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Comment · 1 month ago
For those questioning viability, there's a startup called Starcloud https://www.starcloud.com/ with a public whitepaper explaining a bit their hardware and economics https://www.starcloud.com/wp. They've already had one small proof of concept launched. Not trying to promote, I just heard about them on the ycomb podcast
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Comment · 2 months ago
Curious how much replacement heads will cost if they're going to stick an RFID in every single one. Surely there's a cheaper solution to track when you switched heads.
Comment · 2 months ago
This got a huge eyeroll from me. Very misleading product name.

I kept skimming to find what the "device" would be but it turns out there is no device. I still have to subscribe to their services and it's just cloud infrastructure with transparent hardware. Also, it sounds like _their_ orchestrator decides what to escalate to the cloud.

Was excited for a moment for a plug and play privacy focused hardware running an agent. Would have been interesting since Apple just announced new Mac Minis today.

Comment · 3 months ago
This is neat. It's like a framework and language in one. Congrats on the launch! The tooling for it feels quite novel. I get the allure of having zero dependencies but... the reason why I have dependencies in the first place is because the ecosystem provides tons of functionality out of the box. Do you want the language/framework to provide all the functionality?

The landing page's main value prop is removing the dependency on JS. Thing is... I don't hate JS. Typescript has quite a lot of fans.

I feel like you should demonstrate performance metrics or app size or just some other value prop other than hating on Javascript.

Comment · 4 months ago
Thank you for making this. Brings me back to Sid Meier's Pirates.
Comment · 6 months ago
For some reason you are being downvoted but I wanted to echo your sentiment. As someone who tries to switch things up for every next task, the productivity of Claude Max is worth every penny.

And I actually read the output to fix what I don't like and ever since Opus 4.5, I've had to less and less. 4.6 had issues at the beginning but that's because you have to manually make sure you change the effort level.

Comment · 1 year ago
How can you virtuously reminisce about the heydays of the open internet and then vaguely allude to gatekeeping the internet?
Comment · 1 year ago
I'm sick and tired of seeing similar headlines and articles that reference the MIT report. It is incredible lazy journalism and borderline click bait.

The MIT report was created by project NANDA, a very pro-AI group. Read about them here: https://nanda.media.mit.edu/

The original Fortune article here: https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generat... cites specifically generative AI pilot programs.

From the article: "But for 95% of companies in the dataset, generative AI implementation is falling short. The core issue? Not the quality of the AI models, but the “learning gap” for both tools and organizations. While executives often blame regulation or model performance, MIT’s research points to flawed enterprise integration."

You could have a pile of cash and 95% of companies will fail to see zero return because they don't know how to pick up the money.

Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
Same, any existing study I've read follows abuse-level or Chronic usage. Would love to know affects of recreational usage.

I'd imagine such a study would be quite difficult because so many things could affect your results: sleep, diet, age, alcohol, covid, etc.

I know nothing about this but I feel like the technology exists to scan your brain before and after to see neuron damage. I just want to know if a single use causes permanent brain damage and to what extent.

Comment · 1 year ago
Many find it hard to understand which is why affiliate networks create studies, write articles, and post reports with results, similar to the one I posted. Retailers don't go in blind. They test partnerships and continue only if there are positive results.

Yes, many retailers are struggling. Perhaps affiliate links and cash back are not the best way, but it's not the only way that retailers try to be successful.

If you were a suit working at a retailer with budget to spend with the goal of getting a return on investment, maybe you would personally avoid spending the money on affiliate links. But get this, the TOP, BIG, SUCCESSFUL retailers all have data showing that the affiliate system makes the numbers go up. Even if they don't understand the system, they just care about the numbers.

Comment · 1 year ago
Yes, now this I wholeheartedly agree. The system itself is not right and you can definitely credit MegaLag to drawing industry-wide attention to this issue.

People are hating the player when really the majority of the outrage should be pointed towards hating the game.

Comment · 1 year ago
Actually if you check wayback they've been telling us straight up since 2016 they make money off of commissions. https://web.archive.org/web/20180125135216/http://help.joinh...

Affiliate attribution wasn't explained in full but MegaLag with all his research still didn't accurately explain it since it's pretty complex. The user doesn't need to know this.

Doesn't make sense to explain all the nuts and bolts if it works the same way any other coupon website would.

Comment · 1 year ago
That's fair.

But consider a retailer who has budget to spend with the goal of increasing sales. Here's a study one of the largest affiliate networks did on shopping extensions - https://junction.cj.com/article/cj-demystifies-shopping-brow...

It boils down to making numbers go up. Maybe for you, Honey doesn't do much. But add Honey to the picture, and retailers are seeing an increase in sales and a decrease in cart abandonment. So you choose to partner with a coupon company and pay them commission and for some percentage of users, seeing that popup pushed them over the edge to make the purchase.

In the attribution chain, when you compare an initial referral vs. the coupon app, it's fair to say that the initial referral has more impact. So maybe you want the initial referral to take most or all of the credit. But what about when there's no referral? Doesn't the coupon app deserve to be a part of the chain if it is ultimately driving positive return?

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