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Can I suggest that you ignore all the criticism about the pricing on this thread and immediately find a sales rep or SE that has worked at an early stage DB company and begin cold calling high end customers with thousands of GPUs.

B2B deals at 200-300k+ are your best bet at selling this IMO.

peytoncasperon Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found

How is this different from oil?

The vast majority of new deposits are leveraging different technology to enrich yields or extract it from challenging environments. Seems like a common problem for resource extraction that gets solved with time and investment.

peytoncasperon Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node

Why don’t we put Tor nodes in space?

Seems like a few hundred micro satellites could circumvent sovereignty this way.

peytoncasperon FDA approves first nonprescription daily oral contraceptive

Yeah, I was a bit shocked to see this. Not because it shouldn't be easily accessible, but because most women I've talked to about this has gone through some sort of dialing in process. Whether its for dosage or a different brand. Hormones are not easy.

peytoncasperon Tell HN: Twitter switched temporarily to rate limited mode

I’m not taking a side of whether Elon is right or wrong.

However, you mentioned that today is an admission that the bot problem is worse. However that not true, the restrictions are specifically on viewing data (scrapers) rather than creating data (bots).

peytoncasperon Anthropic's 100k context is now available in the web UI

Interesting use case, would you be open to sharing more information on how you're using LLMs for chemistry simulations?

peytoncasperon GitHub Copilot emits GPL code

What happens if GitHub didn't use GPL licensed code, but still generated code that was identical to GPL licensed code?

peytoncasperon EV startups from Lucid to Rivian see demand fade, supply chain issues linger

In GA there is an annual EV tax applied that is meant to replace the fuel tax when you re-register your vehicle.

peytoncasperon Creating a landing page using AI tools and no code

I'm truly amazed at this opinion which seems to be prevalent on this thread. The models are tools that already have the ability to accelerate your work now, and will massively improve over the next decade. Comparing it to things we already know how to do provides the ability to benchmark and see how much value it brings to the table. Being on the forefront, exploring, and hacking on side projects has always been the best way to understand new stuff.

"Using cars to drive down roads we already know how to traverse with horses and just add more complexity is bound to not go anywhere useful in my opinion."

peytoncasperon Why I chose OpenAI over academia

Find them on LinkedIn and ask to grab a cup of coffee or jump on a Zoom. Be open about the fact that you're interested in what makes a good member of the team. Ask about what you can be upskilling on. Be friendly.

Also doesn't hurt to reach out to potential managers as they'll be able to provide more direct feedback.

peytoncasperon Why I chose OpenAI over academia

I won't pretend to know how top tier ML companies hire for research positions, but for literally any other job, the cost of applying is trivial. Throw in some outbound to members on the team for a potential connection and it seems like it's worth the cost for a dream job?

Add to the fact that OpenAI is almost certainly going to be expanding wildly given that they have taken on a 10B investment, it seems like as good as a time as any.

peytoncasperon Show HN: Summate.it – Quickly summarize web articles with OpenAI

I saw in another thread that people were working around this by asking for a summary of sections and then combining the summaries and asking for a joint summary.

Kind of like map reducing the articles.

peytoncasperon Rackspace founder says it’s ‘on trajectory of death.’

The phrase usually used is a "leaky bucket". Sure a company can operate in a neutral space, but it's unlikely that overtime their revenue growth will match their customer churn.

At the same time, a lack of growth limits how much can be invested on staying relevant in terms of R&D which further separates them from competitors with a positive growth trajectory.

Its also incredibly hard to kickstart a growth engine once it has slowed down. The net result is a flywheel but in the opposite direction.

PE buys companies like this to slow that negative growth flywheel down attempting to stay neutral until the investment is paid off at which point profit can be made.

The long tail is massive attrition as well, because few people want to work at a sinking ship or rather a ship unwilling to invest internally.

Neutral isn't bad, but it's very hard to exist.

peytoncasperon Rackspace founder says it’s ‘on trajectory of death.’

I feel as if there needs to be a modification to the phrase "Data Driven". Data, generally, will not help you predict the future. It is however, fantastic at finding bias, inefficient existing processes and tracking the results of your changes.

When applied blindly you end up with scenario you described. Product direction that says something isn't necessary because the question was never asked to begin with.

Science without the hypothesis.

peytoncasperon Microplastics are finding their way into fruit and vegetables as they grow

"People seem to accept that it's all downhill from here"

Strange, I know plenty of people that do see an upside, including myself. It's a choice to believe things can and will get better.

Unless you have a crystal ball, we're both choosing to believe in an unknown future. So choosing to believe it will get worse is no different from believing it will get better. Although one is arguably better for mental health.

peytoncasperon Congress passes legislation to end US participation in global shark fin trade

It's important, because if you want them to change, you need to understand why they preform an action to begin with. The alternative is an ignorant attempt to tell them what is right and wrong based on only your beliefs.

peytoncasperon Ask HN: Anyone go through Montessori education until age 12 (end of grade 6)?

I would generally agree with you. However, unfortunately, a lot of organizations tend to mimic these exact same social structures. It may not be as aggressive because we're adults now, but understanding how to navigate that and when something is toxic can be a helpful skill.

peytoncasperon Show HN: Generate quiz questions using AI

This is a really awesome application of GPT-3. You should definitely consider turning this into a service and adding the ability to generate Anki decks or flash cards from summary notes.

That coupled with the quizzing capability could be huge for students in medical school for example.

peytoncasperon Next Stop for Waymo One: Los Angeles

You should take a look at the Atlanta Beltline project. It’s led to so many pockets of restaurants and small businesses that pop up along side it.

peytoncasperon Cassandra at Apple: 1000s of Clusters, 300k Nodes, 100 PB

As another commenter said, 500ms clip is super tiny. Each key is a a separate partition.

So each segment is a separate partition.