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by arthurdd 2mo ago
I'm working on an interactive wildlife & plant identification quiz powered by iNaturalist: https://arthurdick.github.io/local-biodiversity-trainer/
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by arthurdd 1y ago
I don't think poker is good for people either. The goal of poker is to win, taking money from other players by exploiting their weaknesses. It's a training ground to become ruthless, unempathetic, and deceptive.
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by arthurdd 1y ago
Humbled to see the new official timeline of physics: Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, and now... Grok in 2025 claiming a single bit-flip explains life, the universe, and everything. What a time to be alive.
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by arthurdd 1y ago
Software development is rarely a solo activity. You will need to communicate with other developers, product managers, designers, and non-technical stakeholders.
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by arthurdd 1y ago
I still use traditional browser-based bookmarking, and sync with my Firefox account. I don't see the need to share my bookmarks.
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by arthurdd 1y ago
An LLM will generally go along with whatever you prompt it with. Try asking it to be skeptical: https://g.co/gemini/share/78b94bea5977
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by arthurdd 1y ago
The "Participatory Interface Theory" is not a scientific theory. It is a work of science fiction masquerading as physics. It uses the following techniques to create an illusion of credibility: Poetic Language: Replaces rigorous ex
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by arthurdd 1y ago
I built my own recurring task manager, Perennial Task, to overcome the limitations I faced with TaskWarrior. Both are open source, so it's not something I was paying for.
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by arthurdd 1y ago
I think you could more simply disable the YouTube app in the Gemini settings.
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by arthurdd 1y ago
Recently I've been working on a project I call term-to-svg. It's a command-line tool that converts terminal session recordings into animated SVG images. https://github.com/arthurdick/term-to-svg
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Perennial Task Just Got More Flexible(arthurdick.com)
2 points by arthurdd 1y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: Perennial Task (Prn)(github.com)
1 points by arthurdd 1y ago|0 comments
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by arthurdd 2y ago
Hi Matt, I can't find any contact info in your profile. You may want to review the OpenAI best practices for API key safety: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/5112595-best-practices-f...
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by arthurdd 2y ago
Good work! It took me 21 moves. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e4 Nxe4 6. Bd3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 h6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Qxa5 c5 14. Qxd8 Raxd8 15. Rfe1 c4 16. Rxe7 b6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Bc2 Rfe
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Show HN: CLI Simulator(arthurdick.com)
1 points by arthurdd 2y ago|0 comments
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by arthurdd 3y ago
PlotBranch is a side project of mine generating branching stories using GPT4. You may run into a generation screen if you request a page nobody has viewed before. "The Paradoxical Quest" is the most popular story, but there are mo
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Show HN: The Paradoxical Quest – A Branching Story Generated by GPT4(plotbranch.com)
2 points by arthurdd 3y ago|3 comments
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by arthurdd 4y ago
My site is mainly for my own entertainment, and I've only been contacted a handful of times with nearly 20 years running it. It is probably helpful to present a competent image when job searching. It shows you can develop and run a sit
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by arthurdd 4y ago
Since experimenting with the GPT models I do notice when posts and articles seem to have used generated content, but I can't identify what it is that gives me this feeling. Maybe it is just a feeling. When using the models, I find the
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by arthurdd 4y ago
I've hacked together my own replacement, as a mini project on my blog: https://arthurdick.com/blog/timer/
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by arthurdd 5y ago
This is a vector drawing web app I've been working on in my spare time. It is open source and hosted on Github at https://github.com/arthurdick/drawonpaper
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Show HN: Draw on Paper(drawonpaper.com)
3 points by arthurdd 5y ago|2 comments