omeysalvi's comments

Send it off to you tubers. This has flappy bird potential

I was impressed by the writer and glad about reading the article until I found out he works for Palantir

omeysalvi | 9 months ago | on: Is gravity just entropy rising? Long-shot idea gets another look

"There’s some kind of gas or some thermal system out there that we can’t see directly" - The Ether is back on the menu boys

omeysalvi | 1 year ago | on: Anthropic: "Applicants should not use AI assistants"

don't get high off your own supply

omeysalvi | 1 year ago | on: One Plus One Equals Two (2006)

Actually, it is a metaphor for formulating a brand new branch of mathematics that fixes the identity principle and all the problems with the square root of two. But also, it is not a metaphor because show me any physical system where an action times an action does not equal a reaction.

omeysalvi | 1 year ago | on: Studios: Please don't spoil the movie we are seated to see

The re releases are not meant for those watching the movie for the first time. It is assumed the audience coming for these one time events is already a fan of the movie.

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: Ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, Sapporo High Court rules

I love the fact that the ruling came from a court in a location called Sapporo (Sapphic)

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: UPI Payments: 10B transactions a month done, next stop 100B

UPI payments used to be a little hit or miss a few years ago but they have been almost flawless for me over the last year. Apps have matured and show a warning if the recipient or self network is down rather than initiating a transaction that might never complete. The only roadblock now is to figure out a way to handle large volume days such as new years when the network is overwhelmed at night.

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

Yes, the latter

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: Mac shipments grow 10%, as all major PC brands see downturns

I hope Microsoft quickly finds a solution to move to RISC. I don't care about compatibility with older software. I want the battery life without having to move to MacOS and using it's awful window management.

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: Big leap for hard drive capacities: 32 TB HAMR drives due soon, 40tb on horizon

Most software innovations seem to be made to make the developer's life easier instead of creating more performant software. I'm not complaining but user focused software innovations like LLMs do seem to come very few and far between compared to hardware.

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: 3M heads to trial in ‘existential’ $143B forever-chemicals litigation

Johnson and Johnson tried to spin up a subsidiary and shift all the blame to it for including asbestos in talcum powder for decades. Thankfully, the courts saw through the move and made them pay billions of dollars too

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

No, I'm a game developer. The app I'm making is a web app that I don't have much experience with. I'm using ChatGPT as a tool to cut down coding time and it is working great so far. I should have worded my comment better.

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?

I'm using ChatGPT to build a note taking app just for myself. Haven't completed it yet but plan to open source it once it is done.

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: Forbes mocked as another '30 Under 30' honoree accused of fraud

I may be completely wrong but having a lot of money, especially if you earned it by conventional definitions, might intrinsically motivate you to take better care of your health to live longer and enjoy your achievements. Kinda like an article I read that said poor people have unhealthy diets in some part due to the temporary relief from daily stresses offered by high sugar fatty foods might be more valuable to them than saving up money and health for a life that is pretty much going nowhere.

EDIT: It was a passage from a book called Hired by James Bloodworth

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: Linen.dev: A 500 kb Slack alternative

I'm of half a mind to use this as a self hosted note taking app

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: YouTube suspends a YouTuber's Patreon-exclusive account for self-impersonation

Exactly, it is the same philosophy with which VCs will pour billions of dollars into a business to prioritize growth over everything. When all competition is eliminated, there is no one left to challenge you and you get all the benefits of a monopoly.

omeysalvi | 2 years ago | on: ‘Alien calculus’ could save particle physics from infinities

I really appreciate how writers at Quanta turn extremely complex and dry topics into a pleasurable read by mixing simple analogies with history. I really admire the skill it takes to break down these topics and make them fascinating for someone with no understanding of them, such as me.

omeysalvi | 3 years ago | on: TPU v4: An Optically Reconfigurable Supercomputer for Machine Learning

If people are not allowed to monetize their innovations, there is no incentive to innovate. While this needs to have its limits, sharing it to everyone immediately upon creation is not an answer.

omeysalvi | 3 years ago | on: Bob Lee, former CTO of Square, has died after being stabbed in San Francisco

Very sad news indeed. It does go to show that even the rich and powerful are not immune to the chaos in this world.