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by gkoberger 10mo ago
I know there’s BB-8 toys, but I’m talking about the version meant for the parks: https://youtu.be/RDgZjdZsc6g Much like Olaf (and many before him… dinosaurs, WALL-E, talking characters, etc), it was implied he’d wander arou
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
For anyone who DOES have time, this one is amazing: it combines broadcast history, Disney Channel nostalgia, and a genuinely beautiful storyline. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_rjBWmc1iQ
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
The basic gist is that while the tech is cool, it just ends up being impractical for regular use in the parks. (But like the other poster mentioned, with Defunctland it's less about the tldr and more about the journey and fascinating s
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
Eh, maybe. I have a less myopic view... I think their Imagineers just like pushing the envelope, and there's a difference between awesome tech vs things that can withstand the wear-and-tear of millions of guests. Nothing about all that
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
This is cool, but it will almost definitely never end up in a park, outside of some promotional situations. Disney's been doing awesome work with "Living Characters", like a Mickey that moves his mouth or a BB-8 that can roll
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
Here's the argument for/against it: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ranking-factors/subdomai... I think the answer likely is quite nuanced, for what it's worth.
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
I run a product similar to Mintlify. We've made different product decisions than them. We don't support this, nor do we request access to codebases for Git sync. Both are security issues waiting to happen, no matter how much custo
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
Agreed, this is why I think they should buy.
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
They do work on it. A lot. But the issue is browsers don't make money. You can't charge for it, you can't add ads to it, etc. You're competing with the biggest companies in the world (Google, Apple), all of whom are happ
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
Yeah you're right, I said profit in the original post because it was a nice polyptoton, but I did indeed mean revenue. That's on me!
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
Well, they have over a billion in the bank. Which is both a ton of money, but also goes away quickly when you're a large company paying lots of money to salaries.
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
Depends on how you look at it. They made $653 million in 2023, most coming from their biggest competitor, Google. They don't need this much money, but it means more layoffs and cutting scope drastically. It's expensive to run a mo
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by gkoberger 10mo ago
Having worked at Mozilla a while ago, the CEO role is one I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Success is oddly defined: it's a non-profit (well, a for-profit owned by a non-profit) that needs to make a big profit in a short amount
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by gkoberger 11mo ago
I think when most people talk about the "AI bubble bursting", they mean a dramatic end to this notion that AI is the "next big thing". Much like how we had Web3 and NFTs and all those other things that were going to chan
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by gkoberger 11mo ago
Sure, but crypto companies aren’t as in vogue anymore. AI companies will someday just be called companies, much like how tech companies are just companies.
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by gkoberger 11mo ago
I guess I wonder what people think the AI bubble is. Are you worried about the high valuations of the big AI companies (OpenAI, Nvidia, etc)? Then sure, that will correct over time. There will likely be 1-2 big winners. But if you're t
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by gkoberger 11mo ago
I think there's a potential argument to be made that Anthropic isn't trying to make it easier to write TS code, but rather that their goal is a level higher and the average person wouldn't even know what "language"
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by gkoberger 11mo ago
If Anthropic wants to own code development in the future, owning the full platform (including the runtime) makes sense. Programming languages all are a balance between performance/etc and making it easy for a human to interact with. Th
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by gkoberger 11mo ago
It's marked as resolved for some reason
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by gkoberger 1y ago
Then why start a company where you have no equity? (Yes I believe he financially benefits from OpenAI, but the more straightforward way would be OpenAI equity)
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by gkoberger 1y ago
I'm sure they're not against building this, and they definitely have competing priorities. But my personal belief is Sam Altman has a singular goal: AGI. Everything else keeps the lights on.
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by gkoberger 1y ago
The premise is true, but I disagree with the conclusion. There are many companies with outsized valuations, and few will ultimately survive. The valuations of these companies will go down; there clearly is no way the market can handle it al
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by gkoberger 1y ago
Great, then at least you can see what you don't like! (But really, I intentionally said a company you want to emulate, because I do agree – no point in taking this advice if you go to a bad company)
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by gkoberger 1y ago
I loved YC and can't recommend it enough. But if you're going to start a company, please consider working at another company first, even if briefly. (And make it a company you respect and want to emulate.) The amount of wheels you
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by gkoberger 1y ago
I won a Product Hunt hackathon in ~2015 by making a Produck Hunt game (where you used your phone like the gun): https://www.producthunt.com/products/produck-hunt/launches/p...
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by gkoberger 1y ago
“Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.” - Teller
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by gkoberger 1y ago
Even if you never want to practice magic, I highly recommend buying a few Dani DaOrtiz lectures. The way his mind works is phenomenal, and the things he talks about (psychology, how people think, crafting experiences) are applicable across
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by gkoberger 1y ago
Sure, things existed. mySQL is a great database, but so is Mongo and so is Clickhouse and so is Firebase, etc. Those alternatives all filled a gap MySQL couldn't, and now the bar for creating a new type of database is significantly hig
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by gkoberger 1y ago
I was a bit glib, I agree everything built on top of each other. But there were bigger gaps back then than there are now.
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by gkoberger 1y ago
I agree overall, but to push back: 20 years ago, we HAD to be more curious. If you wanted a way to store your code and there wasn't anything that worked for you out there, you had to go and invent Git over a long weekend. Now, there&#x

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