billhendricksjr

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RAG makes LLMs like ChatGPT more accurate and Chance The Rapper(youtube.com)
2 points by billhendricksjr 2y ago|1 comments
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Coronavirus Dashboard(ncov2019.live)
1 points by billhendricksjr 7y ago|0 comments
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Amazon Warehouses Will Now Accept Essential Supplies Only(wired.com)
1 points by billhendricksjr 7y ago|0 comments
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by billhendricksjr 7y ago
Namecheap. Cheap, decent UI, good customer service.
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by billhendricksjr 7y ago
As a host I can confirm. 3 days ago I had March 100% booked. Yesterday the entire 2nd half of the month was empty. I slashed prices and bookings are starting to trickle back in. April is looking really lean, though, and May has multiple boo
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by billhendricksjr 7y ago
Shea Serrano is a writer for The Ringer. He’s not rich, but he’s doing fine (has written a couple books). However it went to another level in my mind when his followers started paying each other’s bills midway through the thread.
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The best, most inspiring use of social media I’ve seen(twitter.com)
5 points by billhendricksjr 7y ago|1 comments
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For many teens, the battle with opioid addiction starts with wisdom teeth(popsci.com)
1 points by billhendricksjr 8y ago|0 comments
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
Note - Had to edit the title to get under 80 char limit.
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Schumer: I’m announcing plan to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level(mobile.twitter.com)
2 points by billhendricksjr 8y ago|1 comments
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
Contradiction? You’re too kind, he’s a straight up hypocrite. He used “privacy” to kill Gawker, in part because he didn’t like their coverage of his ventures.
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
Given Thiel’s purported views on privacy, the hypocrisy is overwhelming.
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
If you think you can convince him not to pull the trigger. I’d rather be standing at ground zero. Dying of radiation poisoning is an experience I don’t need to see to believe. My father in law was at the bikini islands for the test runs (di
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'Trustjacking' Could Expose iPhones to Attack(wired.com)
2 points by billhendricksjr 8y ago|1 comments
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
Clean water is an exponentially larger problem than any single disease. From Flint, MI to Malawi, no one is going to listen to any aid worker about anything else if they’re dying due to lack of clean drinking water. https://www.c
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
His political affiliations are in conflict with his desire for long life, given who has the nuclear football. I don’t care, I’m an atheist with no kids who’d be bored out of my mind before I hit 300 years old, much less 1,000.
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
Just don’t piss him off. Just got done reading “Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue.” Starts a bit slow and pretentious, but once it gets going... I dislike Thiel immensely, but hole-lee-shit he pulled o
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
Yeah, the first peak around Feb 1 is almost a mirror image of tax day. You could load up for first peak, ramp down for the trough, then load back up again for the “deadline” (not actually a deadline). But you’re taking about 100s of times m
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
I’m not an engineer, but the best ones I’ve worked with have stated that autoscaling ain’t easy to architect right.
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by billhendricksjr 8y ago
MeF (“Modern” eFile) is only 5ish years old. The earlier version was EDI based I believe.
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by billhendricksjr 9y ago
Trust Me I’m Lying by Ryan Holiday is the definitive text on the subject IMO, published in 2013. Some of the examples the author uses involve manipulating humans here on HN to distort reality, in most cases for free press, shares, and back
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World's biggest cyberattack hits 150 countries and the threat is 'escalating'(money.cnn.com)
3 points by billhendricksjr 9y ago|0 comments
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Intuit Launches Open Platform to Help People Achieve Financial Freedom(intuit.com)
3 points by billhendricksjr 10y ago|0 comments
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by billhendricksjr 10y ago
I changed the headline because the headline buried the lead. The headline should have read "Credit Karma Takes On TurboTax, H&R Block With Free Tax Filings" as this Forbes article ( http://www.forbes.com/sites&#
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Credit Karma announces completely free tax prep product(nytimes.com)
1 points by billhendricksjr 10y ago|1 comments
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by billhendricksjr 10y ago
Long, but great pod. Patrick Collison and Ezra Klein discuss: - Innovating in highly regulated markets - Breaking into well established markets by challenging assumptions, fine tuning product experience, and using lean startup principles -
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Stripe CEO Patrick Collison on management, rationalism, and the enlightenment(stitcher.com)
1 points by billhendricksjr 10y ago|1 comments
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Welcome to the Dark Net, Where Invisible Wars Are Fought and Hackers Roam Free(vanityfair.com)
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by billhendricksjr 10y ago
TaxAct | Cedar Rapids, IA and Irving, TX | Product Manager TaxAct is the 3rd largest provider of DIY tax software, competing with Intuit's TurboTax and H&R Block. I just started as VP of Product and I'm hiring two product mana
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Kobe Bryant and Jeff Stibel Unveil $100M Venture Capital Fund(wsj.com)
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