I use google voice, and in the past other virtual phone numbers but many services don’t fully work. When you request a code, you never receive it and in some cases they tell you they don’t accept the virtual number.
Readit Newsricardonunez commented on Ask HN: Is there a temp phone number like temp email? · Posted by u/piratesAndSons
I used to consider myself a "tech guy" but the world seems to have moved on without me. I look at announcements of new phones and computers and I'm not even remotely excited about any of it. They're not solving any problem that I have anymore. I have a 9 year phone, and nothing released since then has really been compelling enough for me to upgrade. The only reason I will probably get a new one at some point is because the OS manufacturer and 3rd party app developers have (at best) stopped supporting my device and (at worst) are actively blocking my using their software/websites purely because of the age of the otherwise perfectly working device.
I used to have this "I'm missing something" thought but I don't think that anymore. This isn't me failing to get on board with what they think I should care about--It's the device manufacturers who are missing/ignoring my needs in the market.
Same, I only catch up on tech by reading summaries sometimes and for a couple of weeks when I know I need a new device.
I’m still the friends and family go to tech person for purchases and support but don’t need to be always up to do, which is great since I’m not interested anymore like when I was young.
ricardonunez commented on 95% of Companies See 'Zero Return' on $30B Generative AI Spend thedailyadda.com/95-of-co... · Posted by u/speckx
We use Google meet and it has Gemini transcriptions of our meetings.
They are hilariously inaccurate. They confuse who said what. They often invert the meaning "Joe said we should go with approach x" where Joe actually said we should not do X. It also lacks context causing it to "mishear" all of our internal jargon to "shit my iPhone said" levels.
I don’t know how it can confuse because input on mic is relatively straight forward to get. I use fathom and others and they are accurate, better than manual taken. Interesting take, that I don’t memorize 100% on the calls anymore since I rely on note takers, I only remember the major points but when I read the notes, everything comes clear.
It doesn't matter. Most people go with the defaults. If your default is ugly, your app is uggly.
Also the themes and the themes are not that great and not sharp looking, specially in dark mode. I’m using it out of principle but the design needs an overhaul. I was considering doing the design using some open source icon set but time is limited.
ricardonunez commented on Vibe-Coding Yourself into Irrelevance osnews.com/story/142956/v... · Posted by u/ta988
The website has a random refresh bug makes it hard to read. Firefox on iPhone.
As for the article big tech is investing because they think they can get 100x with a higher profit margin and we are the ones building and training our replacement.
I’ll give it a try. I’m not happy with my current setup for markdown to HTML on the wysiwyg editor I’m using, this may provide better results if I go with my own tool bar and editor.
ricardonunez commented on Two new PebbleOS watches ericmigi.com/blog/introdu... · Posted by u/griffinli
About 60 for me. I have to charge mine while working to get it to last a day :/
You may have an app draining your battery. Was having the same issue with my watch, I deleted a few apps and all of the sudden my watch was better. I can’t tell you what app was because it was just luck. I was creating space on my phone when it happened.
ricardonunez commented on Ask HN: How to stop Google from autocorrecting our company name? · Posted by u/woleium
Branded searches. You can run a Instagram or TikTok sweepstakes tell people to search for the company name and tell Google to not autocorrect, tweet and share. Give away something to multiple winners to entice people to participate. If you don’t have a big following, pay a creator with a large following to do it.
ricardonunez commented on Ask HN: What is the actual cost basis of the stock market? · Posted by u/whatever1
I dont think your pessimistic scenario is nearly slow enough. There is a large buy and hold component of the market, with high frequency trading on the margin.
The random sale model doesn't account for pensions, mutual funds, and individuals that hold. Where would firms like Berkshire Hathaway fit into this model?
I imagine the distribution of stock hold duration is nonlinear/logarithmic
What about dark pools?
ricardonunez commented on Stem cell therapy trial reverses "irreversible" damage to cornea newatlas.com/biology/stem... · Posted by u/01-_-
Animal testing should be banned, so that's fine
Then ban animal testing no stopping the whole research funding but that’s not the reason why the funding stopped.