jameskraus

If price protection for something like this isn't negotiable it's a huge business risk, which would also be reckless to take on.

It is an reckless business practice to not have the monthly price locked down, with strong contractual protections. Sounds like Correnti didn't negotiate well and are now finding out.

It's funny, I see the opposite and I would only trust a senior engineer with conducting such a wide-reaching change. I would be more likely to hire a senior engineer who might now be able to effect such change.

Honestly a pretty nifty way to detect if it's installed. I'm sure this can power a lot of nice features, like linking directly into adobe products if they're installed.

I wonder if this will support directly interfacing with OpenAI's APIs vs. going through Cursor's APIs (and billing).

I still remember some of the Berkeley genetics lectures as some of the best learning materials I could find for my upper-level courses. Later I tried to refer to them and found they were all gone. I wish there was any other option vs. just taking them down.

Meta, like many big tech companies, has some fantastic engineers, some lousy ones, and some in between. At this point I don’t pay too much attention to where someone worked previously, and try to get to know candidates individually. They’re all just different people, like you and me!

There's still a lot of benefit to seeing the prices up front vs. fees which are added on later. It can be a frustrating experience to realize that something you think is affordable is significantly more expensive once you make it to the checkout screen.

For example, I've been booking a group trip lately, and I found that the sticker prices for some things didn't include many fees, so it was more of a hassle to actually get accurate quotes. At the same time, the companies which were providing these prices have an incentive to hide fees, because that's what all their competitors are doing – they have pressure to be competitive both at first glance and at checkout.

With a level playing field, these fees should be incorporated into the total price across competitors, allowing for easier cross-shopping. I'm excited to be more confident I can quote what I see initially vs. going through a checkout flow.

Hahaha, the anecdote about the subcontractor is great.

What a thoughtfully designed space for your family and friends! I feel like going this custom is pretty rare, and you’re clearly getting the value out of it. I also love that you did the math on the cable runs making essentially no difference.

Thanks for sharing :)

I’d love to read any analysis you’ve done like this, or any reading you might recommend.

This has one of the best sections I've read on why communication lines are important:

It’s very important as a company we maintain proper communication lines. ... If you skip and just go below you prizemust then call and let the people in charge know. Let’s say you’re a production coordinator and you call a writer and tell him you need some bits about a sandwich being cooked with lava, seems harmless... and then tyler askes her why she is making lava and she has no idea and everyone is confused. This is what happens when you don’t follow proper communication lines.

Skipping over all the typos, it's just such a great visual of the communication breakdowns that can happen when a lot of things are going on.

Also this section on tracking contractors:

[Y]ou can’t just dump and forget your projects... Ask him to send videos everyday to spot problems early, hell maybe talk to him twice a day. I don’t care just don’t leave room for error. No excuses, stop leaving room for error. Check in daily, receive videos, and know weeks in advance if you’re fucked. Not days.

This is more extreme than I encounter in my day to day, very on brand to MrBeast, but it's interesting to see this constant accountability and ownership are so critical in their production. I see similar behavior in some of the more effective people I've worked with.

I wonder if there are any good primers to these technologies. Maybe a DDIA-like book or some lectures?

It seems this article is trying argue in favor of deregulation of production of drugs, such that drug companies can more freely produce to fill demand. Is that necessarily a good solution with addictive substances like amphetamines?

We saw that production and consumption of opiates was far too high, eventually leading to the bankruptcy of Purdue Pharma. In that case it seems like the DEA was not taking a strong enough regulatory role, leading to much harm to Americans.

Are we facing an upcoming epidemic of amphetamine addiction and the DEA is holding it back, or is the DEA causing more harm through regulation of production? It’s impossible to tell from this article alone, but it seems clear we need at least some regulation of production, since the pharmaceutical industry cannot completely self regulate.

https://archive.is/3hiFv

Wow, had no idea. Thanks for sharing!

Wow, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is about to immediately be the most competitive medical school in the US. I wonder how this will affect the number of doctors graduating from the school and how many will go on to practice in NYC / the Bronx.

What kind of tasks do you find yourself delegating to a virtual assistant? I’ve thought about it, but am unsure if I’d really find enough work to delegate.

