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My Response to Terrence Howard [video](youtube.com)
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by breck 2y ago
It's a great post. However, I don't think I've ever met someone who was _trying_ to be an "imitator". Keep in mind that the majority of the world's population grow up in places with little access to the informa
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by breck 2y ago
> Don't hate me, but subscriptions, even as low as $10 are annoying. When I like some software I prefer to pay 5x and be done with it. Okay, I changed the price to $100 for 10 years and removed the subscription. I like that better.
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by breck 2y ago
> Is there a price for a one-off purchase? It's always free to download the entire World Wide Scroll. You only need to pay if you want to own a folder (our equivalent of a domain). > subscriptions, even as low as $10 are annoying
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by breck 2y ago
https://www.tldraw.com/
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The World Wide Scroll(breckyunits.com)
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by breck 2y ago
Me: "Uncle Bob has some very intelligent thoughts about coding" Internet: "But some of his minor ideas are wrong." Me: "So you think it's wise to ignore his brilliant ideas because of a few nits?" Internet
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by breck 2y ago
> What kind of problems did you encounter? The problems with search and index which you detailed. Nice work. > with a caviat that it needs a local webserver. I've used "python3 -mhttp.server" one You and I can do this n
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Show HN: The World Wide Scroll(scroll.pub)
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by breck 2y ago
The idea of FC that OpenAI has much impact on when AGI will get here, relative to the large number of independent geniuses around the world, I find improbable.
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by breck 2y ago
The HN Guidelines say "Assume good faith." I assume you meant to be helpful with your comment. The link you provided demonstrates that some thought must go in to making a site that works offline. That site works poorly offline. I
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by breck 2y ago
"One fighter with a sharp stick and nothing left to lose can take the day. They’ve no idea we’re coming. They’ve no reason to expect us. If we can make it to the ground, we’ll take the next chance. And the next. On and on until we win,
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Download this Blog: Websites don't need web servers(breckyunits.com)
2 points by breck 2y ago|4 comments
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by breck 2y ago
I can beat the SOTA using ICS ( https://breckyunits.com/intelligence.html ) If you make your site public domain, and drop the (C), I'll compete.
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by breck 2y ago
Another option: explore an IPO on a smaller exchange. https://www.publicfinancial.com/advantages At the very least, it will be educational, and understanding that path more will give you some more leverage in your negotiati
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Seal Training: Drownproofing (2017)(stephentemplin.com)
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by breck 2y ago
"We have never run out of a single resource." https://x.com/naval/status/1800363450180522313
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by breck 2y ago
Correct, the term is a misnomer. The Wikipedia page on "rare" earths is very interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element
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by breck 2y ago
> If you learn TeX from Knuth’s TeX book https://visualmatheditor.equatheque.net/doc/texbook.pdf +1 on this. That book is fantastic, one of my favorites. It's been a couple of years since I last read it, and yo
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by breck 2y ago
> It's a shame that TeX the great typesetting system comes with TeX the ungodly complex language You hit the nail on the head. Brilliant design of the typesetting system, not an ergonomic language. I think over the next few years Sc
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by breck 2y ago
> growing evidence that car tires are a considerable source of pollution Not surprised. In Honolulu I mop up what I thought was black soot from our Lanai. Then I was told it was actually mostly tire particles. So switching to electric is
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by breck 2y ago
There is a common idea expressed by quotes like: Oscar Wilde: "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." PT Barnum: "There's no such thing as bad publicity&q
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by breck 2y ago
> datatables from jquery Yes, this is what I use as well. It's great. Maybe I should look at popular sites using jquery datatables and see what options they use (since it has lots of features).
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A Measure of Intelligence(breckyunits.com)
2 points by breck 2y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Have you seen a website with beautiful data tables?
1 points by breck 2y ago|2 comments
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by breck 2y ago
I think this could be accommodated with changeable permalinks. I understand your perspective. Thanks for sharing.
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by breck 2y ago
> It isn’t guaranteed his successor would be less of a warmonger. In fact, from what I heard from leaders in Kyiv on a journalism trip I took in 2022, the common thought is if something happened to Putin his successor would likely be a _
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by breck 2y ago
Wow, thanks for that quote. When I worked at Azure, one of the things I was responsible for was the "deep link" code to get to the management page for a resource. So I became intimately familiar with Azure "resource ids"
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by breck 2y ago
Microsoft's achilles heel is Bill Gates' fundamentally wrong model of information, as demonstrated in his 1976 letter[1]. I am not sure if it is possible for Microsoft to maintain its large market cap and revenue streams once the
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Counting Complexity (2017) [pdf](breckyunits.com)
2 points by breck 2y ago|0 comments

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