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brysonreece··on The story behind the NeuralRad organ and tumor segmentation cloud service
This is amazing work! Can you divulge what institutions in Oklahoma are currently using NeuralRad? As someone in the state who often has MRIs looked at, this would definitely move a given medical provider higher on my list!
brysonreece··on Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2024 – Show and tell
Seems akin to “to be a billionaire, start with a million”. Are there any decent resources out there related to growing a genuine audience? Shitposting on Twitter seems to be a skill I never picked up.
brysonreece··on Synctify – Sync a music drop with a time in the real world
I really don’t understand the confusion in this thread; it was immediately apparent to me what the purpose of this tool was after reading the headline, the UI elements are sensible and intuitive, it’s use case is unique and sound (no pun intended). Great job OP, a pretty cool project to have under one’s own belt.
brysonreece··on How to Run Hackathons in 2024
I really wish there were more non-collegiate hackathons available out there.
brysonreece··on Ask HN: What's your "it's not stupid if it works" story?
Wow. How do design decisions get made that result in these types of situations in the first place?
brysonreece··on Looking to sell my ramen profitble SaaS side business
Considering Laravel is a backend framework, I’d be interested to know more about what this means.
brysonreece··on Ilya Sutskever "at the center" of Altman firing?
And they still are. OpenAI consists of two parts; a non-profit entity which owns the IP, along with the obvious commercialization-focused subsidiary of the company.

My question is: what was stopping both parties here from pursuing parallel paths? — have the non-profit/research oriented arm continue to focus on solving AGI, backed by the funds raised on from their LLM offerings? Were potential roadmaps really that divergent?

I had always assumed this was their internal understanding up until now, since at least the introduction of ChatGPT subscriptions.

brysonreece··on Sam Altman: if I start going off, board should go after me for my shares
He has no shares (or has at least publicly claimed not to).
brysonreece··on Therapy centre hack suspect faces aggravated blackmail, other charges
Alternatively, “Suspect in therapy centre hack faces aggravated blackmail, other charges”
brysonreece··on Ask HN: What tools/strategy do you use for backups?
Time Machine backups to a NAS with (2) 4TB WD Reds. One disk is exposed as a local Samba share while the other disk is set up as a duplicate using a nightly rsync cron job.
brysonreece··on Ask HN: Can you recommend an “instant-switch” Monitor? Does one exist?
Unrelated: OP, how do you like the U2723QE? Been trying to decide on pulling the trigger on two of them recently.
brysonreece··on Ask HN: Reading material on how to be a better software engineer?
Right? This thing is more eloquent with its words than I am with my own.
brysonreece··on MagSpoof: Wireless Magstrip Spoofer
My personal example of this, allowing me to cut down on my daily carry:

- Cards stored in Apple Wallet

- Health/Vehicle insurance card available via an app

- Driver's License available via state-issued app

- FlexNT NFC implants located in both of my middle fingers, allowing me to lock/unlock my house using Home Assistant + a scanner I built based on an ESP32 & PN532.

Sure, I'm more reliant on the device in my pocket - which can definitely be an issue if it's dead. However, I work from home and am rarely in situations where that predicament would arise.

brysonreece··on Someone is pretending to be me
From the perspective of the company, there's immediate concerns around sensitive information, intellectual property, corporate/government espionage -- none of which seem unlikely in positions premised on flexible morals.

IMO if there were registered/regulated, established services that filled this need and handled the VISA/background check process then I wonder if companies might be willing to work with overseas developers more.

brysonreece··on Ask HN: GPT-3 reveals my full name – can I do anything?
My general belief is that I, and others, should often treat the internet as a public forum like the local town square. Of course people can show up in a physical space, hiding their identities and screaming obscenities at bystanders, but I know I’m not that type of person. As a result, the principle I usually post things under is “conduct myself online as I would in person.”

Of course this doesn’t account for “the crazies” that could potentially harass me into my physical life at an easier rate simply because they’re mad I won an online game or the like. Thankfully I haven’t had to deal with such a situation, but I also believe that may be a consequence of avoiding inflammatory back-and-forths or highly-political discussions since anonymity is reduced, which may invite those attacks.

brysonreece··on OpenHAB – vendor and tech agnostic open source automation software for your home
OpenHAB is a much older project built on Java(?) IIRC. As a user of both I MUCH prefer HomeAssistant. Integrations seem to be updated and added much more frequently, and are often based on other open source project rather than native functionality being added to the home automation platform itself.
brysonreece··on Ask HN: As you get older, do you see programming as merely a means to an end?
May I ask what you do now? I’ve been pretty successful in my career so far as a 25 year old Senior SWE, but realize that at some point there needs to be a pivot, most likely towards a managerial role or other field.
brysonreece··on Ask HN: Any piece of hardware that was more of game changer than you expected?
Comma Three by Comma.AI

Reduced my engaged driving time by like 90%. Coming from a history of <$1k vehicles, it’s amazing IMO that most of my trips to and from places now consist of me setting the cruise speed (even in midtown) and letting my vehicle worry about stop and go traffic. Could not recommend enough.

brysonreece··on The EARN IT act will ban LGBT-related content and discussions on the internet
Are you seriously implying that being LGBT is a mental health issue?