Yes! Totally changed my career trajectory by getting my foot in the door at a tech-focused company. I owe a lot to the who is hiring thread :)

Oh, I’m so glad you brought up “How to with John Wilson”. I didn’t know there were new episodes and now I’ve got to watch these! I was floored by the first season, especially ending on Covid, so my hopes are high!

I once decided to wait for a Lyft driver who clearly wanted me to cancel. They eventually came and ferried me to my destination, but after the ride they claimed I damaged their car. I was charged like $100 by Lyft for the “damage”. It took weeks of emailing back and forth before they eventually gave up simply because I was so insistent and reversed the charge, choosing to take the loss. Lesson learned, it wasn’t worth it and I wish I had simply disputed the cancellation charge instead.

Here's the conclusion written by GPT-4:

In conclusion, the rise of generative AI is a transformative trend that will have a significant impact on the information economy and the job market. While certain types of jobs might be at greater risk than others, there is still room for adaptation and growth for individuals who proactively prepare for this shift. By focusing on tasks that are novel, unpredictable, and fragile, fostering high-trust relationships and interdisciplinary collaboration, and embracing AI tools to enhance productivity, it is possible to navigate these changes and secure a meaningful career in the evolving landscape. The key is to take action now and invest in the skills and strategies that will make you indispensable in a world where AI continues to advance.

Easily my highest utility script so far was to get an edge while picking classes. At my university there were some classes which were very competitive and there was also system where tranches of students would get access to those classes earlier (e.g. groups of honors students -> groups of seniors -> juniors, etc). I was a lowly sophomore at the time, so I basically got what was left over.

Before I could register I could see most classes I wanted to take had plenty of availability except for one which was almost full. That class would make my schedule perfect (no classes before 10am, everything ending before 4PM, good teachers), so I was ready the moment my group got access. I logged into the janky Java applet and saw that my desired class was full. Dismayed, but not giving up, I refreshed the class list to see if someone might drop during the drop-add week. Nope, still full, but there was still time for someone to change their mind and for me to slip in. I was going to need an edge.

Another peculiarity of this system was that it was definitely a weird Java app based on some type of main frame. It must have been around for a decade at least. One of the signs of its age was that you had a limited amount of time per day during which you could be logged into the system, something like 90 minutes a day.

So I did what any good hacker would: I made _really_ good use of that limited time. I wrote an AutoHotkey script which would automatically log in, traverse all the menus and attempt to sign me up for that class. It was much faster than a human, so each run barely put a dent in my logged-in time allotment. As a cherry on top, I wired it up to a python script to push notify me if it succeeded.

After letting it run for two days, some false alarms, and tweaking, I got a delightful "You're registered!" notification on my phone and found that it had successfully gotten me the class I wanted. I'm still chasing that high to this day.

Oh, that's disappointing. I was wondering if anyone made a decent competitor to XCode after dipping my toes into some iOS development, and it looks like it's just being killed as I'm learning about it.

I feel like this should be added to the submission title.

I was homeschooled and it was an isolating experience that set me back socially until I finally pleaded with my parents to let me go to public school. It took me a _while_ to catch up to my peers socially and it caused me a least a year of being a social outcast until I learned how to act "normal". Did I learn some topics ahead of other kids? Sure. Was it at all good for my development as a person? Oh god no. 0/10, would not recommend homeschooling.

My ID is one of the last reasons I need to carry a wallet around with me. It would be so freeing to just use a smart device to access identity restricted services (TSA, Liquor store, etc). Can’t wait for this to hit my state.

I don’t love the idea that my data is shared in a central DB, but honestly it’s way better than using a wallet which is much easier to lose or misplace!

Frequently enough, I find I need to ignore the `engines` property, since so many packages work in newer versions of node, but claim incompatibility. It’s well intentioned, but not very useful.

Pretty sure it's closer to +2.7°F since the conversion factor is 9/5

Nifty calculator! I wish it was a bit easier to max out two 401ks (e.g. for a married couple). Otherwise, it's very slick and gives a similar result to my personal projections.

Lol, my impression is that OP did exactly that – copied a template privacy policy. They probably don't have a budget for a lawyer to write them a privacy policy, much less a EU-compliant one. If this was a big player in the space, sure, maybe they should have a better policy. But for a homegrown tool like this that's just launching? It makes sense they're using off-the-shelf stuff.