apexkid

Congratulations on the launch.

My question is that how will you deal with future government regulations. In developing world, the government does not like crypto and may impose laws like upfront taxation to discourage people from investing.

How to use ChatGPT and Perplexity to read paywalled content from business insider, new york times, and more.

Wanted to share a side project I recently wrapped up after stumbling across [Karpathy's micrograd](https://github.com/karpathy/micrograd).

ML is mostly Python territory these days, and for good reason—it’s simple, flexible, and gets the job done. But as someone who spends most of their time in C++, I thought: What if I tried building something ML-related in C++? Sure, I had an idea of the challenges — verbose syntax, manual memory management, and, let’s face it, a lot less “fun” compared to Python—but I wanted to see what it’s really like.

So, inspired by micrograd, I decided to build my own autograd library in C++ from scratch. This wasn’t about translating Karpathy’s code (I’ve barely read it, honestly). My goal was to understand the inner workings of Autograd and Computational graphs, like the ones used in PyTorch, and recreate those ideas in C++.

The result? A small library that can train simple neural networks for tasks like linear and logistic regression.

It’s been a wild ride—balancing the elegance of ML concepts with the quirks (and occasional frustrations) of C++.

If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to tackle ML with C++, or just enjoy geeking out over low-level implementations, I’d love to hear your thoughts. Code and project details are here: https://github.com/apexkid/micrograd-cpp.

I took on a new year's resolution to resume writing blogs. The last I did was when I was doing my undergrad. At that time, blogging was not that popular but I still loved it. But I got busy in work and lost that passion.

So here is to new beginning. Looking for support from the community.

Happy New Year!

I am working on Zipshot. http://zipshot.co -- The goal is to make the best free screenshot & OCR app for mac.

This is my side project because I needed an app like this for my daily use and I hate the fact that every other good app is paid even though maintaining such an app really doesn't cost anything.

Zipshot solves several problems:

  - Easy to use shortcuts like cmd+shift+1
  - No desktop clutter as images are uploaded to Zipshot cloud.
  - Share via links.
  - Powerful editor and figma style comments for annotations.
  - OCR that works without the internet on 11 languages.
  - Slack & Gmail integration.
  - Context aware naming.
  - Serious privacy measures.
  - One click data download.

Who is it for:

  - Users who take 5+ screenshots a week with mostly the purpose of sharing it with their team or friends.

I am improving it every week. Here are the things I am working on:

  - Make the on-boarding and permission seeking workflow simpler.
  - Speed up the app for apple silicon devices.
  - Support OCR for rotated text and include more languages.

Here is an example demo: https://app.zipshot.co/bp4jr1

Thanks for your support.

> periodically just take a snapshot of everything in RAM.

Sound similar to `stop the world Garbage collection` in Java. Does your entire processing comes to halt when you do this? How frequently do you need to take snapshots? Or do you have a way to do this without halting everything

Great blog. What framework did you use to setup your blog?

I like your vision but I do not understand the fundamental proposition here. The creators in the platform are supposed to perform specific tasks to raise money -- That's called "having a job". Essentially the platform is a marketplace to hire part time workers for specific one time tasks. If so, why position it as a campaign to raising funds as if it is some sort of charity.

Is the underlying assumption that creators can charge more on this platform as compared to the usual pay they will get for the same task and in doing so they can raise money faster? If so, I would be highly skeptical of this assumption and validate it rigorously.

Unless you were recently hired, you should look out for another job and quit. The argument that you are already compensated as per market standards only holds true if you were hired less than an year ago. Also, the company should have given you raise even if it was smaller value in percentage terms. Not giving any raise is a clear indication.

This article is as bullshit at it can get with no proof and random catch phrases on the lines of "ohh blacks are hated in America". Truth is, there is absolutely no place for cast in any top Indian engineering colleges. Millennials and GenZ does not give a single fuck to what the cast of a person is. That too in IITs were 90% students come from middle or poor class of society and have similar lifestyle. There can always be one random incident but that does not mean that the entire community can be painted in same color.

