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greyman··on Launch HN: Type (YC W23) – AI-powered document editor
It certainly has potential, I like it. There are also possibilities for additional features like prompt repository etc. What doesn't work for me is the pricing... normally, one already pays for ChatGPT+ and ChatGPT APIs, and now this wants additional more than $20... I would consider it, if it would somehow use the chat window or APIs with my API key, and the software will be $10 max.
greyman··on The Contradictions of Sam Altman
What would make him "socially-awkward"?
greyman··on Ask HN: How to you monetize a tech blog?
I agree with your points, but would add that point 2 is not that suitable for one-person operation. I work in subscriptions business and while it is profitable, it requires quite a lot of people to take off. IT technologies, then editorial needs to be big enough, then marketing is also important, then the subscribers expect there is also a helpdesk, since something will surely stop working...
greyman··on Emergent Mind: AI News, Curated and Explained by AI
Yes, by article I meant that summary and key terms, mostly the summary. Somehow, I just don't have much luck with it, I once asked ChatGPT to give me a summary of a book which I have read, and it provided 5 points, which is correct since the book indeed has 5 main principles (it was Getting things done book), but 2 out of 5 were just incorrect. So in my opinion, the correct workflow would be that AI will generate the summary, or several summaries, and then a human will read the original article and use those generated summaries as a template to write it himself. Otherwise, you could just unintentionally mislead people. With that being said, I actually like what you come up with so far.
greyman··on Emergent Mind: AI News, Curated and Explained by AI
Is the final article proofread by human?
greyman··on Command Line One-Liners
You are right. I only wanted to say, that in the pre-GPT era, such websites were more useful for the programmers as they are now.
greyman··on Show HN: Chatblade – A CLI Swiss Army Knife for ChatGPT
Maybe you already did that, just reminder for those who don't know - you need to apply for API access for gpt-4. I did that and was granted it after about 2 days.
greyman··on Command Line One-Liners
Nice work, but I wonder if websites like this will not become obsolete soon. In most cases I can get the same result with ChatGPT, where I can also ask followup questions.
greyman··on Unpredictable abilities emerging from large AI models
What if LLM knowledge will expand over time to be sufficient for certain real-world application?
greyman··on Amazon shuts newspaper and magazine subscriptions for Kindle and print
I remember, that in Slovakia we had something like an "Amazon Unlimited", it was called Piano, but it ultimately didn't work. The problem was, that for large publishers it was not profitable, and the system more or less favoured small publishers. But after a few largest publishers left the platform, the whole offering was weak and not worth it.
greyman··on Google Search Is Dying (2022)
In what sense will it kill social media?
greyman··on Ask HN: How do you save and browse external interesting URLs?
Do you use paid version? I considered buying it but then read some reviews that their search in paid version isn't that good.
greyman··on Ask HN: I hate gym. How to stay in shape?
I don't do sports, apart from occasional hiking. But what I need to do is to not over-eat and try to eat properly. What worked for me regarding diet are the following three: 1) paleo, 2) keto, 3) intermittent fasting (eat only in 8-hour window). Any one of those three helped me to stay in shape without gym, all worked for me.
greyman··on Bard and new AI features in Search
ChatGPT can make money by subscriptions, or they can also put ads next to the chat?
greyman··on The myth of the myth of the 10x programmer (2020)
We had one 10x developer in our team (it was a bigger project with about 70 developers). His output was 10x the average mainly because he had very (both) deep and broad domain knowledge, i.e. knowing largest part of our own code base. That will allows him to produce much more, since he doesn't need to investigate how something was done or how to integrate the new feature into the system. He was also quite hardworking, which also helps.

Of course, if he would be put into a completely new project, he probably wouldn't be 10x, at least not the first few years there.

greyman··on I have reached Vim nirvana
I don't know why, but vim never worked for me. I tried several times to learn it, but I always forgot the shortcuts... maybe the reason is that I used it only a few times per week, to change crontab or some config file on server.
greyman··on ChatGPT is a ‘code red’ for Google’s search business
It depends, I asked about geocaching and it was spot on. Then I asked about the summary of the "Getting things done" book, and yes, it was surprisingly bad, like 50% correct with some misleading statements.
greyman··on What in the Ethereum application ecosystem excites me
What are those obviously more useful domains AND one tech person can have a very big impact in them?
greyman··on Ask HN: How do you start a startup in your 30s when you have wife/kids/mortgage?
Hi OP,

I was thinking about what you are asking as well, but now I solved my problem other way - I employed myself in the company I identify with, I mean I believe in what they are doing and want them to succeed. This allowed me to get the feeling like I am part of the company; it's not exactly like "this is my startup", but similar. I already do not crave to create my own startup.

greyman··on Quest for my perfect watch
But Casio already manufacture smartwatches, which meets OPs criteria like 1 year battery life. For example G-Shock GBD-H1000. But they are rather bulky, comparing to the alternatives he mentions.
greyman··on Python Asyncio
Maybe off-topic, but my advice would be: if you need this guide, consider to switch to another language, if that's possible. In our company we switched to Go, and all those asyncio problems were magically solved.
greyman··on Writing down what I do in Obsidian
But why, it's a free product. I used it for some time but then switched to Logseq.
greyman··on The pool of talented C++ developers is running dry
I coded in C++ professionally for about 15 years and don't remember it would be "incredibly daunting". Not easy, but doable. But yes, I also exited the pool, now I work in Golang and just wouldn't go back to C++.
greyman··on Taking Lichess to the next level
How do you know?
greyman··on Taking Lichess to the next level
Yes, let's mention that chess.com is still very ok-ish service, haven't had any problem with them, nor with paid version, nor with free version.
greyman··on Taking Lichess to the next level
Is this a thing? I don't like 960, but with crazyhouse it could be fun.
greyman··on Ask HN: How to deal with regret of not having kids
You see it wrongly, there's no fix involved.
greyman··on Ask HN: How to deal with regret of not having kids
> don't try to find a girl who will make you happy, find the happiness within yourself and then some girl will find that.

Ok, but let's admit it, this doesn't work universally. I know people who become much more happier after finding their partner.

Also, I have one kid, and yes, I am more happy with life after having it.

greyman··on Ask HN: Where do you host images for your blog or landing pages?
What problem would that solve? Using Cloudflare is very straightforward.
greyman··on Magnus Carlsen resigns against Hans Niemann after one move
>After which he posted a cryptic Jose Mourinho meme

AND left the tournament, which he never did before, and it almost never happens that someone leaves the tournament without stating why. Magnus case is, that he accuses Niemann of cheating, it is very simple. :-) He didn't say that, but he acted like that, he communicated it with his actions.

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