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hamelcubsfan··on Anyone using a Wispr Flow alternative that is non-cloud?
Big fan of https://www.macwhisper.com/ Can use local or cloud models.
hamelcubsfan··on OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub
Thanks for this! I completely get how these "claws" work and have a few... they're super useful for specific things. I’m simply curious about the accurate or, more importantly, adopted terminology, as I've dug rather deep and have yet to find anything concrete. "Claw" it is...
hamelcubsfan··on OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub
Quick terminology question… when you deploy one of these in OpenClaw, is the official term “agent”?

I’ve seen the project name, but I’ve never been quite sure what the canonical noun is for a running instance. Are they actually called “claws”, or is that just me over-literalizing the branding?

Very curious

hamelcubsfan··on Show HN: SludgeReport.io – like that other site but AI, Tech, Startup News
This is cool, but not meant for those of us who like to use a mobile device.
hamelcubsfan··on Amazon Quick Suite: The agentic AI application reshaping how work gets done
How is this different from Q Business? Is it an additional offering, or is it going to be a replacement? I can't say I understand AWS's product vision, it often seems a day late. If this is meant to rival Gemini Enterprise, well... the choice is clear.
hamelcubsfan··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2025)
Waymo | Mountain View, San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York | London, Oxford, Warsaw | Full-time | ONSITE + HYBRID | https://waymo.com/careers

Building autonomous driving software at production scale across perception, prediction, planning, simulation, and the systems that power a commercial ride-hailing service.

Hiring now, Software Engineers and ML Engineers:

* Perception, Prediction, Planning ML Train and ship models for scene understanding and behavior, own E2E pipelines, and make the Driver smoother and safer. Examples: Senior ML Engineer, Prediction; Senior Software Engineer, Applied ML, Planner Technology; Senior or Principal roles in Perception Systems and Semantics.

* Simulation, World Modeling, Evaluation Push sim fidelity with foundation models, 3D reconstruction, sensor simulation, and realism metrics at massive scale. Examples: ML Engineer, Simulation; Senior ML Engineer, Simulation Realism; Principal Software Engineer, Simulator; Senior SWE, Model Evaluation; Research Scientist, World Modeling.

* Backend, Fullstack, Commercialization Build the backend and apps that run ride-hail at scale, from fleet orchestration to pickup and dropoff UX. Examples: Backend SWE, Fleet Orchestration; Backend SWE, Pickups and Dropoffs; Principal SWE, Commercialization; Senior Backend SWE; Fullstack TLM/Staff; Senior Frontend SWE, Simulation; Senior SWE, Data Tooling.

* ML Platform, Data Infra, and Data Science Power model training and evaluation with petabyte-scale data systems, lineage, feature stores, and decision science. Examples: Senior SWE, ML Data Infra; Senior SWE, Perception Data Primary; Senior Product Data Scientist; Data Engineer; Senior Data Scientist.

US comp examples from postings: Backend SWE $170k–$216k; Senior or Principal SWE and Staff-level ML roles commonly $204k–$421k base, plus bonus and equity. Roles vary by location and level.

Apply: https://waymo.com/careers (mention HN). Or, directly contact me (recruiter at Waymo) mhamel[at]google[dot]com

hamelcubsfan··on Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image
ChatGPT is next: https://sources.news/p/openai-ads-leader-sam-altman-memo-sta...
hamelcubsfan··on Mark Zuckerberg freezes AI hiring amid bubble fears
Selective Freeze? Frank Chu seems to have broken through the ice if so: https://www.macrumors.com/2025/08/22/apple-loses-another-key...
hamelcubsfan··on Ask HN: Where do you go for cutting-edge dev news and info?
I've been using https://foorilla.com/ and it's pretty solid.

It’s basically a big list of online news sources pulled straight from allainews.com, and it gives you links, article summaries, etc, plus RSS feeds. You can set up your feed by topic, which is super helpful, and it pulls in trending and real-time news too.

hamelcubsfan··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025)
Yeah! I'm at mhamel@google.com
hamelcubsfan··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2025)
Recruiter from Waymo here. We’re hiring all over the place to make these cars drive without needing to strike up small talk with a human.

Mostly in person (MTV, SEA, NYC…a few other spots). Remote isn’t likely, but…we do have remote employees.

https://careers.withwaymo.com/

Happy to help route to the right person internally for the role