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Oceosson UK launches Project Octopus to deliver interceptor drones to Ukraine

Having more and better drones now matters more than having more soldiers

Oceosson Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels

"focus on blocking the app itself instead of the addictive feed" " the "healthy" and "social" features" maannn, this totally resonates with me, I totally agree and I always thought about this too social media/instagram has positive parts (connect with friends) and extremely negative parts (reels) I will try that

Oceosson Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room

Warcraft 3! My favorite game of all time. I got so addicted to it, one has to have self-control

Oceosson Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room

Counter Strike is legendary. I spent so many hours playing with friends. That's when I developed my reflexes the most. Games are sometimes an overlooked way of training your mind while having fun

Oceosson OpenAI Progress

gpt5 can be good at times. It was able to debug things that other models coulnd't solve, but sometimes makes odd mistakes

Oceosson The surprise deprecation of GPT-4o for ChatGPT consumers

I tried gpt 5 high with extended thinking and isnt bad I prefer opus 4.1 though, at least for now

Oceosson Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords

then maybe for auth: login link > password > one time code ? hard to be 100% confident

Oceosson Things that helped me get out of the AI 10x engineer imposter syndrome

ufff, this resonated with me "It's okay to sacrifice some productivity to make work enjoyable. More than okay, it's essential in our field. If you force yourself to work in a way you hate, you're just going to burn out. "

Oceosson Providing ChatGPT to the U.S. federal workforce

clearly, public sectors worldwide could benefit a lot from implementing AI in their internal processes

Oceosson Ozempic shows anti-aging effects in trial

Be careful when you read 'anti-aging' it's very often just clickbait

Oceosson Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer's disease

"disruption of Li homeostasis may be an early event in the pathogenesis of AD"

"Replacement therapy with lithium orotate, which is a Li salt with reduced amyloid binding"

Very interesting

Oceosson Using drone imagery and AI to rapidly assess damage after hurricanes and floods

I always thought drones could be very veeery useful for fires as well (not only floods)

Oceosson Is Universal Basic Income Effective? Not Really

Incentives matter. Imo you are not productive if you are paid for doing nothing

Oceosson Show HN: I built a text-based birthday reminder app

nicee! I always think I should remember the birthdays of my close friends/relatives

Oceosson Can you block it? A simple Ad Block Tester

anyone knows the best ad blocker?

I use brave

adblock plus no longer works well

Oceosson Eleven Music

I've been waiting for this AI development for a while

It's amazing that the songs sound pretty natural

Oceosson Ask HN: What are the companies similar to Replicate for AI Model Hosting?

Replicate is good enough for me