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CrypticShift

1,036karma·560submissions·November 1, 2022
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What I meant is: it is true you will still have to know how to read, integrate (and edit) the generated code, but you will {no[t] code} it yourself (see that no-code there). I'm not very familiar…
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I like this "no-code" approach to website building. it has that "without coding" aspect, without being captive to these "no-code" website builders out there.
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I’m in! > Scaling Knowledge > about epistemology, AI, start-ups, and progress. IMO the first step before any clear discourse about knowledge, is to clarify our knowledge about what this [discour…
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Yeah, neither is "software" with a definite purpose, more like platforms. However, platforms is what benefit humanity the most, the same way they benefit all the top technology companies (th…
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> the smartest way to go on about it would be to spend a lot on product design, prototyping I think the richest entity in the world also spent a lot of time on an eerily similar design research in …
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> but you don't have to worry about the budget. > software would benefit humanity as a whole the most Easy. I will just emulate what the richest man in world did: - either an open AI Founda…
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Concerning the future, there will be a growing tension between 2 forces: 1. Developing SAAS in getting easier and faster : Better platforms, frameworks, and now AI-assisted programming. 2. Capitalism …
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> everyone gets 1 terrabyte on Microsoft OneDrive and on Apple+ It is true that there is the problem of max capacity, and some self-described “digitally diseased” just can't have enough of it …
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Large sites that don't offer good, advanced search/filtering options. FB is one of them.
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Earlier, I was referring to the "readwise reader" : https://readwise.io/read This is their new tool (still in private-beta) for reading articles and newsletters. It also doe…
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I also find e-ink devices a lot better for long reads. Remarkable is more geared toward handwritten notetaking. If you don't need such features and just want to read stuff, the high price is not …
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> I think they're beautifully done. That was my immediate reaction. At first, I thought they were isometric drawings...
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> maybe there are some prominent start-ups in that field? I have one for you. It is called readwise [1]. They recently showed some cool AI experiments [2]. They could eventually solve some of the …
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To be more explicit, this system is possible with a single free Gmail account -> https://support.google.com/a/users/answer/9282734?hl=en#zipp... …
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You are almost right. Your only mistake IMO is in confounding Music with "Music composition": To use your expression, Music (and not sound) is indeed, "perhaps counter-intuitively, hard…
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I suggest you look at the latest iterations in No-Code/Lowcode Personal DBs, like https://www.getgrist.com/ (not the backend type like supabase) You will have more flexibility an…
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This how you grow GDP: - They sell you junk food for billions. - If you get chronic disease -> they will forever sell you drugs for billions more. - If you stop eating that junk, they will still se…
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As the recent years had shown, major social sites have a serious influence on the world. However, it is not just about size. It is also about who are your users: The economist is not widely read, but …
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> protect free and open-source software as publicly funded works > The hideous other side of the coin is that countries could establish ownership rights The first does not lead automatically to …
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is it a democracy [0] ? [0] https://unicode.org/consortium/techchairs.html
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As often with Wikipedia articles, It is the academic view that dominates. It may historically accurate, but it is still misleading. If you are not familiar with how music is produced today, I can tell…
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Interesting, I only ever heard of "speed reading". I personally can browse and move between short text blocks here and there extremely fast. But when it comes to longer text (article+), I&#x…
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We are not there yet.
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> if not the top > It's already as deliberately spartan as it can get. I don't agree. Minimalism (feature-wise) does not equal a better design (or a healthier one for that matter) This…
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I personally love hierarchical lists. They are like a map for a territory. These are 2 extensive maps for the app territory. They may at least offer you some keywords (to google) https://ww…
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> Why aren’t students tested on their word processing skills? It depends on the educational system. > Wouldn’t teachers want their students to be able ... write up a document It depends on the t…
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