15:[[40660023,{"by":"Madimini","descendants":2,"id":40660023,"kids":[40662285,40674807],"score":3,"text":"Hi everyone,

I'm spending the next 4 months interning in the Bay Area (ML for BioTech) and would like to make the most out of it.

Therefore, I was wondering how to find the most interesting (Bio)-Tech/Machine Learning meetups I should attend?

Thanks in advance!","time":1718210054,"title":"Ask HN: Where to Find Tech/ML Meetups in the Bay Area?","type":"story"}],[40672450,{"by":"gl-prod","descendants":28,"id":40672450,"kids":[40676760,40672879,40674009,40681808,40675431,40674346,40673969,40688488,40672587,40674122,40675305,40674675,40674478,40672610,40674801,40681831,40672712,40679996,40673131,40674020,40673460,40674260,40700489,40679023],"score":16,"time":1718300586,"title":"Ask HN: What do you do on the weekend?","type":"story"}],[40626101,{"by":"cranberryturkey","descendants":7,"id":40626101,"kids":[40626415,40628301,40626737,40655217,40651191,40629635],"score":5,"text":"I'm finding more and more lately that google captcha asks me to pick images for a good 2-3 minutes sometimes. I'm now starting to just look for alternative sites that don't use GOogle captcha unless its super important.","time":1717954989,"title":"Ask HN: DAE just close the window on sites that use Google's Captcha?","type":"story"}],[40620764,{"by":"to-too-two","descendants":67,"id":40620764,"kids":[40621067,40621137,40621190,40621560,40621167,40621567,40621174,40621044,40622030,40622181,40621062,40621175,40621055,40621224,40622301,40621252,40620863,40621345,40621835,40621614,40621217,40621413,40621081,40641834,40621263,40621240,40621141,40626934,40621398,40621308,40623429,40621492,40621098,40621029,40621591,40622756,40621150,40622518,40621253,40621265,40621552,40621041,40621284,40621473,40621812,40621429],"score":87,"text":"I’m a hobbyist game developer and I’ve been on here for years. The content seems fascinating but honestly I understand almost nothing that’s being said here even though I’ve programmed on and off for years.

Anyone else? Makes ya feel like a dumb-dumb.","time":1717887628,"title":"Anyone else lurk and feel like they understand nothing?","type":"story"}],[40627395,{"by":"0bsolete","descendants":256,"id":40627395,"kids":[40629457,40627799,40630324,40627604,40629034,40628165,40627970,40629054,40627895,40632499,40633257,40628752,40627906,40631550,40630588,40637839,40628313,40629678,40628992,40634341,40644073,40627817,40629629,40630268,40627567,40636348,40631174,40682282,40631348,40628428,40631534,40627833,40627617,40627583,40632062,40630782,40628162,40630973,40628982,40627716,40627985,40628001,40627454,40635903,40665615,40628277,40630527,40631206,40682656,40682502,40630914,40628229,40631584,40628463,40627553,40627744,40633127,40628119,40631821,40639036,40627821,40629899,40639869,40630284,40629148,40632522,40633721,40629687,40632792,40657286,40630505,40642934,40631167,40638547,40627552,40643688,40636809,40630688,40631374,40627772,40644267,40633415,40628274,40659762,40680862,40628619,40635657,40628955,40652630,40634826,40627598,40630088,40629320,40629549,40627787,40631718,40629190,40627751,40628756,40630955,40627596,40635305,40640340,40628381,40628069,40635493,40627893,40631802,40665460,40627774,40758965,40661164,40627605,40627634],"score":183,"text":"I'm converting my unused gaming PC into a NAS/Docker container server and my personal device will now be a MacBook Air.

I've got Magnet for easier window management, otherwise not much else and looking for recommendations on other apps to check out.

