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Comment on Confused, uncool, and nowhere to scroll: The internet has become hostile for millennials like me in ~tech
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Comment on They plugged GPT-4 into Minecraft – and unearthed new potential for AI in ~games
teaearlgraycold Link ParentI think a lot of people would use it if they're already using something like Mechanical Turk.I think a lot of people would use it if they're already using something like Mechanical Turk.
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Comment on They plugged GPT-4 into Minecraft – and unearthed new potential for AI in ~games
teaearlgraycold Link ParentI'm thinking we'll see a plug-and-play solution that replaces the PEBCAK with an AI-driven VM.I'm thinking we'll see a plug-and-play solution that replaces the PEBCAK with an AI-driven VM.
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Comment on Welcome new reddit refugees in ~tildes
teaearlgraycold Link ParentAhem. Tildestians.Ahem. Tildestians.
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
teaearlgraycold Link ParentDo it for your health! But also manage your climate disaster exposure.Do it for your health! But also manage your climate disaster exposure.
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Comment on Confused, uncool, and nowhere to scroll: The internet has become hostile for millennials like me in ~tech
teaearlgraycold Link ParentTildes has no employees (besides Deimos). Tildes has no investors. Tildes has no growth plan. Tildes has no costs besides hosting which is already covered. The site is complete. The community may...Tildes has no employees (besides Deimos). Tildes has no investors. Tildes has no growth plan. Tildes has no costs besides hosting which is already covered. The site is complete. The community may grow a bit but take a look around and understand that what you see is what you get.
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
teaearlgraycold Link ParentI don't think I'm actually being very helpful here. But you could move closer to the equator.I don't think I'm actually being very helpful here. But you could move closer to the equator.
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Comment on Fitness Weekly Discussion in ~health
teaearlgraycold Link ParentMy personal goals are less about pure strength and more about capabilities. What if you tried gymnastics, bouldering, endurance cycling, or something else? They all will benefit from your existing...My personal goals are less about pure strength and more about capabilities. What if you tried gymnastics, bouldering, endurance cycling, or something else? They all will benefit from your existing strength.
It's cool to add new stories to your life. Imagine adding "Climbed a 200ft rock face at Banff", "Cycled from Seattle to San Francisco over the mountains" or some other major feat to your life's story.
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Comment on Confused, uncool, and nowhere to scroll: The internet has become hostile for millennials like me in ~tech
teaearlgraycold Link ParentA site like Tildes can easily be covered by $50-100/month. What do you think is going to happen to cause that price to go up?A site like Tildes can easily be covered by $50-100/month. What do you think is going to happen to cause that price to go up?
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Comment on Confused, uncool, and nowhere to scroll: The internet has become hostile for millennials like me in ~tech
teaearlgraycold Link ParentThat's actually pretty close to the expectation at the moment. But I would expect that it won't be much more expensive to run the site even with 50x the current active user base. And plenty of...unless tildes never grows
That's actually pretty close to the expectation at the moment. But I would expect that it won't be much more expensive to run the site even with 50x the current active user base. And plenty of users would be happy to chip in more if it was needed. Deimos has a full time job and does not expect Tildes to grow to support his personal expenses.
Basically - we've already hit cruising altitude. Set your expectations that what you see now is what the site will be in 10 years.
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Comment on They plugged GPT-4 into Minecraft – and unearthed new potential for AI in ~games
teaearlgraycold (edited )LinkAs far as the idea that AI will replace a lot of office tasks - I think they're right. I expected this to happen first with self-driving cars. I thought we'd see millions laid off because trucking...As far as the idea that AI will replace a lot of office tasks - I think they're right. I expected this to happen first with self-driving cars. I thought we'd see millions laid off because trucking could be fully automated. But now I'd predict that millions will be laid off because menial office tasks will be done by AI for less than the price of a human. It might even get so bad as to cause a major economic or social event.
I don't think GPT-4 will be the model to do it. But imagine a model trained on a million hours of annotated data entry footage with key-logging.
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Comment on Confused, uncool, and nowhere to scroll: The internet has become hostile for millennials like me in ~tech
teaearlgraycold Link ParentUm, no. This site is nothing like that. Tildes is built with the expectation of maybe breaking even with the help of donations.and here to a degree this very website, have a venture capital mindset where they want to make money off of users but they don't really know how.
Um, no. This site is nothing like that. Tildes is built with the expectation of maybe breaking even with the help of donations.
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Comment on Turning paint thinner into cherry soda in ~science
teaearlgraycold Link ParentI think Blue is meant to be the lower effort content. Red has projects he might have spent 3 months preparing and iterating on. Blue has stuff like “I bought a freeze dryer and used it on pizza lol”.I think Blue is meant to be the lower effort content. Red has projects he might have spent 3 months preparing and iterating on. Blue has stuff like “I bought a freeze dryer and used it on pizza lol”.
