nicbou

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by nicbou 2mo ago
Man, that sucks. I wish you the best.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Great! I am returning from a vacation. I read books, sketched, cared for horses, ate food fresh from the garden, and spent quality time with a friend. We watched the eclipse and the perseids. Return to work is… mixed. I am self-employed and
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by nicbou 2mo ago
I touch grass. The world out there is largely still there. You can get curious, read about it, join communities, ask people, practice skills and so on.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Most of my output is on a website that I have made and control. The website was made for humans. I don’t recall allowing tech companies to scrape my work and train their LLMs on it.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
I was not asked for permission when they trained their model on my output.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
I don't remember which iPhone I even have. I have a phone that does what I need and doesn't annoy the crap out of me. That's all I want. My last Pixel was rendered useless by a software update though.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
LLMs might be good enough at coding a solution, but a human might need to understand the problem and apply some of their wisdom to it.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
I find that it lets me do a surprising amount of work before the excitement and hyperfocus wear off. This is sometimes good, sometimes bad. Sometimes I'll get a neat little feature out while I feel inspired. This is great for doing som
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Google as a search engine got much worse, especially in the last year or so. The index also got noticeably smaller. My 20+ years of Google Search experience are now failing me completely.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
I only speak for myself, but when it comes to social anxiety, I didn't enjoy a lot of things because of the anxiety, not because the activity itself wasn't enjoyable. Anxiety is what I was working on, not singing better. Being bad
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by nicbou 2mo ago
That was not my experience with karaoke. I suck at singing. I don't like karaoke much. I still go there sober and have a blast. This is not a place where you take yourself seriously. Nobody expects Whitney Houston, just a random guy wi
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by nicbou 2mo ago
This is something I work really hard to maintain on my websites. I often refer to government websites as sources for my guides, and these URLs break at an alarming pace. It's as if the German government is moving reference pages and se
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Sometimes "no" is a full answer. Compromise is not owed if the demands seem unreasonable. If you ask a question and can't accept no for an answer, you were not really asking.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
That's how boundaries work. When you set them, you define your actions when they are crossed, and you accept the consequences of those actions. It doesn't magically give you the upper hand in one-sided negotiations. It only ensure
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by nicbou 2mo ago
I think it would need a deeply human touch. It would require a human to connect related threads together, guide people to existing information, and shoo toxic users away. You need to create a culture of kindness and helpfulness, even when w
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Kindness as the default. If it wouldn't fly in a face-to-face conversation, it does not fly on the network. One thing that keeps HN pleasant is dang's enforcement of good conduct.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
It's rather frustrating to have to convince a machine to do its job. I never had to argue with computers before. Now this is a thing I don't own, sold as a subscription, and it won't even do what I tell it. And that's pr
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Experimental History is one of those few blogs that are a guaranteed read for me. I'll make time in the morning to read whatever he publishes. Thank you for sharing!
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by nicbou 2mo ago
I got into it again. Get nice pens, a nice notebook. Carry it everywhere. Make time to sit down and draw. The muscle memory is probably still there so the skills return quickly. It's a nice zen activity. It forces you to go to nice pla
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by nicbou 2mo ago
I do it with a “notes” section that is effectively tweets. I share quotes and short posts there, and the occasional list of interesting posts I have enjoyed in the last weeks. I really like the slow blogging revival. “Cozyweb” is a fitting
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Same here. It's odd because it feels so real and so painful in the moment, and a day later, the person texts back and everything is fine. Self-awareness helps a lot with managing it. I know how it played out every previous time, so I d
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Just be aware that vulnerability is not rewarded every time. People will be uninterested, busy, a poor match etc. It can be hard on you sometimes when you are trying your best.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
An event newsletter in my area creates a telegram group for each event they mention, so that people can meet and go together
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by nicbou 2mo ago
It’s hard to make it a priority on top of everything else, but I agree.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
My regular thing is Monday coworking at a specific cafe. It’s a great way to start the week. Sometimes there is six or seven of us. Sometimes just two. Sometimes we get dinner or drinks after or go to karaoke next door. Another is regular c
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by nicbou 2mo ago
A lot of problems are like that. They don't require anything fancy, just regulation, a budget or regular maintenance.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
996 hours a year? Sure. I wasn't put on Earth to create shareholder value. Work is the means to an end. The less of it I have to do, the better.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
This was part of my system prompt for a while, but the LLM would just make forced, unhelpful CS analogies.
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Billabong Valley is the name of the song
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by nicbou 2mo ago
Bear Blog maybe?

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