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Comment #49180625
What is the timeline you expect for this?
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Comment #49051609
Brooks bears are wonderful. The sound is calming. I also like Surfline: https://www.youtube.com/live/hm9iAviOZ20?is=zkOMcU_8Sck0LOer
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Comment #48957605
Me: 46 | M | NYC/St. Louis | Father. Interested. Enjoy browsing bookstores, economic podcasts, nature. Variety is the spice of life. Work too much... Ideal Partner: 35-55 | F | NYC…
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Comment #48854005
I did a quick comparison of models a couple of months ago by giving it a MYTXTADV.BAS file and give them all the same prompt to create a sprite-based version of a text adventure ga…
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Comment #48853923
True about AI slop pre-AI. Before 2026 my LinkedIn feed was mostly about how to get rich buying real estate. AI is an improvement. I would like to remove the AI-generated content a…
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Comment #48584460
This seems like something MLB teams would install in their locker rooms if it works.
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Comment #48452105
I felt that Amazon had the best chance to step into the ticketing game as they have the platform that can handle the volume spikes (Cyber Monday). But tech infrastructure is only a…
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Comment #48429769
I think because so much of an idea is shaped by the language used to convey it, it may be hard to separate the person from the LLM. I think gp may want to know if a has an interest…
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Comment #47829266
He was a big supporter of the Democratic Party which would not necessarily lead to a pardon with the Republican administration.
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Comment #47820642
I swear my hearing got more sensitive with kids. Also, some commercials hit differently.
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Comment #47799836
You’re right. Books like the Four Hour Workweek and Escape From Cubicle Nation were guides to passive income twenty years ago.
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Comment #47758326
I'm not sure I understand your last paragraph? The two sentences seem to contradict?
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Comment #47510416
May be incompatible with OpenAI possibly becoming more PG-13 rated in the future? I had thought this would be combined with OpenAI launching a set top box where you could talk to a…
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Comment #47333588
I have called them casinos for kids elsewhere due to the bright colors, flashing text, and money counters going up, up, up on the screen. And also because my kids can spend tens of…
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Comment #46833346
My thought was that messages need to be untrusted by default and the trusted input should be wrapped (with the UUID generated by the UX or API). And in this untrusted mode, only th…
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Comment #46410980
I wanted to say your insight about a consulting business is spot on. I also recommend Founding Sales and think it would be worth the OP skimming. Also, search for Steli Efti (found…
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Comment #46398665
Napping House and Pokey Little Puppy were two of my favorites to read with my kids along with the Little Blue Truck.
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Comment #46169345
I think it is going to be a set-top device that casts to the TV with built in sensors and a camera to enable you to FaceTime with your AI assistant/friend. (Wrote a brief note abou…
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Comment #46116662
I saw this Carl Jung quote shared on Substack recently. "Loneliness does not come from having no people around you, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem import…
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Comment #45934435
Agreed. I would love Plex (or PlexAmp and then cast) to have some built in visualizations. And I have no idea why some of those streaming EDM channels on YouTube aren't doing music…
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Comment #45822059
You’re right (as someone a bit older but also with rose-tinted glasses). There was a feeling of hope on the Internet at the time that this was a communication tool that would bring…
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Comment #45809888
Yes, a huge value of LLMs is having all three circles and moving all of that work into the background. (headless) Boiling down all knowledge work to the following workflow: Inputs …