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Speaking of AI generated pages, I wonder how OpenAI filter these low quality web pages out of their training set as they continue to training. Also, I wonder how they decide what c…

My dad moved to the US in 99 (he grew up in a town of about 50k people at the time). He said he was shocked people would stop for him when crossing the street, and he was amazed he…

I think the idea of "fully diluted market cap" is essentially bs. It is answering the question what if the supply went up but the demand went up to the same degree as to keep the p…

"Get numb before you get good" Sometimes you have to grind and get good enough to have fun.

One of the problems is price point. They are charging $10/month. While increasing the price will certainly decrease the number of users, a much higher price point could select for …

Good article from a few years ago, but it still stands up. https://nothingventured.rocks/what-startups-can-learn-from-t...

This is also about job security. Technical people often have a record of what they have done. Think commits and PRs. Managers don't have this. Their job doesn't produce anything ta…

This reminds me of a podcast Ben Orenstein was on where he talks about something similar. Made a big difference in how I build/think about side projects. https://fullstackradio.com…

It makes the job of the person referring you so much easier. If we agree that getting a referral is the easiest way to get a job, which I think it is, then making the job of the pe…

The point that the author makes is very valuable, it is important to not throw out hands in the air. If you are not moving forward, you are falling back. Though one (perhaps nit-pi…

I think it would be interesting to read case studies of different teams, their principles, how those decisions have impacted them, benefits, drawbacks from their approach, etc. I t…

Classic nerds, can't differentiate between substance and minutia.

We should investigate the benefits of sodium as well. Sodium is vitally important for many bodily function and is a very misunderstood nutrient. Historically people consumed much m…

I've actually used this concept at an old job. When I was given a new project the business people always wanted it done at a particular date, but it was always an unrealistic timef…

I definitely prefer to read research papers in html. I like to zoom in a lot when reading a long piece on my computer since it helps me read faster and keeps me from getting distra…

An interesting thing to think about was people used to think of getting somewhere. Now we think of things coming to us. In a way, we did achieve the "zipping around", it's just tha…

An interesting question I've been thinking about, though I haven't really gotten anywhere is: At what point does a private platform become a public utility, so that censorship is n…

It would be nice instead if the git command prevented you from committing a file with a token in it.

Great post from patio11 as usual! Reminds of the notion of taking small bets that Taleb often talks about. A side project might only take 20 or 30 hours of your time over the cours…

Fantastic article! I feel like a lot of this could easily translate for blockchain engineers since that too is a distributed system.

Very interesting. This might have some military applications as well. Could be used for recon footage in difficult environments. Such as, mountains and deserts.

They claim that the graph in the post shows a good correlation with the succession of new kings and taxes paid on smelting silver and lead ore with the lead in the ice core, but th…