paulgb

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Building https://forevervm.com / https://jamsocket.com (YC W22)

Writing https://digest.browsertech.com

Personal site: https://paulbutler.org

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/paulbutler.org

contact: [email protected]

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Comment · 9 days ago
I don’t think that’s what’s implied here. Possibly they are trying to get API tokens of providers to distill their own models.
Comment · 1 month ago
That's a great example because it also acts as a mnemonic to help people remember the content, rather than distracting from it.
Comment · 4 months ago
I wish it were that simple.

    ~: sudo chmod -x /Applications/Music.app       
    chmod: /Applications/Music.app: No such file or directory
    ~: sudo chmod -x /System/Applications/Music.app
    chmod: Unable to change file mode on /System/Applications/Music.app: Operation not permitted
(Mac OS Tahoe 26.5)
Comment · 8 months ago
I remember following this at the time! FYI it was "shut down" (kept online but no further development) two years ago (https://x.com/KennethCassel/status/1620500575183073280)

> Decided to shutdown Diode. (For now the site is live, I'll likely open-source the code in case anyone wants to take the baton and run)

Kenneth is now working on RMFG (https://www.rmfg.com/)

Comment · 10 months ago
I like betting because I find it fun to quantify probabilities of future events, and having a ~small amount of money at stake keeps me motivated to follow through on whether I was right.

I do think there are positive EV bets to be had on prediction markets though, they are mosty not efficient.

Comment · 10 months ago
> an unrealistic maladaptive cope

I like betting myself, but I don't think abstaining from betting is maladaptive at all. Most of the bets we encounter in the real world are negative EV.

Comment · 10 months ago
I'm mostly surprised that someone can so consistently and repeatedly demonstrate an inability to filter information he receives and still be trusted with LPs' money. It's another form of Gell-Mann amnesia.
Comment · 1 year ago
I would bet in the direction of this being a bug on big corp's side rather than Cloudflare's.
Comment · 1 year ago
Enjoyable read, but kind of ironic that it interrupts your reading half way down to nag you to subscribe. Everything is an overcrowded airport lounge, indeed.
Comment · 1 year ago
Cars are only “heavily regulated” in the sense that you pass a test once when you are a teenager and then never have to pass a test again, just pay a nominal fee to renew your license.

I am curious what data you are looking at that gives you the impression pedestrians and bikers are the root cause of most accidents. As a frequent pedestrian / biker here, I see a car doing something unhinged about every mile I walk. On Wednesday I almost got hit by a car flying the wrong way down a one-way street and then running a red.

Comment · 1 year ago
This is by Steve Ruiz of https://tldraw.com, in case anyone noticed the similarity between the two.
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I had a trip with my family and used v0 to create an itinerary app with a timeline view of our flights, hotel/airbnb bookings, activities, etc.

It was the only thing I’ve 100% vibe-coded without writing a line of code myself. It worked pretty well. In an earlier era I might have used a shared google doc but this was definitely a better experience.

If you’re looking for things to use lovable/bolt for, I’d say don’t use it for software you otherwise would have written by hand; use it for the software you would never have written at all.

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