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When I was at Peloton a long time ago, someone proposed an April Fools’ joke where we could announce a dynamo add-on that would let you power your house from your bike.

The math isn’t as bad as you might think: 200Wh (about a 60 min, somewhat intense ride) seems to be about 20 minutes for a H/B100. Still 3x, but not bad at all!

I remember the idea being dismissed quickly because people would likely actually want it.

> High interaction volume (1k+ chat sessions per month)

I don't mean to be that typical HN commenter but you did lose me a bit there.

I know a lot of people are just getting started with agents but even for a lot of scrappy startups usage is a lot higher than that!

If I may suggest focusing on explaining how you can add value even when usage is super low to controlling costs even when usage can get super high?

I can validate you that it is a true problem that's solved by large companies but you have to hand-roll yourself @ startups (via airflow or queues, etc). But unfortunately one where I am not sure that a lot of stakeholders understand the benefits of (yet!). I think value has to be shown a bit more clearly here, sadly.

Congrats on the launch!

I love DSPy! But yes, its curse is that it’s native to LLMs and makes the python side awkward and weird. I’m willing to make this prediction: It’s clearly built from first principles and the ideas from it will outlast the framework itself.

Broadly, in the US, the Federal Wiretap Act of 1968 still applies. You're going to have to convince a judge otherwise.

Yes, perhaps broad dragnet type of might be scoffed down by some judges (outside of Patriot act FISA judges ofc)

I would warn you about the general E2E encryption and encrypted at rest claims. They are in-fact correct, but perhaps misleading? At some point, for most, the data does get decrypted server-side - cue the famous ":-)"

yes, but you are very much mission driven in the military, especially in a small unit. For me, it was the bad mission set and not the sleep deprivation that personally drove me out.

My understanding: Like you mentioned the main difference is that digital cash is an abstract type. With our current cash we can very easily convert to/from an int currency to physical cash.

With digital cash it might be more difficult, potentially intrusive or costly to convert to physical assets (look at crypto). If I take $20 out of my bank account and buy donuts, it's going to be very hard to the government to trace that. That will not be the case for digital cash. They will know the exact wallet that came from.

I also believe the need for the Fed for a CBDC is forced onto them because of the inevitability of a negative interest rate on savings accounts (which carries negative consequences). Indirectly, CBDC solves that for them. This person explains it practically: youtu.be/UP0e9MGjyD4