hall0ween (u/hall0ween)

hall0ween commented on Tell HN: I'm tired of formulaic, "LLM house style" show HN submissions · Posted by u/zahlman

hall0ween · a month ago

That’s all well and good, but how can we make money off of this post?

Well I’ve been working on an agentic app with a fun UI (https://aimakememoney.com) to turn complaints into startups ready for their first round of seed funding.

hall0ween commented on Ask HN: What is a physiically disabled person to do in this job market? · Posted by u/amathew

hall0ween · a month ago

Current data scientist here, working for a cloud consulting firm. Two things stand out from my experience: (1) my company isn't hiring, while the DS team is doing fine revenue wise, the rest of the company is doing poorly; so uncommunicated moratorium on hiring; (2) I interviewed at an AI company that I'm currently subcontracting under - and they like me - and I didn't get past the first round because their requirements are so high right now (aka I did mediocrely on one interview and that was enough to tank me).

All this is to say, GenAI is booming but there's competing factors going on for businesses to hire.

Also a different take, look for contract jobs. As with (1) above, my company isn't hiring FT but they're open to contractors.

I wish you luck.

hall0ween commented on Trump team axes contracts with publishing giant Springer Nature nature.com/articles/d4158... · Posted by u/gnabgib

hall0ween · 2 months ago

In my opinion, Nature is part of the problem in academic research. In the US, taxpayers must pay to access the information that they paid to fund! And then the researchers (other taxpayers) have to pay to publish and pay to access the content.

This manner of doing business is frustrating to me. Personally, Springer executive board, I hope this hits your bottom line.

hall0ween commented on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) · Posted by u/david927

pinkmuffinere · 2 months ago

I just quit my "day job" to work on a business I've built with some good friends! We make stingray-resistant booties -- ie, if you encounter stingrays in the shallows, these greatly reduce the chance you get stung (https://mydragonskin.com/). I'll be in charge of a couple marketing efforts, helping with Youtube, and other odd things that come up!

My day job required me to go into office frequently, and I'm really feeling the reduced social connection of being fully remote in a small company. Any suggestions how to deal with this? I'm planning to reconnect with old friends, surf a lot, go rock climbing, and maybe take dance / music / other classes. Would also love if anyone wants to work together in the same place (library, coffee shop, etc). I'm in Escondido California, but happy to drive ~30 min to meet folks.

hall0ween · 2 months ago

Classes and workshops, something with the same people that occurs over several weeks. But it’s important that the content is something you’re personally interested in.

hall0ween commented on Immediate PB2-E627K amino acid substitution after single infection (...) virologyj.biomedcentral.c... · Posted by u/greenavocado

hall0ween · 3 months ago

After reading the abstract, this title seems to me like flame/click-bait.

This test has been done in mice only (since no other animal was mentioned in the abstract).

If one follows the scientific method, this means whatever conclusion the authors make can only be extended to mice. Extrapolation to “mammals” is not present in the abstract implicitly or explicitly.

hall0ween · 3 months ago

> Two experiments with different challenge-to-contact ratios were conducted to assess transmission dynamics and mutation development. In experiment 1, a 4:1 challenge-to-contact ratio resulted in 100% transmission among direct-contact mice, with all mice succumbing to the infection. In experiment 2, a 1:1 ratio yielded 50% transmission, with all challenged mice also succumbing.

It’s not clear from the abstract that any human-made changes were made to the H5N1 either.

hall0ween commented on Immediate PB2-E627K amino acid substitution after single infection (...) virologyj.biomedcentral.c... · Posted by u/greenavocado

hall0ween · 3 months ago

After reading the abstract, this title seems to me like flame/click-bait.

This test has been done in mice only (since no other animal was mentioned in the abstract).

If one follows the scientific method, this means whatever conclusion the authors make can only be extended to mice. Extrapolation to “mammals” is not present in the abstract implicitly or explicitly.

hall0ween commented on The Academic Pipeline Stall: Why Industry Must Stand for Academia sigarch.org/the-academic-... · Posted by u/MaysonL

lenerdenator · 4 months ago

Industry determines everything by the impact it will have on its financial state in ninety days. That's it. That's what matters. We redefined competence as the ability to have that financial state be better with regard to nothing else.

Academic research rarely produces anything in 90 days.

Therefore, there will be little in the way of standing for academic research.

hall0ween · 4 months ago

That’s a tough take but I think fair. There’s also a common thought in industry that nothing gets done in academia (e.g., credentials are often weighed less from a university than from employment). Or at least anecdotally for me.

hall0ween commented on 15,000 lines of verified cryptography now in Python jonathan.protzenko.fr/202... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

hall0ween · 4 months ago

I'm cryptographically ignorant. What does this mean for python?

hall0ween commented on Eight or more drinks per week linked to brain lesions aan.com/PressRoom/Home/Pr... · Posted by u/ivewonyoung

strictnein · 5 months ago

It probably gets negative responses because people are tired of seeing it posted any time alcohol is mentioned. It's becoming like people saying they're vegan or they do crossfit any time food or exercise is mentioned.

Alcohol isn't good for me, but I simply don't care.

hall0ween · 5 months ago

pwnd

hall0ween commented on Microsoft’s original source code gatesnotes.com/home/home-... · Posted by u/EvgeniyZh

hall0ween · 5 months ago

I don’t have an opinion on the issue, cause it’s outta my wheelhouse. Well, aside from civility, which you need to work on.