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yawzon Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai

Do I understand correctly that Kagan has been working on his part for (more than) 40 years?

yawzon So you think you could be an electrician?

Do you live in the houses that you flip? I don't think that this is a pattern I see around me.

yawzon So you think you could be an electrician?

I would assume that you're almost guaranteed to commute when you work as a builder. No WFH option either.

yawzon Show HN: I built a new version of my fun spatial 3D online meeting app

I always wonder who the right audience is for this type of virtual environment for online meetings. And I am seriously curious because I am probably too old to relate to younger professionals these days, so I may be missing something that other may find fun.

yawzon Doomscrolling ourselves to death

I think it gets worse during their early teens when most of the socializing these days seems to be phone/app-driven. I hope they'll keep the habit going.

yawzon Doomscrolling ourselves to death

Hah! I'm usually guilty of not reading the (entire) article before coming here to read the comments, which usually give me a good indication if the article is worth reading. But this time I read it all before coming here because like so many of the people here, it's hitting too close to home at many levels.

yawzon “Code was never the hard part” is an insult to all programmers

First of all, I've only heard this from software engineers.

Second of all, most of us haven't worked on the software that send people to space or similar. We unfortunately only move data from one place to another.

People wrote production code after 6-months of boot camp. Writing code is easy. (Quality, scalability etc. are the harder parts).

Part of this is captured with this famous quote:

"The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads." - Jeff Hammerbacher

So the insult is probably to a negligible fraction of programmers.

yawzon Texas woman arrested for Facebook post about town water quality

> The water is brown. The city admits it.

No kidding! Looking at that picture, I would be beyond worried if that was my tap water.

yawzon Maybe the default settings are too high

I love Woody Allen's speed reading joke:

> "I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia."

yawzon AI is making us work more

Currently giving 504 Gateway Timeout.

yawzon Today is when the Amazon brain drain sent AWS down the spout

I assume it was not labeled as fake when the OP sent it.

yawzon MacBook Pro Insomnia

> "With the setting disabled, the Mac got into a kind of wake-up frenzy, instead of waking up and processing events in batch every hour"

yawzon Try Switching to Kagi

Still works in the Arc browser, which is Chrome-based.

yawzon Interface Upgrades in Go (2014)

The title needs "2014" to be added.

yawzon So long, and thanks for all the bytes

Because of the downturn, I wonder how many people have given up on their careers at Tech? How many more will respond to the call of a different professional life that pays less, but that will be more fulfilling? Even as recent as yesterday I heard a past-colleague tell me "maybe Tech isn't for me, after all. I'll try my hand at this other thing."

yawzon OpenAI suspends ByteDance's account after it used GPT to train its own AI model

How smart is this anyway? Isn't this what causes the Model Collapse?

yawzon [dead]

Sounds ambitious as a piece, but pretty weak.

yawzon I don't trust Signal

> so I am dumb

To be fair, as I read it, the criticism was directed at your work and not you. We all make mistakes.

yawzon Kanboard: free and open source Kanban project management software

Same in Türkiye where "çay" (with the same pronunciation) means tea :)

yawzon What if you did the exact opposite, like rogue bees do (2020)

Very interesting analogy. I'm a beekeeper and this is the first time I'm hearing about rogue bees. Can you please point me to a source so that I can learn about this bee behavior (or "beehavior" in short)?

yawzon ChatGPT is really good at roleplaying

I like this. It's going to be a great addition when it becomes economical to use LLMs to improve games' realism.

Here's my quick chat with Kratos:

Get in the boat, boy.

> Where are we going?

We're going to find the highest peak in all the realms, so that we can scatter your mother's ashes. Now row, boy.

> Aren't you going to help me row?

I did not ask for your opinion, boy. You need to learn to be stronger and more independent than you currently are. Now row, and do not ask me for help again.

> OK, father. I am going to miss mother.

I know, boy. So will I. But we must be strong. There are many dangers in these realms and we have a long journey ahead of us. Stay focused and stay alert. And remember, boy, emotions are a weakness. We must keep our emotions in check if we are going to survive.

> I still have so much to learn. I want to be strong and wise like you when I grow up

You will, boy. But you must remain disciplined and dedicated. The path to greatness is not an easy one, and it requires sacrifice and hard work. You still have much to learn, but I will teach you everything you need to know.

> Which one is more important, father? Strong body or strong mind?

Both are equally important, boy. A strong body can help you survive in battle and face physical challenges. But a strong mind can help you stay focused, make good decisions, and overcome mental obstacles. To be truly great, you must have both. And that is why you must train every day, both physically and mentally. So keep rowing, boy. We have a long way to go.

yawzon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2023)

Pex | Multiple positions | REMOTE (United States, Canada, and Europe), FULL-TIME | https://pex.com/careers/

Pex is a digital rights technology company, enabling the fair and transparent use of copyrighted content at the speed and scale of the Internet.

We serve everyone who uses the Internet to view, share or create content – from the largest platforms and rightsholders, to independent creators. Our advanced licensing infrastructure allows platforms to manage and license content before it's published, empowering creators to upload freely while respecting copyright. In return, rightsholders are able to monitor and capitalize on the content they own.

As we build groundbreaking products with global scale, we're looking for highly-motivated and curious individuals to join us on our mission to support the creator economy with fair and transparent licensing.

