adriano_f

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Founder of gingkowriter.com CTO of structi.ca
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Comment · 7 months ago
This is a great point. I highly recommend "Liminal Thinking", which explains how what he calls "Battles for the Obvious" like this get started.
Comment · 1 year ago
What I've been doing when I want to avoid this "unexpected leading", is to tell the LLM to "Ask me 3 rounds of 5 clarifying questions each, first.". The first round usually exposes the main assumptions it's making, and from there we narrow down and clarify things.

I've read you comment about all the things you tried, and it seems you have much broader experience with LLMs than I do. But I didn't see this technique mentioned, so leaving this here in case it helps someone else :).

Comment · 1 year ago
I also tried Zed on Linux a few months back, and had GPU/driver issues, so it was either slow or didn't run. Tried it just now and it worked right out of the box, and it's incredibly fast.

I will keep playing around with it to see if it's worth switching (from JetBrains WebStorm).

Comment · 2 years ago
I don't promote often enough, but my writing platform is basically built for working this way:

https://gingkowriter.com

(came up with the concept when struggling to write my PhD thesis)

Hope it helps!

Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for taking the time to add these details. Will add to the arsenal of tools. Best of luck!
Comment · 2 years ago
My son (11yo) has had this as well for the last 2.5 years. Seeing an Audiologist for treatment.

Can you elaborate a little on "listening to violent noises" approach? When do you do this, for how long? Is it graduated in intensity, like exposure therapy?

Thanks!

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I've started teaching my (homeschooled, 10yo) son Python, and he's been briefly exposed to some 3D software (including Blender).

I'm curious: how do you imagine this working? Can you name a few examples of the learning possibilities that you have in mind?

Comment · 9 years ago
Ok, glad it's mentioned somewhere.

Couldn't find any mention first time I checked it out.

Comment · 9 years ago
I'm the creator of the app that inspired this one, http://gingkoapp.com

They say imitation is the best form of flattery, but I'm surprised Ray that you didn't credit Gingko at all. It's practically identical.

Thoughts?

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Edit: My bad... it's not on the website, but I see Gingko mentioned and linked in the Readme. Thanks Ray.

Comment · 9 years ago
Actually, it does Markdown, which includes images, and anything you can embed as HTML.

Also, supports LaTeX.

Comment · 10 years ago
My wife and I, and our 3 yr old son, got rid of most of our possessions, stored the rest, and went of for a 6 month stint of the digital nomad life.

We both have location independent businesses, so we could have continued indefinitely. But nearing the 3 month mark (which was the longest we'd gone in the past), it started to wear on us.

Constant novelty can be just as destructive as constant monotony. You need a balance, and only you can find what that is for you and yours.

We don't regret the trip at all, though. It made us realize what we really missed (family, green spaces, people who loved our son, and wouldn't mind watching him ;). As a result, we ended up moving back to a suburb closer to family, instead of the decidedly cooler city, 2 hours away, we used to live in.

Quite a pendulum swing, from digital nomad to suburb life, but really, as long as we have each other, and love our work, location doesn't matter that much. Which means, in the end, that being free to move around indefinitely also means you are free to stay as long as you like in any one place.

Comment · 11 years ago
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