So, what applications do you use daily on MacOS and why do you love it?","time":1717965448,"title":"Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend?","type":"story"}],[40597557,{"by":"psychoslave","descendants":40,"id":40597557,"kids":[40598296,40597987,40598190,40604863,40598121,40616821,40597860,40607296,40598461,40607247,40600294,40599841,40597948,40602716,40602564,40606680,40607306,40614736,40625659,40601216,40598921,40625021,40624965,40601335,40597723,40598245,40599861,40598293,40598954,40601279,40599416,40614707,40614615,40597598,40597841],"score":6,"time":1717682821,"title":"Ask HN: What keyboard and keyboard layout are you using?","type":"story"}],[40613031,{"by":"andrewfromx","descendants":3,"id":40613031,"kids":[40613404,40615511],"score":1,"text":"This happens to me all the time, I command+shift+4 to get a crosshair cursor on mac and then I can draw any shape I want. But trying to get a perfect 50x50 or 100x100 is very hard. I end up with 52x49 or 101x103. I know there is snagit from techsmith but is there anything free that does this?","time":1717794648,"title":"Ask HN: What is a good way to screenshot a perfect square?","type":"story"}],[40598208,{"by":"Mopolo","descendants":1,"id":40598208,"kids":[40605474],"score":2,"time":1717685917,"title":"Turn your conversations into work with Slack lists","type":"story","url":"https://slack.com/blog/news/introducing-slack-lists?nojsmode=1"}],[40579001,{"by":"sujayk_33","descendants":46,"id":40579001,"kids":[40591646,40579166,40582831,40579241,40591810,40579215,40602255,40584316,40581142,40581357,40590029,40602138,40600419,40580834,40581610,40588464,40596917,40599187,40579325,40605300,40590914,40587675],"score":15,"text":"Hi guys, HN has a great community with people from all age ranges, I would like you to open up about your personal finance experiences

Please share the practices that you did to manage your finances, the ones that worked and also those which didn't and what you learnt from it.

What was it that you learnt later in life and wish to have known a little sooner?

Feel free to share any of your thoughts","time":1717535564,"title":"Ask HN: Personal Finance Advice for a 21 yo","type":"story"}],[40557589,{"by":"smarm52","descendants":15,"id":40557589,"kids":[40560658,40557694,40557709,40577451,40560259,40570302,40566478,40557997,40577127],"score":16,"text":"$16","time":1717366901,"title":"Ask HN: Book Recommendations?","type":"story"}],[40556856,{"by":"djhope99","descendants":53,"id":40556856,"kids":[40558017,40557930,40557604,40556937,40558443,40559192,40559568,40561394,40556857,40558293,40566680,40558910,40558247,40563965,40559999,40557630,40557980],"score":58,"time":1717358735,"title":"Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: \"I discourage 1-on-1s\"","type":"story","url":"https://twitter.com/startuparchive_/status/1796147169650761937"}],[40523894,{"by":"pcloadletter_","descendants":12,"id":40523894,"kids":[40544525,40524037,40527630,40526540,40554245,40530940,40528778,40527237],"score":3,"text":"I know this depends quite a bit on the application, but is there a general stack you use that you know you can knock out something quickly and deploy on the cheap?","time":1717078056,"title":"Ask HN: What's your go-to tech stack (or services/products) for side projects?","type":"story"}],[40516761,{"by":"pyeri","descendants":8,"id":40516761,"kids":[40523857,40539242,40516915,40517421,40521128,40543155,40521005],"score":3,"text":"I'm using Android chrome browser and the links and buttons are so tiny that they're barely viewable. Is it just my settings or everyone is facing this? Seems like the viewport meta tag or something wasn't done right.

I don't want to use any third party apps as my phone is already full of them. A pity Android chrome doesn't allow extensions, otherwise I'd have written one myself to fix this as I've done on my desktop browser for many sites.

And there is that firebase API of course but it's read only, no use if I want to comment or vote.","time":1717015168,"title":"How do you browse Hacker News from your phone these days?","type":"story"}],[40530380,{"by":"boppo1","descendants":13,"id":40530380,"kids":[40533059,40532738,40537208,40534088,40532067,40530773,40533347,40531464,40539044,40543798,40559920],"score":44,"text":"I blew it off in college because my instructor did not speak english. I regret it more & more each year.","time":1717116505,"title":"Ask HN: What's the best book(s) to grasp statistics?","type":"story"}],[40510350,{"by":"tomaytotomato","descendants":54,"id":40510350,"kids":[40515225,40515503,40511178,40516721,40517712,40512414,40516008,40518446,40515877,40518847,40518725,40522087,40518707,40518920,40517553,40518880,40523701,40518822,40518916,40512341,40518663,40518713,40516610,40518988,40514590,40519252,40518827,40518866,40518868,40518757,40518231,40522731,40516920,40513961,40518889,40518824,40518680,40518869,40512261,40516365,40547703],"score":29,"text":"I am a Senior Software Engineer and in my career so far I have been fine without using LinkedIn when applying for a job.

There are some downsides to not being on the platform though:

- Lack of alternative networking options at conferences. Keeping in touch with cool presenters or people you meet (email is ok, but requires pro-active messaging).

