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ultra_nick

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About ultra_nick

Doing pre-seed POC work in Texas. Let me know if you'd like to grab lunch/coffee in the Austin area.

A well rounded software engineer with skills in entrepreneurship, devops, machine learning, robotics, fullstack web.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholascgilpin/

Recent public activity

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    https://conceptionary.app/ I've been working on an AI Tutor or Primer that automatically generates Duolingo style curriculums. Planning to apply to YC after the next big feature re…

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    Comment #49235110

    Oh, I do similar, but using single page websites. Last month, I read The Prince and had it make a text adventure campaign for me. For a lot of other topics, I often just ask it to …

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    Comment #47035279

    No right to free speech. Then they start jailing people for posts. Then they get rid of juries. Then they get rid of public records. What are they trying to hide?

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    Comment #46722210

    A lot of game companies are really committed to building products that their customers hate these days. What happened to talking to your customers?

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    Comment #45983756

    It's crazy how many adults think regulation is free, especially here. All consuming vague regulations like GDPR increase the cost of a startup by 500%. Europe should have just bann…

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    Comment #45869328

    AI isn't replacing jobs. AI spending isn't either. It's outsourcing and can be easily confirmed by cross-referencing H1B approval rates with layoffs. If you've been outsourced, ask…

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    Comment #45861207

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    Comment #41991570

    Why work at big businesses anymore? Let's just create more startups.

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    Comment #41735506

    It's nice that Musk and his companies always seem to be willing to provide free emergency services. Over various disasters they've provided free energy, internet, and cell service.…

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    Comment #41436820

    Dell is working pretty hard to replace IPMI with Redfish these days. Redfish is an out of band management protocol like IPMI, but using an HTTP/JSON REST API that doesn't assume a …

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    Comment #41333724

    Build everything on Docker, Kubernetes, and VPS. Run on the cheapest VPS provider with human support. Make a quick and easy switch if they get too shifty.

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    Comment #41116518

    With LLMs getting smarter every day, the next generation might be writing specs like this instead of actual code.

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    Comment #40848461

    I feel like neural networks are increasingly going to look like code. The next big innovation will be whoever figures out how to convert MOE style models into something like functi…

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    Comment #40614388

    People should be suspicious of statements regardless of tone. Conmen, hackers, cult members, job applicants, and AIs are all trying to trick people who only listen to tone.

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    Comment #40602105

    Why are hardware companies like this?

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    Comment #40523841

    Maybe busy people are more likely to own cats.

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    Comment #40515710

    The EU governments will ruin the lives of random innocent people with buggy AI. Look what happened yesterday in the UK: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/uk-woman-mistaken-as-s…

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    Comment #40390148

    GDPR would be fine if they had a limits for small businesses. As written, startup founders don't have the resources to comply, so they often end up blocking all of Europe.

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    Comment #40270600

    Didn't "Zero to Hero" come from Disney's Hercules movie before Karparthy used it?

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    Comment #40255440

    IPFS can do that https://docs.ipfs.tech/how-to/host-git-repo/

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    Comment #40190126

    We learned that efficiency is just one feature of many.

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    Comment #40133404

    Bringing Ada into the 21st century bit by bit.

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    Comment #40093172

    Guys just pick a fun project and apply. If you get in then you get to build a fun project really fast. If not, then just have fun building your project.