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Ask HN: How did you all figure it out? Since your so smart

2 points by jesuscript 4y ago

pettycashstash2 4y ago
It’s you’re not your. :) but seriously be specific in what you want figured out.
- amalgamated_inc 4y ago
  Your welcome.
  - pettycashstash2 4y ago
    I see what you did there. I have this knee jerk reaction and want to input the OP’s question to ChatGPT.
    - pettycashstash2 4y ago
      Hah, ChatGPT response- You requested a model that is not compatible with this engine. Please contact us through our help center at help.openai.com for further questions.
      - jesuscript 4y ago
        I have a running joke that chat gpt is just a fat fuck named god that is so smart that he responds to the whole world’s messages
        pettycashstash2 4y ago
        On topic of ai deity, to some this is not a joke. Things are about to get interesting. https://mindmatters.ai/2022/07/artificial-intelligence-worshipped-as-god-is-no-ordinary-deity/ https://mindmatters.ai/2022/07/artificial-intelligence-worsh...
        jesuscript 4y ago
        Shit, great. Wait, shit wait, great I shouldn’t even say anything
    - jesuscript 4y ago
      Lol.
inphovore 4y ago
We are not all actually “so smart.” Though some of us operate with varying cognitive advantages. Here’s what worked for me… In a Universe governed by entropy, ignorance and confusion is the natural state of mind. Success is a function of persistence, perseverance, tenacity, endurance, application, willfulness, doing it. Do not forget that. Everyone is a pathological lier, stop listening to whoever the hell that is. Simple truths, no matter how boring or unpopular are better in the long run than made-to-believe, whatever it pays. Oh, and do things the hard way, it is the only way you will truly own it. If you haven’t noticed, everything else is over leveraged.
- DougMerritt 4y ago
  > do things the hard way, it is the only way you will truly own it. I would qualify that to be about the things you care most about, and to definitely do other things the easy way, to spare time and mental bandwidth for the former.
amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Trial and error.
mac3n 4y ago
I used dogs. I used probes. I used cardioplate crossoffs. I used teepers. I used bribery. I used stiktytes. I used intimidation. I used torment. I used torture. I used finks. I used cops. I used search&seizure. I used fallaron. I used betterment incentive. I used fingerprints. I used Bertillon. I used cunning. I used guile. I used treachery. I used Raoul Mitgong, but he didn't help. much. I used applied physics. I used techniques of criminology. (with apologies to Harlan Ellison)
- jesuscript 4y ago
  Shit. I must have stole the story https://youtu.be/DzkhVVFRIIg https://youtu.be/DzkhVVFRIIg Quite a story right
helph67 4y ago
You gotta know the odds and the Pareto principle may help.
- jesuscript 4y ago
  Imagine knowing the odds and still trying

2 points by jesuscript 4y ago

pettycashstash2 4y ago

It’s you’re not your. :) but seriously be specific in what you want figured out.

amalgamated_inc 4y ago
Your welcome.
- pettycashstash2 4y ago
  I see what you did there. I have this knee jerk reaction and want to input the OP’s question to ChatGPT.
  - pettycashstash2 4y ago
    Hah, ChatGPT response- You requested a model that is not compatible with this engine. Please contact us through our help center at help.openai.com for further questions.
    - jesuscript 4y ago
      I have a running joke that chat gpt is just a fat fuck named god that is so smart that he responds to the whole world’s messages
      - pettycashstash2 4y ago
        On topic of ai deity, to some this is not a joke. Things are about to get interesting. https://mindmatters.ai/2022/07/artificial-intelligence-worshipped-as-god-is-no-ordinary-deity/ https://mindmatters.ai/2022/07/artificial-intelligence-worsh...
        jesuscript 4y ago
        Shit, great. Wait, shit wait, great I shouldn’t even say anything
  - jesuscript 4y ago
    Lol.

inphovore 4y ago

We are not all actually “so smart.” Though some of us operate with varying cognitive advantages. Here’s what worked for me… In a Universe governed by entropy, ignorance and confusion is the natural state of mind. Success is a function of persistence, perseverance, tenacity, endurance, application, willfulness, doing it. Do not forget that. Everyone is a pathological lier, stop listening to whoever the hell that is. Simple truths, no matter how boring or unpopular are better in the long run than made-to-believe, whatever it pays. Oh, and do things the hard way, it is the only way you will truly own it. If you haven’t noticed, everything else is over leveraged.

DougMerritt 4y ago
> do things the hard way, it is the only way you will truly own it. I would qualify that to be about the things you care most about, and to definitely do other things the easy way, to spare time and mental bandwidth for the former.

amalgamated_inc 4y ago

Trial and error.

mac3n 4y ago

I used dogs. I used probes. I used cardioplate crossoffs. I used teepers. I used bribery. I used stiktytes. I used intimidation. I used torment. I used torture. I used finks. I used cops. I used search&seizure. I used fallaron. I used betterment incentive. I used fingerprints. I used Bertillon. I used cunning. I used guile. I used treachery. I used Raoul Mitgong, but he didn't help. much. I used applied physics. I used techniques of criminology. (with apologies to Harlan Ellison)

jesuscript 4y ago
Shit. I must have stole the story https://youtu.be/DzkhVVFRIIg https://youtu.be/DzkhVVFRIIg Quite a story right

helph67 4y ago

You gotta know the odds and the Pareto principle may help.

jesuscript 4y ago
Imagine knowing the odds and still trying