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thomasmarcelis

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thomasmarcelis··on I spent $220 on Google app ads and 60% of the installs were robots
Influencers sometimes have very niche / local audiences
thomasmarcelis··on Patreon laying off 20% of staff
If we throw all the arguments at the wall, one must stick right?
thomasmarcelis··on Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
Also something about subscriptions vs pay-for-usage. I feel the need to use all my weekly tokens or I'm wasting and I bet they would never get this kind of usage out of me if AI ended up being same price per token.
thomasmarcelis··on Google is making AI in Gmail and Docs free, but raising the price of Workspace
What are you using it for? It has been completely subpar compared to any other LLM for me.

It's so bad at understanding your intentions.

thomasmarcelis··on ChatGPT Pro
Yes, daily. It's extremely useful, superior to internal search while combining the internal knowledge base with ChatGPT's
thomasmarcelis··on Meta lays off 11,000 people
Probably same PR company or law firm
thomasmarcelis··on Real-world stories of how we’ve compromised CI/CD pipelines
>>In our final scenario, the NCC Group consultant got booked on a scenario-based assessment:

>>“Pretend you have compromised a developer’s laptop.”

Most companies will fail right here. Especially outside of the tech world security hygiene with developer's laptops is very bad from what I have seen.

thomasmarcelis··on Search engines and SEO spam
I also can't help but wonder this. I'm certain people at google search want to provide the best quality search results and do this with integrity. But at some point in the business hierarchy you are at a level where people set objectives for both these departments ( search & ads ) and are trying to optimise for things like total revenue/profit.
thomasmarcelis··on Rqlite 6.0: the evolution of a distributed database design
Thats close to our use case. We use it to sync a small amount of configuration data across a small amount of servers (2-50, depending client).

RQlite was perfect as our software is an addon for a legacy platform. We needed an easy low-access way of installing a distributed datastore.

thomasmarcelis··on Digital banking, now halal
There is a cap set by the EU since 2015

https://www.adyen.com/blog/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-eu...

thomasmarcelis··on New Cambridge Analytica Leaks
They had API access but extracting and using the data in the way they did was against the terms of use IIRC
thomasmarcelis··on Building a Developer Tools Business
Sure looks like it. Part one, two and three are written by three different "Guest authors", who are freelance technical writers.
thomasmarcelis··on Developers mentoring other developers: practices I've seen work well
I can echo this experience. I guess this comes down to the Socratic method of teaching people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method

I have yet to see a more effective method of teaching developers, as this encourages understanding and learning about underlying concepts and problems

thomasmarcelis··on How to negotiate salary in the software development market of 2019
Especially in the search for competent developers or developers with experience.. We receive a lot of applications of completely underqualified candidates
thomasmarcelis··on Alibaba has a voice assistant better than Google’s
Works in firefox as well, but in chrome:

https://i.imgur.com/KTN1Jnf.png

thomasmarcelis··on Ask HN: Developers, how do you estimate projects and write proposals?
Excel for entering all the estimates. I write down tasks, one-offs (eg license purchase) and subscription costs. For the tasks I add columns for different roles, because the rates differ. The fixed costs are also entered. Some tables are made based on this data, and added to a written word document.

It might seem old school, but a lot can differ based on project basis (e.g cooperation with other companies, 1 month vs 2 year projects). Word and excel are just flexible and easy enough for me.

thomasmarcelis··on Ask HN: Developers, how do you estimate projects and write proposals?
I like the idea and could see myself using this. After trying the tool a bit, I liked it and had some thoughts.

I think your landing page communicates well, it was pretty clear what it was going to do. The only thing I wasn't sure about is if the tool is also meant for teams larger than one. Then I would need to be able to enter different costs based on different roles, but I'm not sure if that's the target audience.

You said the project is half finished, so I assume you have tons of small UI improvement ideas already... But I would really prefer a different method of adding new lines/tasks over just adding every type on add :), for example a dropdown with an add button.

thomasmarcelis··on Ask HN: What influenced your personal growth the most?
I took 'truffles' (scletoria, Psilocybe tampanensis), which are legal where I live, multiple times in increasing dosages. I'd love to send you my 'trip report', but am not comfortable posting this online.

If you are interested you can contact me on my username at gmail dot com.

thomasmarcelis··on Ask HN: What influenced your personal growth the most?
I find it weird people keep saying they lose the ego-based view of the world after taking psychedelics, it has had the complete opposite effecf on me. I know the experience is very personal but I have never read about experiences similar to mine. I become very ego-centric and just think about how I can get the most out of the world.

I do think it has affected me positively overall. I find it easier to work through tough times in order to reach what I want these days.

thomasmarcelis··on First draft of the new Artificial Intelligence and Games textbook available now
An additional difficulty is that the fastest way to achieve a build/goal often means you are weak/exposed at crucial moments in the game
thomasmarcelis··on Fake IDs in the age of the internet
But a drivers license is not a valid proof of identification here
thomasmarcelis··on German traffic light stays red for 28 years (2015)
It is mandatory for there to be a light at the intersection by law
thomasmarcelis··on Learn X in Y minutes
I somewhat like learning languages this way, I rarely forget my own mistakes I have to fix.
thomasmarcelis··on The Web We Have to Save
What? I use feedly daily but don't have a feedly extension. You can just go to feedly.com
thomasmarcelis··on [dead]
Can anyone recommend an idiomatic go project to look through?
thomasmarcelis··on See what Hacker News looked like on the day you joined
It does say a lot about what it is
thomasmarcelis··on The Story of Microsoft's Minecraft Buyout
0x10c [0] was starting to become his public Act II, but he dropped the project because he was no longer interested in it.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0x10c

thomasmarcelis··on Python without an operating system
This could lower the barrier for js-only developers/designers/beginners to get into more low level programming, or to get them to play with some hardware a bit.
thomasmarcelis··on Ask HN: What are the most uplifting comments you've read on HN?
How did your move to Berlin go? I've been thinking about doing the same
thomasmarcelis··on Coding Like a Girl
Pink just is a bright colour. Bright colours can distract if used plenty. I've had the same comment on using too many yellow.
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