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Models don't have moats, products do(parsnip.substack.com)
3 points by mizzao 9mo ago|0 comments
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by mizzao 9mo ago
Yep, it's converging to the same system... In China government is controlled by chosen members of the ruling party who become wealthy through it; In the US the government is controlled by billionaires who become powerful through it. Ne
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by mizzao 10mo ago
If you think of it like cloud, where it's a commodity that reaches competitive prices, then you can use it to build products and applications, instead of competing for infrastructure (see also: railroads, optical fiber) There is tons o
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by mizzao 10mo ago
Gift article link to skip paywall: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/technology/trump-rubio-eu...
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by mizzao 10mo ago
One can see he knows little about AI and relies on the judgments of others. Yet, he knows a lot more about economics, finance, and history than most AI practitioners. As a founder of an AI company, I actually agreed with most of the article
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by mizzao 10mo ago
Yep, it's highly illegal to use crypto in China
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by mizzao 10mo ago
If she is issued equity (reverse vesting restricted stock) and not paid a salary, does she still need work authorization for the startup?
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by mizzao 10mo ago
Gamma.app is what people use for that now. And it definitely doesn't feel like PowerPoint with AI slapped on.
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by mizzao 11mo ago
"Nothing is created. Nothing is contributed. It’s a loop. Borrow money, earn interest, and use the interest to claim you provided equity. The kind of circle only finance can call a straight line."
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by mizzao 11mo ago
It didn't have LLM smell to me, at all. LLM-written essays are often very fluffy because expanding a prompt into more words often produces lots of air — but this one felt very "dense" with lots of ideas per capita.
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by mizzao 11mo ago
Can confirm, building a startup scratches much of the same itch as playing Civ — I would say one of the primary differences is that it requires immense growth in interpersonal skills to be able to execute any strategy effectively.
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by mizzao 1y ago
Current motors seem to suffice just fine: https://youtu.be/ysE8FMhAPH0
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by mizzao 1y ago
This has been going on for a while and they didn't do anything about it. What changed?
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by mizzao 1y ago
What happened to the guy that got a $250m deal to join Meta for his multimodal models?
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by mizzao 1y ago
How does this help at all with transparency about what the government is actually doing? Now they can just get away with anything...
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by mizzao 1y ago
For everyone's context, I think this is about the process of enshittification: 1. Prioritize customers (product feels great) 2. Prioritize B2B (sellers in this case — customer experience starts to suffer) 3. Prioritize shareholders (cu
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by mizzao 1y ago
At the end of the article he basically says the bubble will pop in about two and a half years. That's an insanely long time — is that how anyone else read it?
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by mizzao 1y ago
Parsnip ( https://parsnip.ai/ ) is an app like "Duolingo for cooking", powered by an AI-enabled personalized learning platform that works for many domains beyond cooking. Our mission is to build AI that empowers peo
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by mizzao 1y ago
> Hegseth is telling top brass to prepare for war Not just prepare for war, but to be able to pass physical fitness tests as a 20 year old would, for women to meet the male standards (what happened to male/female differences in spor
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by mizzao 1y ago
We're building Parsnip ( https://parsnip.ai/ ), a "Duolingo for cooking" with a personalized learning platform powering it: https://parsnip.substack.com/p/vision-part-two . We're also
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by mizzao 1y ago
Just bookmark https://news.ycombinator.com/active and you will see the actual, real frontpage.
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by mizzao 1y ago
What happens when the ultrasonic knife gets dull? At what point is a regular sharp knife better? Most people don't maintain their knives well and they get really ineffective over time. Others who do, probably won't buy this...
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by mizzao 1y ago
Just for my curiosity: are there any limitations to what Google IP you can write about in public like this?
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Trump demands Bondi "move fast" to prosecute, James, Comey, Schiff(nytimes.com)
35 points by mizzao 1y ago|2 comments
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by mizzao 1y ago
Now I'm curious what word it was...
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by mizzao 1y ago
Is the $1m / $5m going to the government or to Trump himself / his campaign / family business?
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by mizzao 1y ago
There is an "active" frontpage that actually ranks these appropriately: https://news.ycombinator.com/active
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by mizzao 1y ago
It seems like the position in this article pops up frequently among the FIRE crowd... anyone know why this is? It does seem to square with the objective function of maximize financial outcome as much as possible (perhaps ignoring other goal
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by mizzao 1y ago
Yep, and in the US add the mortgage interest deduction, which is a regressive tax cut for people who can afford homes :-)
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by mizzao 1y ago
Seems unlikely given the current attitude toward any sort of intervention in Ukraine...

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