Hacker News with Generative AI: People

Show HN: Map showing which notable people were born in your backyard (tjukanovt.github.io)
Using data from Morgane Laouenan et al., the map is showing birthplaces of the most "notable people" around the world.
Data Visualization, Geography, People, History
16 points by wifehow248 18 days ago | 3 comments
It's the Most Indispensable Machine in the World–and It Depends on This Woman (wsj.com)
BOISE, Idaho—Brienna Hall has the most valuable role that you’ll never see at the most vital company that you’ve never heard of.
Technology, People, Business
6 points by Jimmc414 29 days ago | 2 comments
Francois Chollet is leaving Google (googleblog.com)
Today, we're announcing that Francois Chollet, the creator of Keras and a leading figure in the AI world, is embarking on a new chapter in his career outside of Google.
Artificial Intelligence, Google, People
377 points by xnx 76 days ago | 174 comments
Software is about people, not code (2020) (letterstoanewdeveloper.com)
Dear new developer,
Software Development, People, Technology, Career Advice
20 points by mooreds 134 days ago | 18 comments
Simon Verity believed in working the medieval way (economist.com)
The first thing you noticed about Simon Verity was his hair. It stuck out in wild grey corkscrews, as if sprayed with the fiercest sort of gel. That grey was not a sign of age, or only partly. It was mostly stone-dust, accumulated until he could never wash it out. That same dust covered the rest of his comfortably trampish clothes. When he walked down the street, he liked to think, he looked like an apparition.
Biography, People, Lifestyle
51 points by Bluestein 144 days ago | 36 comments
The Charming, Eccentric, Blessed Life of Lee Maxwell (5280.com)
Biography, Lifestyle, People
51 points by gmays 163 days ago | 2 comments
OpenAI co-founder John Schulman announces he is joining Anthropic (twitter.com)
OpenAI, Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, People
43 points by alphabetting 176 days ago | 8 comments
Ken Leishman (wikipedia.org)
Biographies, People, Wikipedia
19 points by luu 180 days ago | 0 comments
Mourning Daniel Bristot de Oliveira (lwn.net)
Obituaries, Linux, People
57 points by seusscat 214 days ago | 2 comments