own startup or anything non-work related. I think this is such a good habit to have will prove beneficial sooner or later. A lot of people think they will just work hard and do their best whem they need to, and take it easy for now at a corporate job. Personally I don't think work-ethics can be switched that easily, it has to be built.

If someone’s been driven to Google something you’ve written, they’re stuck.

This is not true. When I evaluate new technology to decide whether to use it or not, I tend to Google or HN around to see what people think about it. The words "just" or "simply" can be a good expression somebody uses to express their opinion about the library.

Perhaps there was connection issue? I am getting this:

The best thing you can do for your wife today is to show her love and affection in a way that she will appreciate. Every person is different, so it's important to consider her preferences and interests when deciding what to do. Here are a few ideas: 1. Cook her favorite meal: If your wife has a favorite dish, why not cook it for her today? 2. Plan a special outing: Whether it's a trip to the spa, a shopping excursion, or a day at the park, planning a special outing can be a great way to show your wife that you care. 3. Do something together: Whether it's playing a game, watching a movie, or going for a walk, doing something together can be a great way to spend quality time with your wife. 4. Show your appreciation: Take a moment to tell your wife how much you appreciate her and why. It can be as simple as a kind word or a heartfelt message. 5. Help with a task: Offer to help your wife with a task that she needs to do, whether it's folding laundry, washing the dishes, or taking the dog for a walk. 6. Give her a gift: Even a small token of your affection, such as a bouquet of flowers or a piece of jewelry, can be a meaningful way to show your wife that you care.

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I can't seem to access my notes on my mobile app...

>Programming does that to your brain.

Hahaha this is so true.. I used to (I guess am still) be cynical about a lot of stuffs. I then realized startup's life and death is to be validated with potential customers, not with a bunch of hackers on HNs. It's good to get the critical feedback, but don't get demotivated by them.

Hi guys, I am a software developer, so doing UI/UX is never my strength. From time to time though, I would resort to using the open source tool Pencil (https://pencil.evolus.vn/) to get a low fidelity mock-up (which then I hand over to designer to create a high-fidelity wireframe). Lately I've been encountering bugs where images would come out broken when I re-open my wireframe in Pencil.

Frustrated of the issue on Pencil, I tried out uizard yesterday, and have been really happy with it and decided to pay right away. It's almost as convenient and fancy as Figma, yet it's much more easy to use. I was able to pull up a decent looking wireframe in a relatively short amount of time.

Just sharing my experience here as a happy user, cos somehow I'm not seeing that many articles about uizard here. :)

Salary expectations continue to increase on average, not decrease

I would argue though that tech salaries are highly overpriced right now. A lot of software engineers in the valley should be able to live quite comfortable life even with 50% pay cuts.

that rarely helped building sustainable businesses

I think this falls under the founders' shoulders. Some founders tried to "hack" their way to "fake out" large growth that they themselves know are not sustainable, just so they can fool the VCs they are raising money from.