danielparsons

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by danielparsons 4mo ago
I find exactly the same for legal analysis. Great at ideation and proofreading but frequently misunderstands concepts and hallucinates conclusions from faulty premises.
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by danielparsons 5mo ago
I've been following this guy on youtube since he started - cool to see him posted here
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by danielparsons 6mo ago
I don't understand how PE manages to get debt financing for LBOs? Seems like a big risk for the creditors? If I buy a corp at 10% net margin for 5x ebidta on 80% leverage, i’ve really paid 1x ebidta. then lets say 20% of revenue was go
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by danielparsons 6mo ago
I love how obsessed HN is with civilization. I put over 1000 hours into Civ 5 alone and was proud to beat diety (and then consistently beat diety). It's funny how many founders are big on civ. Zuck and Elon both apparently spent a lot
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by danielparsons 6mo ago
that's not true - it's also common in Canada and Japan
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
status-seeking isn't inherently bad or good, depends who's appreciation you are seeking
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
I think it just sounds like a fun game to be honest. By a goofy little overengineered piece of jewellery. Buy a bunch of them and join the club. Compare to your friends. Reminds me of pokemon cards on the school playground...
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
ah the classic "most people are mere sheep, unlike us Great Minds"
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
So what? We want to be the strongest. The principle is not 'dont spy', the principle is 'dont spy on ME'.
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
Because it's useful... I do wonder if all this extra user data will be of much use. I suppose it could make commerce frictionless, recommending the exact product/service to you at the ideal moment, before you've even heard of
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
we need to start a paywalled private HN forum
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
Bit melodramatic. The US still has the most talent, most capital, and best property protections of anywhere in the world. Name a country that (1) doesn't have any quid-pro-quo system with the govt, and (2) has pro-growth pro-capitalist
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
This was poorly worded but indeed rockefeller was the richest man ever by selling a commodity. But he did it by merging with all his competitors. Not sure Altman could pull that off here because most of the other models are attached to mass
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
*entire curve to-date (I should have clarified). Yes it will get better for a long time, but where we are on the curve is harder to say. Lots of metrics to choose from, like "well it's incorrect 90% less often than a year ago, so
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
the AI has gotten good enough that click-thru-rate on informational searches has fallen off a cliff. I have some blog posts for SEO, their CTR is like 0.1% now.
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
google search definitely has a moat. people build their websites to optimize for google's algorithm, therefore google users see better results -> google gets more users -> websites optimize for google -> repeat. Personally I
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
you're looking at nearly the entire curve of the tech's development. that's like saying lightbulbs became 99% more energy efficient and therefore will become another 99% more energy efficient. but most techs follow an S curve
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
Seems like anthropic is the only company that really believes in AGI still, considering their neglect of the consumer market and continued worries about AI ethics
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
sammy boy needs to pull a rockefeller and buy up all the competitors. Maybe that's what all these backroom deals about datacentre investment will amount to...
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
I love the hex system - adds a lot of tactical depth. Choice of naval vs air vs land focus often comes down to who you're fighting and where. Then you turn around to fight someone else and realize your 20 veteran frigates are near usel
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by danielparsons 7mo ago
civ 5 is now the most popular among hardcore civ fans. still in the top 100 games on steam. more than 2x the player count of its sequel
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by danielparsons 2y ago
bragging about billing $400 an hour LOL
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by danielparsons 2y ago
Good lessons!