scientaster2

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Remote programmer outside of the Boston area.
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Comment · 11 days ago
One nice part is the ability to run `-h` and get all of the commands/args. I wish that existed for rest endpoints too :)
Comment · 6 months ago
Any bets on how long it'll take for a security breach, now that every attacker knows affirm is vibe coding 60% of PRs?

I feel like these top down mandates miss the forest through the trees -- in isolation claude code is a speedup, like how sometimes WD40 is the right tool for the job. But when applying it to everything, you end up with a sticky mess.

Comment · 1 year ago
Alright then, post your ML simulation of a piano player, I'll wait :)
Comment · 2 years ago
If it helps, some of the most successful people I know made their achievements by taking a risk on their current capabilities. It's obvious to say, but the best way to grow is to be in a position where you have a good growth opportunity - and inherently, that means you'll be swimming in a slightly bigger pond than you're comfortable in.

I don't know anything about the specifics of your situation, so definitely discount this advice if it's not applicable - but remember that every high level / successful person had to be, at some point, wholly out of their depth in order to rise to the occasion!

Comment · 2 years ago
> Founded in 2016, Neuralink has devised a sewing machine-like device capable of implanting ultra-thin threads inside the brain.

I know people get elective surgeries all the time (plastics, etc), but I feel hard pressed that this company is going to convince people to open up their skull for some promise of cool technology.

Even if it is successful from a technology perspective, the chicken and egg problem they'll face with developers is an order of magnitude or two higher than with AR/VR headsets. It's already an uphill battle without having to convince people to open up their brain, I just can't see this gaining any adoption unless there's a surgery-lite path outside the skull.

Comment · 3 years ago
The first time I visited NYC, I was appalled that so many people just casually live in the stink of street trash 24/7. They just don't see it as an issue, strangely
Comment · 3 years ago
lgtm
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Comment · 3 years ago
Thoughts on this?

> 4. Don’t choose a large market

I feel like there's also a case where the opposite is true, e.g. that there's already proof that businesses are willing to pay for solutions in the space. As long as you have a differentiating factor to the big players (ideally via something they couldn't easily shift to), my knee jerk reaction is that it's still not a bad call to launch in the space.

Comment · 3 years ago
Sci-fi extrapolation: I like the idea of there existing a few super smart LLM's trained on raw human data that function like generals, 2nd-order smaller models that are like lieutenants, eventually down to AI entirely trained on AI -- grunts that lack a lot of context but achieve a single purpose through language.
Comment · 3 years ago

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