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wmurmann··on GPT-4o
If apple made Siri impressive then less people would need apps. Less apps = less revenue.
wmurmann··on Ask HN: Are you an engineer with back pain?
If you workout your back more often it should take care of you back pain(unless you have some type of injury). If your back is used to pulling weight then keeping you upright in you seat shouldn't be an issue. Do some bent over rows, lat pull downs, cable rows, pull-ups, etc. It shouldn't take more that 30 minutes once a week.
wmurmann··on Ask HN: Show me your half baked project
Festival mesh network for finding friends without service. Just added the mesh aspect to it. Before it was only 1 to 1. It needs a ton of people on it at the festival for it to work though so we’re getting some bad feedback unfortunately.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pointgo/id1638564798

wmurmann··on Show HN: TripClub – Plan Travel with AI
I entered Bachelor party for Cancun and it had night club followed by a 5am cenote swim the next morning. Might want to factor in hangovers.
wmurmann··on Major Reddit communities will go dark to protest threat to third-party apps
What’s so crappy about it? I’ve seen some bad apps and it’s definitely not that bad. Can you elaborate?
wmurmann··on My next Mac might be the last
They take forever but it’s only once in a while. If you’re just trying to support newer iOS versions you can just yank them from here instead of updating.

https://github.com/iGhibli/iOS-DeviceSupport

wmurmann··on Missing link between Alzheimer’s and vascular disease found?
Checkout Annovis Bio, starting phase 3 soon I believe. They've had some success in Parkinson's disease.
wmurmann··on Ask HN: What is your “I don't care if this succeeds” project?
Hooked up Apple's speech to text & Google's translation API's for subtitles during FaceTime. Just released it a week ago.

https://closedcaptain.com/

wmurmann··on How bad is your Spotify?
This gave me a good laugh. Shared with all my friends and made my group chat blow up for a while. Great job!
wmurmann··on Apple (Pro) Mouse (2014)
I must be an outlier because I love the Magic Mouse. I usually lay my whole arm flat on my desk. Since the mouse doesn’t cause my wrist to arc I don’t get carpal tunnel. Big win there.

I also rely heavily on swiping between desktops and I find the mouse works great for that. My one gripe would be the charging port placement being on the bottom. Charging up to a days charge doesn’t take very long but it is annoying to have to stop coding to charge it.

wmurmann··on Show HN: Boo – Dating powered by psychology
The keyboard hides your action buttons during signup. I'm running an iPhone X on 13.3.1.
wmurmann··on Leaked doc shows how big companies buy credit card data on millions of Americans
Who do they sell data to ? The phrase 'selling data' always seemed handwavy to me. What products/services can you make from that data ? Forecasting ? Customer tracking ? Wouldn't deanonymization make the service illegal or is that a grey area ?
wmurmann··on Early riser or night owl? New study may help to explain the difference
Open your blinds before you go to sleep. See how much longer you can stay a night owl.
wmurmann··on Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)
Namecheap never had a problem with them. In fact one time they helped me get my domain back after I had forgotten to renew. If you’re searching for a domain instantdomainsearch.com is pretty neat.
wmurmann··on Ask HN: What was your best passive income of 2019?
Bought bitcoin at 4K, sold at 10k.
wmurmann··on CA Governor Signs Bill Allowing College Athletes to Profit from Endorsements
Wouldn't this make it illegal to prevent players from profiting from endorsements ? Voluntary organizations can't break the law.
wmurmann··on iOS 13’s privacy pop-ups of Facebook data grabs
I've built a scooter app. Bluetooth can help with a few things including closing rides when the user has bad cell coverage.
wmurmann··on Show HN: Let A.I. build your app
Man that demo video is frustrating to watch. If your product does what you say it does, then there is no need to add those transitions/effects.
wmurmann··on The Resistance Is Real – Why Side Projects Are So Hard
Just because you sign a contract doesn’t mean it’s enforceable.
wmurmann··on No Phd, No Problem: New Schemes Teach the Masses to Build AI
I started with Andrew Ng's Coursera class. There are 5 different courses and I went through the first course and 3/4 through the 4th on conv nets. I would say he does a really good job of explaining the basics but the code is a little dated as AI is moving so fast.

I'm a few weeks in to Fast.ai and the professor keeps it high level and has more focus on application than theory. You jump straight into working on image classification which is broken down into clear concise steps that gives you some confidence moving forward. If you do take the course make sure to plug in your own data and get a feel for how everything works before jumping to the next video.

I would say its good to have some knowledge of the basics, so watch a few weeks worth of Andrews course while it's still free(7 day trial). Skip over the programming assignments because they are too low level and verbose. Then when you think you have a good sense how things work jump over to Fast.ai and start coding.

wmurmann··on Bird is the fastest startup ever to reach a $1B valuation
It's not for every climate, sure. However, I ride one to work once a week and it always brings a smile to my face. You can't go 5 minutes in LA without seeing someone on one.
wmurmann··on Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool?
I’m working on a technical analysis alert site for cryptocurrencies. There are a few out now, but they are limited to a few TA algorithm’s and a handful of intervals.

I’m aiming to offer as many algorithms/candle intervals as I can and make them fully customizable. Also implementing a screener and the ability to test your alerts through papertrading with historical data.

wmurmann··on Could cryptocurrency mining kill online advertising?
Better off just closing your laptop then, as most sites rely heavily on JavaScript.