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Great film!

This piece hits on the idea you can cultivate luck. It's about increasing your 'Luck Surface Area' (L = D x T: Luck = Doing x Telling). My notes/ points that stood out for me: - Ac…

I think some of the sources like the Reviews.org survey, JAMA analysis and Sleep Medicine study have flaws and are largely correlational, not causal. The Reviews.org data is self r…

You can't completely outsource defence. International cooperation is important, but over reliance on a single foreign partner, even a close ally causes risks. It leads to a situati…

What a great post. Some points that stood out to me: - Progress is iterative and driven by a seemingly bottom up, meritocratic approach. Not a top down master plan. Essentially, go…

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan No better way to be reminded there is a big difference between someone that surfs for fun and someone who is a surfer . Surfing p…

I think it's circumstantial and dependent on individual situations. I personally think you should optimise for equity as much as you can. If you wanted to optimise just for cash, y…

'Prompt Injection' is everywhere. While it's cheeky, you can't help but feel it's a fair countermeasure. If the academic publishing world is so overwhelmed that reviewers are resor…

A system that matches by name rather than a unique ID is wild. It could easily identify the wrong people.

AI generated media is rapidly becoming indistinguishable from human work. I feel the days of AI content feeling or looking 'off' are vanishing. With some AI generated videos like t…

Great work! Are there any particular niches or applications where community-sourced splats are especially well-suited? I see them mentioned on HN from time to time, but I'm curious…

I was curious so looked at a few power wheelchairs...It's wild how expensive they are, especially considering the advancements in electric mobility tech elsewhere. You'd think they…

Blockchains are not intended to be a universal solution, they excel in different ways, particularly enabling trustless and censorship-resistant value transfer. Which, for many new …

I really enjoyed reading this. It made me think about how this perspective might change over time. I agree about the points about elitism in creative fields – there will probably a…

Ash's main takeaway is solid — Immerse yourself in hobbies or creative pursuits without being overly concerned about external validation or the potential for monetary gain. Other t…

It really is. My takeaways after reading it were not to surf, but rather, the importance of uncertainty, taking risks and how transformative the power of obsession really is.

Thank you for the detailed reply – I appreciate the insight into how the shorter queries are handled.

Good work! The sample searches were particularly strong for uncovering discussions on specific subjects, i.e. 'Dedicated Vector Databases'. With less focused searches, such as 'Dee…

Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life — William Finnegan — (2015)

I've seen two primary strategies for handling cross-time zone communication in teams: Synchronous: A single time zone is designated, and all team members adapt accordingly. Althoug…

Overall, this suggests that farmed salmon loses some nutrients compared to the wild fish it eats and that we're better off eating a more varied diet of the wild fish species that a…

> "I think your choice of wording above is important to call out: The advice "maximizes" the chance of success; but it doesn't guarantee it." This is a great observation! I agree t…

This essay isn't a step-by-step guide to building 'Google', rather, a call for young people to consider entrepreneurship as a fulfilling alternative to traditional careers. To maxi…

This was an interesting read. In essence, a randomised controlled trial looked at the effects of gut microbiome modulation on muscle function and cognition in older adults. Partici…