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by kredd 1mo ago
Ah sorry, should’ve clarified, it doesn’t have tracking capability (kinda on purpose, semi-because hard to maintain battery/accuracy balance properly, for now). It syncs your old workouts synced into HealthKit, and displays them. I als
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by kredd 1mo ago
It’s not as cool as most of the other projects, but I have a little app (Ato on AppStore - https://apps.apple.com/app/ato/id6757285141 ) for basically tracking all walks/bike rides I’ve ever been and visualize
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by kredd 2y ago
We both know I didn't write it down with the hopes that I'll act on the at some point in the near future, and want to avoid my imaginary competitors. Even though, in reality, I will ponder about it for another week or two, give up
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by kredd 2y ago
A bit tangential, but I think we will see a good chunk of small teams building competing products in different software business segments, by just doubling on productivity and offering a cheaper option due to less operational overhead (read
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by kredd 2y ago
I’ve talked to hundreds of people at bars around the world, and although I don’t remember their names, I can recall general conversations with each of them. I can’t recall anything that I’ve tapped-liked off the top of my head, because it’s
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by kredd 2y ago
> But these businesses get it all wrong because they lack the communal kitchen and eating areas. The problem as I see, given a choice, people rather eat/do/listen/feel things that they want, not the things they’re being fo
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by kredd 2y ago
Doesn’t really matter when the percentage of childless adults is growing every year. I just scoff and move on.
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by kredd 2y ago
You’re thinking about power and money, but also should consider culture exports. I’d say it’s a combination of being a friendly nation to the west, being different, actively promoting culture internationally through media and, you know, sti
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by kredd 2y ago
Meh, I personally like it. It's a bit of liberating feeling to never, ever think about health insurance here in Vancouver. Obviously has ups and downs (especially for non elective surgeries), but it's my personal preference.
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by kredd 2y ago
I totally agree, but I’ve also worked on a project with 0 customers spending about $2M/year on AWS, and there was absolutely zero incentive from the stakeholders to reduce the cost. There’s a certain disconnect between boots on the gro
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by kredd 2y ago
Why make $1 when you can make $100?
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by kredd 2y ago
We've had legal marijuana since 2018 up here in Canada, and from the statistics it looks like the market has almost caught up. The closest comparison I can think of is piracy and beginning of streaming wars (like Spotify and Netflix).
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by kredd 2y ago
If 5% of population (14M people) can afford an iPhone, it's already bigger than a lot of potential markets around the world. I'm sure they do a much more thorough analysis at Apple though.
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by kredd 2y ago
You can argue that, but there are legitimate "AI" workflows that have already been adapted in workplaces where things function well enough. I'm sure 99% of it is just slop, most companies will fail, but some things will survi
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by kredd 2y ago
I definitely agree, but again, if you look at the app usage times across every single demographic, those type of use cases are such a minuscule portion that it's just some noise. In my opinion, GPT/AI will cause more changes in wo
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by kredd 2y ago
The problem is, vast majority of smartphone usage is done for entertainment and social networking purposes (IG, TikTok, Twitter, HN, gaming, Netflix and etc.). If you’re mostly scrolling and consuming, I can’t imagine how current AI tooling
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by kredd 2y ago
Still not a problem for Meta/TikTok/YouTube though, as people go there to consume content on purpose. But I agree, will be fun to see how Google and others will deal with it.
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by kredd 2y ago
They require completely different levels of viewing patterns and complexity. It’s such a reductionist take.
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by kredd 2y ago
Like again, I get what you’re saying, and I agree with it. But my point was, once everyone can generate Pixar-quality movies, they will simply lose the appeal. Maybe it should be that way, maybe it shouldn’t, but crowded market just desensi
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by kredd 2y ago
The counter point is, if it makes it so easy to make it, it’s just… meh. We get used to things extremely fast. Even in traditional art. The Black Square was revolutionary in its specific way, but the copycats aren’t talked about. I think th
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by kredd 2y ago
Eh, different bubbles of people I think. My tech-loving friends (including me), aren't fan of AI art because how low effort everything is. Some funny memes, but even then you get used to them and move on. It was definitely "cool&q
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by kredd 2y ago
That's exactly what I thought! "Is that UofT?"
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by kredd 2y ago
It’s a fairly calculated move, as they know market for engineers isn’t in the best shape, so a significant chunk will keep working with no complaints. They also ramped up hiring heavily, if the number of messages I get from Amazon’s recruit
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by kredd 2y ago
Profitable? None. For fun? Well, I made a stupid app for myself (showing all routes I’ve walked through in my city, that gets data from HealthKit), got pressured by friends to share my walking progress in a local subreddit which went semi v
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by kredd 2y ago
I understand this is a hot-topic, and definitely an extremely nuanced issue, but as a person who knows people who took the MAID (Canadian euthanasia process) way out for a terminal illness, I will be forever grateful for it. It’s not uncomm
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by kredd 2y ago
I generally agree, but when AI generated content is actively trying to avoid being labelled as “AI generated” it kinda gets depressing. Because in the end, it will just make the entire industry “seem” worthless, akin to AI generated picture
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by kredd 2y ago
If You leave the website, your eyes won't catch a headline that's on the side that you might also click, spending more time on your website. Which translates to more money.
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by kredd 2y ago
Fair. Exceptions definitely exist, but unless it's location based subreddit, I, personally, wouldn't trust it. There are fun methods that I've been told about. Like marketing companies maintain multiple very real life looking
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by kredd 2y ago
If you know anyone who works in marketing/PR, ask them how they use Reddit. That has been gamified as much as SEO since about 2020. I’m assuming, anything except “why is there a fire in this street?” kind of posts are just ads at this
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by kredd 2y ago
What sort of actions do you think we can take where the dangerous side effects (like creating deepfake pornography) won’t be as easily accessible as illegal streaming of TV shows? Only let big private companies to train models? Make open so

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