akhilpotla

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by akhilpotla 3y ago
Speaking of AI generated pages, I wonder how OpenAI filter these low quality web pages out of their training set as they continue to training. Also, I wonder how they decide what code is worth training on. Because a lot of code is written i
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by akhilpotla 4y ago
My dad moved to the US in 99 (he grew up in a town of about 50k people at the time). He said he was shocked people would stop for him when crossing the street, and he was amazed he could by a 1/2 gallon of ice cream for a couple bucks.
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by akhilpotla 4y ago
I think the idea of "fully diluted market cap" is essentially bs. It is answering the question what if the supply went up but the demand went up to the same degree as to keep the price stable, what would the market cap be then? Th
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by akhilpotla 4y ago
"Get numb before you get good" Sometimes you have to grind and get good enough to have fun.
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by akhilpotla 4y ago
One of the problems is price point. They are charging $10/month. While increasing the price will certainly decrease the number of users, a much higher price point could select for "power users" that will churn less and pay su
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by akhilpotla 4y ago
Good article from a few years ago, but it still stands up. https://nothingventured.rocks/what-startups-can-learn-from-t...
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by akhilpotla 4y ago
This is also about job security. Technical people often have a record of what they have done. Think commits and PRs. Managers don't have this. Their job doesn't produce anything tangible, this is not to say that it is useless. The
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
This reminds me of a podcast Ben Orenstein was on where he talks about something similar. Made a big difference in how I build/think about side projects. https://fullstackradio.com/101
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
It makes the job of the person referring you so much easier. If we agree that getting a referral is the easiest way to get a job, which I think it is, then making the job of the person referring you is the most important thing. If they can
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
The point that the author makes is very valuable, it is important to not throw out hands in the air. If you are not moving forward, you are falling back. Though one (perhaps nit-picky) point I'd like to make is that these dictators are
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
I think it would be interesting to read case studies of different teams, their principles, how those decisions have impacted them, benefits, drawbacks from their approach, etc. I think principles are great, but like you yourself have said,
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
Classic nerds, can't differentiate between substance and minutia.
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
We should investigate the benefits of sodium as well. Sodium is vitally important for many bodily function and is a very misunderstood nutrient. Historically people consumed much more salt, and don't give me the "people used to di
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
I've actually used this concept at an old job. When I was given a new project the business people always wanted it done at a particular date, but it was always an unrealistic timeframe. I'd then spend sometime thinking about how l
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
I definitely prefer to read research papers in html. I like to zoom in a lot when reading a long piece on my computer since it helps me read faster and keeps me from getting distracted. I've been thinking about working on a side projec
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
An interesting thing to think about was people used to think of getting somewhere. Now we think of things coming to us. In a way, we did achieve the "zipping around", it's just that we did it via the internet and wireless com
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
An interesting question I've been thinking about, though I haven't really gotten anywhere is: At what point does a private platform become a public utility, so that censorship is not permissible on the site? I agree that reddit sh
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by akhilpotla 5y ago
It would be nice instead if the git command prevented you from committing a file with a token in it.
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by akhilpotla 6y ago
Great post from patio11 as usual! Reminds of the notion of taking small bets that Taleb often talks about. A side project might only take 20 or 30 hours of your time over the course of a month or two, but it can give you great upside.
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by akhilpotla 6y ago
Fantastic article! I feel like a lot of this could easily translate for blockchain engineers since that too is a distributed system.
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by akhilpotla 6y ago
Very interesting. This might have some military applications as well. Could be used for recon footage in difficult environments. Such as, mountains and deserts.
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by akhilpotla 6y ago
They claim that the graph in the post shows a good correlation with the succession of new kings and taxes paid on smelting silver and lead ore with the lead in the ice core, but the graph shows a weak correlation at best. However, the graph