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by benwikler 1y ago
Ah, seeing that (apparently like-minded amiga386) came here to post the same thing: https://onegianthand.com/post/188730414621/silica-gel
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by benwikler 1y ago
Can't see this headline without thinking of my favorite cartoon of all time https://www.reddit.com/r/me_irl/comments/sqap29/me_irl/
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by benwikler 3y ago
https://heypi.com/talk
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by benwikler 3y ago
This is excellent! Beautifully simple interface. Took me a minute to realize I could start typing without seeing a blinking cursor.
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by benwikler 3y ago
Per HN Rules: "Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon." Sharing bc interesting example of AI-generated imagery as political comm
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by benwikler 4y ago
In case you think NeRFs don't have any useful applications
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Rotating Sandwiches – That's It(rotatingsandwiches.com)
173 points by benwikler 4y ago|96 comments
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by benwikler 4y ago
Totally—Imagen seems better at composition and relative positioning and text, while DALL-E seems better at lighting, backgrounds, and general artistry.
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by benwikler 4y ago
Would be fascinated to see the DALL-E output for the same prompts as the ones used in this paper. If you've got DALL-E access and can try a few, please put links as replies!
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by benwikler 5y ago
So... has anyone actually started a company to do this? I'd be a very interested customer. (Comment written from a basement office lit unsatisfactorily by cheap photography studio lights)
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Princess Bride reunion – original cast to read script Sunday (as Dem fundraiser)(wisdems.org)
1 points by benwikler 6y ago|1 comments
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by benwikler 6y ago
Much of the original cast plus special guests will do a live scriptreading of The Princess Bride this Sunday night to benefit the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. Original Cast Cary Elwes as Westley Robin Wright as Buttercup Mandy Pa
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by benwikler 9y ago
BTW: unroll.me's parent company Slice has the exact same business model.
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by benwikler 10y ago
RIP Aaron Swartz, who originally built this. He'd be 30 now.
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by benwikler 10y ago
So basically: this is nice, but there's no reason yet to think that this could be the way we slurp carbon out of the atmosphere and avert climate catastrophe. Right? Drat.
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by benwikler 10y ago
Yep, people (I) do. Or try to.
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by benwikler 10y ago
This. was a public service. Sad to see it go.
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by benwikler 11y ago
My use case: I use Papier to write down the single thing I'm (trying to) work on. That way if I idly open a tab in order to start getting distracted, I have a reminder of my actual top priority staring back at me. Magic.
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by benwikler 12y ago
My baby daughter is five days overdue. My three-year-old son keeps asking when he'll be a big brother. And my wife and I are trying to figure out how we'll do the grocery shopping—or even focus on a computer screen long enough to
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by benwikler 12y ago
Two out of 1044. Eight people also decreased their pledges after we hit our goal, which took me aback for a moment—before it made me retroactively extra grateful that people had given beyond their comfort zone just to help me cross the fini
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by benwikler 12y ago
Six days since the end of my project (tgf.fm/ks), 15 of my 1044 backers haven't gone through. I think a bunch have fixed credit card errors over the last week. Three of the nine biggest pledges had their cards declined, likely bec
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Every startup that stored all your photos has sold or died. Here’s what to do(medium.com)
2 points by benwikler 12y ago|0 comments
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by benwikler 12y ago
Thank you!
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How to honor Aaron Swartz's life(medium.com)
9 points by benwikler 12y ago|2 comments
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Podcast–The National Popular Vote: the plot to bring democracy to America(thegoodfight.fm)
1 points by benwikler 12y ago|0 comments
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by benwikler 13y ago
I've been doing it most days for the last six weeks, and I love it.
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by benwikler 13y ago
Google Translate: "Li Ka-shing, said through a spokesman, He never made similar remarks."
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by benwikler 13y ago
EMRo, I'm so so sorry about your loss and your family's loss. Thank you for writing about it. Please take care of yourself as well—and let others take care of you. Grief lasts a lifetime, but it won't always hurt as acutely a
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by benwikler 13y ago
... and the speaker in that video: the CEO of Upworthy!
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Time's 30 under 30(ideas.time.com)
1 points by benwikler 13y ago|0 comments

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