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ryanmerket

791karma·353submissions·May 31, 2008
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When influencers code.
2y ago·view thread
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The only thing true in life is lies and hashes. And the Twitter Files lacked hashes.
2y ago·view thread
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It's joke, lay off the downvotes. Yeesh
2y ago·view thread
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It's binary.
2y ago·view thread
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This is remarkable! I had goosebumps talking to the AI agent.
2y ago·view thread
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Wow, so much potential here!
2y ago·view thread
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+1 for ASCII art
2y ago·view thread
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this is probably the right answer. hacking group getting a 0day to sell to nation states on a per-use agreement.
2y ago·view thread
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?? narwhal is great. winston is a new one that is getting lots of traction. not sure what you're talking about.
2y ago·view thread
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His annual salary is around $280k a year from the S-1. This is stock compensation.
2y ago·view thread
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Even if it was 10% he's still printing cash for a lifestyle business. That 1% is an optional $1.49/mo. If it's a mandatory $2.99/mo you're looking at 10-20% easy. And he'…
3y ago·view thread
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Basic math? Let's do the math... Let's say Apollo, Relay, or RIF charged $2/mo per user. Would that be enough to cover their expenses? Looking at Reddit's now API pricing, 100 call…
3y ago·view thread
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It's both. They are monetizing the data with LLMs AND they are still enabling 3P developers to monetize their users by charging a small monthly fee. Let's say Apollo, Relay, or RIF charged $…
3y ago·view thread
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...or he could just have tiered pricing. If he were to optimize his calls, he could get them down to under the new ratelimit, as the Relay for Reddit dev has. Once under the ratelimi, with no notifica…
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been saying this for years... the response is always: "they didn't spend enough money to sway enough people" but who did they target? which zipcodes or DMAs? specific UIDs? Trump won be…
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Yikes. Pay to play is never a good model...
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Because the average American is considered to have a readability level equivalent to a 7th/8th grader (12 to 14 years old). They lack the critical thinking skills to from from search results to p…
3y ago·view thread
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Depends on the fact. If you ask Google for the difference between Viet red tea and Viet green tea, ChatGPT can give you the correct facts much more quickly than Google.
3y ago·view thread
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ORiON, MYTH, CLASS, CORE, PARADiGM, Motiv8, TRPS, RiSC, PGC, and more. Wrote about my experience here: https://medium.com/@merket/everything-i-know-about-founding-... …
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He did admit to being on a new weight loss drug https://www.thequint.com/fit/elon-musk-uses-this-diabetes-dr... …
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I use it in my office. Don't really notice a difference. I should get a CO2 reader and test it out.
3y ago·view thread
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I live in Texas and big trucks are super common. I drive a truck with a lift in Austin and haven't towed a thing.
4y ago·view thread
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We're rolling out donations >> Goodfair soon. That's a large logistical step, but we're well on our way!
5y ago·view thread
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...or meter their API requests until they comply.
5y ago·view thread
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At Goodfair (disclosure: I run Product & Eng), we are based out of the used clothing capital of America -- Port of Houston, TX. It's our mission to rescue these clothes from being sold to in…
5y ago·view thread
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Dream job. If I thought I could get paid doing that I would have been set at 17 years old. Now I'm 38 and still dream of my reversing days. :)
5y ago·view thread
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Maybe try sample content that leads them into registration? You can also try to get them to register after they’ve tried to engage with the content. Users are moser likely to register after they’ve en…
8y ago·view thread
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Don’t you think insurance companies might want that data to price your coverage for their optimal margins?
8y ago·view thread
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I grew up there in the 80s. We had our own Wurstfest and the school’s mascot was the Unicorns. So there’s that.
8y ago·view thread