wardnath

yes, pricing model feels like a gaming arcade eating quarters.

no unfortunately... someone on reddit has access via azure it seems? https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/12ffumq/does_anyone...

you can check out which common subreddits appear on HN and see which ones seem cool to you: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...

Seconded. Today’s “narrow”applications are quite wide compared to the expert systems of decades ago. I wouldn’t say we are in a second AI winter when cool new applications of DNNs pop up frequently on HN.

Adding on to what you are saying, it depends on what one's objectives are. Books do a great job at exposing concepts but mastery is only gained by experience.

If I read a book on pottery, but I never apply those concepts, it doesn't do me much good. Furthermore, refining one's craft is almost always much more time consuming than reading alone. Reading is necessary but not sufficient to thrive and be at one's best.

I definitely think a cyberpunk-ish future is more likely than a pure kurzweil outcome. That is, the increase in wellbeing of an average joe will be more linear and that of the well-off will be more exponential.

It's inspiring. I consider Kurzweil, Diamandis, etc. to view the impact of technology with wildly rose-colored glasses. I view this as one possible trajectory of our future - being on the extreme positive end, whereas a very negative outcome may be akin to a "great filter" event.

I think the extreme negative or positive outcomes are both unlikely long-tail events but having a "singularity" that benefits the wellbeing of humanity is definitely worth striving for.

That is a good point to make. If the development data can lead to exfiltration of higher privacy data then I would define it as "more sensitive" and take that into consideration, this particularly applies to config information required for authentication. I understand your perspective however, it is important to take lateral movement into account.

Agreed. This pretty much applies with any data & tool. If the data is extra sensitive, make extra sure the tool you are using is secure. If your data is for dev purposes only, the tool doesn't have to be validated as thoroughly.

As a quick note, no affiliation whatsoever on my part - I've had great success running online meetups on the LGPL project bigbluebutton. Hope it helps some members here with their pain point.

https://bigbluebutton.org

Most mashups remove my beard, more sample cases would be great.

For another alternative, I found this interesting VR title on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/552770/Speech_Trainer/

Happy to see work by Mackenzie Child. His design for developers course was really helpful when I was trying to build a webpage from scratch with just an engineering background.

[1] https://mackenziechild.podia.com/design-for-developers

Great idea! Love the idea of creating apps that promote concentration rather than diminish it.

Just read the book "Beyond Mindfulness in Plain English" and he mentions the practice of Kasina. This app definitely made me think of that chapter.

I think there's a lot to be explored in how technology can work with mindfulness & concentration practices.

A bit outside of the "work" domain, but I've found BigBlueButton to be a really powerful tool for hosting webinars and online teaching [1]: https://bigbluebutton.org/

Businesses that rely on walk-in customers will have to go for what looks like more than a month with little to no income. Same thing with travel related industries, surely over-leveraged portfolios exacerbated the problem but there are many other factors at play.

Completely agree. I would rather have hierarchies determined by free-market forces rather than a state-organized system. Corporate monopolies should be deterred by the state, but trying to cap individual success via something like a wealth tax would cause problems for the whole market.

"The best" is pretty subjective based on what one is looking for in a job. Not everyone gels with all company cultures.

It's great that you like working for Google and have found a good fit.

Some features I like in workplace culture:

- Empowering the "builders" and developers to have autonomy and guide how product development cycles are defined.

- Top cover provided by managers - managing expectations from stake holders

- Overall non-toxic environment

- Quality work and product vision

Tuition rates seem to be rising across the board however. University of Chicago is just the tip of the spear.