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xwowsersx

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About xwowsersx

email: xwowsersx [at] fastmail [dot] com

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    Comment #48964902

    This is really quite lovely. I shelved a few books. Very nicely done UX. Thanks for this.

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    Comment #48453724

    I'm building an app that generates lifting mesocycles and tracks every set and rep. Each week, it uses feedback from the previous workouts to adjust training volume and intensity. …

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    Comment #48436629

    Study seem to have addressed point #2 in several ways. 1. They measured maternal vitamin D before supplementation began. They explicitly adjusted for these preintervention levels. …

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    Comment #48216777

    Intuit has a pretty broad financial software portfolio, not just a tax company. Also, yes the actual arithmetic at the end should be handled by deterministic code. I doubt anyone, …

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    Comment #48216747

    Why are other outlets quoting the CEO as having said that the layoffs have "nothing to do with AI"? Is TC distinguishing between using AI versus building AI products? > "None of it…

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    Comment #48003900

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    Comment #47930258

    This is the way

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    Comment #47930255

    Nah. A forcing function creates pressure toward an outcome...a standing meeting just creates pressure toward the meeting. Those aren't the same thing. The moment you put a recurrin…

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    Comment #47774041

    Trying to use this now. The README says it reads `deflect.json` next to the script, but there's no reference to this anywhere else in the README. Can you clarify? Also, a small, er…

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    Comment #47773566

    This looks great. I've been looking for something simple like this...assuming I’m understanding it correctly. I recently picked up a refurbished Lenovo ThinkStation, and it's an ab…

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    Comment #47759962

    What is the memory system you are referring to? I've been trying Memori with OpenClaw. Haven't had a ton of time to really kick the tires on it, so the jury's still out.

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    Comment #47610546

    It sounds appealing at first because it flips the trust model... instead of the service initiating contact the user proves control of their email up front That feels cleaner and ar…

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    Comment #47470681

    I feel like we're still stumbling about a bit and don't know all the answers, which is fine. But NVIDIA frames AI agents as the next computing paradigm, but most of what's describe…

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    Comment #47433135

    You mean to tell me that increasing supply lowers price? Fascinating.

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    Comment #47299131

    > Therefore, the future of Agents is strictly dictated by the present state of LLMs. The future of agents is dictated by the future state of LLMs, not the present state.

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    Comment #47121587

    They're referring to LibJS's bytecode (the internal instruction stream of Ladybird’s JS engine), not to Rust/CPP output formats.

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    Comment #47097836

    True enough. But to be clear, that's a separate issue from what users are reporting here. Both hobbyists and professionals are understandably frustrated that tokens are being consu…

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    Comment #46267376

    The site doesn't seem to be loading. Hug of death?

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    Comment #46235103

    This is absolutely incredible. Thank you.

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    Comment #45943018

    How unimpressive the first iPhone was?? Yeah, totally... a full touchscreen computer in your pocket with no physical keyboard, pinch-to-zoom magic people thought was CGI, a browser…

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    Comment #45935157

    I think what PG meant by "do things that don't scale" is earnest effort in service of building a real product: talking to users, manually onboarding, hand-holding early customers s…

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    Comment #45885291

    This is really great. Played this for quite a long time, nicely done!

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    Comment #45794573

    How so? Read the paper. The methodology was entirely observational. They did not intervene in the prosper.com loan market or interact with the borrowers. If anything, the paper ide…

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    Comment #45775399

    My monthly reminder that I really should resume my Learning Nim series :( https://www.youtube.com/@Nimward