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arky527

133 karma · joined March 30, 2022

Software Engineer, London
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arky527··on Retail, search and Amazon’s $40B ‘advertising’ business
Unless those traditional news outlets use LLMs to write stories for them in order to keep up with the internet/lower salary cost
arky527··on An offshore workforce is training Amazon’s warehouse-monitoring algorithms
At it's height that's still $1.8m for paying ~350 people
arky527··on NeRF: An eventual successor for deepfakes?
Very much agreed. It just results in a terrible UX when 98% of other websites have a standard scrolling mechanism
arky527··on GameShell: A game to learn or teach the Unix shell
I find the use of a 'sh' file suffix a useful convention to follow in helping identifying what is an isn't a shell script on my local machine
arky527··on The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces
> Changing the temperature while driving on a good touch interface is trivial and incredibly far from incredibly dangerous

Looking away for even ~3s at motorway speeds is 100m driven without looking at whats in front of you, I'd say that's fairly dangerous

> The great benefit of a touch screen is unlimited update capabilities

It also introduces a single point of failure for any features on it, at least with physical buttons you stand more chance of operating other parts of the car if one breaks.

arky527··on The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces
Modern cars seem to be moving towards all controls on a touch screen somewhere. I suppose this allows for more frequent updates, but in my experience it just leads to more bugs and more painful factory updates.

Not to mention using a touchscreen to adjust the temperature while driving is incredibly dangerous compared to a dial you can feel for without taking your eyes off the road.

arky527··on Statement on 4 Years of GDPR
GDPR also opened the door for the eprivacy directive that brought us cookie law
arky527··on Ask HN: SaaS Communities?
YC's startup school could be a good place if you have an idea already - https://www.startupschool.org/
arky527··on Taking a break from social media makes you happier and less anxious
I find this to be a good motivator to make better interactions with co-workers & friends. Since giving up FB/Instagram I've found conversations with friends to be much more engaging and fulfilling