caprock

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by caprock 2mo ago
Few things are all or nothing in life. There are many forms of retrieval and many conditions for their use. In some scenarios it is helpful to have retrieval with LLMs and other times less so.
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by caprock 2mo ago
It's interesting how one AI approach is to do similar amounts of work with less intensity and energy. Glad it has improved your mental health.
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by caprock 2mo ago
Sounds pretty cool!
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Ask HN: Procrastination with AI?
3 points by caprock 3mo ago|4 comments
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by caprock 3mo ago
Having a strong internal locus of control, balanced with prayer centered around gratitude.
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by caprock 3mo ago
Same. The ability to investigate a topic from almost any angle or starting point has been really fun and helpful.
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by caprock 3mo ago
Agreed that it's an underserved market (personal genome sequencing). Do you own or have access to a sequencing platform / machine? Or do you just buy and prepare kits, and then send the prepared sample out for sequencing?
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by caprock 5mo ago
Roughly agreed. I'm a bit baffled when it seems like someone is having long conversations with multiple tasks and loads of add-ons. I generally have one or two iterations and then a new session. I'm using another tool, not claude
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by caprock 5mo ago
In many many ways our technology is not working on our behalf. Even though it seems possible.
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by caprock 5mo ago
You might look into applying RL in the domain of low cost robotics and drones. That would draw on some of your past experience but applied to a domain (robotics) which I perceive is seeing renewed interest.
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by caprock 6mo ago
I find value in learning some things deeply but not all things. The ability to be more selective about where I attend deeply, while leveraging fast shallow learning to complete other tasks... That seems like a potential benefit and a nice c
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by caprock 6mo ago
It's technically quite feasible with modern search and language model technology. The challenge is in acquiring all the book text, meaningful cost to implement, and minimal paths to revenue generation. For various reasons, the organiza
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by caprock 6mo ago
Basic index etfs for Nasdaq and SP500.
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by caprock 6mo ago
It's intriguing how book recs aren't really that good anywhere. I mean they are ok, but rarely great. Google and Amazon have most of the text but still don't solve this so well. In any event, I sometimes use GoodReads. You ca
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by caprock 6mo ago
Significant chunks of the software engineer community self select into minimizing time spent with customers or even any non-engineers. It's understandable but unfortunate too. I would suggest looking for people that were initially han
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by caprock 6mo ago
- Invest money from each paycheck. - Make a practice of walking daily. - Casually lift a few times a week. - Pray daily. Focus on gratitude.
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by caprock 10mo ago
Yes, very realistic. Search for the engineering / manager pendulum online to see various discussions on the topic. There are lots of differences between management in a startup vs a larger or more mature company too.
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by caprock 11mo ago
Agreed. You should be able to set the waf to just drop the packets and not even bother with the overhead of a response. I think cloud flare waf calls this "block".
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by caprock 1y ago
Where do you get the data?
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by caprock 1y ago
Working in ISP and Managed Hosting environments made me a better engineer. Lots of unix/linux, networking, DNS, etc. Lots of support and problem solving. It all led to both a breadth and depth of experience. It's been a useful fou
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by caprock 1y ago
The X-Files was right all along
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by caprock 1y ago
Several ideas off the cuff: * More work semesters like Waterloo * A class on career planning * A class on financial planning * Philosophy of science and engineering course
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by caprock 1y ago
I've found a lot of value in the habits of politeness, especially in written communication. It's disappointing when it's not a first class citizen in a company culture for things like code review. There are plenty of rationa
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by caprock 1y ago
Agreed! I have enjoyed how the constraints will prod me to refine and distill an initial thought into more crisp phrasing.
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by caprock 1y ago
Possibly, but I doubt age is a primary cause. Openness to experience is a well identified personality trait which is unevenly distributed. Check out the "big five" concept from psychology for more info.
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by caprock 1y ago
Dns gateway to redis is a fun idea
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by caprock 1y ago
You can pay a small fee to have a "registered agent" service and that can include an address you can use.
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by caprock 1y ago
Are you going to open source this? Is anyone else (ex: Modal) doing this?
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Ask HN: Do FAANG corps have an internal Cursor?
10 points by caprock 1y ago|7 comments
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by caprock 1y ago
You're better off avoiding all the second hand articles around definitions and value, and do two things: 1. Try and explore using AI for various parts of the programming processes. 2. Find interesting engineers that write about the sam

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