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alphadog··on GPT-4 Update: 32K Context Window Now for All Users
API only?
alphadog··on Is Cloudflare down?
After detecting a botnet attack originating from Cloudflare IPs, we logged in to Cloudflare. Shortly after, we received the message: "Sorry, you have been blocked. You are unable to access www.cloudflare.com." We hypothesize that a larger scale attack is underway.
alphadog··on Tell HN: ChatGPT is fantastic for finding and solving issues in logs
Did you use the API for this, or did you copy and paste into the GUI?
alphadog··on Show HN: Customizable, embeddable Chat GPT based on your own documents
Congrats on the launch! I'm testing it now and are excited about it. I've tried few similar solutions in the past few days but they were buggy and not as feature rich as your solution. I do have a few questions:

- What's the differences between Assistant and Chat mode?

- If I have GPT4 access is there anyway I can insert my API key and use it with your app? I assume you're using 3.5 turbo.

- What toolchain are you using for splitting / chunking?

alphadog··on Build full “product skills” and you'll probably be fine
What prompts are they finding useful for creating SQL statements?
alphadog··on Wallabag: Self-hostable application for saving web pages and articles
I save links as PDFs using DevonThink. I've yet to find a compelling reason to replace it.
alphadog··on My Hacker News knowledge assimilation stack
I save the HN page as a PDF and send to DevonThink via the DevonThink browser extension. This way I have all the comments indexed and searchable via Finder or DevonThink. I tried webarchive but found PDF to be more efficient.
alphadog··on Sequoia Productive Capital
This is precisely the reason I am no longer a subscriber.
alphadog··on Shopify Overtakes eBay as Second Biggest Shopping Site After Amazon
Shopify isn't a homogeneous marketplace that is comparable to Amazon.com. It's a SaaS ecommerce platform. I've seen these comparisons made lately and I don't understand it. What am I missing?
alphadog··on American Pictures (1985) [pdf]
Being born in the 1980s I was curious to see what the American Black population's poverty rate was in the 1980s. To my surprise it was as high as 35% [1].

1. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/visualizations...

alphadog··on Jack Dorsey Joins Disney’s Board Of Directors
That's a pretty cushy salary - isn't? Anyone know how much a new Disney board member gets paid?
alphadog··on Olark launches "Targeted Chat"
Reminds me of LiveZilla's visitor monitoring.

It's a pity I had to give up LiveZilla because of its terrible UX.

alphadog··on The all-new Basecamp is live
Same here. That's the only jolting aspect for us.

I suspect we'll have to use to-dos or calendar events. But calendar events don't seem to appear on the overview page and can't be checked off as completed either.

Anyway, clearly I need to keep investigating.

alphadog··on [dead]
Text from PDF:

January 17, 2012

WASHINGTON —The following is a statement by Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) on the so-called “Blackout Day” protesting anti-piracy legislation:

“Only days after the White House and chief sponsors of the legislation responded to the major concern expressed by opponents and then called for all parties to work cooperatively together, some technology business interests are resorting to stunts that punish their users or turn them into their corporate pawns, rather than coming to the table to find solutions to a problem that all now seem to agree is very real and damaging.

It is an irresponsible response and a disservice to people who rely on them for information and use their services. It is also an abuse of power given the freedoms these companies enjoy in the marketplace today. It’s a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users in order to further their corporate interests.

A so-called “blackout” is yet another gimmick, albeit a dangerous one, designed to punish elected and administration officials who are working diligently to protect American jobs from foreign criminals. It is our hope that the White House and the Congress will call on those who intend to stage this “blackout” to stop the hyperbole and PR stunts and engage in meaningful efforts to combat piracy.”

About the MPAA

The Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries from its offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Its members include: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Universal City Studios LLC; and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

###

For more information, contact:

MPAA Washington, D.C.

Howard Gantman (202) 293-1966 Howard_Gantman@mpaa.org

alphadog··on Google responds to the Mocality blog post
So what happens next?

Realistically I don't think there's any legal action they can take - can they?

Also, how does Google "make this right" with them?

alphadog··on Amateur rocket launch reaches 121,000 feet
:-) Thanks!

Corrected.

alphadog··on Amateur rocket launch reaches 121,000 feet
121,000 feet = 36.88 km

From Wikipedia: The Kármán line lies at an altitude of 100 kilometres (62 mi) above the Earth's sea level, and is commonly used to define the boundary between the Earth's atmosphere and outer space.

That's not space. Though it's an amazing feat nonetheless.

alphadog··on Hacking Instagram filters in real life
Agreed. Sometimes it's just too obvious.
alphadog··on The Entrepreneur’s Guide to (not getting kicked out of) Coffee Shops
Public library + mifi
alphadog··on Google buys Zagat
So was it a good idea for Yelp to walk away from Google's 700 million dollar offer?
alphadog··on Destination asteroid: NASA probe arrives at ancient ‘mini moon’
Evidence, please.

How does it stack up to Cassini or New Horizons?

alphadog··on Voice search enabled on Google homepage (Chrome)
Interestingly enough, I notice it on http://www.wunderground.com/ homepage using Chrome.

Not exactly sure how they're using it?

alphadog··on [dead]
So certain WordPress plugin trunks ( AddThis, WPtouch, or W3 Total Cache) were compromised? That blog posts seems very vague on the details.

Just enough FUD to scare both the novice and the advanced users.

Any core committers care to comment here?

alphadog··on For $185k Brands Can (soon) Apply For Their Own TLD
scratches head

This is news to me. Perhaps the author of the post has gotten some basic facts wrong?

alphadog··on For Google, iCloud Is Annoying; For Microsoft, It's A Humiliation
Google is the "cloud".

Apple gives the "cloud" branding and a logo.

alphadog··on A Big Surprise from the Edge of the Solar System
Could this offer some protection from a gamma ray burst?
alphadog··on Marketing for Hackers: a 5-min intro, 97% BS-free
Baffles me too. A self-hosted WordPress install is pure vanilla and offers plenty of tasty toppings a hacker can integrate via core APIs and theme hooks.
alphadog··on CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire .NET programmers
This is nice linkbait. I will add to my swipefile.
alphadog··on Color CEO: The Tech Justifies the $41 Million
6 patents pending? Is this all a big IP bet for them & their investors? That could really set back under funded entrepreneurs working on similar solutions.
alphadog··on Forrst Gets Seeded With $200,000
Over 40 Million and you get to buy a vowel. Less than 40 million? No vowel for you.
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