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stonlyb

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About stonlyb

Better human and planetary systems powered by startups and VC. Thirdsphere.com Motate.app

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    Workhorse is a CLI set of scripts / tools that turns an old laptop into a headless SSH compute/storage node that my main machine offloads to. Main components are: - a router script…

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    Another good AI use-case: cleaning up notes. What I've written in my scratch pad ( https://motate.app/@sblue/linalg-exam-2-notes-755e73c1-8ddc-... ) would be unusable as a referenc…

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    As noted in my own parent comment: I loved reading this (it's too well written it could not be AI despite the emdashes), and especially appreciate any mention of "The Whispering Ea…

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    I'm a current student, who also happens to be a full-time professional who is "all in on AI", and I think most are missing the true opportunities AI opens up for education. Because…

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    Pilling on to say well done on the interactivity and visuals / design overall. I'm working to make producing posts like this universally accessible ( http://motate.app/ ) and posts…

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    Agree that there will be and should be more scientific writing. I’m building https://motate.app/ to help writing and sharing papers more easy including enhancing with interactive v…

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    Thank you. This didnt come from place of peace or strength but from grief and a sense of need to honor her. One possibility for vibe coding is that it may turn app / web developmen…

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    Thank you. I for one appreciate the curtsey of expressing sympathies. I don't question the motivation or whatever. It's just a kind gesture. I will note that I'm trying not to thin…

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    https://inlovingmem.com/ - is a tribute to my recently deceased mom that I vibe coded over the last week. I felt her life deserved to be celebrated widely but wanted to be sensitiv…

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    Can you quantify how much this approach saved you in time and $ versus what you were doing before?

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    81. Failure is Not an Option by Gene Kranz 82. Mrs. P’s Journey by Phyllis Pearsall 83. River of Doubt by Candice Millard 84. Longitude by Dava Sobel 85. Dreaming in Code by Scott …

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    51. The Dream Machine - A deep dive into the history of computing. 52. Mindstorms by Seymour Papert - Groundbreaking work on computers in education. 53. Sunburst and Luminary: An A…

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    list of (most of) the books mentioned in this thread so far. I tried reading every comment but used chatGPT instead. 1. The Big Rich - Texas oil boom. 2. Barbarians at the Gate - P…

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    Not a book but here's Biochemist Katalin Karikó on her journey from a childhood in communist Hungary to her Nobel-winning work on mRNA. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/k…

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    What are the next set of library additions you're planning? Will tune in for when you release something on VC term sheets, convertible note / SAFE note conversions, and Techno Econ…

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