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Dorcy64··on Ask HN: What's (in your opinion) the best authentication method for web apps?
Diversify social logins, and let people login with Github, Microsoft, Facebook...

I personally don't like opening another app to receive something that will help me login, especially since I pay for a password manager.

Dorcy64··on Google is working on a 'lookup' button for unknown callers on Android
> I'm still getting spam text notifications on my Android because Google isn't confident and I think that's the same reason they haven't already solved unknown callers.

I just checked my messages on my phone running Android 14 and it seems like there is a "spam and blocked" section, of messages that never made it to me and didn't come up as notifications.

Would be nice if they gave me the ability to make spam-likely calls not ring or appear.

Dorcy64··on Ask HN: What would it take for an AI to convince us it is conscious?
I wrote my version of DAN jailbreak and made it impersonate a couple of personalities each time we would have different conversations. Ultimately, I would ask that personality I created with a name to describe me. Then I averaged them and made a DAN look alike to me. It can respond and follow up to most of my emails and messages the same way I would but slightly better. It also helps debug, work, and start new projects.

I'd like to know if we can somehow create a virtual body in VR and train the VR version of me to live my life for me (work from home). If this was possible, I could live forever (at least a version of me) with the same mentality and personality. It's still awful at the mentality part, but we are getting close every week.

Dorcy64··on Ask HN: Founders, how much automated tests do you write?
I only write tests for important stuff that I must continually work on. Although in the past 12 months, my tests have been written by either chatgtp or playground codex models before that. Which makes me lose 0-time testing.
Dorcy64··on A large network of fake Google Maps comments/reviews and fake businesses
I have constantly received emails(~monthly) from companies advertising these services to my business. The packages they always advertise are as follows:

1. 10 Google Reviews, 50 – 100 Words, REAL Active Profiles, Local Profiles, Drip Feed Method, 24/7 Ticket Support, for $94.99

2. 20 Google Reviews, 50 – 100 Words, REAL Active Profiles, Local Profiles, Drip Feed Method, 24/7 Ticket Support, for $179.99

I always assumed that if you have bad reviews, the go-to was to either change how you operate, change your business name, or do both.

Dorcy64··on Ask HN: How did Sam Altman fail upward so well?
I have always lived on the philosophy that "failing a lot always leads to a win," so it makes sense why Paul G might have been so fascinated with Sam Altman. That could be one thing we can all learn from Sam Altman. As a professional failure, I always try to consistently position myself in great places to get my lucky moment. This means building/joining startups every 6-12 months and finding cofounders.
Dorcy64··on Ask HN: Racing People at the Gym
I completely agree! I think that friendly competition is the way to go
Dorcy64··on Tech Worker Polls
After 11 hours since the post, I must say there is a very huge correlation between the “over or under salary question” and the “self-taught or college graduate” developer question. It's safe to say, on average, self-taught developers get paid less.
Dorcy64··on Show HN: Guess the Weight Trivia
Thanks, for the remark, I fixed it. In the future, a slider with a range of weights might be more fun, and limiting the animals to cows only, just waiting on a scale to measure all their weights.
Dorcy64··on Show HN: Guess the Weight Trivia
Hi HN, The author here, I created this intending to see what the odds are, that the actual weight is the top trivia answer on all posts.
Dorcy64··on Ask HN: Why is the Instagram desktop website so unreliable?
I have also noticed lately, whenever I try to see the comments on the laptop it overheats. I suspect there is something going on to moderate the bot comments in the front-end, which somehow removes them as they load.
Dorcy64··on Ask HN: Which games do you recommend to improve thinking and reasoning?
Elevate, available on mobile. It will make your brain sharper, and more attentive to detalis. While also horning your quick retail maths skills.