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randomcatuser commented on Show HN: Building a web search engine from scratch with 3B neural embeddings   blog.wilsonl.in/search-en... · Posted by u/wilsonzlin
randomcatuser · 5 months ago
This is so cool. A question on the service mesh - is building your own typically the best way to do things?

I'm new to networking..

randomcatuser commented on Job-seekers are dodging AI interviewers   fortune.com/2025/08/03/ai... · Posted by u/robtherobber
martypitt · 5 months ago
If the employer is allowed to use an AI proxy for their company, does that make it viable for candidates to deploy an AI proxy / avatar to go through the early stage of the process?

That'll truly give the efficiency that these employers crave - let's both speak once our AI counterparts have deemed we're a match.

randomcatuser · 5 months ago
A one-click avatar replacement (for when you detect you are in an AI interview) - that'll be interesting huh

The fun part is that then, the interviews can look way different than today -- e.g. the robot interviewer can demand proofs of the user's skill, etc.

It can even be confidential (ie, robot interviewer <> user's agent in a black-box room) so that they can share data

Imagine you have a function f(user_profile) -> decision

You can run f in a way that respects the user's privacy (and also hides the details of f from the user).

Companies get ~10x more data from each interviewee

Interviewees don't need to even show up

Sounds like a good deal to me!

randomcatuser commented on Study mode   openai.com/index/chatgpt-... · Posted by u/meetpateltech
findingMeaning · 5 months ago
I have a question:

Why do we even bother to learn if AI is going to solve everything for us?

If the promised and fabled AGI is about to approach, what is the incentive or learning to deal with these small problems?

Could someone enlighten me? What is the value of knowledge work?

randomcatuser · 5 months ago
I don't know if you're joking, but here are some answers:

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled." — Plutarch

"Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." — John Dewey

"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing." — Albert Einstein

In order to think complex thoughts, you need to have building blocks. That's why we can think of relativity today, while nobody on Earth was able to in 1850.

May the future be even better than today!

randomcatuser commented on Alto turns Apple Notes into a website   alto.so/... · Posted by u/colinprince
randomcatuser · 5 months ago
i'm curious, how does it work? does it read the db directly or use applescript to get the notes?
randomcatuser commented on MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System   worksonmymachine.substack... · Posted by u/Stwerner
iambateman · 6 months ago
Where do I get started with MCP? I’m all in, but kinda…confused?

A REST API makes sense to me…but this is apparently significantly different and more useful. What’s the best way to think about MCP compared to a traditional API? Where do I get started building one? Are there good examples to look at?

randomcatuser · 6 months ago
Yeah, one way to think about it is like... protocols restrict things, so that people can expect the same stuff.

With a traditional API, people can build it any way they want, which means you (the client) need API docs.

With MCP, you literally restrict it to 2 things: get the list of tools, and call the tool (using the schema you got above). Thus the key insight is just about: let's add 1 more endpoint that lists the APIs you have, so that robots can find it.

Example time: - Build an MCP server (equivalent of "intro to flask 101"): https://developers.cloudflare.com/agents/guides/remote-mcp-s... - Now you can add it to Claude Desktop/Cursor and see what it does - That's as far as i got lol

randomcatuser commented on Show HN: Pickaxe – A TypeScript library for building AI agents   github.com/hatchet-dev/pi... · Posted by u/abelanger
randomcatuser · 6 months ago
Oh this is really cool! I was building out a bit of this with Restate this past week, but this seems really well put together :) will give it a try!
randomcatuser commented on I built what startups say they need, but they won't sign up   smarketly.lema-lema.com/... · Posted by u/abilafredkb
abilafredkb · 6 months ago
Doesn't sound petty at all. I've never had a good eye for good designs but I don't think that should invalidate my ideas. I understand your perspective also. In your case what should this look like. Not sure if i'm putting this right but if you could point me in the right direction a bit as a potential consumer i could work on it
randomcatuser · 6 months ago
randomcatuser commented on Ask HN: Best way to get laid off    · Posted by u/jakamm
randomcatuser · 7 months ago
you are a free man, just leave! imagine you only have 1 month left to live, how would you go about maximizing your life?

and do that

randomcatuser commented on We sold coffee from the terminal [video]   youtube.com/watch?v=POlZS... · Posted by u/randomcatuser
randomcatuser · 7 months ago
Wow, anyone have examples in SST? I just started learning CDK today, and this seems slightly better?

u/randomcatuser

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