BasilPH
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Comment · 1 year ago
Atlas feels like a Dia clone. I’ve used Dia for a couple months, but rarely touch the ChatGPT integration—quick answers go to Kagi with “?”, and deeper work goes to Claude or ChatGPT directly. The “reference a bunch of open tabs” workflow just isn’t common for me. Dia’s free-tier limits don’t help, and since I already pay for Claude and ChatGPT, I’m not adding another $20/month for overlapping features.
Curious how Atlas stacks up against Dia.
It also makes me think the right approach is AI at the OS level. At the end of the day, it’s reading text and writing it back into text boxes. Surprised Apple hasn’t gone further than a hidden right‑click “writing assistant.”
Comment · 1 year ago
> Apparently, the link to Intactile DESIGN - intactile[dot]com - in the README file is now redirecting to a gambling site, probably due to Intactile going out of business?
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm still developing podcast websites with transcripts[^0] while maintaining a part-time job.
This thread made me realize I've made no progress in acquiring new clients since posting about this 6 months ago. However, my part-time job ends in May, which will allow me to focus exclusively on Fanfare. It's somewhat intimidating, but I'm also looking forward to it; the prospect of resolving this uncertain situation (either through success or failure) feels liberating.
Comment · 2 years ago
I got this trick from someone on the Internet:
$> long_running_command && say "Witness me, for I am done"
Comment · 2 years ago
I'm building a service for podcast websites with transcripts[^0]. I have paying customers, including Volts[^1], and I'm genuinely passionate about serving them.
What's holding me back from scaling is primarily my own resistance to marketing, plus some pending improvements to the ChatGPT-based transcript editing system. Once I finish optimizing the LLM integration, I'll have no more excuses to avoid sales outreach. One thread I want to pursue is a magazine of podcast transcripts that I inherited: https://podread.org
I'd appreciate advice on authentic outreach strategies for reaching knowledge-focused podcasters. If anyone here has experience in this space or wants to collaborate, I'm open to connecting.
Comment · 2 years ago
It's definitely impressive. However, natural gas outages do happen. For example Winter Storm Uri in Texas led to gas outages.
Sadly, the outages and possible the loss of life connected to it could have been prevented if the gas companies hadn't fought back against stricter weatherization rules[^0].
> they made recommendations to the Railroad Commission to implement weatherization rules on the natural gas supply chain because there had been water coming up from the formations — it's called produced water, it's naturally occurring — and it was freezing at the top of the wellheads and restricting gas flow both at the wellheads and in pipelines.
And yes, the Railroad Commission is not in charge of trains, but oil and gas in Texas.
[^0]: https://www.volts.wtf/p/whats-the-deal-with-the-texas-railro...
Comment · 2 years ago
The Volts podcast dove into this recently (with transcript): https://www.volts.wtf/p/new-yorks-congestion-pricing-fiasco
Comment · 2 years ago
SEEKING WORK | Full Stack | Data Engineering
Location: NYC
Remote: Only
Technologies: Python/Django, TypeScript/Javascript/React, GraphQL, Docker, Celery, prompt engineering
Resume/CV: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basil-philipp-a6a2b182
E-Mail: [email protected]
Previously, I co-founded and led a company developing ML solutions for TV stations and TV measurement companies, with projects like automated goal detection in ice hockey and a system for processing daily TV ratings in Switzerland. Currently, I am fully focused on my solo venture, https://www.withfanfare.com/, which provides transcripts for knowledge-dense podcasts. I'm seeking work to extend my runway and to keep learning and improving.
Comment · 2 years ago
I think the assumption is that North Korea already knows who he his: He didn't make a big deal of hiding who he was when he hacked them in the first place. Some people within the scene quickly figured out it was him, so it's fair to assume that North Korea figured it out too.
Comment · 2 years ago
I made a transcript: https://www.withfanfare.com/p/hacker-news-collection/risky-b...
Andres Freund starts speaking at 5:09.
I'm not affiliated with the podcast. I only did a very cursory review of the S2T results, so expect mistakes.
Comment · 2 years ago
I can highly recommend "A City on Mars"[^0], which I recently read.
The authors go into fascinating detail about what it takes to build planetary settlements, and they not only focus on the engineering questions but make a point to talk about the legal aspects of space settlement as well.
Comment · 2 years ago
Fascinating article. Some interesting anecdotes:
> The victims even included several survivors of the Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 402 crash. (Note: A plane that crashed the day prior, with only 8 out of 72 people on board surviving)
> Several booked passengers cancelled their tickets at the last moment to see a ninja demonstration. These passengers, Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, Ken Adam, Lewis Gilbert, and Freddie Young, were in Japan scouting locations for the fifth James Bond film, You Only Live Twice (1967).
Coincidences like this are of course bound to happen with large enough numbers of people traveling, but I still find this interesting.
Comment · 2 years ago
I made a transcript: https://www.withfanfare.com/p/hacker-news-collection/episode...
It might be a bit rough around the edges, since I didn't do any manual editing.