A similar thing happened to me back in the day when Wi-Fi was still new.
I joined an open network and it turned out to be a law firm. All their computers were on a Samba network with full C: drives shared.
I wrote README.txt files on their drives telling them about the issue, but after some time it was still the same.
Then I went directly to the place to talk to them and also with the idea I could land my first job fixing that mess. But... They got incredibly angry with me, since they claimed they had some very good and expensive contractors taking care of their computers and network, and that I had basically broken in.
At one point I worked as a customer support agent outsourced to Apple via the company. Apple forced us to us some very outdated browser UIs, basically for filling in forms, across maybe 4-5 different services in some cases. The machines we were given by this outsourcing company of course where Apple computers, fairly locked down.
But one thing they hadn't locked doll wn, was installing extensions in Safari, and given I had some development chops from coding a bunch in my freetime, I saw the opportunity to write a tiny extension that saved me a ton of time by merely copy-pasting stuff into the right forms and so on. Basically making the whole thing more efficient for me.
Everything was great, until the person next to me saw I had something different. Cautiously eager, I let them try the extension too, they loved it, and without thinking about it, spread it to other people in our team. Eventually, the manager and the IT team picked up what was going on, said they'investigate if I could maybe start doing those kind of things full-time instead of being a support agent, and just focus on tooling.
Fast forward two weeks, I get called into a meeting, apparently someone in the company had been "stealing" CC numbers from the customers on the calls, and since they don't think they've found the right person who did it (or something like that), the person who was known for "doing stuff to the computers" was the next possible suspect, and they fired me right there.
Eventually this firing let me find my first actual programming job, so I'm not too mad about it, but it really shows how out of touch lots of companies and people are when it comes to how computers actually work.
I've been working on LLMParty for some months. It is a collection of experiments that use LLM under the hood. For each experiment I tried to play with something different, such interaction, LLM knowledge, use, etc
Hi HN! I've been working on a series of small experiments that use LLMs under the hood.
For the first one, I made a typical chatbot UI but with a twist: you can enable a mode that writes the user interactions on your behalf. Peak laziness!
I started having tinnitus in both ears 10 months ago.
I don't know the exact cause, but I started noticing it during a job-related burnout and a series of work-related events that significantly increased my stress levels.
It was so bad to the point I had to abruptly quit my job (FYI, freelancing without a safety net sucks).
My doctor gave me pills to help calm my brain and the noise, especially during the night. I also have hypersensitivity, so having a constant noise ringing was not ideal :/
Luckily my ENT doctor recommended that I do multiple things at the same time:
- tinnitus retraining therapy (TRT), listening to white noise ~4 hours a day
- going to a therapist
- daily meditation
- daily exercise
- reducing salt, chocolate, coffee, etc.
The hissing is still there, but I can now ignore it most of the time.
I started to see life a bit differently since then.
Things that disrupt your life can happen so suddenly...
I'm still trying to find a job, but I lost a lot of confidence and developed a bit of a trauma since I don't want to experience burnout again :/
Did they really suggest white noise? I imagine it was pink or brown noise? As I understand it, white noise is the only damaging one since there's no "falloff" to the PWM, it's just "white" or "black," so the spikiness of the modulation can be damaging.
The point of the white noise in TRT is not masking the tinnitus so it is not played loud.
The white noise must be played below the level of the tinnitus, so one can hear both sounds simultaneously. Doing so, in theory, the brain learns to reclassify the tinnitus as an unimportant signal (noise).
Location: Berlin / EU
Remote: Yes
Willing to relocate: No (Maybe Spain or NL)
Technologies: react, next, nodejs, vuejs, python, LLM enthusiast, figma, storybook, nodered, p5js, blender
Résumé/CV: https://hn.pixeletes.com
Current personal project: https://llmparty.pixeletes.com (Funky UIs + LLMs under the hood)
Hi! I'm looking for a job that makes me feel good with what I'm doing. I am a full stack dev & Interaction designer — inventive and creative.
I've been really curious about how to use LLMs beyond the typical chatbot experience. I put together a small collection of experiments with funky UIs that leverage LLMs behind the scenes. Give them a try and let me know what you think!
Saw your profile a few months ago and I like it! Quite surprised you’re still looking for an opportunity. Teams generally lack talent like yours. Good luck!
I joined an open network and it turned out to be a law firm. All their computers were on a Samba network with full C: drives shared. I wrote README.txt files on their drives telling them about the issue, but after some time it was still the same.
Then I went directly to the place to talk to them and also with the idea I could land my first job fixing that mess. But... They got incredibly angry with me, since they claimed they had some very good and expensive contractors taking care of their computers and network, and that I had basically broken in.
I left the place quickly...