Viewing profile — bgroat

We're 90%... we're almost half way there!

For me it feels more like a rinse. My brain feels cloudy/covered in junk. Then I rest and can kind of feel all the crap being hosed away

This has been commonly known by magicians for decades. I doubt that any single magician had conducted 350k flips, but I know I personally did ~2,500 to test the effect when I was a…

I'm not an Orson Scott Card fan generally, but I LOVED his Shadow Series (the world of Ender's Game from the perspective of Bean). In one of the books in the Shadow Series Bean exp…

Literally whenever someone crosses my mind I shoot them a text, "Hey zokier, I was thinking about ya! Hope you're well!" Trivially easy and people treat me like I have social super…

Not only is it nearly impossible to use anywhere... but a huge component of BTC's mythology is making fun of someone who ACTUALLY spent it as money (Bitcoin Pizza)

Everyone's life is completely different, and their choices are their own. It seems you made the right choice for yourself, and I hope your kids agree. I will say though, I think th…

I think for a lot of people (me included), the primary advantage is in ease of measurement. It's hard to count calories accurately. It's very easy to look at the clock and determin…

This was the point that founder friend was making. It's hard to look someone in the eye and say they're done

A founder friend confided in me years ago, "It is MUCH easier to raise more money than it is to fire someone... I just keep raising and hiring and eventually everything will get do…

I'm not a historian, archeologist, or any sort of relevant expert. But I've long had the pet theory that the Green Sahara is the origin of the Eden Myth. Homo Sapiens origin, lush …

This is where I landed too. GPT generated "ideas" strike as wanting to use a swipe file. Only instead of it being full of persuasive, high-performing marketing materials.. it's jus…

This is the sort of stock line, and we're inclined to believe it because we're all in tech. But go back on HN a decade and be really honest. Are we any better than average at forec…

Something curious that I've noticed is that the people who I see that are MOST excited are in tech. When I show ChatGPT to a lay person they don't really care. When I show it to a …

>> Careful prompt work can evade those poles and tics, but most people won’t have the skill or drive to bother with that. I absolutely agree with this. Furthermore, I've come to be…

I used to perform as a mentalist and "psychic entertainer" (I don't have powers, and amongst my peers who claimed to... none of them could do anything I couldn't). I actually fully…

I'd say it's true if you're aren't unattractive (basically nail personal grooming), and are somewhat interested in someone else.

It's interesting to me that you think you failed people. I roll my eyes when I hear quotes like, "Judge a fish by it's ability to fly and you'll think it's a failure"... but there …

"Uncommon Commonalities" are wild. There was a girl who I couldn't stand in high school... but we bumped into each other in a train station on the opposite side of the country... a…

This is a big part of my "So hard it's easy" philosophy. Most people are so bad at conversation (waiting patiently for their turn to tell a completely unrelated anecdote), that jus…

In my mind this was was “best case engagement” I told you what I’m about. You told me your preferences. They don’t mesh, so we both split after having spent a pleasant 90 seconds

I'd be willing to except that my definition of "friends" aligns with your definition of "mates". Nothing too emotionally intense. Just a loneliness balm and reliable cool hangs

And that's kind of my point. The little bit you know about me from this thread... would you want to grab a beer if all you had to do was read the text and confirm you were availabl…

Luck is an interesting element. My best friend for 20 years (we've since fallen out of touch), was someone I met in kindergarten? How did we become friends? My surname starts with …

I can't say that you're wrong, because everyone's environment/experience is different. But this is so outside my perception of the world and that of everyone I've ever spoken to (a…