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anxman··on OpenAI adds MCP support to Agents SDK
Cryptic errors that will make you tear your hair out and docs that are constantly changing
anxman··on A Disney Worker Downloaded an AI Tool. It Led to a Hack That Ruined His Life
ComfyUI
anxman··on Meta Llama 3 vision multimodal models – how to use them and what they can do
I'm not surprised that llama 3.2 11b failed here. The author should really have tested Llama 3.2 90b, which does remarkably better:

Same query and image:

This line graph illustrates the working-poor rate of the US labour force from 1986 to 2022 (those working and below the designated poverty line). The graph can be broken down into 3 main proceedings. 1. The first spike in working-poor individuals was displayed in 1992. 2. That peak was then over shadowed by a dramatic incline and following higher peak in 2010 possibly caused by the 2008 housing crisis 3. 2010 was then followed almost immediately by a steady decline to the point of bringing the working-poor rate below 4 percent for the first time in 30 years in 2022.

anxman··on Show HN: One – A new React framework unifying web, native and local-first
I'm really happy with Takeout. It has its flaws but it's the easiest stack to get up for web/ios/android.
anxman··on Show HN: I made a credit system API
Can we get a trial to test this out? Been looking for this.
anxman··on Google Cloud now has a dedicated cluster of Nvidia GPUs for YC startups
TIL there’s a downvote on here
anxman··on Meta to release largest Llama 3 model on July 23 [405B]
Those were still quantized right? My understanding is that LLaMA3 does not quantize well at all.
anxman··on Gemma 2: Improving Open Language Models at a Practical Size [pdf]
I also hate the billing. It feels like configuring AWS more than calling APIs.
anxman··on Gemma 2: Improving Open Language Models at a Practical Size [pdf]
And the training samples are overly tied to Vertex
anxman··on Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity
Founder Preferred is a special class of stock that can convert into Preferred when sold. It’s different from Common as it doesn’t affect the 409A. IANAL.
anxman··on Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity
I used Founders Preferred shares to get liquidity at the A (for a now defunct startup).

In our case, we offered all vested employees the option of selling in the same round on the same terms.

I personally don’t recall any disclosure requirements at 10 people; however, we didn’t have that many participate so perhaps it didn’t apply.

In general, Founders Preferred does layer on the preference stack but also hopefully by a relatively trivial amount to the overall funding size.

anxman··on Devin: AI Software Engineer
This is my experience too. You have to be have deep domain knowledge to really get the LLM to do what you want. Then it saves me a ton of time.
anxman··on Reddit's IPO Is for Redditors
Anyone know the karma threshold or how they're determining most active users?
anxman··on Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs?
This could be a product. AI sales training.
anxman··on We built an AI-powered Magic the Gathering card generator
I bet WOTC would find this very useful!
anxman··on Amazon cancels my account after exposing account lockout for “racist doorbell” [video]
I have a 15 year Prime account. I purchased fake Colgate toothpaste on Amazon and left a review to alert others. Amazon then deleted all reviews I’ve ever left and permanently banned me from leaving any new ones. I appealed twice with no reply. Buyer beware.
anxman··on First Republic Bank files 8-K – Tech only 4% of total deposits; no sector >9%
I can confirm knowledge of this as well
anxman··on Natick couple refiles lawsuit vs. eBay, saying they were terrorized and tortured
This will end with a huge settlement. Ebay did wrong by targeting their most loyal merchants with a criminal campaign.
anxman··on Some shoppers are fleeing Amazon because of counterfeit goods
I received fake toothpaste from Amazon. The toothpaste gave me asthma and the packaging and consistency were different from store bought. I left a review stating the item I received was fake and then the review was removed by Amazon. Amazon emailed me stating that the item is genuine and then I was permanently banned from reviewing items. I appealed and never heard back.
anxman··on Google to reduce workforce by 12k
I worked on Sundars team at Google in 2006. He is highly technical and understands the nuance of software.
anxman··on Zero Click Facebook Account Takeover and Two-Factor Authentication Bypass
Holy moly
anxman··on Taking part in Y Combinator from Europe: is it worth it?
The real reason was that YouTube had become the number two search engine on the Internet. Nobody in Corp dev acquires a company simply because of who invested in it.
anxman··on Preston should listen to research, not insult researchers
No need to apologize, it's precisely this double speak that Preston (and Peskin) use to advance their own political agendas at the expense of vulnerable communities here in SF. There is also a component of semi legally siphoning off public money to hand over to private developers from which said government officials take a rake, but let's ignore this portion (If you're curious though, you can read more here: https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2020/sf-city-hall-corru...).

First, in San Francisco, to qualify for "affordable housing", you have to make under the poverty line in San Francisco. That means under 110k for a family of 4. If a builder were to want to build affordable housing to help these populations, it is not financially feasible without the government paying for it b/c one would have to sell or rent this newly built housing at significantly below what they paid for it.

So then enter rich white elitists like Preston and Peskin (with ties to the real estate lobby / land owners themselves) who want to enrich themselves by increasing the value of their own land. What do they do? They block all new housing development in San Francisco so the supply is permanently depressed and gate it on building "affordable housing". They package that up as a news story in helping vulnerable communities by making a few affordable homes but in in reality, housing gets more expensive and unaffordable for everyone.

Just so a few richly compensated officials can enrich themselves even more, at the expense of the poorest residents.

anxman··on The Slander Industry
It doesn't remove the images though
anxman··on Silicon Valley’s Safe Space
This is more like the NYPostTimes
anxman··on Terraria on Stadia cancelled after developer's Google account gets locked
This is called Google One. I pay for it.
anxman··on Google Stadia shuts down internal studios, changing business focus
Same here and I worked on Stadia
anxman··on Post-Pandemic Silicon Valley Isn’t a Place
Nice article from Kim Mai
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What is this?
anxman··on Launch HN: Artifact (YC S20) – Personal podcasts with the people in your life
Congrats. Great product.
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