Truth is some sections of American society do not want immigrants to work there and these articles are born from the same mindset. India is losing its caste based social norms as the years pass by much faster than America is losing Black are inferior mindset. Even political changes have come in India which has narrowed the caste lines to almost extinction.

How are royalties paid to the music labels?

How does funkWhale deal with piracy of music and copyrights?

China should be immediately stripped off its veto rights in United Nations. Such genocide should not be accepted by the world just because someone has money.

You must be an NDTV viewer so:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NDTV

No but the government which took this decision won 60%+ seats in last election. So I speak for democracy.

This is all motivated reporting. India has such a strong and independent judicial system which does its job. If any charges are put incorrectly then courts will grant relief. India is democratic country.

Amazon is every other on fire in media for poor working conditions but they don't care because stock buyers of Amazon don't care. They will continue to invest as long as their wealth grows. This is what true capitalism is.

Google keep.

I make one keep for each of my projects whether it is professional or personal. Even for daily tasks like shopping and keeping track of payments i make keep. I color code them according to category and have it as a chrome app and mobile app.

I disagree with anyone saying that RSU's are ideal way to get employees invested in a company's success. In practice, total compensation for an employee is decided by market value of that employee. If RSUs shoot up, you will get lesser base pay, if they go down you will end up getting higher base pay in next appraisal cycle. Your salary might be inflated or underflated (for lack of a better word) for a while but in long term the company will balance it out with market standards.

If you think of RSUs as an investment, then its a different game. However, it is no different than owning stock on NASDAQ. You can get rich if you buy the right stock.

Hence, my perspective. All cash better than RSU. If you wanna buy stocks then just buy from stock exchange of whichever company you want.

Caveat: For startups where you get equity this argument doesn't hold true. There the startup might end up a unicorn and you make ton of money.

Why don't you try any of these meditation with an open mind and let me know how many minutes were you able to meditate.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=meditation+sri+...

Thank you for appreciating my idea and I am glad you are following something similar. However, let me give you a suggestion to improve it. The first step to bring consciousness should simply start by observing what is happening and not question why. Being in a state of observation is a neutral state. When you question something your mind goes into conflict mode. That can aggravate the situation. Hence, simply observe and understand what is going on without any judgement or trying to find solution. Once you find inner peace, then move to the next step of diving deep into the problem and finding solution.

Well India is where Yoga originated from and Meditation is a sub-segment within the ambit of Yoga. It is an art developed and perfected over hundreds of year and somehow you will feel that difference if you give it a try. It is really for you to experience and find out if you find it better. Let me give you a good starting point.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=meditation+sri+...

Use the following strategies: 1. Meditate daily for 15 minutes. Try vedic indian meditations. 2. Keep track of your mood using some app. 3. If your mood is bad for consistently 3 days, then open pastebin and write down about everything you are feeling and going in your head.

Most small problems with mental health can be dealt by bringing in consciousness. Simple example, whenever you are feeling nervous, force you brain to just observe whats going on in your body instead of being an active participant in the process. You will immediately realize you start feeling less nervous. Similarly, you can try for anxiety.

For more serious problems, it is best to seek medical help on periodic basis. A meetup with doctor every 3 months is reasonable.

It will be great to read a blog or tutorial on how you made this.

One question: How exactly did you test it works?

I for one cannot buy the fact that this article is authentically written by a worker in Amazon warehouse. Seems like a shadowed approach from a different segment of media to just do cleanup or take a shot on Oliver's program.

What is your Algo for calculating Trends? I mean how do you say that something is trending? It is most popular? Emerging? Z-score?

There are few people who do this already. You can collaborate with them. Have you checked out:

www.outofofficehours.com

www.twoleaps.com

This game is incredibly difficult in the first level itself.