phmagic

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Comment · 8 months ago
Congrats! I tried it and some feedback:

1. Every action seems slower than Figma and Sketch-my main tool

2. Some short cuts didn't seem to to work, like how I can't copy and paste a canvas. It was hard for me to forego muscle memory

3. Is there a way to try it without signing up for an account? Like a sandbox? I tried to delete my account but because I logged in via Google and it requires me to enter a password (I don't know), I can't delete.

Comment · 1 year ago
What are the best ways for citizens to get their own p2p internet going?
Comment · 1 year ago
How do your customers find out about your business?
Comment · 2 years ago
Good news for NVDA.
Comment · 4 years ago
Naive question: If the insurance providers are the payers, why aren't they incentivized to collectively negotiate down the cost of drugs?
Comment · 6 years ago
I took the fast.ai courses and highly recommend them for anyone who really wants to learn ML.

Are there any plans for courses on reinforcement learning?

Comment · 6 years ago
perfect for generating passwords
Comment · 6 years ago
Thank you! This is much needed!
Comment · 7 years ago
(disclaimer: I work at a big tech firm, but I've had this opinion before working here)

I'm confused by the lengths people have gone through to "protect" themselves from internet giants while freely giving away their info to credit card companies, traditional retailers, small businesses. Credit card transaction data have been sold for years without most of us knowing about it. Small startups, boutique stores rarely have the security or data governance resources to ensure your data is stored and used properly. Data breaches are common even at large brick-and-mortar retailers.

Given the state of data security outside of big tech, my best option is to trust only big tech.

Comment · 7 years ago
I'd like to second this. The amount of free compute available to serverless infrastructure is insane! Serverless does have a learning curve but it's worth it to learn.

The next best is Heroku's free tier.

Comment · 7 years ago
I wholeheartedly agree as an iOS dev and as an iOS power user.

However I fear regulators don't have this granular view and technical depth.

I'm more concerned about misinformed, blanket regulation more than the API-restrictions.

Comment · 7 years ago
Yes. A lot of comments here is about taking a leap to a new role/company/lifestyle. It isn't always easy to do this and often when I leaped to greener pastures, I found that the new role didn't dramatically improve my happiness.

The things that work for me are to: find ways to be independently happy and take small steps towards that goal.

Find ways to be independently happy. I know it sounds fluffy in a industry of highly motivated and technical folks but detaching your happiness from a single job/company will make you happier in the long term. Work towards improving yourself (exercise, read, meet people who you don't normally interact with - best way is to travel). Do things that humble you, that you're an absolute beginner at.

Sam Altman has "compound self" on his list of how to be successful. I think that's very true. I often overestimate what I can do in the short term and underestimate what I can do in the long term. So take small steps to get to where you want to go and keep at it. Not only will you reach your destination before you know it, you will realize that the destination is just a by product of your journey.

I don't know if this is what you were looking for in your question, but this has worked for me so I thought I'd share.

Comment · 7 years ago
I love this tech!

However a more painful problem it was solve for me is putting non-copyrighted sound tracks in my videos. I'd pay for royalty-free music generated on-demand.

Comment · 7 years ago
Interested to know people's thoughts on how startups can compete in consumer tech vs the giants.

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