bennyfreshness

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by bennyfreshness 8mo ago
Wow. I'm generally in the AI maximalist camp. But adding Werewolf feels dangerous to me. Anyone who's played knows lying, deceipt, and manipulation is often key to winning. We really want models climbing this benchmark?
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by bennyfreshness 10mo ago
Basalt is stronger than glass fibers (made from silica / quartz / sand), but not as strong as carbon fiber. Also, its more expensive than glass, but less expensive than carbon. Generally considered eco friendly. Interestingly wher
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by bennyfreshness 2y ago
Also "The Conquest of New Spain" .. written as a first hand account by a soldier for Cortes. Obviously cruel and exploitative what the conquistadors did, but it's an example how fact can be sometimes more incredible than fict
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by bennyfreshness 4y ago
Google Apps Script https://developers.google.com/apps-script It's free, so pretty cheap. You can set up a schedule to run the scripts. Has easy access to Google APIs (Gmail). Very powerful and simple solution I've
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by bennyfreshness 8y ago
Just an anecdote of my personal experience, since there's generally a sense of uselessness for MBAs in tech and I held the same view until recently getting an MBA. I was moving from engineering to product management and thought it woul
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by bennyfreshness 10y ago
I started out as an engineer. But, I built tons of side projects and studied Product Management to hone my skills. Do lots of user testing and analytics. Show you can understand a user's problems and have empathy for the user. Practice
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by bennyfreshness 11y ago
Anyone interested in this, please read "The Sleepwalkers" by Christopher Clark. Its an in depth documentation of all the factors leading up to the war. Its absolutely enthralling, I can't put it down.
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by bennyfreshness 11y ago
Is Heroku moving away from their free tier, downgrading to half uptime a day service?
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by bennyfreshness 13y ago
really really wish this wasn't on fridays
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by bennyfreshness 13y ago
This is state sponsored entrepreneurial propaganda IMO, reflecting the Chinese regime's push towards a more entrepreneurial focused free market. And I love it, I'm hoping Chinese individuals continue inventing products to help all of human
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by bennyfreshness 14y ago
SEEKING WORK - SF Full stack Ruby engineer. Backbone.js, AngularJS. Have also done extensive FB app development. Can do markup as well, slicing PSD's into clean HTML/CSS. I would love to chat about your project and needs! bkoonse@gmail
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by bennyfreshness 14y ago
Honestly, I didn't really see much wrongdoing on part of the leadership, namely Wen Jiabao, as described in the article. Its mostly relatives taking advantage of political connections. Its a broken system, where the state is too closely i
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by bennyfreshness 14y ago
I already have Pow installed but its asking me to install again. Will it conflict w/ my existing install and configuration if I reinstall Pow through Anvil?
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by bennyfreshness 14y ago
the world is becoming so small, its great I guess but takes away from the mystery
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by bennyfreshness 14y ago
Although I'm all for energy independence and the benefits of cheap energy I'm hesitant to think fracking's long term affects are worth it. This documentary does a decent job of depicting some bi-products of fracking. http://www.gaslandthe
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by bennyfreshness 14y ago
I'm an engineer who just moved here to the Mission where I'm paying this exorbitant amount of money in rent mentioned in the article. The people in my building (of which 4 of 7 units are Googlers, I'm not one) battle a group of locals who
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G.M. to Quit Advertising on Facebook(nytimes.com)
1 points by bennyfreshness 14y ago|0 comments
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by bennyfreshness 14y ago
This reminds me of an insanely compelling and moving plane crash survival documentary featuring commentary from survivors streaming on Netflix, a must see.. http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Stranded_I_ve_Come_from_a_Pl...
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by bennyfreshness 14y ago
Very interesting pivot. They were doing an affiliate sales system where rewards from your purchases go to nonprofits of your choosing. They were my startup's #1 competitor. I wonder why the pivot?
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by bennyfreshness 15y ago
This is absurd (and I can't believe its at the top of hacker news). The article insinuates this is human powered flight. Any realistic attempt at a solely human powered flying machine would utilize leg power, not arms which pale in comparis
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by bennyfreshness 15y ago
It comes down to product. If your product is in high demand and you have incredible mind share (as the mentioned brands do), revenue will follow. With more revenue you can afford to ramp up your customer service. This article seems to clai
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by bennyfreshness 15y ago
It's unfortunate that Austin, such a creative and progressive city, is surrounded by the rest of Texas.
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by bennyfreshness 15y ago
That number is from 2008, when PG wrote the post. Today I bet its much higher, although still far below reddit. But like PG said, much better quality.
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An Entrepreneur’s Rival in China: The State(nytimes.com)
3 points by bennyfreshness 15y ago|0 comments
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The World's First Vertical Forest Is Growing Sky High(thecreatorsproject.com)
1 points by bennyfreshness 15y ago|0 comments
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by bennyfreshness 15y ago
Less employees equals less overhead. Less overhead means lower cost. Cost could be said to be "work" monetized. So less employees equals less work in the long run, shadow or not.
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by bennyfreshness 15y ago
Very good points! THX! Right now its all women, although I'm experimenting w/ Mechanical Turk to rate photos and other things. Hopefully I can lower costs by using our robot overlords. I don't mean to prey on emotions, I just want to offer
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by bennyfreshness 15y ago
well you instantly settled my "will women be open to this?" issue.. THX!
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Show HN: ProfilePerfecter "Your Online Wingwoman"(profileperfecter.com)
4 points by bennyfreshness 15y ago|6 comments
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by bennyfreshness 15y ago
http://www.profileperfecter.com/ "Your Online Wingwoman"

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