[0] We are hiring for numerous positions [1] to help us bring our services to the masses:

  - Senior Support Engineer 
  - Senior Customer Success Manager

For all employees, we offer:

  - equal salaries within each region
  - equity, with a 10-year exercise window
  - 401(k) with a considerable match for all US-based employees
  - 30 days of paid time off + 9 local holidays + the day off on your birthday
  - 99% covered health benefits for US-based employees, 70% for dependents
  - generous paid parental leave
  - a fully remote work environment, supportive culture, and excellent work-life balance

To learn more, reach out to us at hire@pex.com and read about our hiring process and culture in our blog posts titled:

  - Interviewing at Pex? Here's what you can expect during our hiring process [2]
  - Pex culture: Focusing on what really matters [3]

—

  [0] https://pex.com/blog/pex-announces-57m-in-new-funding/
  [1] https://jobs.lever.co/pex
  [2] https://pex.com/blog/interviewing-at-pex-heres-what-you-can-expect-hiring-process/
  [3] https://pex.com/blog/pex-culture-focusing-on-what-really-matters/

yawzon Show HN: Get advice from a GPT3-based stoic philosopher

Let me be the devil's advocate: don't people already listen to and trust other people who have biases?

yawzon Tesla recalls 360k vehicles, says full self-driving beta may cause crashes

"Tesla will deliver an over-the-air software update to cars to address the issues, the recall notice said"

A bit of a sensational title compared to what this really is.

yawzon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2023)

Pex | Multiple positions | REMOTE (United States, Canada, and Europe), FULL-TIME | https://pex.com/careers/

We are the team behind the Attribution Engine, a licensing infrastructure for the Internet enabling fair compensation and increased access to content. With its advanced identification technology, Attribution Engine ensures compliance and safety for platforms, gives rightsholders total control of their content, increases access and confidence for creators, helps law enforcement prevent toxic content, and provides brand safety for advertisers.

[0] We are hiring for numerous positions [1] to help us bring our services to the masses:

  - Senior Database Administrator
  - Senior Support Engineer 
  - Senior Customer Success Manager

For all employees, we offer:

  - equal salaries within each region
  - equity, with a 10-year exercise window
  - 401(k) with a considerable match for all US-based employees
  - 30 days of paid time off + 9 local holidays + the day off on your birthday
  - 99% covered health benefits for US-based employees, 70% for dependents
  - generous paid parental leave
  - a fully remote work environment, supportive culture, and excellent work-life balance

To learn more, reach out to us at hire@pex.com and read about our hiring process and culture in our blog posts titled:

  - Interviewing at Pex? Here's what you can expect during our hiring process [2]
  - Pex culture: Focusing on what really matters [3]

—

  [0] https://pex.com/blog/pex-announces-57m-in-new-funding/
  [1] https://jobs.lever.co/pex
  [2] https://pex.com/blog/interviewing-at-pex-heres-what-you-can-expect-hiring-process/
  [3] https://pex.com/blog/pex-culture-focusing-on-what-really-matters/

yawzon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2023)

Pex | Multiple positions | REMOTE (United States, Canada, and Europe), FULL-TIME | https://pex.com/careers/

Pex is on a mission to democratize digital rights for everyone. We are the team behind the Attribution Engine, a licensing infrastructure for the Internet enabling fair compensation and increased access to content. With its advanced identification technology, Attribution Engine ensures compliance and safety for platforms, gives rightsholders total control of their content, increases access and confidence for creators, helps law enforcement prevent toxic content, and provides brand safety for advertisers.

[0] We are hiring for numerous positions [1] to help us bring our services to the masses:

  - Engineering Manager
  - Senior Support Engineer 
  - Senior Database Administrator
  - Customer Success Manager

For all employees, we offer:

  - equal salaries within each region
  - equity, with a 10-year exercise window
  - 401(k) with a considerable match for all US-based employees
  - 30 days of paid time off + 9 local holidays + the day off on your birthday
  - 99% covered health benefits for US-based employees, 70% for dependents
  - generous paid parental leave
  - a fully remote work environment, supportive culture, and excellent work-life balance

To learn more, reach out to us at hire@pex.com and read about our hiring process and culture in our blog posts titled:

  - Interviewing at Pex? Here's what you can expect during our hiring process [2]
  - Pex culture: Focusing on what really matters [3]

—

  [0] https://pex.com/blog/pex-announces-57m-in-new-funding/
  [1] https://jobs.lever.co/pex
  [2] https://pex.com/blog/interviewing-at-pex-heres-what-you-can-expect-hiring-process/
  [3] https://pex.com/blog/pex-culture-focusing-on-what-really-matters/

yawzon Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023

Wow! Immediately downvoted, on the topic of books?!? I wonder which one triggered such a negative reaction.

yawzon Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023

My best nonfiction read was The 1619 Project. It's a heavy read, but I highly recommend it. The runner up would be Christian Livermore's We Are Not OK.

Best fiction read was Tim Winton's Breath or (there's probably some recency bias at play here) Sebastian de Castel's Traitor's Blade.

I also read a few comic books. I love the East of West series (at least the first three books).

yawzon ‘The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book’ Review: Our Back Pages

https://archive.ph/AEUsX

yawzon Ask HN: How to not be jealous of other people despite being a failure

Are you certain that it’s “low IQ” that’s causing these failures. Are you failing despite working hard? Because at 23, you’re still young. You have so much more to live.