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by a_d 2y ago
congrats on the launch! .. I am loving this entire thread.
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by a_d 2y ago
It is important for some company to make home buying better. Even outside of the pain of unaffordability, it is an utterly broken process. Advent of LLMs do give hope that this process can be imporoved signifiantly. Fun fact: I met Raymond
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by a_d 2y ago
I have been working on a AI "tutor" for kids (6-10) based on the constraints of - no websites, no apps, no ipad/iphone. But after this demo, I need to rethink my entire approach! Maybe these ideas I am holding on to, are jus
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by a_d 2y ago
I made a device that lets my kids engage with chatGPT without eye strain [1] and parental controls. No need to give them my phone or laptop, no more worrying about them wandering onto the internet [2]. IMO it is incredibly useful to have ki
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by a_d 4y ago
This is incredibly useful! Is it possible to make this into a simple (single page) shopping list? Where I type my shopping list, product recommends substitutes with lower sugar — and gives me distribution (histogram) of main ingredients for
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by a_d 4y ago
Serious Question: Why are managers needed? What is the steelman argument for managers and for not having managers?
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by a_d 4y ago
Love this, PascalPixel! Hope you are well my friend. I smiled at this project and then saw it was made by you — it’s such a beautiful project that only you could have made :). Great idea and execution.
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by a_d 4y ago
It is possible that this becomes the inciting incident that leads to a viable twitter alternative. Making many programmers and tech people annoyed at the same time isn't a wise move by Twitter.
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One of Jeff Bezos' first interviews(twitter.com)
2 points by a_d 4y ago|0 comments
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by a_d 4y ago
Tarantino mentioned Godard as an influence at the beginning of the Reservoir Dogs script (Here he is talking about it: https://youtu.be/F4DkfxEv7ZU ). He says that the seminal moment when he recognized his key aesthetic as a
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by a_d 4y ago
wow! Thank you so much for a detailed response! I learned a lot from your comment. If I may ask another question: do you think the CubeSat ‘form factor’ (10x10x10 cm-cube) can have enough propulsion (combined with some gravtiy-assist) to be
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by a_d 4y ago
Imagine if one were to launch a swarm of cubesats with cameras on them looking away from Earth —- what would you imagine those cameras would see? (Let’s say cameras allow very long exposure shots?) Another way to ask my question is: can cub
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by a_d 5y ago
Norm is the Bob Dylan of comedy.
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by a_d 5y ago
What do you think about a recent Veritassium video that discusses the idea that ‘there is no such thing as a visual learner’ ( https://youtu.be/rhgwIhB58PA ) Just curious.
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DeFi Explained: The Full Guide(reddit.com)
4 points by a_d 5y ago|1 comments
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Microsoft's first OpenAI-powered feature helps beginners build productivity apps(engadget.com)
1 points by a_d 5y ago|0 comments
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by a_d 5y ago
One of my favorite games of all time is Railroad Tycoon 2: Platinum Edition. While Sid Meier didn’t directly make it, but he spawned the franchise with RRT-1. I found a pirated version selling on the street-side in the capital city of India
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Ask HN: Best Home Office Setup?
2 points by a_d 6y ago|2 comments
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by a_d 6y ago
Scientism is rampant in business thinking — especially physics envy.
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by a_d 6y ago
“ As a result I’ve improved a number of biomarkers (e.g. resting heart rate, resting blood glucose, strength, endurance, nutritional deficiencies, etc)” — how does one measure / track these things? ESP resting heart rate, blood glucose
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Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown(blog.ycombinator.com)
9 points by a_d 7y ago|0 comments
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by a_d 7y ago
Solution to the Byzantine General’s Problem using proof of work is possibly an example. The basic problem is: how do you make sure that multiple entities, which are separated by distance, are in absolute full agreement before an action is t
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Kurt Vonnegut and Joseph Heller on Bureaucracy and War (1997)(youtube.com)
4 points by a_d 7y ago|0 comments
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Why gas stations and food trucks cluster together (2008)(mindyourdecisions.com)
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by a_d 7y ago
Agree with the recommendation. Kip has studied black holes all his life — this podcast goes into the work on LIGO that finally got Kip (and collaborators) the Nobel Prize. I found it amusing that there is some “Nobel guilt” for scientists t
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by a_d 7y ago
Previous work on this was done for the movie Interstellar. The resolution of the rendering software was so high that team members were able to examine the black hole very closely - Because Gargantua was spinning at almost the speed of light
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Updated alphazero crushes stockfish in a 1000 game rematch(chess.com)
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by a_d 8y ago
This is exactly right - infact, because some people might consider housing in Bay Area to be a good investment, we can try to make it affordable for others. This is the project we’ve been working on for the last month or so: https:/&#
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The Difficult Birth of the “Many Worlds” Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics(blogs.scientificamerican.com)
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The Case for the Fat Startup (2010)(a16z.com)
18 points by a_d 8y ago|2 comments

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