nraford

4 ms·

1.
by nraford 2y ago
Monetizing kills passion in 99.999% of cases. In the US, or many other developing countries (i.e., those without a robust social security mechanism), the only way most of us can afford to pursue our passions to a high degree of performance
2.
by nraford 2y ago
This is truly lovely. Whether you're faithful or not, the wisdom of these lines resonates to this day. Thanks for sharing.
3.
by nraford 2y ago
I love this. Could you someday add a login system or sharing system so I can save recommended books I want to bookmark to read later. Thank you!
4.
by nraford 3y ago
It would be great if I had a bathtub full of ice cream as well, and if we all lived in a world overflowing with love, respect and joy for all living things. Until then, I'm happy that these kinds of incredible tools are (and increasing
5.
by nraford 3y ago
This makes me wonder, has anyone scraped all of HN's archive and done any LLM thematic, textual or other kind of content analysis? Seems like it would be such a useful data source for the rise and fall of various tech trends, industry
6.
by nraford 3y ago
Evidence for this claim? Counterclaim: I live in Dubai, have several trans friends and colleagues who live and work here, and they have many other trans friends who come to visit frequently. Never heard a single instance or issue of this, n
7.
by nraford 3y ago
I hope it fails miserably, but there's probably enough VC / PE vampires out there to still make it pop. PS - Fuck Spez
8.
by nraford 3y ago
How did you get Mixtral to run an a 32gb M1? I tried using Ollama on my machine (same specs as above) and it told me I needed 49gb RAM minimum.
9.
by nraford 3y ago
One of the most enjoyable, stimulating and profound authors I stumbled across in 2023, thanks!
10.
by nraford 3y ago
This is just brilliant. Thanks for sharing! The question is, where can we buy one? Or even better, where can we buy one with 16 knobs to replace my MidiFighter Twister? :-)
11.
by nraford 3y ago
Garbage Day is great, BTW
12.
by nraford 3y ago
Wesley Faulkner (or maybe the person doing the interview) needs to differentiate between the future they want to see (aspirational or values-based futures) and the likely or probable future. I'd love to live in a world where I could br
13.
by nraford 3y ago
A bitter pill, indeed.
14.
by nraford 3y ago
Meraki also means "done with love", which gives it a slightly different spin than just pride. You're proud of it because it comes from the heart!
15.
by nraford 3y ago
Claude has been able to do 100k for months and is as good, if not better (IMHO) than GPT4 for some things.
16.
by nraford 3y ago
I went to a liberal arts college that allowed you to design you own degree. The process of design was half the degree itself. Whilst it make seem that "sociospatial analysis & design" is a useless boutique major, the attitudes
17.
by nraford 3y ago
I've been many times. It's far less nefarious than it seems. Ever been to a corporate Christmas party? It's basically that with a lot more money. There are some very interesting talks, but its mostly pretty vanilla. There are
18.
by nraford 3y ago
Normalize transition in your kids lives'. It will serve them so much better in the long run. I had my own dramatic "mid-life crisis" a few years ago in my early 40's and have two teenage kids (pre-teen at the time). We d
19.
by nraford 3y ago
This exists right now! Not as an app exactly, but you should check out Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurt’s suite of tools called “Holly Plus”: https://holly.plus/ I’m pretty sure you can access their model somehow and even tra
20.
by nraford 3y ago
Business Insider is such a crap rag. This kind of poor journalism, taking a momentary online scandal and turning it into "news", is both symptom and cause of the ongoing degradation of our media environment and public sphere. How
21.
by nraford 3y ago
Don't take it personally. The Dutch are notorious misanthropes!
22.
by nraford 3y ago
I got a DIY device online for about $200. Check out the r/TCDS subreddit for great suggestions.
23.
by nraford 3y ago
Ditto. Please share the launch when you can, OP!
24.
by nraford 4y ago
Yes but due to malnutrition, dysentery, accidents and a general lack of public health and medical care, not because their parents crushed them in their sleep. I slept with my kid (I'm a father) for almost a year and trust me, you'
25.
by nraford 4y ago
I'm impressed with how few of you while away your slow hours playing video games. I recently "retired" from a major position after nearly a decade of 14 hour days and even though I took a couple of months off (and I am starti
26.
by nraford 4y ago
"For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." - Audre Lorde Lorde asked, “What does it mean when the tools of a racist patriarchy are used to examine the fruits of that same patriarchy?” And she respo
27.
by nraford 4y ago
Obviously the commitment is massive, but I would love to gender flip for a year or so. It's a bit sci-fi, but the way you described it is so beautiful, I'd love to better under the complete richness and beauty of the human experie
28.
by nraford 4y ago
I did a deep dive a few years ago into Microsoft's "emotional" chatbot Xiaoice ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaoice ). It has over 660 million users these days, the vast majority of whom are single men.
29.
by nraford 4y ago
Brings to mind the old Bruce Sterling answer to the Fermi Paradox. Why haven't we discovered life yet amongst the vastness of the stars? Because they wanked themselves to death in VR pleasure palaces.
30.
by nraford 4y ago
There is a ton of evidence from urban planning that proximity to transport hubs (metro / subway / light rail stations), bike infrastructure, small parks, street design, neighborhood cafes / retail, etc., and overall "wal

More ›