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dudus

3,485 karma · joined January 2, 2011

Interests: AI, LLMs, Open Source, Startups, Technology, UI/UX Design, Web Development
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dudus··on We built an AI-powered Magic the Gathering card generator
The AI can be trained on all current MtG cards to be able to generate cards with comparable power levels intuitively. Also to generate art and lore that fits the power distribution.... Maybe it can create synergies between generated sets and combos or counters to generate more diverse and fair fights....

I'm not sure Wizards of the coast should be excited or terrified with the possibilities

dudus··on Bun 1.0 announcement [video]
Why would it matter to you as a user, which language it was used before it was compiled to the machine code you run?
dudus··on An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
Clarifying:

White people were against caste discrimination.

From Indians I heard several responses, from against castes to indifferent. But I never heard someone defending it.

Eg: Some said it wasn't an issue, some said it was a big issue that hardly affect Indians in America. Some said India is too big and diverse and that castes only matter in the more undeveloped regions of India.

dudus··on An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve
When the subject came up at Google I didn't know much to contribute to the discussion. I noticed white people were against it while Indians had a more nuanced approach.

But I always thought the way the predominant Indian leadership, Sundar included, completely ignored the matter was weird. That spoke louder than anything else they could have said.

dudus··on How to write correct code by construction using the Coq Proof Assistant
I agree with you here 99% of the time.

But this one is too on the nose. This might qualify as the 1%.

dudus··on WAPO: Fatal Force DB
Well but you can actually use the data without other tools.

And you can still easily export and offer the CSV as well.

dudus··on WAPO: Fatal Force DB
Aren't there better ways to share this rather than a big csv?

Google BigQuery public datasets and Kaggle. Just two from top of my head.

dudus··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (September 2023)
Looking for a career movement to Front End dev.

Location: San Francisco, CA

Remote: Open to

Willing to relocate: Abso-freaking-lutely

Technologies: Python, JavaScript, Typescript, Astro, Angular, Django, flask, web analytics, data pipelines, Hadoop, Google cloud

Résumé/CV: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zw-I4mXmZmsfspdXfPqRCp2Q...

Email: eduardocereto (a) gmail

dudus··on Ask Microsoft: Are you using our personal data to train AI?
While we are talking about it... can we make ToS ilegal?

Why do we have to abide by rules while browsing the web? Why do businesses fear litigation so much, they hire lawyers to write and maintain a huge document nobody can ever read or understand?

This is failure from governments that can't set basic rules for human interaction.

All this

dudus··on AWS Icon Quiz
Open Icon Identifier wants to move to a different license but are afraid of user reaction.
dudus··on When your classmates threaten you with felony charges
It is common. But before you curse at Google here. This is VERY well documented. When you create a database the UI screams at you that it's in dev mode, that security has not been setup etc.... if you keep ignoring the database will eventually close itself down automatically.

So this is entirely on the dev team to blame.

dudus··on America is building chip factories. Now to find the workers
And yet there are plenty of companies that openly exploit the visa system to bring cheap labor. Just check the top companies with the most H1Bs and you'll see a lot of consulting firms.
dudus··on Spotify looked to ban white noise podcasts to become more profitable
Turn on incognito mode on YouTube to watch these videos
dudus··on Show HN: Poozle – open-source Plaid for LLMs
I don't think the comparison to Plaid is helping as much as you think. You and Plaid are in completely different verticals and as a result have completely different goals and users.

You created a single API for several services.

That's where the comparison with Plaid ends.

dudus··on HashiCorp adopts Business Source License
1.5 years?

Their stock was down 60% only 3 short months after IPO.

I think this is just a struggle to turn what was once technical excellence into something that gives money. I haven't followed HashiCorp lately but was once a fan of some of their products. These days it seems things are slower over there. At least that's what it feels at a distance.

dudus··on eSignature Beta for Google Docs and Google Drive
Maybe you should give it another look. Hierarchy eas terrible because it was originally designed to have tags instead of folders and these were prone for cyclic references. When they implemented folders they implemented them on top of tags and things never worked out great.

It got a lot simpler since they nuked tags in favor of folders.

dudus··on eSignature Beta for Google Docs and Google Drive
2023? All my signatures at least in the last decade were fake wet signatures. All leasing docs, employment docs, and banks...

I use the Preview App that comes standard on OSX. You scan a signature on a piece of paper with your webcam. Then you can just "paste it" anywhere, I even give it a dark blue shade.

I had a single person give me shit and say they needed "ink on paper" insisting me to print/sign/scan. I just ran the PDF file through a website that makes it look like it was scanned with some imperfections and tilt. I wouldn't be able to tell it myself.

dudus··on Vim Boss
Is there any disagreement on who is going to support Vim moving forward?

I can see the fork maintainers going into a power struggle if the future is unclear. Maybe some will even write fluffy pieces on how much they loved Bram to gather support...

dudus··on Vim Boss
Indeed, not 100% clear but it felt like GP was criticizing the kid.

The kid enters a security related conversation and Bram not only listens but engages in the conversation. Seems like you missed on a great hire.

dudus··on I'm 17 and wrote this guide on how CPUs run programs
OP should reach out to LWN. This content would be a great addition.
dudus··on The antitrust trial against Google is starting in September
Sorry you also spent your allotted time on Hacker News and Stack Overflow.

Please ask about VPNs on Quora until the end of the month.

dudus··on Non-determinism in GPT-4 is caused by Sparse MoE
Off topic

> 3 months later, reading a paper while on board a boring flight home, I have my answer.

I noticed people from hacker news routinely read scientific papers. This is a habit I envy but don't share.

Any tips or sites for someone interested in picking up more science papers to read.

dudus··on Show HN: San Francisco Compute – 512 H100s at <$2/hr for research and startups
I know AWS/GCP/Azure have overhead and I understand why so many companies choose to go bare metal on their ops. I personally rarely think it's worth the time and effort, but I get that with scale saving can be substantial.

But for AI training? If the public cloud isn't competitive even for bursty AI training, their margins are much higher than I anticipated.

OP mentions 10-20x cost reduction? Compared to what? AWS?

dudus··on [dead]
I would highly suggest you add a disclaimer at the top that the text is AI generated.

This is a cool subject and one I really would love to know more.

Unfortunately I don't know enough to trust Aí to teach it to me. For all I know this could all be made up and I couldn't tell. Can someone verify this is a reasonable explanation or even accurate?

dudus··on Miyazaki has used the art of animation to study the major problem of adult life
Miyazaki's new movie "The boy and the heron" was released just last week in Japan. Not sure when it's coming to the west but it's the first movie by Miyazaki since 2013.

It's also quite unique in the sense that there was no trailer or marketing for this movie. Even in Japan.

dudus··on Sam Bankman-Fried fails to dismiss criminal charges related to FTX
Why would business need the $1 deal?
dudus··on A Senior Engineer’s Guide to FAANG Interviews
Luck def plays a big role. That's why you should keep going at it if that's what you want. The financial peace of mind makes it worth it.
dudus··on NASA just recycled 98% of all astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS
Can you be more specific?
dudus··on TikTok is now banned in Montana
But then TikTok can still detect your location. Unless you spoof that, remove the permission or patch the apk.

Then you still need to update almost daily to keep using it.

dudus··on Photomator for Mac
They did release pixelmator pro after some time and charged again for it.
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