I’m opposed to the restriction of content online that doesn’t inherently infringe on someone else’s liberties or body, personal opinions be damned. It’s asinine to believe that an entire Internet worth of people should have their accessibility to content limited because “I don’t like this.”

brysonreece··on Ask HN: Where do you find weird and wonderful future tech nowadays?
Hackaday has been my browser homepage for nearly a decade, and really helped push me into engineering as a younger person. I can’t support them enough.
brysonreece··on MacBook Pros, an “M1X” chip, and other stuff to expect at Apple’s October event
I’ve never really understood the disdain for the Touch Bar. I’ve been rocking my first MacBook, a 13” Pro, for the last few months and haven’t had any complaints about it so far.
brysonreece··on The Orbit of Planet Nine
Planet Nine (supposedly) has a mass somewhere between 4.9-8.4x that of our own planet.
brysonreece··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (June 2021)
Location: Norman, OK

Remote: Required

Willing to relocate: No, but open to scheduled trips

Technologies: Laravel/PHP/TALL stack, IoT, DevOps/applications at scale

Résumé/CV:

  * Site: https://bryson.cc

  * PDF:  https://bryson.cc/files/bryson-reece-resume.pdf
Email: hey@bryson.cc

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I'm currently Head of Software Engineering at a startup I helped take to ~$10M as engineer #1. Have experience in edge technologies and building out multiple large platforms that have been successful. Looking for a fun team where I can shape the culture of early start ups while working on meaningful technology.

Specific skills are all over the place as I'm a full-stack dev in every sense of the word. I have plenty of experience working in every "layer" of technology, from PCB design and manufacturing to firmware, web-based backend/frontend, devops/infrastructure work, computer vision, etc. I'm super passionate about coding in general and always love a challenge.

Reach out if you think we can build something interesting together.

brysonreece··on Siemens acquires Supplyframe, owners of Hackaday and Tindie
Hey Phil!

I'd be interested to know if Hackaday has any plans for branded events when deemed safe? With Hackaday.io it also seems like the potential is there to help organize community events or maker-faires on a larger scale as we reenter a post-pandemic world — a gap not really filled since the fall of Make.

(A "Hackaweek" hackercamp sounds like it would be a blast)

brysonreece··on Siemens acquires Supplyframe, owners of Hackaday and Tindie
This hits the nail on the head.

I've been an active community member for over ten years (from age 12, I'm 24 now) and the truth is that with the availability of parts — combined with all the benefits of traditional open source — the hardware/"maker" scene has absolutely been flourishing for the past few years.

With rapid prototyping becoming more commonplace it's completely reasonable for your run-of-the-mill maker to own a 3D printer or be able to turn around a custom PCB within a week, tools that massively accelerate the development phases of early ideas or business ventures. We'll definitely start seeing more companies taking advantage of the community spoils as technology continues to advance at a faster and faster rate over the coming years, especially when those same tools are just as easily employed by your competitors.

(Hardware based startups are in a unique position as the tools to compete with larger companies or scale product are more readily available than ever before. At this moment for a few hundred dollars it's completely possible to produce thousands of PCBs through online overseas services, ready to ship to customers.)

Aside — it's also a community that is heavily invested in the history of computing/technology and how we got here - in a way it's comforting to be able to replicate a circuit from three decades ago, circuits that used to cost thousands, and experience first hand computing history for pennies on the dollar.

brysonreece··on Young Adults Who've Had Covid-19 Show Signs of Lasting Cardiovascular Damage
I'm 24, had Covid-19 in November, and since then I've had severe, chronic chest pain every single day for months. Cardiologists report similar effects so, anecdotally, I'm inclined to agree with the information being proposed in the article OP posted. I hope we get more research and medical study on the long term effect of the pandemic over the next year or two.
brysonreece··on Show HN: Monito, a browser extension for software testers
I totally understand the use of Tailwind UI for an easy way to achieve professional looking components; I use it every single day at my job.

At the same time, you're targeting this product towards customers who are already developer-oriented — a crowd that is familiar with, or can easily recognize, the same technologies you've used to build Monito. Tweaking the designs to have a more custom flair so it doesn't seem so copy and paste, avoiding the same icons for multiple figures, and especially lowering your price are all things that would probably help with early and continued adoption IMO.

As for things you could include to justify the existing price, I really don't know. There's a heavy difference between paying for a desktop-application license vs a browser extension.

brysonreece··on Daytripper: Hide-My-Windows Laser Tripwire
I'm not sure what experience you've had with them, but I've also done the same and interfaced with both types of parts in the past. My personal experience is that you seem to get what you pay for — while ultrasonic sensors are incredibly cheap they're also often fairly inaccurate, much more than the VL53L0X. Both parts have their use cases but it seems to me that the original creator of Daytripper probably valued that accuracy over the increased BOM cost by a few dollars.
brysonreece··on Show HN: Monito, a browser extension for software testers
Yeah, I would be interested in this as well. I'm not really up for paying $39 for a half finished landing page of info built using reworded Tailwind UI components.
brysonreece··on Ask HN: I feel my career is at a dead end. Any advice on what could I do?
Or consider it a viable solution to the itch OP was trying to scratch with their own development.

It's easy to brush aside a monumental amount of effort and thought that gets poured into projects like these, marking them internally as fruitless, when

1) we're not the ones that spent the long nights and weekends obsessing over the nuances of the specific problem OP was trying to solve.

2) any of us on HN are usually here shit posting because we're avoiding putting in the same effort for our own projects.

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