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023 in ~talk
teaearlgraycold Link ParentI have the opposite takeaway. My income has more than doubled in the last few years and my standard of living has barely changed. So clearly more pay isn’t what I need. I’m willing to trade the...I have the opposite takeaway. My income has more than doubled in the last few years and my standard of living has barely changed. So clearly more pay isn’t what I need. I’m willing to trade the extra money for more learning. And if I need more money I’ll move to a lower cost of living area. Why couldn’t I be just as happy somewhere else?
And there’s still the startup lottery angle. I’m going to try and pick a winner. I’ll do good work there which will improve their odds of success. If I’m right I can retire in my 30s.
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Comment on Tildes invite session call to arms in ~tildes
teaearlgraycold Link ParentI gotta pump up my numbersI gotta pump up my numbers
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023 in ~talk
teaearlgraycold (edited )Link ParentThe main reason is that when you're an early employee at a startup your rate of learning is so much higher than anywhere else. When I graduated college I went straight from paying to learn to...The main reason is that when you're an early employee at a startup your rate of learning is so much higher than anywhere else. When I graduated college I went straight from paying to learn to getting paid to learn at a startup. The first startup I worked at was technologically not very exciting. But because it was my first full time dev job and I was sat next to their most senior engineer I learned a lot every day. Practical stuff about zero downtime releases. Git release management. What code is going to cause problems, what isn't. I think a junior engineer can get that kind of experience at a lot of different companies, including FAANG, but you'll definitely learn more per day in a smaller company.
The second startup I worked at was using an emerging technology called GPT3. I was loosely familiar with the idea as I'd seen stuff on Hacker News going back to the GPT2 days. We were a really small team. I joined as employee #4 or 5 to a team of 3 engineers. Being able to take a surprisingly successful hacked-together MVP and rebuild it in place was a lot of fun. And the site only continued to grow at an exponential pace. When you have 2,000 sign ups per day you can learn a lot about customer onboarding. I built a small framework for running experiments (existing products didn't look like the right fit for us) and we starting A/B testing the shit out of everything. That kind of tight feedback loop is something I've yet to see at FAANG and I expect is genuinely extremely rare there.
We would go from an idea for an experiment in the morning standup to a PR with the change, to release and then fresh data from the data warehouse pipeline within one workday. And I'd also get to work on a couple features during that day while reviewing code and interviewing engineering candidates.
There are really a million little reasons (hiring's actually a big one) that I could also mention. But it all boils down to learning. My big company job does not live up to the mystique the employer had 15 years ago when I decided I'd work there. To be fair they maintained whatever their magic was for a long time. But it's over now.
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To address your other questions:
what if it tanks and I need to spend savings to pay rent and eat? Is it simply that the potential reward is worth the risk?
You can ask them before joining what their runway is. Only join companies with an acceptable answer. I think if they have at least 2 years and are either profitable or raising more money you should feel pretty comfortable.
I honestly don't mind the risk of even a 6 month runway (as long as they're raising). If I really need to I could get a new job very quickly - or go back to an old one.
I think my attitude here comes from how little logic there is in how much I get paid by the job market. I'm only a few years into my career and have already experienced being able to set my own salary (joined -> 3 months later got a 17% raise -> 3 months later "I need another 17% raise" "Sure"). I've experienced a 75% raise from an already 2% income percentile job when switching into FAANG. Why would I stress about not having a job for a couple months?
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Comment on Disney is staring down the barrel of a no good, very bad year in ~movies
teaearlgraycold Link ParentI suspect it’s suffering from Big Company issues. It is hard to get enough people to rally together for more unique ideas. Communicating even what your new IP is widely enough to gain traction is...I suspect it’s suffering from Big Company issues. It is hard to get enough people to rally together for more unique ideas. Communicating even what your new IP is widely enough to gain traction is difficult. So you’re stuck with whatever is easiest to convey across dozens of communication borders: “The Little Mermaid but it’s live action”
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Comment on New users: Ask your questions about Tildes here! in ~tildes
teaearlgraycold Link ParentThe RIF developer is making a Tildes app. It would be hard to get 50 hours of use out of this site though.The RIF developer is making a Tildes app. It would be hard to get 50 hours of use out of this site though.
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023 in ~talk
teaearlgraycold Link ParentWhat was worse about the Indiana Jones ride?What was worse about the Indiana Jones ride?
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Comment on Introductions | June 2023 in ~talk
teaearlgraycold Link ParentIn what capacity? Can you waste some time here every day and enjoy it? Yes. Will we ever cover a lot of niches like how there’s a thriving subreddit for every popular game? No - never.In what capacity? Can you waste some time here every day and enjoy it? Yes.
Will we ever cover a lot of niches like how there’s a thriving subreddit for every popular game? No - never.
The problem is users really like freemium. If it was easy to get people to pay a one time fee for a todo app then that model would be popular among solo developers.