Why are there so few Shazam alternatives? Does it have something to do with licensing perhaps? The algorithm itself is fascinating but I don't get why this space seems to have just one player - i.e. Shazam
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hideo commented on The Software Engineer's Guidebook engguidebook.com/... · Posted by u/vaibhavsagar
I've only read the link and the sample pages slightly, but this feels hyperfocused on advancing your career. Somehow the existence of books like these makes me depressed... is that rational? I just picture the future of tech being all about competitive people trying to race through their careers while the rest of the world puts up with their unpolished software.
What you described is the present of tech, not the future.
hideo commented on Show HN: Banger.show – Create colorful visuals for your songs in seconds banger.show... · Posted by u/samokhovets
i have the inexplicable urge to whip a llama's ass
hideo commented on Do no harm petition: Don't give big tech access to our medical records act.wemove.eu/campaigns/m... · Posted by u/jrepinc
Limited Liability is a GREAT thing. It allows us to build businesses that serve society that we wouldn't otherwise. Would you start a company or invest in one if you could lose all your personal wealth? Few would.
You're missing GPs point. GP is not arguing to remove the concept of LLCs.
GP is arguing that the entity in charge of all your medical information should not be an LLC. LLCs in general are great.
This company probably shouldn't be LLC.
hideo commented on 58% of US adults have heard of ChatGPT; 14% have tried it pewresearch.org/short-rea... · Posted by u/mfiguiere
That is an absolutely massive number. I wonder if openAI or anyone has published their retention rate.
Here are some websites that are helping US non-immigrants.
h1bdata.info provides a list of companies that sponsor H-1B visas along with the job titles and salary
checkvisaslots.com informs about visa slot availability in India
visaholics.com a community that shares US visa experiences
boundless.com .. . ..
Those examples help, thanks. I misunderstood your original post and thought you were planning on doing something to _change_ policy.
I see now your thought is more about helping people navigate existing policy. I do think this can be very helpful.
I'd be willing to pay actual money for a "one stop shop" to navigate all the H1B issues that unifies all these things :)
I help people with this in Germany.
Good information goes a long way, and the government is terrible at it. I just tell people what they have to do, which pitfalls to avoid, and how the process usually goes. That makes the whole thing a lot less stressful.
I'm slowly adding more tech to the problem. For instance, I'd love to build a residence permit picker that tells you exactly what your immigration options are. Again, this information is very hard to gather from official sources.
It's not a startup, just a website. Does that still fit?
Ah, that makes sense. So the focus is on helping people navigate the policy, not changing the policy. I can see how that can help.
Maybe I’m missing the point - all these issues are because of various governments’ policies. how could startups possibly address immigration policy problems? I can’t think of any way a startup could e.g. help someone waiting months for a visa appointment.
hideo commented on John Carmack on lead time to push fixes in startups twitter.com/id_aa_carmack... · Posted by u/patapong
I have great respect for John Carmack but this feels like a very unnuanced take.
Lead time isn't about "startups", it's about code complexity, side effects and blast radius.
The time it takes to push code when you have 10 use-cases and 1,000 users, is very different from the time it takes to push code when you have 1,000 use-cases but 10,000,000 users. At that scale, it takes A LOT of effort to keep fix times small. It isn't going to occur naturally.
Some times the effort to keep that fix time small may not be worth it, some times it might.
Based on this and your last couple of posts, I can sense you are struggling. Please don't rely on the advice of strangers (mine included).
Some things I would suggest
1. Find someone in real life that you would like to emulate. See if you can talk to them about being mentored or coached regularly.
2. Consult a qualified medical mental-health professional. This is easier said than done. But if you can find the right person it's completely worth the few weeks of effort it would take
3. Consider that your value system might not necessarily be the same as the value systems of the authors of the projects that get on HN front page, or get commented up.
4. We live in increasingly a winner-take-all society. That's not a judgment, it's a matter of fact. The stuff that gets upvoted here gets upvoted more. That means you may be seeing something that's not reflective of the general population
I know this is cliched but be kind to yourself.
PS: If you're LARPing, you have a flair for writing.