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chrisa

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About chrisa

Teaching what I know about software here: chrisachard.com

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    You can actually share any channel! It is a very hidden feature though. You have to link your kids account to yours, and then in the Youtube mobile app (not on the web), you can cl…

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    True, though pg was talking to college students here, who are (presumably) mostly focused on classes, and have a stable living situation for 2-4 years until they graduate. That's w…

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    Comment #41618267

    Paul Graham gave a talk to college students that covered this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii1jcLg-eIQ In short: build things you are interested in with people who are also int…

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    Foods that decrease inflammation _probably_ help with arthritis; processed foods _generally_ increase inflammation, which is probably why you feel better not eating them. For more …

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    This is my exact setup and it's great. Several pros: - Relatively cheap since the a6000 is an older camera - The a6000 doesn't have the 30 minute hdmi limit that some other cameras…

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    Comment #39855942

    I have a job at Google now While I was looking for a job I feel like I had a good chance at several types of companies; both startups and FAANGs viewed my independent time as a pos…

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    I was an employee, then did my own thing for 6 years, then recently went and got a job again. I felt no push-back at all for doing my own thing; in fact, I think it was a positive …

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    Comment #39057795

    I bought a System76 desktop a couple of years ago with an rtx 3090 for some AI work and have been super happy with it. It was a bit expensive, but everything "just works", it's sup…

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    Worth noting that the expensive price isn't because of the metadata feature - it's a new version of the Leica M11 which is $8995 itself (Leicas are just crazy expensive)

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    Comment #37610554

    https://estimote.com/ has UWB beacons and a mobile SDK which should work - sounds like a perfect use case!

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    Comment #34767486

    Here's a talk version given by Rachel (one of the authors) about the same topic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W71BTkUbdqE

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    Comment #34429282

    Instead of a part time job, call yourself a "consultant" and say you have "1/2 of your time available". Companies are generally more likely to bring in a consultant/freelancer 1/2 …

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    I did the same thing several years ago (left my job once I had 2 clients). I was also worried, but it turned out just fine. It's true that it will take a bit of work to get clients…

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    Comment #33857513

    "Real World AI" by Alyssa Simpson Rochwerger and Wilson Pang is the best book I've read on AI for people in leadership positions - it gets just enough in the weeds to really explai…

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    Comment #31982146

    You probably found the Leica q2 monochrome, which is the option that costs a fortune but is probably the best monochrome only camera on the market right now. If you're just getting…

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    Comment #31905987

    There are links on the readme there, or you can run: > wandb artifact get --root=./pretrained/dalle_bart_mini dalle-mini/dalle-mini/mini-1:v0 and select option (3)

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    Using an rtx 3090 (NVIDIA gpu with 24GB of RAM): Mini = 5.33 s Mega = 14.7 s Update: about 1/2 that time is just loading the model, so if you load the model and then generate multi…

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    Comment #31424585

    You can launch multiple tiny projects under a single LLC, then just pay taxes on the total income from all of them for the year - you wouldn't have to do any separate filing

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    Comment #31126463

    I'll add another - https://twitter.com/PasanenJenni does some fantastic work by combining AI generation with more traditional digital art; great stuff.

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    Demand curve has a great newsletter about marketing/growth: https://www.demandcurve.com/newsletter Self promotion: I recently started https://saastips.com/ to catalog everything I …

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    Are you talking like doomsday or zombie apocalypse prepping? Hm... In addition to what others have said: - a few solar powered calculators - several walkie talkies and a way to pow…

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    Call it “consulting” and say you have room for a part time client. It will take some work (use your network, job boards, manually reach out to companies), but you will find somethi…

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    The tricky thing about this question is that a great company for one person could be a terrible company for another, and vice versa. Based on your description, it sounds like you'r…