GraffitiTim

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by GraffitiTim 7mo ago
Funny how similar this is to the famous comment on Dropbox's Launch HN post in 2007. "1. For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs,
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by GraffitiTim 1y ago
Exa (YC S21) is trying to solve this problem by re-indexing the web in an LLM-friendly way.
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by GraffitiTim 2y ago
This is why we need Freshpaint (YC S19) for analytics and other services for healthcare companies. A primary focus on regulatory compliance, privacy, security.
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by GraffitiTim 4y ago
Also: if you've been the new CEO since last July and haven't figured this out, you'll fail to save Medium. You mentioned paying attention to the sentiment and linked to the HN survey where people explained why they don't
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by GraffitiTim 4y ago
These aren’t the key problem. The key problem is that you’ve lost the trust of the authors you want to attract. It’s no longer a place I can post and know that my content will be cleanly accessible to readers. I now think you’ll pepper it w
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by GraffitiTim 4y ago
AI will also be able to fill in dialog, plot points, etc.
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by GraffitiTim 5y ago
This was a very nice thing to say.
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by GraffitiTim 6y ago
Your memory would be more credible than mine certainly! Perhaps I'm remembering my/people's reaction to first seeing reviews on Amazon.
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by GraffitiTim 6y ago
My memory is there were some stores that had "customer reviews" before Amazon, but they were all screened by the company before being published. So every product would only have 5 star reviews. When Amazon came out with real revie
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by GraffitiTim 6y ago
My daughter (who just turned 4) seemed like she might like programming, so I started out having her "program" a stuffed walrus, by telling it whether to go forward, backward, left, or right to get to a piece of food. Her natural i
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by GraffitiTim 6y ago
My 3 year old daughter really enjoyed this! Very nicely done.
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by GraffitiTim 6y ago
We've been using Rally for our happy hours, and internal meetings where there are more than ~5 people. It's great being able to easily hop between tables as conversation topics shift. It brings back a lot of that serendipity that
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by GraffitiTim 6y ago
I imagine some kind of VR tracker for the Quest will come out eventually. Something like the Vive trackers but smaller. Agree, it would open up all kinds of interesting applications.
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by GraffitiTim 6y ago
I think people will be surprised how well this works. There are a lot of great startups that will be born in these times. Many of them will be "remote native" -- operated remotely, remote YC, and potentially tackling problems that
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by GraffitiTim 7y ago
How is that different/worse than a startup? Early founders/employees get stock at a lower price, and then the price goes up if the company makes progress. There's only a return if the market values it.
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by GraffitiTim 7y ago
This seems like a good idea! Could even charge for admission.
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by GraffitiTim 7y ago
They took the feedback to heart, built fast, and got paying users! Where's the big mistake there? I think one of the good things about YC, is if you try to optimize for getting into YC, you're actually building your startup in a c
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by GraffitiTim 7y ago
Actually pretty good for a 50 year prediction! Anyone want to make 50 predictions about 2069?
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by GraffitiTim 7y ago
Funny, most people have the opposite question: they can't understand what it would be like to have aphantasia. The way you're describing "knowing what a sphere is" and being able to describe it, is how I explain to peo
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by GraffitiTim 7y ago
It's insane to refer to this article as a fluff piece. It's a detailed, transparent, numerical, inside look at how a particular founder runs various aspects of her business. It's one of the least fluffy pieces I've see
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
I want to put a plug in for Boundary Layer Technologies. Their crazy Demo Day goal was to build a freaking hydrofoil ship during YC. The founders I know who worked with them before said "They may actually be able to pull this off.&quot
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
I think corners are probably more dark in games and movies than in real life, due to dramatic lighting. It's often an artistic choice. That doesn't address the cases where there are weird artifacts as he mentioned. Those can be a
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
As a counterexample, I used to be like you (loved eating meat) and was convinced not to by allowing myself to entertain the notion that it was wrong, and learning about animal suffering at factory farms. I was able to make a moral determina
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
It would be interesting to see ML recommendations of the form "There is a 75% chance you'll LOVE this movie, 25% chance you'll hate it" rather than only "98% chance you'll like this movie". Right now those
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
Thank you! You can reach out tim at fearlessvr.com
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
Thanks eblanshey. Let me know if you have any ideas about it!
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
Thank you rubicon33. Did you fill out the survey linked above? If so I'll let you know when it's ready.
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
We're building a VR simulation of flying specifically for the purpose of overcoming fear of flying. It uses some of the same principles you mention: -Repeated exposure to a realistic flying experience (in our case, it goes gradually si
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
We are almost done with our VR program for fear of flying: http://FearlessVR.com It's based on exposure therapy / systematic desensitization. It has special sections for turbulence as well as other common underlying fe
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by GraffitiTim 8y ago
>I'd be interested to know how "smoke-free" time is established. Are users self-reporting that they have or haven't smoked with the app? And 28-days of not smoking is great, but it feels dishonest to call that "s

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