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anandvc

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anandvc··on TokenGate: Adapting LLMs for pre-fill with learned skimming for ~11x speedup
Full paper: https://arxiv.org/html/2610.26754v1
anandvc··on Show HN: I'm 15. I built an offline AI Terminal Agent that fixes errors
Good project at this age! Keep going!
anandvc··on Show HN: Voice-first todo list that updates live as you talk
I love how responsive the voice is. This feels like the most natural way to capture To Do tasks in the moment. Congrats on the launch!
anandvc··on Claude Skills
Claude Skills are going to be the end of all human mental labor, but in a good way.

Eventually, we shall, as a human race working together, also figure out how to generalize this to all AI models, all robotics, and all human skills.

My friend Christopher Santos-Lang wrote a fantastic paper on how every strategy for any given Skill can be benchmarked against every other strategy such that we always end up with the best strategies in our shared universal repository of Skills. See https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.20986

anandvc··on Ask HN: Help Anyone here work at WhatsApp?
Update: We just got his account back because a friend helped file an account hijack request internally. Thanks to everyone who offered help and support!
anandvc··on Ask HN: Help Anyone here work at WhatsApp?
I've sent an email to support@whatsapp.com but the email wasn't even acknowledged with a ticket number or auto-reply, so I'm not sure if I'll even get a response.
anandvc··on Show HN: A job board that helps you find impactful roles
Have you seen the "80,000 Hours" project? They also have a job board.
anandvc··on Engineer 'builds a GPU from scratch' in two weeks
I have met this guy, Adam, in person at Founders Inc. He's super smart!
anandvc··on Show HN: Build and run full-stack JavaScript projects on iOS/iPadOS
Nice! This feels really useful. I'm surprised it hasn't been done before... or am I missing something?
anandvc··on How I got an O-1 visa as a software engineer
Thank you! This made me laugh out loud!
anandvc··on Recreate the cavity-preventing GMO bacteria BCS3-L1 from precursor
Newbie question: Can someone help me understand how adding a new benign bacteria helps prevent infection by the other cavity-causing bacteria? Do they "fight" each other?
anandvc··on Clojure Plays Mario
Can anyone help me understand this: How does the AI "see" what's happening on the screen? Is there some sort of object/scene recognition going on?
anandvc··on Possible Genetic Risks from Heat-Damaged DNA in Food
Fascinating discovery that will have long term implications for longevity research! I now wonder if caloric restriction works partially because when we're ingesting calories, we're often ingesting cooked DNA, which, according to this research can cause DNA damage in humans.
anandvc··on Nuclear Power Is the Answer to Global and Environmental Energy Woes
What about geothermal?
anandvc··on Ask HN: Those making $0/month or less on side projects – Show and tell
Very cool! I'm curious: How did you render the 3d dice? What's the front end stack?
anandvc··on Ask HN: As a software developer, how do you keep your eyes and brain fit?
Great ideas here... thank you!
anandvc··on Ask HN: As a software developer, how do you keep your eyes and brain fit?
I really like the idea of a mirror to easily change your gaze to a longer distance!
anandvc··on Surprising Uses of the Pythagorean Theorem
> Suppose you want to see if a large pizza (16 inches) is bigger than two mediums (12 inches). Plug in 16 for C, and 12 for A. It looks like the large pizza can be split into a 12-inch and 10.5-inch pizza, so two-mediums are in fact bigger.

I never thought of applying Pythagorean Theorem here, but it's incredibly useful!

anandvc··on Rails is not written in Ruby
ActiveSupport is a core part of Rails though.
anandvc··on Tell HN: I knew I was headed for a heart attack
Great website, and it seems completely non-commercial.
anandvc··on Show HN: FaChords – Guitar Learning Software and Science-Based Practice Lessons
Very interesting project! I'm glad to see that you also support other instruments like Ukulele, etc. Can it listen to what you play (like Simply Piano) and know if you played it correctly?
anandvc··on Ask HN: Advice about aging parents
The best way to cook vegetables, according to research papers: https://youtu.be/8aIyb4atRjk
anandvc··on Phony diagnoses hide high rates of drugging at nursing homes
There's a free service called crisistextline.org that I wish more people knew about.
anandvc··on How to avoid building a company you'll hate
Valuable framework.

> "Venture backed tech companies are built to get huge or die. Like a lottery ticket, you either win big or lose. But outside of tech, it's common to run a business to generate free cash flow for its owners."

Only a small percentage of companies should be pursuing venture capital. Unfortunately, the way the tech media celebrates raising money, it projects that it signifies success. This has misled many startup founders.

anandvc··on Show HN: Fieldbook – Create a database as easily as a spreadsheet
I'm in the beta, and the product is actually pretty useful. I've never been a fan of complicated spreadsheets. Plus, spreadsheets are 2-dimensional, in a sense. Fieldbook gets rid of several such limitations. You are free to do what you want with your data without having to write SQL queries or macros. The interface also is cleverly intuitive.
anandvc··on Free Lossless Image Format
That's exactly what I was wondering! :)
anandvc··on Mobile-Payments Startup Square Discusses Possible Sale
Can someone please explain:

"Square recorded a loss of roughly $100 million in 2013, broader than its loss in 2012"

AND

"Square would likely fetch billions of dollars in a sale."

How can BOTH these statements be true?

anandvc··on Why I'm Moving My Business From San Francisco To St. Louis
How do you like West LA so far?
anandvc··on Account hijacking on MtGox
homakov, I'm a fan. Some day, we'll hire you to do security consulting for our products.
anandvc··on Cookie Bomb or Let's Break the Internet
homakov, you have a fun job.
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