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processing··on Couple pay >$800k for a gene-editing therapy for their daughter. She died.
"global developmental delay" yeah this is tragic - this kid didn't need to go through this.
processing··on Show HN: Hemicycle – Visualizing US bill cosponsors by party
New York's OpenLegislation (NY Senate) is probably the best at the state level.

https://legislation.nysenate.gov

processing··on Mine YouTube for Audio/MIDI and Transmute with Magenta RealTime 2 [video]
an Ableton extension that mines Youtube for samples based on keywords generating short seamless looped samples + MIDI. Transmute found sounds with Magenta RealTime 2 into new audio/midi sequences.
processing··on Stop Ruining It
looking at running sneakers yesterday of a new brand I've never come across before - looked pretty interesting and bookmarked for later...within minutes of visiting the site I was seeing retargeting ads for the brand. Instant turn-off - no longer interested.
processing··on I am retiring from tech to live offline
death to the machine? https://deathtothemachine.com
processing··on Alphabet Announces First Quarter 2026 Results
4 top paid search results (take up the entire screen)

AI overview (organic for now?)

3 organic results (below the fold)

2 paid search results

Image results

1 organic result

If I don't run paid ads I don't get leads I rank organically for a lot of the keyphrases I'm bidding on (top 3 results)...organic 0-2 calls a week, paid ads 4-6 calls a week (niche business).

processing··on Bots are getting good at mimicking engagement
yes, the co is likely spending big money on retargeting to bring back a potential customer to sell what the bot clicked on to generate retargeting. it's fraud and costing the company money.
processing··on Sprinkling self-doubt on ChatGPT
u: what do you think to this idea?

gpt: yeah you need to do it now

u: actually I think it's a bad idea

gpt: yes, you're right and here's why

u: no, actually it's genius.

gpt: you're absolutely right - it's genius and here's why

processing··on The Rise and Fall of Music Ringtones: A Statistical Analysis
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Dhama Short ringtone playing in the background all day long as AI robocallers call around the clock
processing··on If you're remote, ramble
any tips for a team of one and claude code?
processing··on Peep Show is the most realistic portrayal of evil I have seen (2020)
(Jez)
processing··on Tell HN: Help restore the tax deduction for software dev in the US (Section 174)
I built a lightweight grassroots advocacy tool for this.

It figures out who your reps are and sends them a pre-filled note based on what matters to you (you can edit/customize it before it sends). Includes a call script too if you're up for calling...

https://secure.legisletter.org/campaign/cmbpf5js80000l70d5fn...

processing··on Claude 3.7 Sonnet and Claude Code
ljl good stuff

"A digital nomad who splits time between critiquing Facebook's UI decisions, unearthing obscure electronic music tracks with 3 plays on YouTube, and occasionally making fires on German islands. When not creating Dystopian Disco mixtapes or lamenting the lack of MIDI export in AI tools, they're probably archiving NYT articles before paywalls hit.

Roast

You've spent more time complaining about Facebook's UI than Facebook has spent designing it, yet you still check it enough to notice every change.

Your music discovery process is so complex it requires Discogs, Bandcamp, YouTube, and three specialized record stores, yet you're surprised when tracks only have 3 plays.

You're the only person who joined HN to discuss the Yamaha DX7 synthesizer from 1983 and somehow managed to submit two front-page stories about it in 2019-2020. The 80s called, they want their FM synthesis back."

edit: predictions are spot on - wow. Two of them detailed two projects I'm actively working on.

processing··on Ask HN: How do you discover new music?
I love cosine.space - great discovery engine.
processing··on CEO of AI Music Company Says People Don't Like Making Music
I'd love to be able to upload audio / have it analyzed in the DAW and then for ai to create riffs on it. SUNO is amazing at this - but it's useless without the midi output / DAW integration.
processing··on My second year without a job
if you love computer science don't quit - I'd definitely triple down on real world projects/output rather than just studying though.

