cmuguythrow

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by cmuguythrow 1mo ago
What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination? Moloch! Solitude! Filth! Ugliness! Ashcans and unobtainable dollars! Children screaming under the stairways! Boys sobbing in armies! Old me
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by cmuguythrow 2mo ago
We will look back at the easy access to amphetamines - especially for children - in a similar light to the opioid epidemic. To be fair, I think they are less harmful than many opiates, but they are still serious drugs and usage has ~doubled
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by cmuguythrow 4mo ago
I would support efforts to try to redraw the line as stated above. I do think we would all be better off if we could do so. But my default assumption is that that won't happen - we will fail to organize effectively enough to redraw the
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by cmuguythrow 4mo ago
sadly life quality is not the thing that the competitive system is maximizing for, and thats one of the article's points. we compete to our own detriment, but to not compete is to become extinct
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by cmuguythrow 4mo ago
Good source for what? I'm just trying to point to a concept, an idea. There's no "facts" here, just speculation. If you disagree with the point there, why don't you just say what you think is true instead, I'm
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by cmuguythrow 4mo ago
Relevant: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ the concern would be that this new ability will actually increase competition and give us less than we had before this is not someth
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by cmuguythrow 8mo ago
Awesome idea!
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by cmuguythrow 8mo ago
Site feedback: - Can't view demo until dismissing cookie banner (which I didn't see since its like ShadCN or whatever like the rest of the site). Thought site was broken for 20 seconds - Demo step 3 animation looks strange/br
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by cmuguythrow 8mo ago
I think sequence fulfills this requirement? https://www.getsequence.io/
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by cmuguythrow 8mo ago
I would be in favor of anything that improves the current political system, including a shot at this policy. On a meta-level, I would even be in favor of new political processes that are WORSE, simply because the adoption of such a policy c
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by cmuguythrow 10mo ago
Magnetic | https://magnetictax.com | Multiple roles | San Francisco (ONSITE) | Full-time Magnetic (YC S25) is building the AI tax preparer for accounting firms. We use vision models to extract and structure data from tax docume
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by cmuguythrow 10mo ago
I have often wondered why the government doesn't do anything about this. Is the science not clear enough yet? Quick search shows that we knew about lead hazards as early as the 1920s/1930s, but it took until the 1970s to get regul
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by cmuguythrow 11mo ago
dang it - thank you!
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by cmuguythrow 11mo ago
If this impacted you - we are hiring at Magnetic (AI doc scanning and workflow automation for CPA firms). Cool technical problems, building a senior, co-located team in SF to have fun and build a great product from scratch https:/&#x2
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by cmuguythrow 2y ago
Can see this being really useful especially as the underlying tech keeps getting better. What video models are you using under the hood?
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by cmuguythrow 2y ago
Air travel can be revolutionized with a vacuum-sealed passenger transport system, reducing total airport time to just 10 minutes while maximizing efficiency and safety. Upon arrival, passengers would undergo a rapid preparation process, whe
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Show HN: Midjourney for Language Learning Videos
5 points by cmuguythrow 2y ago|4 comments
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by cmuguythrow 2y ago
FYI this is a reference to the opening statement of the Unabomber Manifesto "Industrial Society and its Future". Don't think OP meant anything by the distinction of US/humans > The Industrial Revolution and its conseq
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by cmuguythrow 2y ago
Yeah DuChinese is I think the premier Chinese graded reader app right now. We also have the tap-to-lookup and make-flashcard-from-content flows (unfortunately only in our system for now, haven't build flashcard import/export yet).
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by cmuguythrow 2y ago
Totally depends on what you can get access to in the target language. For French - maybe Trotro? https://www.youtube.com/@TrotroOfficiel/videos If you need French Subs + dictionary (and maybe also English subs) you can
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by cmuguythrow 2y ago
Yeah this is a huge problem. AFAICT the "solution" currently is basically to just grind to the point you can understand Peppa Pig or the rough equivalent at ~40%-50% comprehension, and then sentence mine each episode painstakingly
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by cmuguythrow 2y ago
I’ve been learning Mandarin via Comprehensible Input (CI) for about 9 months and really admire OP’s dedication and consistency. In the first 4-5 months of being truly consistent with ~1hr a day of Anki and Peppa pig I got to around 2,000 wo
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Writing code with GPT and no engineering experience(creativefrontiers.substack.com)
22 points by cmuguythrow 2y ago|4 comments
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by cmuguythrow 3y ago
Just to offer you another perspective: In all of the (B2C) companies in which I have worked as a PM (three, across two different industries), I have been closely involved in shaping and controlling the evolution of the product. My normal mo
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by cmuguythrow 3y ago
Earlier this week I got a warning about supply chain issues delaying deliveries while building a ford transit van in the online build & price feature Not sure what global chip availability is, but this event made me feel like the supply
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by cmuguythrow 3y ago
not that this is real "data" or anything, but I have lived in San Francisco (in various parts of the Mission and Soma) since 2018. My vehicles have been stolen 4 times, and recovered all four times. In all cases there was some kin
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by cmuguythrow 3y ago
Did you try this recently with GPT-4? Here's my attempt to replicate your test: ---Prompt--- I show you a set of four magisterial unicorns in a cute pink stable, each of them has a letter painted on one side of their body and a shape p
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by cmuguythrow 4y ago
How does this idea merge with the idea of "unbundling"? For example, I think of Craigslist, and its famous "unbundling" story[1]. For Aibnb, fiverr, Getaround, etc., the individual niches were enough to build a big produ
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by cmuguythrow 5y ago
Two economists are walking down the street and happen upon a $20 bill lying on the sidewalk. The first economist says, "Look at that $20 bill." The second says, "That can't really be a $20 bill lying there, because if it
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by cmuguythrow 5y ago
Just want to provide a counter-story to your anecdote. Many of my colleagues are excited to go back to the office to increase collaboration and work satisfaction. Personally, wfh is really difficult for me and I can't wait to get back

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