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boldlybold··on WhatsApp introduces ads in its app
Get a browser extension that does it, I finally looked for one after clicking the "not interested" button one too many times.
boldlybold··on Gemini 2.5: Our most intelligent AI model
I find o3 at least faster to get to the response I care about, anecdotally.
boldlybold··on Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says
That's a new acronym to me, what is it?
boldlybold··on Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive, sound historian says
Anna's Archive is on the path to this, for written works at least. The main idea is open source code + distributed data in torrents + anonymous contributors that are dedicated to the project.

https://annas-archive.li/blog

boldlybold··on Tailscale is pretty useful
Tailscale is great. I put my whole company on it shortly after joining (we had some servers with RDP exposed to the internet...). It has had ~0 problems in the last year, and non-technical people are able to use it with ease.
boldlybold··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2024)
Pattern Biosciences | Senior Data Engineer (open level) | ONSITE US (South San Francisco)

At Pattern Biosciences (https://patternbio.com), we are creating next-generation cancer therapies at the intersection of synthetic biology and machine learning, with data as the cornerstone of our platform. Our mission is to transform disease treatment, starting with cancer, by leveraging our innovative biomolecular computing technology. By utilizing multi-input, molecular-level computation within individual cells, we aim to deliver curative therapies where the traditional one drug-one target approach has fallen short. Pattern Bio is assembling a world-class team to bring two decades of advancements in DNA computing and machine learning into the clinic.

We're hiring an experienced data engineer to work with the laboratory and computational teams. You'll be a part of a small and dedicated company working to revolutionize cancer treatment with computation in DNA.

More info about the role here: https://patternbio.com/careers Send your application to careers@patternbio.com

boldlybold··on U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issues broad injunction
Thanks, was looking for something like this. With all the hardware I'm sure is sitting idle under HN users, we could make a big contribution for ~free.
boldlybold··on Mkbsd: Download all the wallpapers in MKBHD's "Panels" app for free
I was hoping someone would reply with a bash one-liner so I didn't get nerd sniped into doing it myself, thank you
boldlybold··on CuPy: NumPy and SciPy for GPU
As long as you stay out of the "defaults" and "anaconda" repos, you're not subject to that license. For my needs conda-forge and bioconda have everything. I'm not sure about the nvidia repo but I assume it's similar.
boldlybold··on Show HN: An open-source implementation of AlphaFold3
Thanks for releasing this, I've been looking forward to a truly open version I can use in a commercial setting. What a way to launch the company!
boldlybold··on The lie of music discovery algorithms
I think it's an accurate statement. I've heard similar sentiment from friends in the car with spotify on.
boldlybold··on The road to hell is paved with asphalt
This section of 101 consistently amazes me. It's only rain, and it degrades faster than the highways in the Northeast where I previously lived. Is it a particularly bad recipe of asphalt?
boldlybold··on Nebula Genomics – First to offer consumer anonymous sequencing
Welcome to the wonderful and confusing world of bioinformatics!
boldlybold··on Finding that lead emissions from aircraft engines contribute to air pollution
A have a 2007 European car that wants 93 according to the manual, but will "run acceptably" on 91, not sure if it's changed in recent years though.
boldlybold··on Consider working on genomics
I contribute to Nextflow core (https://nf-co.re/) It's more of a collection of pipelines than traditional software, but there are users all around the world and a good community.

Most of the packages on bioconda (https://bioconda.github.io/) are open source. But you probably want to find a sub-field that interests you most before finding a project.

In grad school, we also had an ex-google software engineer volunteer with us one day a week. It was very impactful for many members of the lab to learn good engineering practices, and it wasn't at all like the sentiment others in this thread are expressing where engineers were "janitors".

boldlybold··on Consider working on genomics
I'm more excited about NVIDIA's acquisition of Parabricks and the version 4.0 of the software that makes it free to use, than I am about DRAGEN. At the very least it's good to have some competition in the space, Illumina's stuff is always SO expensive. We'll have to see what hardware will win in the end.
boldlybold··on Consider working on genomics
We're only starting to see the age of genomics accelerated by GPUs. I think it's still early if you have the technical background.
boldlybold··on Consider working on genomics
If you have a software background and can get some basic domain knowledge, there's lots of open source projects that could use your contribution.

Doing fundamental reseach is a taller order. But lots of software, tools, pipelines etc need maintainers, optimizations...

boldlybold··on AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing
As in, the networking equipment consumes the most energy? Given the 30x markup on AWS egress I'm inclined to say it's more about incentives and marketing, but I'd love to learn otherwise.
boldlybold··on AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing
Lots of places (Hetzner for example) will rent you servers at 10-25% the cost of AWS if you want dedicated hardware, without the ability to autoscale. You can even set up a K8s cluster there if the overhead is worth it.
boldlybold··on The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition
I had the same problem, the solution is here: https://community.frame.work/t/12th-gen-not-sending-xf86monb...

You can enable the hotkey support by blacklisting the hid-sensor-hub driver: vi /etc/modprobe.d/framework-als-blacklist.conf Add the following: blacklist hid-sensor-hub And then restart

It worked, but it needed `hid_sensor_hub` with underscores! and `sudo update-initramfs -u` before the reboot

boldlybold··on Framework Laptop 2.5Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card
Can this plug into an existing USB-C port on the laptop? When I don't need it on the go, that would be easier for docking at my desk.
boldlybold··on California Declares Grid Emergency
Low 30s in Palo Alto and Menlo Park where I live. Cold enough to have frost on windshields or grass early in the morning. Biggest change for California weather was the delta between day and night!
boldlybold··on Habitual GPS use negatively impacts spatial memory during self-guided navigation
This has literally been a bug in google maps for going on 10 years and I'm amazed nothing has been done about it. Terrain could be SO MUCH more useful!
boldlybold··on PhD students face cash crisis with wages that don’t cover living costs
Non-profit institutions with billion-dollar endowments, massive overhead costs, and "tuition" charges that make no sense. I have a really hard time believing this for the larger institutions.
boldlybold··on PhD students face cash crisis with wages that don’t cover living costs
This led to me consulting during my PhD to supplement the stipend up to a reasonable salary. A lot of PhD students, especially if your work touches on computational sciences, are a lot more valuable than the university would like you to believe.

After moving to industry, I'm starting to realize how valuable the consulting experience was. The project management and scoping skills, and wearing multiple hats, were big benefits.

boldlybold··on M1 Pro 14“ MacBook Pro Running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux ARM
After running ubuntu on a Dell XPS 15 with varying degrees of success the last four years, I placed an order for a Framework laptop that will be shipping this month. I don't expect the build quality to match that of apple, or even dell, but I've read linux support is good, and will only get better with more dedicated people on the platform.
boldlybold··on Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?
Natural immunity is durable and long-lasting, perhaps moreso than the mRNA vaccines. What's the issue?
boldlybold··on 20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?
Funny how HN is so willing to agree with the absurdity of security theater at airports, yet so resistant to calling out the pandemic theater we're living every day.
boldlybold··on Ask HN: Do you have a daily cash stream?
It's not for everyone, but only if you want to learn and take matters into your own hands as opposed to simple buy and hold investing. People may recommend not opening a bar for passive income, but it looks like at least someone in here is doing it well.

Of course there's no free lunch or ways to make any considerable profit without risk. But compared to holding long stock, you can take defined risk positions that are more/less risky.

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