nicholasjbs

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by nicholasjbs 2mo ago
I'm not sure who you are, but I'm sorry that RC was a bad experience for you. I appreciate your sharing your experience so respectfully, and I hope you've since found other communities or opportunities that are better a bette
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by nicholasjbs 2mo ago
Yes, we want people to be making an intentional choice to come to RC, and not just to do it because it's free, so we don't lead with that. Our hope is that people will get excited about the idea, and then be pleasantly surprised w
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Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work
836 points by nicholasjbs 2mo ago|107 comments
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Legibility of Effort(eieio.games)
3 points by nicholasjbs 3mo ago|0 comments
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by nicholasjbs 4mo ago
Zulip is a critical piece of software for my business: It's the main tool my company has used to communicate for more than 13 years, and it's the primary forum used by our 3,000+ person alumni community. Our Zulip realm has over 4
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by nicholasjbs 4mo ago
I've known Tim personally for over a decade. I'm certain that he's not doing this because he wants more money.
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by nicholasjbs 4mo ago
Congrats to Tim and the rest of the team! I've been a happy Zulip user (and realm admin) for 13 years: it's one of my favorite pieces of software, and I use it daily. My understanding is these changes will be very good for Zulip&#
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Pgrust update: at 67% Postgres compatibility, and accelerating(malisper.me)
2 points by nicholasjbs 5mo ago|0 comments
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Zork-bench: An LLM reasoning eval based on text adventure games(lowimpactfruit.com)
2 points by nicholasjbs 5mo ago|0 comments
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by nicholasjbs 5mo ago
Thank you!
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by nicholasjbs 5mo ago
Would they be easier to easier to answer without the superlative? E.g., "What's a project you're proud of?" Thanks for the feedback!
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by nicholasjbs 5mo ago
(I'm one of the founders of the Recurse Center.) At least so far, the impact of LLMs has been overall positive for RC. We have a big-tent community, which includes everyone from those who avoid LLMs at all costs to those who are all-in
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by nicholasjbs 5mo ago
If you've not seen them, the All Souls questions are really worth checking out. I've found them to be both fun and inspiring: https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/past-examination-papers
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Redesigning the Recurse Center application to inspire curious programmers(recurse.com)
76 points by nicholasjbs 5mo ago|10 comments
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by nicholasjbs 5mo ago
(Recurse Center cofounder here) Most folks do RC between jobs, either because they quit their job specifically to do RC or because they lost their job and then decide to apply. Other common ways are as part of a formal sabbatical (returning
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by nicholasjbs 7mo ago
All the games are custom ones built by people at the Recurse Center!
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by nicholasjbs 8mo ago
I don't think he's released the code yet, but my understanding is that he plans to!
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by nicholasjbs 8mo ago
I've had the pleasure of following Peter's progress on this project over the past 18 months or so, and it's been incredible to see how far he's taken it. When he first described it to me, I didn't really "get&q
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Halfway Through the Recurse Center(henryfellerhoff.com)
3 points by nicholasjbs 8mo ago|0 comments
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Joining Jane Street(moderndescartes.com)
5 points by nicholasjbs 9mo ago|1 comments
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by nicholasjbs 1y ago
We were among the first Paper users (starting from the private beta). We loved the product for the first few years, but then it stagnated. We finally switched away from it a year and a half ago. Their export feature has been broken for over
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Building a better online editor for TypeScript(blog.val.town)
4 points by nicholasjbs 1y ago|0 comments
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Peter Whidden's Interactive Ecosystem Simulation: Mote [video](youtube.com)
1 points by nicholasjbs 1y ago|0 comments
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Frac5: A new type of flame fractal(keithfrost.github.io)
2 points by nicholasjbs 1y ago|0 comments
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by nicholasjbs 1y ago
Recurse Center (YC S10) | Career Facilitator / Full-Cycle Recruiter | Onsite | Brooklyn | Full-time | $70-135k + good benefits We operate a programming retreat with an integrated recruiting agency. We're hiring a Career Facilitato
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by nicholasjbs 1y ago
I don't agree with your characterization of my post, but I do appreciate your sharing this piece (and the fun flashback to old, oversized issues of GWS). Thanks for sharing it! Such a tragedy that Holt died shortly after he wrote that
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by nicholasjbs 1y ago
(Author here.) This was a really fascinating project to work on because of the breadth of experiences and perspectives people have on LLMs, even when those people all otherwise have a lot in common (in this case, experienced programmers, al
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by nicholasjbs 1y ago
Recurse Center (YC S10) | Career Facilitator | Onsite | Brooklyn | Full-time We operate a programming retreat with an integrated recruiting agency. We're hiring a Career Facilitator to support our mission to transform lives by helping
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Recurse Center (YC S10) Is Hiring a Career Facilitator(recurse.notion.site)
1 points by nicholasjbs 1y ago
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Workflows for AI Coding(anniecherkaev.com)
1 points by nicholasjbs 1y ago|0 comments

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