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messel

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About messel

Tech Co-founder https://tripnotes.ai & https://welco.me

Fractional CTO/Engineering Consultant https://tekhorizons.com

github: http://github.com/victusfate Twitter ID, @victusfate

author: https://victusfate.gumroad.com/l/xlhtbn

Howdy. I’m Mark Essel, an engineer that’s added cofounder, web developer and author to my bag of tricks. My quest is to rediscover my life’s passions, and leverage that drive into profitable business ventures.

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/victusfate; my proof: https://keybase.io/victusfate/sigs/SANc9xcXUJfNQw28Oh9OOChKWp59W_HIXb9KTQ3JvVw ]

Verifying my Blockstack ID is secured with the address 16PpGPz7jGJ8DCJZFko3ekMXsphFfXR6xd https://explorer.blockstack.org/address/16PpGPz7jGJ8DCJZFko3ekMXsphFfXR6xd

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    I didn't know either, not sure of veracity but https://share.gemini.google/0YDt55yyfITs

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    If you can use a typed language, you want guardrails. Unit tests aren't enough you want integration tests with headless browsers if applicable. It can automatically catch many of i…

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    Show HN: Yet Another News Reader

    Got bummed out with ads on swipe left android news so I cooked up my own. Open source so you can see what was vibed up (and maybe why). https://github.com/victusfate/boomerang Also…

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    Show HN: Multiplayer Space Game

    Vibed out over the weekend and built a multiplayer space game. It's uses the host + KV signals to coordinate shared state. The first version was a 2D rendered board, the latest ite…

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    Long time ycombinator news member sharing my latest book. It's designed for devs who can hit the ground running with python, and it's what I wished I had back in 2017 when I starte…

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    Greetings! Long time ycombinator news member sharing my latest book. It's designed for devs who can hit the ground running with python, and it's what I wished I had back in 2017 wh…

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    Yeah it's updated regularly with third party data + fresh crawlers. We do miss closures/relocations sometimes. We also sometimes mix up the content for place descriptions on multip…

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    I've got LLM fatigue

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    Comment #35194957

    AP English - the last hold out for human intelligence

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    Bonus points if you tie this to a cryptocurrency that is "staked" by data owners (you and I). Sounds like a reasonable core idea to build on, good luck! We do a ton of data plumbin…

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    Welcome's a travel app (iOS currently) which helps navigate new destinations on the fly. You can leave tips, ask your friends for tips, skip boring stuff, or lock in your favorites…

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    I'd go with 1 brokerage, Index fund most of it, keep 20% cash for misc investments (ethereum). Hire a trustworthy accountant. It's only money. Now you have some, congratulations. G…

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    I like to think of what you folks are doing as the evolution of universities which often lead to inverted outcomes (massive debt, no work). How can I best get a friendly dev involv…

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    Just thinking about how many simultaneous breakthroughs occur, and expertise in so many areas is mind boggling. In contrast there are slower periods/cultures too, ie hunter gathere…

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    I believe I remember potty training but my parents said I learned at 13 months. I'm likely misremembering using a tiny plastic toilet in the bathroom from that age to 2-3. I can al…

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    Brilliant. Physical ownership is still a thing.

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    I last read Kant in an intro to philosophy course in 1991, but a quick search shows Prolegomena as a good intro. https://www.amazon.com/Prolegomena-Future-Metaphysics-Immanu...

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    Focused on Information Theory in grad school at Stony Brook in 1996/97, and enjoyed Nam Phamdo's courses. Sadly after reading 8-9 pages I feel like much of this review is over my h…

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    When I review GitHub usage like this, I can't help but feel the statistics don't represent which language I can best express my ideas with, and which are my most important projects…

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    I'll give these a look, I also highly recommend Amber diceless (based on Zelazney's books)

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    Squirrel super memory: it's a combination of scent and memory http://jacobs.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Animal... Possibly enhanced by smelling their own saliva? Just g…