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andrewthornton

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andrewthornton··on Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?
It wasn't bypassing, I was just helping start because of what I believe to have been a bearing issue.
andrewthornton··on Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?
I was spinning it in reverse actually, but it would be enough to start the exhaust blower. It would also re-start pretty well for ~6 hours. It was probably the bearing. Also FWIW I have multiple carbon monoxide/air quality monitors and nothing tripped or alarmed.
andrewthornton··on Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?
Yes, here is my prompt. It also contained a video: "I have a furnace that will not heat when I reset the power to this unit. It makes some noise within its fan system for about three or four minutes and then I get an error light. Can you help me figure out what may be wrong here?" This prompt is not the best but I was freezing and in my attic.
andrewthornton··on Ask HN: What was your "oh shit" moment with GenAI?
My furnace went out during the 2025 holiday and I couldn't get an appointment with a repair person for 2 days. It was getting very cold in my house so I went into my attic and made several videos of the furnace attempting to start and gave it to gemini. It diagnosed the issue immediately and had me spin one of the components (a small exhaust fan) while the furnace tried to fire. It came on immediately. I had to do that several times, but it worked until the HVAC service showed up.
andrewthornton··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2023)
Cylitic Security | Remote (US Only) | Full Time | Senior Python Developer

We are a managed security services company that helps enterprises ensure that their smaller business partners are secure from cyber threats. We are a profitable company but operate like an early stage start up. Our environment is pretty fluid, and our challenges span across multiple domains.

We are currently looking for a senior python developer who has extensive experience designing and building modern customer facing web applications, and ideally has experience with ingesting, parsing, and unifying multiple data sources. Our tech stack consists of django, drf, postgres, and react.

This is a great opportunity to come onboard early in our journey and make a large impact. We offer very competitive salaries, equity, health benefits, and unlimited time off.

If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to ajt@cylitic.com

andrewthornton··on Capabilities of GPT-4 on Medical Challenge Problems
You should take a quick look at EPIC. They dominate the electronic heath record space, and a ton of health systems use it. You will know if your doctor's office uses an EHR application, because they will be typing notes into it for the majority of your visit. I have not been too excited about the amount of time that physicians spend on EHR systems, but I am hopeful that taking the data they input (along with blood work and other test results) will make everything more accurate, fast and effective.
andrewthornton··on A Dose of a Hallucinogen from a ‘Magic Mushroom,’ and Then Lasting Peace
I would love to get a hold of the playlist that they mention.
andrewthornton··on Inside Palantir
This is 100% what they are doing.
andrewthornton··on Ask HN: What was your biggest life lesson in 2015?
When you feel emotional, wait at least five minutes before acting, especially if you are upset. It is tough to do but waiting to cool off and think before acting has really saved my bacon a couple of times.
andrewthornton··on Tim Cook Speaks Up
What kind of chair is he sitting on in the first image?
andrewthornton··on AOL Is Still the Weirdest Successful Tech Company in America
If they are getting $1 CPM it would be a miracle.
andrewthornton··on Show HN: Find a mentor, Become a mentor
Is there no way to delete your account?
andrewthornton··on Things I Wish I Had Known About Django Development Before Starting My Company
Would you mind giving a little more of an overview of how you set this up? I think this would be incredibly useful.
andrewthornton··on "Two Scoops of Django" is out in beta
I picked this up the day it came out and I have been super impressed with the frequency of the updates that have been made. The book is very well written and useful. It also covers 1.5, which is great.
andrewthornton··on SeenBefore: A search engine for what you have seen before
Where did you get your list from, and can you share it?
andrewthornton··on New BBC chief vows to re-invent content, not just re-purpose it
Can you explain a little more about how this system works? You have to pay for TV?
andrewthornton··on The and-httpd server has a $2,000 "security guarantee"
Here is the latest source for anyone with too much time on their hands: http://www.and.org/and-httpd/0.99.11/

Last update from changelog is 2006-09-10

andrewthornton··on HTTP for Servers
2007 is still pretty recent considering the lifespan of 1.1. http://www.w3.org/Protocols/History.html
andrewthornton··on Mobile game devs: Middle-aged women are taking over the iPad
You know, I really cringe anytime I see any articles posted here that deal with gender as most of the comments show a certain naiveté, but reading the comments on the linked page is proving to be even worse.
andrewthornton··on How LulzSec kept itself safe during the summer of 'lulz'
This is very true as I saw it first hand around the very same time.
andrewthornton··on Automating Customer Service at a Startup
Can you expand on Olark's "Discounts for startups"? I didn't see anything specific on their site, but this service looks really cool.
andrewthornton··on Samsung exec: Apple’s ‘iTV’ is nothing to worry about
I couldn't help but be reminded of this video from Steve Ballmer talking about the iPhone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eywi0h_Y5_U

IMO it is a bad idea to /not worry/ about apple hedging into your vertical.

andrewthornton··on How Browsers Work: Behind the Scenes of Modern Web Browsers
This is great content, but it is so hard to read. The light blue against the light gray is rough on the eyes, and the font size/style isn't helping either.
andrewthornton··on Ask HN: Does this logo/UI suck?
I think that all of your font sizes are too similar. Think about what is the most important to least important on the page and use the font size that is appropriate.
andrewthornton··on Dear business people, an iOS app actually takes a lot of work
Fast, good, cheap. Pick two.
andrewthornton··on I made progress bars using only CSS3. You can use them for free.
Could you share an example of the quizzes you are doing?
andrewthornton··on Awesome web development productivity tools
I have been using 960.gs and I had rolled some of my own css styles for text and other formatting, but Bootstrap has already taken care of all of that, and it looks great. There are example layouts included as well.
andrewthornton··on Advertising as a revenue stream
I am not sure of your background, but what would you consider a "normal" CPM for a general website that is not in a specialized vertical? I would think that CPM rates of $1.00 would still be pretty low and yet would create more revenue for WW.
andrewthornton··on Advertising as a revenue stream
I may be naive, but isn't $1,000 per month for 100K unique impressions (as reported in the article) per day an insanely low price? Can anyone speak to how many ads run per month?
andrewthornton··on The City By The Meh: Thoughts On Falling Out Of Love With The Valley
If you are basing where you move on a techcrunch article you may want to give things a little more thought.
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