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Okay, thanks a bunch. I work a lot with students studying for the SAT and GRE, and something like this could be very useful for them.

So, another poster cleared up my first question. It's probably because the seed is the same. I think it would have been a better demo if it hadn't been, though.

This is really cool, but I'm left with a lot of questions. Why does the font always generate the same string to replace the exclamation points as he moves from gedit to gimp? Shouldn't the LLM be creating a new "inference"?

As an aside, I originally thought this was going to generate a new font "style" that matched the text. So for example, "once upon a time" would look like a storybook style font or if you wrote something computer science-related, it would look like a tech manual font. I wonder if that's possible.

I like the typeface and concept but I found the site somewhat confusing to use. Also, I feel like it should recommend some difficult vocab words for me to check out, based on say a quiz to get a baseline sense of my current vocabulary.

This seems highly speculative to me. Is there any research that suggests what is being described is true?

It's possible that our next generation advances will be made inside, for example, bioengineering. I'm not super well versed on the topic so this is very speculative, but I've read a lot of cool stuff about DNA-based data storage solutions, and the thought now comes to me that may be that maybe lab-grown brains could achieve some interesting tasks.

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles. Existentialist novel—like Camus' The Stranger but better.

The Bible, specifically the New Testament, and more specifically，The Gospels. The reason that it's radical is that Christ overturns traditional notions of morality. Greco-Roman thought saw the rich and powerful as close to the divine but Christ's message is that the meek and poor are prefered by God.

Coming in at #2, I would argue for Marx, maybe Capital. It's radical because it shows that Capitalism is not a "natural" state of affairs (as much as it would like us to believe that it is).

Can anyone me one tell me how big this is in GB?

Maybe Korea or Japan. Have you considered the Baltic states like Estonia and Lithuania?

I liked it, but I found it too easy.

The Structure of World History, Karatani

I like it. Good work.

There are hundreds of great ones, but Tale of Genji (classic), The Master of Go (amazing if you like the board game Go), Coin Locker Babies (Ryu Murkami > Haruki Murkami), Out by Natsuo Kirino.

Bangkok City Library, Bangkok Public Library

I mean there are actually quite a few public libraries here, but of course the selection is primarily in Thai. I don't know why anyone would expect otherwise.

This is an exaggeration. I also live in Thailand, and I just got a library card at the very stately Neilson Hayes library last week. A bit pricey (3000 THB/year) but amazing ambience since the library was built in 1860.

Could you make a video showing how it works? I don't have any iOS devices but would love to recommend to friends/family. Thanks.

Yes, I want to know too

Sorry but this is utterly pointless. One of the very first sentences I was given was grammatically incorrect ("My name Natalie."). The speaker's voice sounds terrible and robotic. The voice recognition is likewise terrible. The pauses are way too long. One of the worst language learning websites I've ever seen. You'd be much better off just talking to ChatGPT via conversation mode in the app.

Does anyone else think the copy and design on this webpage are really 'blah'? "Let's DUO it" is a terrible tagline, haha.

I'm not an Apple fan, but they win by miles for stuff like this.

I have a really bad prescription (something like -12.5, -13), and I've had multiple pairs of glasses before. Changing from one pair to another gives me a headache. How am I going to use this device?

Would be nice to know what "level" you're on.

I've been really impressed with RealLifeLore: https://youtube.com/@RealLifeLore?si=WQu7xnY1zMr7m8jU

The video on Saudi geography is especially good: https://youtu.be/uz88EurZdrI?si=Zjbm_L30Y8-LpaaJ

As an ideas generator. I often tell it to ask me 20 questions that will help me plan my week or something like that.

As the AI for the card game I'm developing. It knows the rules of the game so I can play test various scenarios really well.

As a travel planner. Queries like "Give me a 5 day itinerary for Luang Prabang, Laos" are a great way to get a broad overview of the main things to see in a new destination.

As a wordsmith. I like to invent fun new terms sometimes. For example: "Invent a word that's kind of like vegan but for people who only eat animals which would plausibly eat humans in nature." Response: "Predatovore".

As an emoji recommender. I don't want to sift through tons of emoji to find the appropriate one, so I just ask ChatGPT.

Thanks for this. I'm building a card game that needs an infinite canvas. I'm currently using Miro but there's no easy way to "flip" the cards so they are hidden or make certain decks just visible to their owners.

Just a random thought, but what if companies were required to include an "expected lifespan" label on clothing.

Is this a serious comment? If so, why lotus 1 2 3 over the trillions of other more modern spreadsheet applications?

I think it would be great to have an ebook interface that shuffled the content in a way that mimicked some aspects of HN, Reddit, and maybe even Tinder.

"Nobody should call themselves a professional if they only know one language".

Presumably he means programming language, but this may apply more generally.