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by 56friends 4y ago
Please post an update on HN once you have it working. It’s a fantastic idea.
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by 56friends 4y ago
Interesting. This is, perhaps, the most novel and innovative use of a GPT model I have encountered so far. It feels like you have invented a new product category. Maybe “category” isn’t the right term, a feature? This should be one of the w
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by 56friends 4y ago
What are you replying to, EGreg?
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by 56friends 4y ago
They could do this very gradually. First rename WhatsApp to Meta Messenger. Keep everything else the same. Then with interop being implemented slowly merge FB messenger into Meta Messenger.
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by 56friends 4y ago
I did that a few times and now just go to competitors instead. I don’t have time or desire to talk to a sales person and decline all their upsell options just to get the price. Agree with you re enterprise pricing, but usually it’s differen
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by 56friends 4y ago
#2 is interesting. I am very curious what the ultimate plan for having 2 messaging apps is (at least in Zuck’s head). My bet is that his fantasy is to eventually merge them into a single service: Meta Messenger.
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by 56friends 4y ago
Likely just old school chord progressions and pseudo-random note sequences. Maybe something more advanced but doesn’t sound like it to me. I guess the “innovation” here is in the usage of better VST instruments (probably combinations that
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by 56friends 4y ago
The vast majority of very popular music is still created with emotions (even when those are forced). Human element is still critical, and I think will remain so for a very long time. Algorithms have been able to spit out a cohesive sequence
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by 56friends 4y ago
Any time I am prompted to contact someone for pricing I assume it’s not going to be the minimum “starting from” price.
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by 56friends 4y ago
The awful miss-representation of what this tool is in the intro video. “You know that tune that has been stuck in your head? Set it free!” - by… not actually being able to compose or select or affect the melody or the harmony? You can pick
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by 56friends 4y ago
The magic trick here is destruction of a forest, not confetti in a jacket sleeve.
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by 56friends 4y ago
This video doesn’t destroy a forest while the other ones do. This and similar investigations are raising awareness of the harm of watching and promoting these scammy channels.
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by 56friends 4y ago
Bitcoin is obviously not a pyramid scheme [0]. Criticizing things you disagree with requires a bit more skill than just using labels that don’t apply. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_scheme
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by 56friends 4y ago
Got it! If by “wilderness” they meant an unguided psychedelic trip then my advice would be similar to what I said earlier. Do not go on an unguided trip if you have no experience and have mental issues. It could help you or could traumatize
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by 56friends 4y ago
Just speculating, but the number of people who are here legally but do not have a work permit is probably not significant in the construction business. Getting a long term visa requires so much effort and money, that it’s likely not feasibl
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by 56friends 4y ago
That basically describes my schedule and my habits. One important thing to add to that: an online diet. I have The Guardian, Reddit, and a ton of other distracting content blocked on all devices (hosts files, NextDNS, etc).
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by 56friends 4y ago
Did you forget to add /s? A person with severe PTSD would greatly benefit from being left alone in the wilderness. How come therapists didn’t think of that? Probably another Big Pharma conspiracy. /s
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by 56friends 4y ago
Yes, Ketamine assisted therapy is quite common.
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by 56friends 4y ago
Thanks for copying this over! I am guilty of quoting that famous speech too. Probably should stop doing that and read MLK’s works in more detail.
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by 56friends 4y ago
“This post is for paid subscribers”. Truly inspiring!
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by 56friends 4y ago
Haha we would need to meet in person for that to invalidate my previous statement!
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by 56friends 4y ago
It’s a good argument. I don’t fully agree we should limit the definition of value to only its (subjectively) productive quality. It’s like gambling - I personally don’t see value in it but, hey, many people love it so they get something fro
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by 56friends 4y ago
> we've found value in digital things and may, thus, call them assets: e.g., data, media, and information/knowledge > We have no way to deal with digital assets Are you writing an ad for a new crypto platform that is defini
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by 56friends 4y ago
I have several friends who stake ETH. Never met a single miner in person.
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by 56friends 4y ago
I mean, not to defend Bitcoin, but if you have invested at $60 and sold at $60K - it has provided tremendous value. Most people are going to lose money on this “investment”, but just saying that it provides no value at all is a tired argume
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by 56friends 4y ago
What do you mean by who is triaging the results? Pre-submit failure will block your PR from landing, post-submit (e.g. integration test suite) failure will result in an incident and a likely deploy pause/rollback.
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by 56friends 4y ago
Do you call that "a true circular crypto economy"? Selling USDT to some shady changers on a grey market in Lebanon?
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by 56friends 4y ago
So are employees of color being fired disproportionately therefore reducing diversity? There is no data in the article to support that. Maybe far more men than women were let go? So diversity is only increasing. You are listing two business
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by 56friends 4y ago
Not sure how to interpret this conclusion: "Despite loud commitments of solidarity and support for Black communities after the murder of George Floyd, the tech industry, by and large, seems content to quietly overlook the business case
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by 56friends 4y ago
I never said I did. Spotify doesn’t have some of my favorite music but I have it in either lossless format or on vinyl.

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