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You’re right, and thanks to another one of the commenters, I have an idea for how I could do this. Take my journals, and run a relatively simple word separation algorithm over them. Shuffle up those words and pay to have them annotated. Rec
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I did have a look at transkribus and their models did not work for my needs.
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I think this is the best approach for project-related information. It’s essentially the Second Brain approach. I’m interested in these journals for autobiographical / psychiatric reasons. Therefore, indeed, the more recent information
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I love this idea. It’s way overengineered for this problem, and I already have a startup that requires my complete attention, but thank you for writing this out. And if anyone decides to do this, let me know! Privacy is one of the reasons I
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Indeed ChatGPT is one of the solutions I tried.
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> But 16 hours? No tech solution will be done faster than that. True > Don't build a factory for a one-off. One thing on my wishlist is that I end up with a way to instantly transcribe my notes.
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Great recommendation, thank you. I have considered this and it’s definitely the simplest way to achieve what I want.
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Thanks! I did try the vision demo in the console. One problem might be that my handwriting is idiosyncratic / there may be more training data available for historical handwriting styles?
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Ask HN: How to transcribe 1000s of handwritten notes
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Surely we’ve learned some things? After Mythical Man Month there’s been other books (and talks), yes? I’ve read The Phoenix Project (based on The Goal) and its sequels. What should be on every EM’s shelf?
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> Masculinity (adj.) Any behavior that attempts to reduce entropy and/or break homeostasis by direct force (1st degree or order of action) Contrast with femininity, any behavior that attempts to reduce entropy and/or break home
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I think that, while making a game is not hard, making an excellent game is hard. And I think making an excellent game is a lot like reaching product-market fit. It takes fast iteration with user feedback to find the fun, then a ton of polis
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The AST type represents the syntax of the language. Each instance of the AST type is a representation of an individual program in the language.
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They’re still advertising crypto “investments” at the airport. Language models are gonna be here a while for better or worse
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Improve your logs. Use structured logging (JSON with timestamp, trace ID, source, body, log level). Use trace IDs. Don’t log too much. Log enough to reproduce issues—body should include relevant information, most likely the input parameters
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These are usually called webinars
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It used web search (RAG over the entire web) and analysis (math tool) and still came up with the wrong answer. It has done more complex things for me than this and, sometimes, gotten it right. Yes, it’s supposed to be able to do this.
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Yeah I asked for an estimate of the percentage of the US population that lives in the DMV area (DC, Maryland, Virginia) and it was off by 50% of the actual answer, which I only realized when I realized I shouldn’t trust its estimate for any
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Shoulda said US, yeah. There’s a sad story in the city as well of a Mediterranean grocery that was once high quality. It seems the owner died in 2020 and the kids have run the quality into the ground.
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Try shopping at your local ethnic grocery store. There’s a Korean market with high quality cuts of pork and chicken for practically pennies in my city.
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Go ahead, take off the scare quotes. You’ll feel better, founder.
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Going full time shows dedication. Since most startups kill themselves, often by giving up, dedication is a big signal. We are applying right now. We have been full time for about a quarter.
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Well humans have been in the Americas and shaping the environment for a long time , so, you’re probably right?
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Uranium being a recent example
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Thanks
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You could have used this comment to tell us what it is. It’s a minimalistic web browser that works on low powered machines https://dillo.org/
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There are some Spotlight replacements on Mac that I’ve been meaning to try out, but not sure they do this specifically. - https://www.raycast.com/ - https://www.cerebroapp.com/ - https://news.yco
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Pseudo conservative… I like that phrase. Of course it’s also worth saying that the guy hangs out with neo-reactionaries (people who literally want to install a monarch). Even if he didn’t espouse whatever the hell he’s espousing publicly, h
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Yes! Many bad decisions—choosing the wrong partner, making bad health choices, or even getting the wrong degree, can be changed in 6-36 months, if the mistake is realized . But the person who makes the mistake takes too long to see the mis
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Why would it not be?

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