ebzlo

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by ebzlo 1y ago
Yes technically it is RAG, but a lot of the community is associating RAG with vector search specifically.
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by ebzlo 4y ago
A lot of comments are indicating you're alone on this, but I'm finding the contrary. Our team doubled in size in the last 6 months or so with an office mandate (to almost 20 now). With aggressive hiring goals, we discussed whether
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by ebzlo 4y ago
This makes absolutely no sense to me and even as an American, often times reads like anti-China propaganda. If the algorithms are showing STEM content on the Chinese version of TikTok, it's likely the result of two reasons: 1. Chinese
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by ebzlo 4y ago
It seems to be strongly synergistic with a lot of their existing product offerings. Getting the technology done even better means that Chromebooks and Androids (or even the browser) could be heavyweight gaming machines -- and thereby increa
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by ebzlo 5y ago
Twilio has an API to identify the provider. https://www.twilio.com/docs/lookup/api Still costs money, but if you're sending a lot of messages, this would substantially reduce the costs.
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Show HN: Akia allows businesses to build and send apps that don't need download
5 points by ebzlo 5y ago|1 comments
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by ebzlo 6y ago
Sorry for the late reply: https://www.starship.xyz/
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by ebzlo 6y ago
I think for both of these companies, the path to profitability is eventually cutting out the human aspect for automated delivery. Self-driving cars is a good vision for the business and a very end-result. And for food delivery, I'm see
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by ebzlo 7y ago
> The number of online interactions made on Facebook’s mobile app in the UK plummeted by 38pc between June 2018 and June 2019, according to the analytics firm Mixpanel. I find it hard to believe that Mixpanel has any kind of insight into
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Learning to Sell as a Technical Founder(log.akia.ai)
2 points by ebzlo 7y ago|0 comments
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by ebzlo 7y ago
I'm the founder at Akia ( https://akia.ai ). We're using NLP to help hotels with the number of inbound they receive from guests who are coming on or staying on property. Though I'm not personally a regular user, fro
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by ebzlo 8y ago
Hey guys! I'm the founder of Akia. We launched this chrome extension after we found that a two-sided approach to this market would help us drive sales. To those who are testing: Akia shows up during the checkout process once you'v
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Show HN: Akia.ai automatically negotiates cheaper rates at hotels for you(akia.ai)
10 points by ebzlo 8y ago|1 comments
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by ebzlo 8y ago
I think the distinction between async and sync messaging is really critical here and highlights a different form of communication that folks are incorrectly using Slack to solve. When I was at Facebook, this type of communication was extrem
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by ebzlo 10y ago
You can export your data: https://www.facebook.com/help/131112897028467/
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by ebzlo 12y ago
Not necessarily, Facebook started in the MySpace-era and was restricted. Sometimes exclusivity can be a perk.
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by ebzlo 12y ago
I think the decision is a lot harder than a lot of people here are making it out to be. I immediately equated the question to one of my mostly unsuccessful startup ventures (to which I would immediately take the $10 million). But the premis
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by ebzlo 12y ago
Same thing happened to me, but the fourth was so much more fun to solve than the third.
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by ebzlo 12y ago
This app already exists, previously the Facebook app handled both, they're just deprecating the messaging functionality from the main app.
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by ebzlo 12y ago
It does this when the Messenger app is installed.
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by ebzlo 13y ago
I don't cat files too often in my workflow so I guess I don't have that pain point, but I find find iTerm2 has this minor annoying latency (kind of like typing on a wireless keyboard on low battery) that ultimately drove me away f
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by ebzlo 13y ago
I agree with this response. Specifically highlighting the problem being a matter of practicality vs idealism. One of the things you learn as a young programmer is that bad code is inevitable when your resources are limited. A practical gene
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by ebzlo 13y ago
Someone above mentioned you could add multiple fingerprints as well. I'm guessing this includes other fingers as well as other humans.
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by ebzlo 13y ago
It's negative, but I can definitely appreciate the honesty. Those who don't like it can ignore it, but I'm happy to see comments like this peppered about rather than a series of congratulatory messages and "obligatory&qu
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by ebzlo 13y ago
Honestly, theyre starting to look very similar.
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The Case of the Truncated HTTP Requests(evan.lc)
1 points by ebzlo 13y ago|0 comments
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by ebzlo 13y ago
I'm 28 and it guessed 29. My girlfriend is 21 and got 31, looks like the approximations all feel like they're very close to 30.
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Show HN: Worpy - yet another replacement for Google Reader
4 points by ebzlo 14y ago|1 comments
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by ebzlo 14y ago
I'm sure I paid more than this for BMW Assist in my car (I think like $100-$300, can't remember). I was in an accident a couple years ago; it wasn't a terrible accident, but if it had been, the service it provided would have been well worth
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by ebzlo 14y ago
One thing I'm always curious about is how you gauge success after a post on HN. While I understand there are variables for every business, I literally have nothing to use as a gauge other than my own experiences. So if you don't mind my ask

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