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would you describe yourself as particularly good or the models as particularly bad?

what do you use for memory?

What sort of context do you give the APIs when you are starting the game? Does it need to learn the rules as it goes?

an unbelievably cool style — excited for new generations to "discover" him

Demo added: https://microclimates.solofounders.com/all

thanks I will update the homepage to reflect this.

thanks for catching this. just fixed.

note that I also have a system where if the temperature seems outlier compared to direct neighbors it averages the 3 nearest neighbors. this usually occurs in neighborhoods with a single sensor that can skew the results heavily at certain times of the day, etc.

Good flag. I've just added add fallback to the nearest location with a sensor to the repo.

This was directly inspired by Mr Chilly which was designed by my friend Anna Bleker.

It's an excellent iOS app: https://mr-chilly.com/

My goal was to do something similar as a Claude Code skill

submit a PR

no I made this primarily for a Claude Code / Clawdbot skill so I am not making it super sophisticated.

You should use Purple Air if you want to make it more focused https://www2.purpleair.com/

I don't understand why it includes indoor sensors at all let alone by default.

Add location_type=0 to only get outdoor sensors

Fork the Github! Would love to see it elsewhere :)

I made this primarily to use inside Claude Code in terminal but maybe I'll make a little demo on the website if you put in an SF zip code.

Purple Air is the primary source but it's open source and you could try other providers https://github.com/solo-founders/sf-microclimates

There's another option other than solo or co-founder.

It's called "solo, together"

Spend time around others who are also building solo and develop meaningful relationships with them.

It's very possible it has been a deal long time in the making.

No.

From the acquirer:

“It fits our product roadmap. It was super serendipitous…I saw that news. I was like, ‘This is perfect.’ It checks a lot of boxes for us. It was just a really good synergistic opportunity, so we went for it.”

https://multitudes.weisser.io/p/how-employercom-acquired-ben...

These are quotes from a conversation with the acquirer that happened <2 hours ago. Should it be included in that older post?

The bald eagle seems the natural choice but if for some reason that were not an option would would the next best pick be for national bird?

Congrats on the launch!

I messed around with the playground onboarding...here's the output:

With Memory Mem0.ai I know that you like to collect records from New Orleans artists, and you enjoy running.

Relevancy: 9/10

Without Memory I don’t have any personal information about you. I don’t have the ability to know or remember individual users. My main function is to provide information and answer questions to the best of my knowledge and training. How can I assist you today?

Relevancy: 4/10

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It's interesting that "With Memory" is 9/10 Relevancy even though it is 100% duplication of what I had said. It feels like that would be 10/10.

It's also interesting that "Without Memory" is 4/10 — it seems to be closer to 0/10?

Curious how you thinking about calculating relevancy.

I’ve never been more delighted by a response to something I’ve written.

If your goal is to get rich by building a business I suspect you’ll have an easier time of it if you enjoy serving your customers.

And you’re right - startups caring about their customers in the early days does seem like the idealized version of a small business (though I’m sure we all know quite a few that treat their customers terribly and take no pride in their work).

My favorite part of this is the introduction of the now-iconic artist Ralph Steadman.

Another problem was his habit of sketching people he met in the various social situations I dragged him into--then giving them the sketches. The results were always unfortunate. I warned him several times about letting the subjects see his foul renderings, but for some perverse reason he kept doing it. Consequently, he was regarded with fear and loathing by nearly everyone who'd seen or even heard about his work. He couldn't understand it. "It's sort of a joke," he kept saying. "Why, in England it's quite normal. People don't take offense. They understand that I'm just putting them on a bit."

"Fuck England," I said. "This is Middle America. These people regard what you're doing to them as a brutal, bilious insult. Look what happened last night. I thought my brother was going to tear your head off."

Steadman shook his head sadly. "But I liked him. He struck me as a very decent, straightforward sort."

"Look, Ralph," I said. "Let's not kid ourselves. That was a very horrible drawing you gave him. It was the face of a monster. It got on his nerves very badly." I shrugged. "Why in hell do you think we left the restaurant so fast?"

"I thought it was because of the Mace," he said.

"What Mace?"

He grinned. "When you shot it at the headwaiter, don't you remember?" "Hell, that was nothing," I said. "I missed him...and we were leaving, anyway."

"But it got all over us," he said. "The room was full of that damn gas. Your brother was sneezing was and his wife was crying. My eyes hurt for two hours. I couldn't see to draw when we got back to the motel."

"That's right," I said. "The stuff got on her leg, didn't it?"

"She was angry," he said.

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Funny to consider that Steadman's visual aesthetic is even more identifiable than Hunter S. Thompson. The influence is everywhere!

"You, the founders, should only build a product and talk to customers; everything else is superfluous and a waste of time."

I found it interesting that this seems to be described as bad advice that boxes founders in.

"Hiring is waste of time, paid advertising is waste of time, content is waste of time, talking to investors is waste of time, getting media coverage is waste of time."

The above all seem to be like a waste of time—but the OP is claiming otherwise. Perhaps this speaks to some YC companies being more mature than they used to be when they enter a cohort?

I love how this game is addictive but impossible to spend that much time because you're restricted to one puzzle a day. This means I don't feel guilty getting sucked into it.

I enjoyed reading the story behind the creation.

https://every.to/news/introducing-wordie-bird

Congrats, Nathan — your grandma would have loved this!

I’m the co-founder of the company building On Deck and our Head of Candidates. You should have just received a follow up email from me.

Apple Health is one of those products that's useless until it suddenly isn't. We're reaching that point for some folks and I only expect that group to expand rapidly in the coming years.

The library + the community were unparalleled. I spent more time on those forums than anywhere else.

What.cd

This is the old version of The Holloway Guide to Equity Compensation which you can read here for free: https://www.holloway.com/g/equity-compensation

Curious how many men care about the relationship with their barber enough for this to not take off if done well.

There’s likely a sizable population that cares more about convenience, cost, and predictability of outcome.

Premium barbershops currently compete on experiences vs outcomes: giving you a glass of whiskey, providing great ambiance, etc. If robots become the default for basic haircuts it will make premium barbershops seems all the more luxurious because you have an actual person (an artist!) cutting your hair. Perhaps they'll be able to raise their prices even more.

1st Disclosure: I'm one of the co-founders of On Deck and the OP is in the On Deck Fellowship.

2nd Disclosure: I thought this idea was completely crazy when Manish first brought in that absurd mannequin with the replaceable beards. Now, the more I think about what he's building and the opportunity space the more I love it.