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by ryanjamurphy 1y ago
Just jumped to HN to share this post and saw that OP had raced me to it. Stéphane's reflections are heartfelt and well-written and, despite his melancholy, compel me to join him and keep building, too. The bit about the pigeon's n
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How to Become a Student of Quantonics(quantonics.com)
2 points by ryanjamurphy 1y ago|0 comments
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by ryanjamurphy 1y ago
> They buy DSS (decision support service / software) from vendors, usually marketing groups What are these platforms, exactly? I've heard about them but have never come across them.
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by ryanjamurphy 1y ago
We've used them to generate stories about our kids and their favourite characters, too. It's a great use case — your approach sounds excellent. Good luck to you!
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Kagi for Kids(help.kagi.com)
198 points by ryanjamurphy 1y ago|166 comments
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by ryanjamurphy 1y ago
Would love to do something similar. Have you written about the technicals/set up somewhere?
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
Would love to hear a few of the consistently-high-quality writers you're thinking about. I have a pet theory that volume is required for quality, but would love to be wrong so that I can feel less bad about how much I publish!
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
There's an ethical/moral-luck dilemma at the heart of this. If a AAA-tier podcast on the subject you want to listen to a podcast about exists (and you know about it), then that's probably a better (and obvious) choice for you
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
> But it’s also a bit quaint, these days. To your typical 21st century epistemologist, that’s just not a very terrifying dilemma. One can even keep buying original recipe JTB [...] Sorry, naive questions: what is a terrifying dilemma to
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
Thanks for this comment. I think I found the article: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1821936116 Layperson coverage: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/study-s
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
I suppose the extreme version of the parent comment's vision would be to develop entirely new neurological circuits that can process, interpret, and integrate some arbitrary new source of data in the world. I agree that that's kin
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
The important thing I take away from this comment is that before you choose what to read, it's crucial to be able to identify which readings contain the most useful and valuable takeaways that are worth the effort of reading them. It&#
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
I've recently heard #1 and #2 succinctly said as "Inspiration follows action."
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
Thanks for this recommendation. I've tried SteerMouse and other alternatives in the past and haven't stuck with them (can't recall why exactly) but would dearly like to get away from Logitech's software.
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
I am also curious about this!
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
Wish I could recommend one but I don't frequent YouTube, sorry!
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by ryanjamurphy 2y ago
> It can be the great filter that leads to the Fermi paradox. I'm increasingly of a similar view — that the great filter is something we're already past, due to the incredible combinations of constraints that led to where we ar
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by ryanjamurphy 3y ago
It doesn't respond to the 2016 address, but this site [1] has a table of many of Christy's claims and evidence against them. A central graph in the 2016 address (found on page 2) has numerous visualization issues (e.g., misalignme
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by ryanjamurphy 3y ago
Related: The Verge's DNA time capsule [0]. [0]: https://www.theverge.com/c/22173998/dna-time-capsule
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by ryanjamurphy 3y ago
The count depends on if you include the cat: https://obsidian.md/about
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by ryanjamurphy 3y ago
Apple Mail's not quite as customizable, indeed. Maybe close though. I made a table comparing different email services on the MacPowerUsers forum a while back. It's in need of updating but might be handy: https://talk.ma
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Ask HN: What is certain/uncertain about generative AI/LLMs in the next 5 years?
3 points by ryanjamurphy 3y ago|3 comments
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by ryanjamurphy 3y ago
This is well-said. We're looking for what the best guess should be, but we still need to test the guess.
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by ryanjamurphy 4y ago
Huh, this is a good tip. I've always provided a rich description of decorative images, because I didn't want screen readers to "miss out," but apparently that was a bad idea!
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by ryanjamurphy 4y ago
I am suspicious of this project: the real goal is clearly to get people to clean their desks. And it is effective!
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by ryanjamurphy 4y ago
Yeah, I think you've hit the bullseye on a sweet-spot for newsletter content. You can glean a lot, quickly, from a photo of someone's workspace. Congrats on the success!
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by ryanjamurphy 4y ago
I like "IANAP." Folks should always try to engage professionals when they can. Articles on the internet help you to know what you don't know, but if you think something might be an issue for you, connect with experts on it. R
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by ryanjamurphy 4y ago
Admittedly I can only speak to the merits of Kumu. I was never really trained in system dynamics, more systems thinking, so that plus the wild expense of most SD software means that I have never really given them a chance. The other reason
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by ryanjamurphy 4y ago
This is a fine perspective to have, but it is also possible to procrastinate on things you do want to do. That's what I have been trying to personally address, anyway.
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by ryanjamurphy 4y ago
Author here. I hear ya on the rendering. This systems sketch was by me, for me, but I published it with minimal effort just in case it might help someone else. It probably would've been better just to publish a link to the model than t

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