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by tgittos 8mo ago
You should, it’s fun. I have a devcontainer running the Cosmopolitan toolchain and stuck the cosmocc README.md in a file referenced from my AGENTS.md. Claude does a decent job. You have to stay on top of it when it’s writing C, easy to turn
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by tgittos 2y ago
This is something that you can bootstrap into a proof-of-concept in a day and learn the tools you like and don't like along the way. Basically you'll use any LLM and a vector DB of your choice (I like ChromaDB to date). Write a to
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by tgittos 2y ago
I have a bunch of Sonos speakers and hooked them all up to a Mac running Airfoil ( https://rogueamoeba.com/airfoil/mac/ ). It isn't perfect and audio occasionally de-syncs or a speaker drops out. On a dedicated
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by tgittos 2y ago
Wild. I also grew up in Perth and until just now thought WA didn't have trapdoor spiders. Thanks for the anecdote that taught me something.
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by tgittos 2y ago
https://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/
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by tgittos 2y ago
I moved out of Australia and let my bank know that I would likely be using credit cards overseas for a while. Sure enough, as I was trying to buy furniture for my new place, the same thing happened to me. They blocked the card and when I ca
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by tgittos 2y ago
I started building a Magic based data science tool for 6 months before coming to the same inevitable conclusion. It sits in a Github private repo rotting away.
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by tgittos 2y ago
That will depend on things you won't know until you start. How much do you start with, what's your burn rate, how long until you get revenue, are you bootstrapping/funding, your personal cost of living, etc. Running a busines
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by tgittos 2y ago
> If I was thinking about driving through the Amazon I would ask others what the experience was like to better understand the risks, not just hop in the car and hope for the best. Not what you are doing. If you were probing to discover r
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by tgittos 2y ago
The risk profiles of building a company and taking a trip in your car are definitely different. Building and running a company is more akin to driving your car through the Amazon rainforest. I'd argue that if the OP is worried about ge
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by tgittos 2y ago
Agreed, which is why you create a plan to build money and wait until you have enough money to execute on that plan. The question OP raised isn't preparing for money running out, it's presupposing failure.
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by tgittos 2y ago
You haven't even started and you're already planning for failure? You should have more faith in yourself.
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by tgittos 3y ago
> My 2c: you can get things right, but most of the time you won't I'd argue you'll never get it right. You might get it right at the time, but 'right' will always change over a long enough timespan.
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by tgittos 3y ago
I reached a similar conclusion, luckily before doing too much building. I'm happy with terrariums so far, they scratch my 'living things in closed systems' itch.
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by tgittos 3y ago
Also a metahobbyist. I've tried everything you have (except weather stations and mechanical pencils) but also make/play guitars, hobbyist electronics, paper making, painting/illustration, fixing up old cars, and MtG among oth
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by tgittos 3y ago
I have been unofficially diagnosed with ADD (specifically without the H). My psych and I decided not to diagnose because I have coping skills and habits that prevent it from interfering too much with my life, and the long term implications
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by tgittos 3y ago
This is exactly the boat I'm in. I have a 1hr train commute to work that I spend skilling up in AI. I've been following the space for about 15 years and have done a bunch of self learning of earlier ML techniques (the early Stanfo
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by tgittos 3y ago
Sibling comments are mentioning undiagnosed ADD (or ADHD), I'd like to float the possibility of undiagnosed depression. The "I can't get disciplined and I'm desperate. It's hurting my job, it's hurting my home
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by tgittos 3y ago
No tip, just story. I moved into an engineering management role from IC for a year at a previous company. I also found the experience unfulfilling and wanted to move back to my old IC level. Right around my yearly review I told my manager t
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by tgittos 3y ago
C# at least supports the notion of partial classes that can have their definition spread over multiple files: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-... Ruby has mixins and Python support
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by tgittos 3y ago
Your resume reads as if it was written to appeal to an engineer. Write one that appeals to a manager. Talk less about what you did in your previous roles and more about "the business value you provided" in your previous roles. If
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by tgittos 3y ago
Sorry.
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by tgittos 3y ago
> My friends: well, I am usually the person that is supporting them when they are in crisis. Are your friends even aware of your situation? Have you given them the chance to offer help? Last time I found myself in a similar situation I t
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by tgittos 5y ago
Except you can buy it, review and then request an almost unconditional refund.
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by tgittos 5y ago
I too have treated MDD with psychedelics along side CBT therapy (not in official conjunction) and found that my suicidal ideation and anhedonia subsided for about a year after my first big trip. Since then, I've done heroic doses and m
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by tgittos 5y ago
From personal experience treating mental issues with psilocybin, this isn't a dose you need to do frequently. Think 1/year.
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by tgittos 5y ago
One thing this article doesn't bring up but I have observed in myself since quitting social media about 4 years ago is the pain of living in a world where nobody holds the same values as you do anymore. Yes, all these benefits will com
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by tgittos 5y ago
My 8 guitars that I can't play say hi.
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by tgittos 5y ago
I'm an amateur illustrator, painter, luthier, and musician when I'm not writing code. I've used Blender, 3dsMax, Maya, and ZBrush but my work-horse software is usually Photoshop on my wacom and Procreate on an iPad. In terms
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by tgittos 6y ago
I picked up the guitar a few years back in my mid 30s, did lessons for a year, took a year off and got back into it through Covid-19. > I have tried learning piano and I found a lot of stuff irritatingly hard to get right and got bored T

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