HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

cool-RR

3,593 karma · joined July 30, 2007

I'm Ram, an AI Safety researcher with a background in software engineering.

I'm applying multi-agent reinforcement learning to AI Safety. I want to ensure that Artificial Intelligence will benefit human society rather than hurt it. I'm addressing both short-term consequences of existing AI tools such as LLMs and long-term existential risk imposed by the potential development of Artificial General Intelligence.

I propose to solve the problem of AI Safety by improving the social behavior of AI agents. Most AI research is focused on getting AI agents to solve bigger and more complex problems in the most efficient way possible; my research is focused on achieving cooperation, reciprocity and teamwork between AI agents.

My strategy is to distill lessons from the study of animal and human societies and apply them to AI agents.

Read more about my research here: https://r.rachum.com

submissionscomments
cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2018)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Conway's Law
Microservices?
cool-RR··on Proposed NYC legislation would give employees right to ignore after-work email
You can just have the server delay the email until morning.
cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (April 2018)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Former Equifax Executive Charged with Insider Trading
I kinda wonder how confident we can be in allegations of insider trading. Say there's a company like Equifax that was on the verge of disaster and a major fall in its stock price. How many executives and middle managers satisfy the two conditions of (1) having received stock in the company and (2) being somewhat aware of the impending disaster? I imagine dozens if not hundreds. At any given point, it's natural that some of these people are selling stocks for reasons unrelated to the disaster.

I mean, imagine you're an employee who has stock in your company and want to sell it to buy a house or something. Do you basically have to ensure there's no impending disaster before you dare to sell your stock, otherwise you're a criminal?

cool-RR··on DIY makers who build their own watches
"I realized I could never really make the watch my own creation unless I developed and manufactured the movement myself"

Aren't you equally disappointed that you didn't mine the metal from the earth, and raise the cows from which the leather was taken? ;)

cool-RR··on YC's Series A Diligence Checklist
Hi Patrick.

You write interesting things, but I think that your language is too passive / indirect and full of big words. It'll be easier to understand if it was more simple and direct. Just my two cents.

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Love it or hate it, truckers say they can’t stop listening to public radio
Today I learned: If you start a sentence with "Love it or hate it," it instills a temporary feeling in the reader that he cares about the thing you were saying.
cool-RR··on Let's Remove the Global Interpreter Lock
Python's GIL issue is like the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

1. People like to talk about it a lot, complain about it and say their opinion of what should be done with it.

2. It's not likely to be resolved for years to come.

3. In the end, the problem has very little effect on people's lives, much much less than the amount of hype around the issue.

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (July 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (June 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (May 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Why Wallflowers Don't Make Friends
Relevant username. (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)
cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (March 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: How should I teach code to kids?
Shameless plug: http://pythonturtle.org/
cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (February 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (January 2017)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (December 2016)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Employees are faster and more creative when solving other people's problems
Hmm, I don't think that the rope would hold up to being cut lengthwise.
cool-RR··on Web fonts, boy, I don't know
I think that designers are always trying to get the latest, coolest fonts. If you make Roboto and friends part of the OS, then you'll get a new wave of cool new fonts that aren't a part of the OS. There's always a push from people to have their website look special, and, dare I say it, pop.
cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (November 2016)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (October 2016)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Win3mu Part 1 –Why I’m writing a 16-bit Windows Emulator
"A couple of weeks ago I upgraded my partner Jen’s PC to 64-bit Windows. It all was going well until she went to play some Windows 3 card games that she enjoys when we realized that 16-bit programs don’t work on Windows x64. [...] it got me thinking… What would it take to write an emulator with just enough support to run these old games?"

I can hear Jen rolling her eyes from here.

cool-RR··on The Thrill of Losing Money by Investing in a Manhattan Restaurant
The problem with investing in something cool, like owning a restaurant or a bar, is that you're competing with a lot of people who are less mature than you. They are less mature than you because they're willing to risk their financial future just so they can feel that they are cool guys who own a restaurant.

It's always dangerous to compete with people who are less mature than you because they are okay with losing the important things in life in order to beat you, so you'll be forced to either go down to their level or lose to them. It's like playing chicken against someone who has suicidal tendencies.

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (September 2016)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

cool-RR··on Ask HN: Freelancer? Seeking freelancer? (August 2016)
SEEKING WORK - Remote only. (Based in Tel-Aviv.)

Hi, I'm Ram, a freelance web developer with six years of experience building web applications for startups.

My expertise is in taking your idea and building it from scratch to the point where it's a fully-functional web app that serves paying users.

Technologies used: Python, Django, Postgres, Heroku, Git.

More information: https://chipmunkdev.com/

← PreviousPage 5 of 23Next →