christoff12

> The cost of making something was so high that the question of whether you should make it was a luxury.

Isn't this backwards? The cost of "can we?" was high, therefore the question of "should we?" was a necessity (not a luxury) that required taste to get a good answer that maximized the chance for a hit.

It's why musicians sought out Quincy Jones to produce their albums, and why Steve Jobs is revered.

In the digital age, everything is a/b tested to hell -- we've reverted back to endless variations of black Model Ts, if anything. The increasing commodification of execution has driven "can we?" down, thus, now "should we?" is the luxury; it's no longer required to ask upfront because you simply run through permutations.

At the end of the day, Taste™ has always been required to stand out in the market, but I think understanding the cause and effect is helpful.

This could be interesting

wut

this is neat

> remains the market leader in that space

TIL

I didn't know about MACH, interesting.

I made a thing [1] a few months ago because I wanted a lightweight expression of this.

[1] https://github.com/bootstrapital/flatcontent

I like this theory for no other reason than it seems plausible lol

Yeah, my first job at a startup was at an oil and gas saas that ingested unstructured data into a standardized db for smaller operators.*

"How much money did we make yesterday?" was a nontrivial question that required a several people a couple of days to compile manually before our software.

--- * Would probably make a killing today; this was over a decade ago and the extraction was 98% regex and custom if statements

Service businesses win on service, which notably degrades over time with PE firms.

So you win by taking the long view and building incrementally and opportunistically jump in as the incumbent falters.

Show HN: justanissuetracker.com

Reading this thread has me wondering if a smarter voicemail inbox system would be a viable and useful alternative.

Something like leave a voicemail and get a ticket created in the system to log the call for triage once the owner's hands are free.

The system could be configured to text a link to an intake form or quote calculator or calendly or whatever if intent is successfully detected.

I wouldn't mind this as a caller because I'd hear a typical phone tree setup, have a callback option, __and__ have a digital action I can take without being annoyed by a fake receptionist.

I imagine a certain type of business owner would appreciate the more streamlined workflow, plus having more control without the AI risks.

Asking a yes/no question implies the ability to handle either choice.

> Models are getting 99% more efficient every 3 years - to get the same amount of output, combined with hardware and (mostly) software upgrades - you can use 99% less power.

Even if true, this still doesn't bend the curve when paying for the next model.

> If AI stopped progressing today, it would take probably a decade or longer for us to take full advantage of it. So there is tons of forward looking revenue that isn't counted yet.

If this is true, it's true for the technology overall, and not necessarily OpenAI since inference would get commoditized quickly at that point. OpenAI could continue to have a capital advantage as a public stock, but I don't think it would if the music stopped.

I wanted to come back to this to add that it's highly disrespectful to make a post/write a letter laying off 40% of your company and not bother to capitalize words properly.

Might be a small thing (no pun intended), but it irks me.

"we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation."

holy moly

This is kind of like getting upset with people who go to ATMs because drug dealers transact in cash lol.

Glad I saw this. I just installed openclaw on a fly.io machine to test out and planned to use my pro account.

This is very savvy.

I thought this was about Toyota's Lean when I clicked lol.

That's catnip for my original IE brain.

Hey, replying to your email now.

Basically, "You don't have to understand how this works, just push this button when x, or flip this switch when y."

I don't think the impact will be quite as large as some are saying here, but it won't be minimal either.

Neat

I've thought about doing something like this. Very cool.

Pageplane (https://pageplane.app) - Carrd meets Github Gists [1]

StockStreaks (https://stockstreaks.com) - Hot and cold streak data for stocks [2]

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[1] more info here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46637349

[2] I broke the pipeline over the weekend when adding new metrics, but you can still see the main idea

a) I'm not sure it logically follows that the hikikomori would be a particularly artistic group, thus don't understand the assertion; b) how do we know they aren't? By definition, they wouldn't be out promoting their works or gaining recognition.

Also, there is at least one example of UBI contributing to an increase in activity:

"According to the research, 31% of BIA recipients reported an increased ability to sustain themselves through arts work alone, and the number of people who reported low pay as a career barrier went down from one third to 17%. These changes were identified after the first six months of the scheme and remained stable as the scheme continued." [1]

[1] https://musiciansunion.org.uk/news/ireland-s-basic-income-fo...

Maybe, but also maybe politics can be a reflection of a person’s actions in a broader sense, for which it is perfectly reasonable to disengage from them when those actions have a negative impact.

Good point

Are they Better Made?

(this is joke[1])

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- [1] https://bettermade.com/product-category/potato-chips/

Would be much easier to try. I was expecting a chrome extension.

Easy enough to cast from my phone when I'm not in front of my own TV; e.g. at an airbnb.