manderchar

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Long Stable Diffusion: pipeline of generative models to illustrate long stories(github.com)
6 points by manderchar 4y ago|1 comments
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by manderchar 4y ago
I really wanted to illustrate long stories with Stable Diffusion! So, hacked together this pipeline: Long text -> GPT-3 suggests illustration ideas -> GPT-3 translates from English to "prompt-English" -> Stable Diffusion
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AI Crowd Anonymization for Black Lives Matter – Stanford ML Group(blm.stanford.edu)
2 points by manderchar 6y ago|1 comments
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by manderchar 6y ago
Crowd anonymization AI to fight police use of face recognition. Detects faces among huge crowds of BLM protesters and shields their faces with a BLM fist. http://blm.stanford.edu
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by manderchar 8y ago
HN was hugely important in helping me and my cofounder validate and start a program for employed engineers to start companies (Sidepact). We started to validate whether start Sidepact with this post: https://news.ycombinator.com
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by manderchar 8y ago
Yes, absolutely, we think that’s extremely relevant. We welcome you to bring ideas, and just ask that you be open-minded too, as you iterate on them.
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by manderchar 8y ago
Cofounders of Sidepact here. Applications for the next cohort of Sidepact are now open! Sidepact does the work of matching you with a team, establishing shared commitment, and working on a problem you care about. Over the last few weeks we’
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Sidepact: start a company with a full-time job (Applications close 6/17)(sidepact.com)
2 points by manderchar 8y ago|3 comments
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by manderchar 8y ago
The equity is also there to ensure that the organization has aligned incentives. From our conversations with people that have just a desire to start a company, but may lack the experience, team, or social capital to do so, we believe the e
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by manderchar 8y ago
We've thought about charging more to ensure commitment through the program, but we'd like to make the program as accessible as possible (especially for our first cohort). As for the VCs and angels coming to pitch week, we're
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by manderchar 8y ago
That makes sense; and we will have more information on this front. As a side note, aside from the above sources of value mentioned (essentially access), one thing that we're looking to provide is some structure and community to those w
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by manderchar 8y ago
We really hope that people feel inspired to do that too! We've found that for some founders, having structure and shared commitment go a long way and we'd like to support that part of the process. The equity is also there to ensur
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by manderchar 8y ago
We aim to provide teams access to relevant angel/seed investors on the demo day at the end of the program.
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by manderchar 8y ago
That would be awesome. Maybe you can start one :)
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by manderchar 8y ago
The program is 12 weeks, so the fee extends through that duration. At the end of the 12 weeks, there's a demo day (similar to YC). The fee aims to cover basic venue costs, snacks, and shared social events to build camaraderie.
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by manderchar 8y ago
Absolutely!
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by manderchar 8y ago
We have interviews ;)
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by manderchar 8y ago
That's wonderful! We only ask that you come in with an open mind to other ideas and share the ownership of what you build together.
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by manderchar 8y ago
Yes, you fit the bill! :) We ask that you come in with an open mind to others' ideas and share the ownership of what you build together.
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by manderchar 8y ago
We anticipate that mileage will vary by team, and that we'll support teams to reach these milestones. This includes helping find those customers and prioritizing feature development.
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by manderchar 8y ago
Thanks so much! Fixed. :)
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by manderchar 8y ago
Cofounders of Sidepact here. We’re looking for ambitious engineers with or without full-time jobs, who want to start a company. Sidepact does the work of matching you with a team and establishing shared commitment on a meaningful problem.
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Sidepact: start a company with a full-time job(sidepact.com)
143 points by manderchar 8y ago|55 comments