I intentionally left to work on projects I wanted to pursue, built a startup that isn't currently covering costs (1 customer on an annual plan), lived in Thailand for 6 months (with kids going to to school there), the burn rate on return has taken it's toll (California)...but yeah recently put feelers out for potential work and see it's going to be quite the mission to find work (personally).

processing··on My second year without a job
Exact same situation - 2 years deep here but at a breaking point cannot continue this trajectory.
processing··on Silicon Valley salaries are shrinking, leaving workers in the lurch
I just came across a comment of yours (1 yr ago) on setting up an LLC in California as I'm about to pull the trigger/looking for recommendations on who to choose for formation/setting up etc

You mentioned not to do it in SF! This thread is kinda of connected - do you mind elaborating on why not to setup your LLC in SF?

processing··on OpenAI and Apple Announce Partnership
"Siri add an alarm for an appointment for the dentist tomorrow at 10"

Sets appointment for 10pm

Will the Siri team be fired or are they in charge of openAI integration?

processing··on Venture Capitalists Are Using Podcasts to Lure in Founders
they're actually fine-tuning anon remillio accounts on X for exit liquidity on their vested social/ai/meme coins.
processing··on Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5
just wade through documentation to access it?

clicking on the AI studio link doesn't show me the app page - it redirects to a document on early access. I do as required - go back and try clicking on the AI studio link and I'm redirected to the document on turning early access.

frustrating.

processing··on Automatic Generation of Visualizations and Infographics with LLMs
Weird landing page - I’m expecting to see infographic examples but the images I see are of people looking at screens and smiling
processing··on Google I/O and the Coming AI Battles
exploding head emoji

C&P "Google just updated its free competitor, Bard."

C&P "ChatGPT has now a big problem"

C&P "Here are 7 incredible things Bard can do (that ChatGPT cannot)"

C&P "ChatGPT is in trouble"

exploding head emoji

processing··on Substack Notes Launched
clicks link to Notes

“Log in to Substack”

closes tab

processing··on Ryuichi Sakamoto has died
"An artist's initial broad stroke is always most impactful, and obsessively adding layer upon layer of paint to fill in details often diminishes the painting's aura. When an aura is lost, it is impossible to get back." - Ryuichi Sakamoto
processing··on CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “empty” cartridge
appreciate the tip.
processing··on CT scan shows there's still lots of toner left in an “empty” cartridge
I don't own a printer for this very reason. As of late though I've had to question if this is viable anymore - UPS price gouged me for 2 A4 sheets of black/white paper prints for $6.40.
processing··on Ask HN: How do you discover music?
Mostly via online record stores

Discogs (Genre) Sort by "Hot"

https://www.discogs.com/search/?sort=hot%2Cdesc&style_exact=...

https://www.phonicarecords.com

https://www.junodownload.com/leftfield/

https://hardwax.com Great weekly recap mixes featuring their latest releases on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/c/hardwax_official/videos

Bandcamp search by tag/genre. Discover tracks I like, then click through to see what other tracks supporters have recently purchased - honestly found some of the best music via this method.

I also run a monthly mix series called Dystopian Disco - that's predominately focused on unearthing new house/techno/dark disco releases.

https://www.youtube.com/c/DystopianDisco

processing··on Astrofox – Turn Audio into Videos
This is fantastic - will be using in the next Dystopian Disco mixtape series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64Mxban54mM&list=PLFyd_83HK5...

Is it possible to set the effects run time for a set period & if so would it be possible to have the effects modulated?

processing··on Ask HN: Your admittedly useless side projects?
I create monthly mixtapes of leftfield house, techno and disco, and spend an insane amount of time digging through recent digital releases and then mixing/uploading to YouTube (now working on adding visuals with Disco Diffusion). What blows my mind about this whole process is there is so much new music published daily…

In an upcoming mixtape the intro track has been on YouTube for 3 weeks and has received only 3 plays. I want this project to unearth such classic electronic tracks and get them out to a wider audience. I can’t see myself ever stopping this project or ever regretting the time spent.

https://youtube.com/channel/UCH57ad2Wx5le11zuCulIyNw

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