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valachio

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    Comment #38157916

    Humans are natural intelligence. Natural = Created by nature. Artificial intelligence is intelligence created by humans. Artificial means man-made.

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    Comment #38088129

    Haha. I can tell you're obviously not Chinese, and has no understanding of Chinese culture at all.

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    Show HN: ChatGPT summarizing latest news as an a-hole

    So I had this idea to use ChatGPT to summarize latest news as a sarcastic a-hole. I didn't have any good ideas for names so I just called the app DirtGPT. I'm not very good at buil…

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    Comment #36193309

    Funny because if China did this, everyone will think of them as evil.

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    Comment #35761178

    There is no guarantee that pills would've helped your friend. In fact, these medications can worsen a patient's condition.

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    Comment #34255115

    I discovered a breakthrough technique in fighting obesity. It's so simple anyone can do it and see results in weeks. The technique is "eat less"

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    Comment #34236522

    I agree that if I end up not liking him (as a person) at all, then it won't work out. I was planning on setting up like a 3-month part-time working relationship where we can work t…

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    Comment #34236036

    Thing is, in my experience I have been able to learn to tolerate someone after spending enough time with them. It's possible I might learn to tolerate this potential cofounder as w…

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    Ask HN: Potential cofounder is good match business-wise but not personality-wise

    I met a potential cofounder. He is the same age as me and we are both interested in building a startup in the same field. Our skillset also complement each other's. On the work-sid…

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    Comment #34204520

    I appreciate the feedback. You're probably right but it gives us something to dream about. But assuming we do have this cap table, how will investors want to purchase preferred sha…

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    Ask HN: Question about “preferred shares” vs. “super voting shares”

    I'm raising capital for a startup for the first time. At my startup we currently have 2 classes of shares. Class A is a "super voting" share with 10 votes and Class B is a common s…

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    Comment #33715783

    I notice this trend on hacker news where there are so many pessimistic comments. It's like an ocean of pessimist people. x is dying, y is dying. FB is not dying. It is literally a …

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    Comment #33715736

    I think the opposite is true. The bigger a ship is, the slower it is to turn. IBM is a "tech" company that employs 282,000 employees, and when was the last time they invented somet…

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    Comment #33715686

    the answer is - not much. the power law applies to any big organization. 20% of the people do 80% of the work, whilst 80% of the people are just there for "support". whatsapp was r…

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    Ask HN: How to avoid overthinking when working on projects

    I have this problem where I tend to overthink when I'm working on a side project. In actuality I would prefer to build something crappy than to build nothing at all. At least that …

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    Ask HN: Is it better to work on a low-passion project or work on nothing at all?

    If you are dying to work on an idea but none of your current ideas excite you, would you work on the best idea on the list of ideas you have (even if it's not that exciting to you)…

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    Comment #30436761

    This post just seriously changed my outlook on cryptocurrencies.

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    Comment #30434561

    Fair enough. I can sympathize if you had to endure 3 weeks of loud noise. Frankly if I wasn't supportive of the Convoy, I would be pretty upset too. One more thing I would say is t…

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    Comment #30433678

    You sort of have to, if you want to actually make an impact. Look at what they did in Euromaiden, or the recent protests in Kazakhstan (200+ dead). If Ukrainian people resorted to …

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    Comment #30433649

    [Here's a popular viewpoint from the left about protests]( https://twitter.com/aoc/status/1334184644707758080?lang=en ). If protests were "comfortable", then there would be no pres…

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    Comment #30433525

    I agree with your assessment. To completely quit news is not a good idea, unless you want to live under a rock, metaphorically speaking. Fact of the matter is, day-to-day events af…

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    Comment #29885346

    Not gloating. I genuinely enjoy eating pork and meat in general. It's the most nutritious food a human can eat in my humble opinion. I hold no shame in eating and enjoying meat. If…

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    Comment #29883715

    They end up on my dinner plate as a delicious high-protein meal.

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    Comment #29883014

    Getting a booster every 6 months vs every 24 months is a 4x difference in the number of boosters you have to take. That's 4x the potential complications (mistakes can happen in sci…