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by shon 4y ago
Wow thanks Kevin! ;) now I am longer in the $0 club!
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by shon 4y ago
FINALLY some product feedback!! What would make them better?
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by shon 4y ago
Wow that’s amazing. Thanks
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by shon 4y ago
Hmm how does that work?
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by shon 4y ago
Wanting to experiment with Shopify, I decided to make a t-shirt shop for cyberpunk and sci-fi stuff. So I registered a short sci-Fi sounding domain: https://hex7.org and proceeded to toil (many many mouse clicks) away stocking m
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by shon 4y ago
>I vehemently disagree. Cracked users of commercial software ARE your target market that, for any reason, can't afford to pay you. They would if they could. I think we actually agree. You said “They would if they could”, that’s exac
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by shon 4y ago
These aren’t your customers. The user who is willing to stomach the time and risks associated with cracked software is NOT your target market anyway. This is essentially a free trial program for “aspirational users” who will circulate it fo
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by shon 4y ago
It already has replaced Google for some of my needs. If I want a simple answer to queries like: How to make a Sazarac What’s a good waffle recipe How do I change the O2 sensor on a 1982 911SC I find ChatGPT issues perfectly good answers wit
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by shon 4y ago
AFAIK this isn’t just 2-year-old-GPT3, it’s been referenced as “GPT3.5” the model much more up to date (2021) and it clearly has some new capabilities. Good point in the article regarding confidence/accuracy though. That said, I’ve bee
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by shon 4y ago
Kudos. It’s cool. I mean.. Render the paint program’s history as an animated gif??? Niiiiice… also props for standing up to the load of HN.
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by shon 4y ago
Can confirm. For me a reboot, administered immediately after 3 consecutive crashes a few hours ago, seemed to fix the issue.
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by shon 4y ago
As a technical person, it’s an interesting time to do this given the change that’s coming from “generative art” tech. I’m 30 years (and one exit) into my career in tech. Still thinking about being a rock star… or at least learning to play g
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by shon 4y ago
With that keyboard, it’s only a “fantasy console” if you’re a masochist.
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by shon 4y ago
Agreed, safety critical, used in emergencies and non-emergencies for safety procedures.
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by shon 4y ago
Right. My comment didn’t assume a specific interface method (user accessible port / medical jack vs. something else) but rather a method to play the audio without having to be on the plane (which would certainly be my preference were I
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by shon 4y ago
Pretty interesting. If it’s a hoax, it’s a pretty good one. If it’s a hack of any sort someone is taking their life in their hands because being caught tampering with any commercial airline systems could mean significantly jail time. Cleani
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by shon 4y ago
Exactly. There art geeks, shoe geeks, food geeks, finance geeks, ad geeks, etc… But my initial comment was really a reference to how far Excel needs have come, being featured on ESPN and all ;)
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by shon 4y ago
The geeks shall inherit the earth.
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by shon 4y ago
If you want a deeper dive on this concept read Ray Kurzweil's How to create a mind. Ray pioneered a lot of the concepts speech recognition and his book is a fun read and greatly expands on these concepts as well as Ray's ideas on
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by shon 4y ago
This is insightful and rings true for me as well. A good blend of theory and practical knowledge is important to get the most out of any education. Do you have any recommendations for learning math this way?
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by shon 4y ago
By that same logic though, isn’t society and technology moving a bit past the idea of prior art? Regardless of who or what generated the patent, because, Internet?
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by shon 4y ago
Yes that is the more interesting question and the answer is most probably yes, especially as these systems are trained on billions/trillions of samples from the net. But, due to the opaqueness of how these models really work, it might
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by shon 4y ago
This seems superfluous though doesn’t it? Why would anyone want the AI to be the inventor? I can still have my GPT4 minions writing 100 patents per hour and corresponding with USPTO on my behalf, then as a natural person, collect the procee
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by shon 4y ago
+1 what a great program
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by shon 4y ago
Great question. I’d estimate the odds of winning our car were orders of magnitude better than any organized lottery. We had a lot to learn about successful execution on the marketing side so the actual number of entries was well less than 1
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by shon 4y ago
Actually we did. You could send post cards to enter. No purchase necessary. We received a lot! ;)
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by shon 4y ago
I actually gave away a Porsche 911. This was not a mall giveaway but a marketing experiment for my new startup: Flat 6 Club. Yes, we wanted something in return, in this case, we wanted you to buy a t-shirt or start a subscription (merch+con
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by shon 4y ago
You think so? Read the case. “LinkedIn v. Robocog”. If you think they let us go out of the kindness of their hearts, I’m interested in hearing more of your thoughts Also, I didn’t say lawyers control settling. I said they’re tools that can
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by shon 4y ago
Agreed. This is exactly my experience.
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by shon 4y ago
This is incorrect in my experience. My company was sued by LinkedIn about a year after receiving a $1MM seed round. We were low on money with about $250K left and raising when the suit hit. This is a game of leverage. Lawyers are tools that

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