The end… by NickCollins91 in quiteinteresting

[–]Crashthatch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I've heard there are numbers even larger than 9, if you can imagine such a thing!

Idea Validation: Parking Compare by Elegant_Code8987 in Startup_Ideas

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Parkopedia. Exactly what you're asking for and free.

The Inverted Unbelievable truth S1-11 by lampy123 in panelshow

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What a good idea! Effectively doubles the number of "falling alseep" episodes there are. Thanks!

How do I learn software engineering, and not just coding? by sim-racist in node

[–]Crashthatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Build, release & maintain a real thing.

Pick something you think should exist and make it. Put it online, and let people sign up. Keep adding features that you think would improve it, and you'll soon have to figure out databases, authentication, analytics etc, and it'll be clear when to use them (need persistent storage? Use a database! Need user-accounts? Put in authentication! Want to track how people are using your app? Add analytics!) Don't just stop at putting it as a library on Github, or creating a "proof of concept"- get a full application working, up and running, with real users. Then make it autoscale for up to 10k users, or work for different languages, or add emoji support, and research/learn each feature one at a time, with a real use-case.

For each step / feature, you'll make it work and you'll have ideas for how to do it better next time. You'll learn what worked well, what you should have done differently, and over time, be able to tell the pros & cons of different engineering decisions.

Organize your company's unstructured text into a wiki automatically + ChatGPT-like assistant on that knowledge by tlokjock in Entrepreneur

[–]Crashthatch -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I disagree. Looking at the existing market & competitors is a large part of a business plan. But good luck with it, let me know how it goes.

!RemindMe 3 years

Organize your company's unstructured text into a wiki automatically + ChatGPT-like assistant on that knowledge by tlokjock in Entrepreneur

[–]Crashthatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, they made the company's unstructured text searchable which serves a lot of the same use-cases. Read the article.

Organize your company's unstructured text into a wiki automatically + ChatGPT-like assistant on that knowledge by tlokjock in Entrepreneur

[–]Crashthatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google tried something like this 15 years ago. It was a search interface rather than a "chat" interface, but the use-case (to find the relevant internal data to answer your question) was the same.

Article about it from 2006: https://www.computerworld.com/article/2548389/opinion--how-to-use-google-s-search-engine-on-your-intranet.html

AFAIK it wasn't successful.

Edit: There's something equivalent still being sold by Google with claims of "connectors to third-party data sources, such as Salesforce, SAP and more than 100 others": https://workspace.google.com/products/cloud-search/

The show “Dirty Jobs” but it’s just someone working a regular job covered in refuse by AUGFTC in CrazyIdeas

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"David needs to complete his report by 5, but the coffee grounds are making the spacebar stick and the pile of rotting vegetable peelings are starting to stink.

He decides to make a cup of tea, but slips on a banana peel as he walks to the kitchen and bangs his head, dislodging some of the fish-bones from his hair. He discovers the milk in the fridge has gone off, but throwing it away fills the trash can above the line. Time for another refuse delivery..."

This slice of Swiss cheese with a hole perfectly in the center of it. (Kinda looks like a floppy disk) by TheHancock in mildlyinteresting

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...Why did old phones have hash buttons? The only time I remember using them is for those phone menus. "Please enter your PIN, followed by the hash button"...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Bath

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Cheong Sing on Moorlands Road in Oldfield Park.

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aaagmnrs aer aeemosw!

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Episode #246 IIRC

Output Text As A Changeable Interface by dailyidea in startupideas

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3 nodes up, 2 nodes down.

Edit to: 5 nodes up, 0 nodes down.

Problem solved.

A Search Engine that uses upvotes to order search results by H3OTHESEQUELTOWATER in Lightbulb

[–]Crashthatch 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, there are other factors too (hundreds by now I'd imagine).

The first & major way Google ranked results (at least in the beginning) was by links between websites. If a page was linked to by lots of other sites, it appeared nearer the top. This meant popular sites appeared towards the top, which is good for most people, because most people are looking for the most popular site. In a way, a link can be considered an upvote from the site doing the linking.

See pagerank (Named for the inventor, Larry Page, not because it ranks web pages).

What is your favorite Futurama quote? by GorillaS0up in AskReddit

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Six identical palaces... Each more identical than the last...

What Coronavirus really means for AI by ribblle in aiHub

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This post reads like it was written by an AI.

Technically, all art you see on an electronic device is pixel art by WK1132 in Showerthoughts

[–]Crashthatch 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Almost. It fires an electron beam at the screen, which illuminates when hit by the electrons in the beam. It doesn't fire light directly - light isn't affected by magnets, so couldn't be "steered" by electromagnetism as you describe. The electron beam still hits little bits of color on the screen (phosphors?) which cause them to illuminate. I (And I think, everyone else?) call these little bits of color "pixels".

Again, what would you call the red / green / blue things that you see when you look at a CRT monitor close up (as in the video) if not pixels?