- Perhaps missing more lucrative job offers?

- FOMO

However the negatives I see are:

- Shallow and egotistical content being posted by "high flyers" etc.

- Cold messaging or soliciting / spam

- Data privacy concerns (as with any social media platform)

Interested to know what people think as a whole of LinkedIn.","time":1716977882,"title":"Ask HN: Do you use LinkedIn and are active on it?","type":"story"}],[40493176,{"by":"nunodonato","descendants":33,"id":40493176,"kids":[40499877,40495042,40501966,40493209,40523277,40493951,40512227,40497532,40544425,40493980,40507367,40494420,40497780,40493292,40493938,40493510,40494465,40495435,40494410,40507810,40506117,40525151,40495987,40502147],"score":12,"text":"Wait, dont downvote me yet because there are thousand of note taking tools :) I have some very specific needs.

I really miss using Evernote back in the day, its exactly organized like how I want it.\nBUT, its too expensive for my needs (almost 10USD a month)

What I am looking for is something really simple, I want to take notes and archive them for later reference. This is mostly to act as a second brain for storage of stuff (guidelines, instructions, photos of business cards with contact details etc)

I need a tool that is smart, maybe AI powered, so I can search and find easily what I need (search for text inside images).\nI know Evernote does this but, again... too expensive for the usage I'm aiming for.

Is there anything out there I might have missed? I'm so close to start building my own, but I don't want another side project :P","time":1716833838,"title":"Ask HN: Looking for a simple note taking tool","type":"story"}],[40466920,{"by":"zerojames","descendants":6,"id":40466920,"kids":[40473001,40469438,40473208,40479322,40482819,40468766],"score":5,"text":"When you are exploring a new academic area, what tools do you use for researching the topic in which you are interested?

I'm starting to read more papers and my current setup is checking Arxiv's daily list in fields I'm interested in manually. I inevitably lose track of papers.

I have found one or two journals of interest, too. I'm curious if there are already tools out there to aggegate open access research by your own criteria (i.e. from specific sources only, prioritise by keyword)?","time":1716562774,"title":"Ask HN: What tools do you use for researching new fields?","type":"story"}],[40470110,{"by":"rpjt","descendants":5,"id":40470110,"kids":[40476077,40475554,40470587,40471256,40470122],"score":2,"text":"What would be your expectations for this service and how much would you be willing to pay? I'm genuinely curious, as I'm not sure that people would actually pay for this, especially for many of big tech's products that are B2C and "free" to use.","time":1716581759,"title":"Ask HN: Would you pay for premium support from big tech?","type":"story"}],[40461447,{"by":"amruta2799","descendants":45,"id":40461447,"kids":[40462053,40462472,40463733,40461600,40462318,40463046,40463161,40462919,40462336,40461529,40461498,40462906,40463198,40463302,40462332,40461870,40462901,40463713,40462182,40463232,40463752,40462242,40462603,40461699,40462678,40462706,40462828,40461971,40461649,40462569,40474829],"score":33,"text":"Found The StoryGraph through a YouTube video and it has revolutionized my reading life. Made me curious about what other genuinely useful apps or software products I'm missing out on. What are your favorites?","time":1716509342,"title":"Ask HN: What's your favorite everyday app or product?","type":"story"}],[40447479,{"by":"highwayman47","descendants":11,"id":40447479,"kids":[40447636,40448895,40447897,40449101,40450004,40447898,40449658,40448599,40449799],"score":6,"text":"What are some clever strategies or methodologies you've employed to verify a developer's honesty and quality of work when you lack deep technical understanding?

For example, if you have a developer doing something technical - how can you ensure it's done correctly?

I suppose you could have them do the work and then have a separate dev check the work (if resources allow)?

Interested in potential ideas - treat this more as a brainstorming activity where all responses don't need to be entirely practical.","time":1716416788,"title":"Ask HN: What are some clever ways for a non-technical person to work with devs?","type":"story"}],[40429395,{"by":"QuadrupleA","descendants":4,"id":40429395,"kids":[40429461,40444468,40430892,40436168],"score":4,"text":"$17","time":1716303842,"title":"Ask HN: Do regular users care about AI-enabled features?","type":"story"}],[40403383,{"by":"dorryspears","descendants":6,"id":40403383,"kids":[40405008,40404083,40403651],"score":3,"time":1716081329,"title":"Software engineering is not going anywhere anytime soon","type":"story","url":"https://ryanspears.substack.com/p/software-engineering-is-not-going"}]]

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