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segh
3y ago
Two related questions to ask yourself as an early founder: 1. If my company were to fail, why would it have happened? 2. What would have to be true in order for the company to succeed? (From Rob Fitzpatrick's "The Mom Test")
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3y ago
Agree. I have a Quest 2, and two friends have since purchased them after trying mine out. If potential customers could just demo the damn thing, many of them would convert into sales. There is very much a "wow factor" after trying
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3y ago
I don't know if it's "simple", but there is a well established corpus of knowledge, as taught by Y Combinator and others. He describes a fairly standard path. First he has domain experience (teaching French and English i
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segh
3y ago
Reminiscent of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street
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segh
3y ago
Why are people so determined to 'debunk' it? Why not try to work with it and within its limitations?
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segh
3y ago
If you've failed to pre-arrange, you could always just ask something personal. "Sorry Sally I know you've been kidnapped, but before we continue, what was the name of our first dog?"
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segh
4y ago
If you really wanted to optimise, you would collect many samples of two humans talking to each other in a Turing test environment, then fine-tune GPT on the data.
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4y ago
OP was under no obligation to build it in the first place. Arguably the alternative to a $10 app is no app at all.
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segh
4y ago
Flashpoint has a nice UI and I managed to find many old favorites. https://bluemaxima.org/flashpoint/
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segh
4y ago
See also masking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masking_(personality)
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segh
4y ago
There are some on itch.io https://drwhut.itch.io/tabletop-club
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segh
4y ago
https://quantum.country/ teaches quantum computing as essays with embedded flashcards, as a new "mnemonic medium". I wonder if there is a market for context plus flashcards. What if books came with their own space
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segh
4y ago
Plenty of games get procedural generation right, from NetHack, to Spelunky, to Minecraft. No Man's Sky might just be a bad game.
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5y ago
In that case (because you asked for recommendations) you might enjoy this post by Tim Urban that I found inspiring, that is about a similar idea. https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/11/the-cook-and-the-chef-musks-s...
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5y ago
What do you mean by "PC"? I'm guessing Player character, as in someone who makes deliberate decisions.
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5y ago
>In line with upcoming regulations, like the European Union’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD), we will also be introducing a new age verification step over the next few months. As part of this process some European users ma
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5y ago
You might be interested in Why Books Don't Work by Andy Matuschak https://andymatuschak.org/books/
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segh
7y ago
I hope not! Better put your efforts into creating value rather than winning zero-sum scams.
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7y ago
Zero deaths are ideal, but the point is that self driving cars don't have to clear a very high bar. The human driver alternative doesn't do very well, as outlined in your link.
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Very Slow Movie Player
(medium.com)
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8y ago
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8y ago
Being purposely misleading then penalising those who are misled doesn't seem like a good hiring strategy, but then again, I've never tried to hire someone.