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cianclarke

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cianclarke··on Using AWS Serverless OpenSearch VectorDB+LangChain+OpenAI to Do RAG
Couldn't find any nice examples tying the use of the AWS Serverless OpenSearch Vector database with Langchain for indexing documents - this should serve as a good starting point for anybody looking to achieve similar
cianclarke··on Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car
Sure, go nuts - I'll even give you the HTML if you like :P Seriously though, fantastic business, and an industry in dire need of disruption - but even as somebody who has gone through the tribulations of selling a car privately recently, it's still too expensive.. Still - hoping you prove me wrong on that!
cianclarke··on Show HN: InstaMotor – Taking the pain out of selling your car
Oh hi, I fixed your pricing page http://i.imgur.com/N90HwsK.png
cianclarke··on Retro networking app - meet people in person again
Great job on launching in Boston :-)
cianclarke··on McDonalds’ suggested budget for employees shows how impossible it is to get by
Although not doubting the author's claims, the budget itself seems a little skewed. Who spends $90/mo on electricity? My bills come to $30/mo from Nstar - although I don't heat or cool my apartment from this supply. Also, $100/mo for Cable & Phone? $30/mo T-Mobile Plan + $40/mo Comcast Internet = $70/mo. There's an extra $90/mo saving - for what it's worth.. :-(
cianclarke··on Ask HN: How can I make an extra 30-50k a year?
1) Think of a SaaS Product 2) Build SaaS Product 3) ??? 4) 30-50k/yr
cianclarke··on The Hobbit, the Uncanny Valley, and what it means for 3D
True, in which case I think putting the orcs elevated out of the uncanny valley towards reality is probably a strange thing to do! Can't remember the last time I came across an orc on the way to the shops..! Same theory still applies for panning through scenery or walking thru a marketplace though.
cianclarke··on The Hobbit, the Uncanny Valley, and what it means for 3D
The idea is as the graph comes 'out of the valley', things become more and more real - so the familiar scenes, which look false to us, stay in the uncanny valley, whilst the less familiar scenes have already climbed up the other side. Just my interpretation / application of the age old theory though, so it's open to question no doubt - thanks for reading :-)
cianclarke··on On Android Cameras
Very fair point - I wasn't even aware Nikon had an attempt, thanks for pointing this out! I agree, after a few iterations they likely will get it right, and I'm looking forward to when they do! I just think they've had some seriously massive oversights that would have been relatively easy to resolve.
cianclarke··on Back up your precious files on ordinary paper
Please tell me this is a troll? I mean, I know the author acknowledges the fact this is completely unnecessary, but still - I'm no environmentalist, but this seems to be an incredibly silly idea..
cianclarke··on "LinkedIn will become the MySpace of hiring"
No it won't - I've yet to receive an interesting offer through LinkedIn. In fact, it's nothing but recruiter drivel. Any interesting offers have always come via my inbox..
cianclarke··on The Joy of Dumping
We had an old EPROM programmer in college - was awesome.. And this isn't ancient history, this was 2007 - we used it as part of our Comp Arch course!
cianclarke··on Ask HN: How do you convert your emails to todo items?
I use a combination of Google's priority inbox and the 'mark as unread' feature. Anything marked as unread is a TODO. Woeful, I know - and it really doesn't work, but it's stuck..!
cianclarke··on Ask PG: Please allow us to report incorrectly dead accounts
Hang on, it's just started working there again, after not for a few hours. How odd :-)
cianclarke··on Ask PG: Please allow us to report incorrectly dead accounts
For some reason, I'm unable to submit new content - has my account been incorrectly flagged in some way? Tried clearing browser cache, cookies, and trying across multiple browsers. I don't want to just sign up for a new account, seems like the wrong way to go about this?!
cianclarke··on Ask HN: Is finals over for you guys?
Finished this Friday 20th. Stay focused? Well, HN didn't help! :P