andrewrn

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by andrewrn 1y ago
Location: Bay Area Remote: Prefer no WTR: Yes Technologies: React, JS, TS, Python (FastAPI, some torch), C, some Go Resume: linked on https://andrewnoble.me Email: aknoble.andrew@gmail.com I don’t come from a traditional softwar
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Building a TUI for ynab is pretty compelling, so I wouldn't say that's not worth sharing. If you could pull the data on terminal startup and get a budget snapshot each time you open a terminal-- cool.
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Super compelling project. When I saw PlasticList, my first thought was how to get the results to create pressure on the food companies. The interactivity and investment of your project might do that. Best of luck.
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This is a good call... o3 does plot data but its somewhat limited on the design side, as it just generates matplotlib code for a pretty generic looking plot. So the differentiator would be more granular design. Although now that you're
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by andrewrn 1y ago
This is a super neat concept. I would find it really cool to be able to see a "map" of podcast topics, wherein I can click to specific segments in specific podcasts. Even cooler would eventually be the ability to stitch together c
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Wow this is a really interesting concept. I have had many ideas for how to loosen the grip of the digital maelstrom on my brain. You're right, not looking at the phone in the morning is critical, and reading a few things on a page seem
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by andrewrn 1y ago
I am working on a tool that lets you create data visualizations with prompts. When I was in college I really hated searching through all the excel and google docs menus to add trendline, change colors, gridlines, etc (and sadly I didn'
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Definitely agreed on that last point, the eternal story of technology. I definitely worry about what the bad humans who wield it will do this time.
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The personalization is a really compelling bit for me in particular. How much inefficiency is introduced simply because 20+ students at different altitudes receive the same instruction? My only concern here is data collection will go absolu
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by andrewrn 1y ago
A few points. - how do you think assessment would change? As someone who didn't prioritize standardized tests bc my parents thought they were dumb, I was almost optimistic that very advanced AI systems could make assessment obsolete. I
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Ask HN: How do you think AI will change education?
3 points by andrewrn 1y ago|8 comments
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Good question! I think adding voice and improving performance on the diagram draws are at the top of the list. Eventually I want to add different visualization capabilities like graphs and basic animation/simulation. But for the most p
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Show HN: AI Physics Tutor with Free Body Diagrams(physicsviewer.com)
3 points by andrewrn 1y ago|2 comments
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Location: Bay Area Remote: Prefer no WTR: Yes Technologies: React, JS, TS, Python (FastAPI, some torch), C, some Go Resume: linked on https://andrewnoble.me email: aknoble.andrew at gmail.com I don’t come from a traditional soft
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Oh yeah the founder is a bonafide grifter. The worst part? He’s not building a fucking nuclear startup…
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My laptop was having absolutely none of that, basically couldn't run it at all. Pretty cool idea, though. For those on brave, you need to set the experimental WebGPU flag in here to try it: brave://flags/#enable-web-usb-
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by andrewrn 1y ago
This is pretty cool! Basically changes the thermodynamic delta required for a condensation-evaporation cycle from climatic mediation to material mediation. What if you could eventually program the pore size? This would mean you could change
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I am working on an agent that can tutor you in introductory physics. Beyond being a chatbot, it can summon and mutate several kinds of diagrams and graphs to teach concepts like kinematics, energy, momentum and hopefully much more down the
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by andrewrn 1y ago
The point about end-notes being a mechanism to ease the strain of fitting tree-like ideas into a linear essay is lovely. It brings to mind David Foster Wallace's writing, which is obsessively end-noted and if you listen to his speeches
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This is very enlightening. You're right then, it does seem to partially be a strategic moat-building move by OpenAI
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"Surround yourself with people of similar values"... so in other words, you mean find a group where you're of similar status. We're not in disagreement.
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by andrewrn 1y ago
Honestly I don't know. I am just starting to learn these technologies. I think there's a lot of potential in combining LLM structured output with web animation technologies. One advantage of svg is that each element has a DOM node
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by andrewrn 1y ago
We're wired to yield to social pressures, it is what allowed us to create civilization. You're right, the energy spent to overcome it is well spent, but its not as trivial as you make it sound to be low-status and feel fulfilled.
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I've spent time in upstate New York, and the communities I visited were not welcoming to newcomers. I had a few beers in a bar in Tupper Lake and I may as well have been a green alien. Unless you're religious and can lean on a chu
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How AppHarvest’s indoor farming scheme imploded (2023)(lpm.org)
35 points by andrewrn 1y ago|19 comments
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It was never really clear what the difference between the chat and responses APIs were. Anyone know the difference?
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This is very cool. It looks like you used the canvas api for this, but I had expected that you'd use D3.js since its so common for data visualizations. I am curious what your thinking was there?
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LLMs and AI are cool and great, but I have my worries. And this is more worrisome than the most desired quality of LLMs being intelligence. Reason being is that its just another way to not have to deal with other messy humans. Technology al
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When I was in undergrad I helped assemble parts of the detector for the LHC beauty project. Didn't understand a lick of the physics, I was just a lowly lab assistant. But it was still pretty cool. Thanks for sharing.
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The problem with a maximum wage is deciding what that maximum is. Outsides returns are what incentivize people to start companies. A earning cap will cap that incentive accordingly.

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