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nanfinitum

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I write frequently on my blog: https://nandinfinitum.com/

You can reach out to me at [email protected]

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Productivity by Sam Altman

blog.samaltman.com
2 points·by nanfinitum·15 ore fa·0 comments

I time travelled to Ancient Rome (AI Vlog) [video]

youtube.com
1 points·by nanfinitum·11 giorni fa·0 comments

Basic Markdown Syntax Guide

markdownguide.org
1 points·by nanfinitum·22 giorni fa·0 comments

SpaceX IPO makes Elon Musk the world's first trillionaire

reuters.com
5 points·by nanfinitum·29 giorni fa·0 comments

To buy this Bay Area home, you'll need Anthropic equity

techcrunch.com
1 points·by nanfinitum·2 mesi fa·0 comments

Show HN: MR Links – Inline link references for Marginal Revolution blog posts

github.com
2 points·by nanfinitum·3 mesi fa·0 comments

You can make something good

sfalexandria.substack.com
3 points·by nanfinitum·3 mesi fa·1 comments

Ask HN: Does ChatGPT's data export feature work?

3 points·by nanfinitum·3 mesi fa·0 comments

How to Switch AI Chatbots and Why You Might Want To

wsj.com
1 points·by nanfinitum·3 mesi fa·1 comments

Unitree Goes Public

chinatalk.media
2 points·by nanfinitum·3 mesi fa·0 comments

Training the Idea Muscle

sfalexandria.com
5 points·by nanfinitum·3 mesi fa·0 comments

The next evolution of AI user interfaces

nandinfinitum.com
3 points·by nanfinitum·4 mesi fa·1 comments

The quant shop – AI lab convergence

ft.com
3 points·by nanfinitum·5 mesi fa·1 comments

The chronically online will become a new underclass [video]

youtube.com
3 points·by nanfinitum·6 mesi fa·0 comments

Ask HN: Should you combine your personal website and blog or keep them separate?

7 points·by nanfinitum·6 mesi fa·4 comments

Ask HN: What should I do with my old laptop in 2026?

7 points·by nanfinitum·6 mesi fa·8 comments

Tyler Cowen, the man who wants to know everything

economist.com
5 points·by nanfinitum·7 mesi fa·1 comments

My 2025 Media Roundup

nandinfinitum.com
1 points·by nanfinitum·7 mesi fa·0 comments

H-1B to Plan B: India's top tech talent looks beyond the U.S.

restofworld.org
2 points·by nanfinitum·7 mesi fa·0 comments

Andrej Karpathy's LLM Council

github.com
2 points·by nanfinitum·8 mesi fa·0 comments

comments

nanfinitum
·mese scorso·discuss
Even this post is written by AI and it's so obvious...
nanfinitum
·2 mesi fa·discuss
I have a lot of doctor friends who tell me they all use OpenEvidence [1] in their practice. They've done a good job of capturing the doctor market while offering a useful product.

[1] https://www.openevidence.com/
nanfinitum
·3 mesi fa·discuss
https://archive.is/DFZsw
nanfinitum
·5 mesi fa·discuss
You're starting to sound like an agent yourself.
nanfinitum
·5 mesi fa·discuss
https://archive.is/2n1PH
nanfinitum
·6 mesi fa·discuss
BTW It's a 2019 Dell Inspiron with ~2.8 GHz processor speed and 24 GB memory. It's pretty slow by today's standards. Does your recommendation still hold?
nanfinitum
·6 mesi fa·discuss
https://donchuru.github.io/
nanfinitum
·7 mesi fa·discuss
https://archive.is/UmlEe
nanfinitum
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Fantastic work. Flying the Kenyan flag high!
nanfinitum
·7 mesi fa·discuss
This is pretty unique and amazing. How are you marketing this all the way to $500/mo.?
nanfinitum
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Wow, this is awesome. How did you market this? 100,000 users is a lot.
nanfinitum
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Given how high risk this whole donor thing is, I’m surprised there is very little regulation around this process.

For one, It’s truly bizzare that they don’t regulate the number of kids from a single donor. I also assumed they would have some rigorous screening of genetic disorders such as this one before freely distributing sperm for insemination.
nanfinitum
·7 mesi fa·discuss
One benefit of blogs that isn't mentioned enough is the opportunity to express unorthodox ideas, and the chance to defend them to form a good thesis.

Diversity of thought is pretty valuable. So is training yourself to think independently, come up with your own premises and learning to build sound arguments, which you also get from writing and discussing ideas.
nanfinitum
·7 mesi fa·discuss
Yes we can actually.

I think it has something to do with Silicon Valley's obsession with money. To SV-people, billionaires are like gods. They are worshipped and invited to all the events worth going to (meetups, hackathons, etc.). Everyone wants to be like them.

And it seems to me to be a geographical problem too. In NYC, billionaires are like supervillains. Nobody particularly likes them (outside of select finance bros), and people openly express disdain for them and their greed.
nanfinitum
·7 mesi fa·discuss
I'm going to go against the grain and say that posting on LinkedIn is actually a good idea. It builds your brand and that is valuable. As cringe as it may be, it puts your name in the working memory of people who might be useful in your career (recruiters, hiring managers, potential collaborators, etc.)

I also think this goes for all the analogous versions of LinkedIn (like Tiktok if you're a creator, or Instagram if you're an artist). Not having a place to show off your work will slow down your growth and progress.

I'm a fairly private person but I've been considering the opportunity cost of it, and I think it's pretty high. Overall +EV: the risks of putting yourself out there are low (i.e. strangers think you're cringe), but the benefits are very high (new jobs/opportunities). I might just start embracing the cringe.
nanfinitum
·8 mesi fa·discuss
> Then I try to identify those people and works that are widely considered fundamental to the field and focus on those.

How do you go about this? Reddit is fairly good for this, but also suffers from the noise problem (too many suggestions).