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So when does Gemini train on my data? I find Gemini's public statements on data use confusing: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/terms "When you use Unpaid Services, including, for …

Probably Jeff Bezos is the most prominent example. He is credited as the sole founder of Amazon. Though it should be noted that he received immense support from his wife.

The story of Grant’s aasociation with Twain and the latter’s influence on getting Grant’s war time memoires written is discussed in great and entertaining detail in Ron Chernows’s …

I am posting on behalf of a Hungarian activist friend who got locked out of his Facebook account a week ago. He tried every available means to regain access — to no avail. He runs …

I’d recommend you consult with a lawyer not HN. :) I am a founder/CEO and got my green card through the NIW category (I have a PhD). I’d highly recommend the law firm I worked with…

This is really helpful. I am surprised — why doesn't HackerNews have a page outlining these policies themselves?

Wow, how did you know that? It is true! Can you see how many upvotes I have? In any case, thank you for your upvote. :)

I have been stuck on 97 karma points for many months now and I can no longer control my curiosity. What happens when I hit the magical treshhold of 100? Please either initiate me i…

Ultimately, getting VC funding is a network problem. The overwhelming majority of VC funding goes to founders who get a warm intro to the firm somehow (at least in Silicon Valley).…

We have been using https://www.regalrecognition.com/ for over a year now for T-shirts, hoodies, stickers, key chains, mouse pads, water bottles. The prices have been very reasonabl…

As a founder of a fast-growing venture-backed company, I have found that there is no better resource to read than Paul Graham’s essays (paulgraham.com). He has seen more startups s…

The paper is also available without a paywall here: http://qpt.physics.harvard.edu/p364.pdf

I think Scott Aaronson is right to rail against the explanation of "trying all possibilities at the same time". The emphasis should be on *choreographing* the right interference, n…

I took John's class on theoretical cosmology while a master's student in Cambridge. He was remarkably old fashioned — he scribbled in his undecipherable handwriting on a bunch of t…

Great product, solving exact pain point we have right now: non-technical team members glued to Django Admin all day long and waiting days to get much-needed data from engineers, wh…

+1 for Mercury. We also switched to Mercury after 8 months with SVB. It is crazy how much difference a good UI makes and the time it saves.

I thought I would also add my two cents, though there have been many excellent responses already. I recently defended my PhD in Physics (MIT '18). First of all - great idea! It is …

Something important to keep in mind is the fact that to execute Shor's prime factorization algorithm (which can break encryption protocols, like the RSA) you need millions of physi…