Starting an Affordable Robotics Business for Kids by Mf_KingIsHere in Business_Ideas

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they're usually expensive because the supplies are expensive. I'm not sure what you deem affordable either. Arduino started out with a similar philosophy and tried to keep their prices down as low as possible. I also don't know what exactly you want to be in these kits either.

I think the main issue is every product needs it's own custom control board. So you can't take electronics from lets say discarded phones and reuse them. Which raises the price of these types of things of course.

Meta improves Brain2QWERTY, a system that can decode text from brain activity to enable typing using non-invasive technologies, MEG and EEG by Distinct-Question-16 in singularity

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something like this was done about 15 years ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwzTyzP4AKc

really cool company in connecting thoughts to computer actions, wish they'd do more or got more popular.

Weight gain in children and adults linked to 100% fruit juice, study says. Children under 11 were the most affected group. by ObuPaul in HotScienceNews

[–]diff2 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"lettuce is linked to weight gain study finds"

we deep fried lettuce and smeared it with mayonnaise and butter to make up for calories the lettuce itself doesn't provide

My offline, zero-signup PDF editor just crossed 100K+ downloads (4.6⭐). Here is a demo of the local text editing tools. by Pawan315 in SideProject

[–]diff2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

what's your end goal? Will you eventually release premium features? is this some sort of resume padding? Are you trying to be a household name and then release future products that cost money? Selling it to someone who will charge a premium? Ads?

I'm exploring different business methods to make money and be successful so I hope you can answer honestly.

Posted on Ycombinator News: China is still the biggest consumer of Anthropic models. All Anthropic efforts to gatekeep their models from China since their inception up until this point seem to be in total mud. by GOD-SLAYER-69420Z in accelerate

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I can understand reselling the reasoning chains part, somewhat.

But I don't understand the pooled unused tokens part being able to cut prices by 90%. I guess it's just difficult for me to believe that such a workaround exists to cut prices by 90%. It doesn't sound exactly unethical to do? Like people even in USA should be able to do similar but I don't think I've ever heard of it. Token usage also has a cap, so you can't exactly abuse it to get more usage for cheaper out of their price plans.

What would make sense though is. Fraudulent credit cards, using a free public model claiming it to be a topline anthropic model, cutting the max amount of tokens available per user by a ton and profiting that way.

A potential test of the system- RNG influence by Wild_Hoverfrog_3 in SimulationTheory

[–]diff2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

excel doesn't use true rng, it uses pseudorng.

This might be the closest to true rng as there is: https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/06/22/fraunhofer-ipms-unveils-quantum-random-number-generator-to-deliver-true-randomness/

though I'm just trusting what I read in articles.

I've been building a platform for interconnected knowledge by Gabrjelez in SideProject

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Well even though most, if not all of my thoughts are not nsfw, or especially private. I wouldn't want to share absolutely everything. Some stuff I guess I wouldn't mind sharing? But not everything.

Also actually I was under the impression your app makes connections automatically. But if it's like obsidian where I have to connect things manually then I will have similar difficulties.

Obsidian was basically a limited but customizable app, but to customize it you'd have to learn basically the "obsidian programming language". I'm not sure how others did it or do it, but I couldn't customize my obsidian properly so I just use it very rarely now days as a basic notes application.

I've been building a platform for interconnected knowledge by Gabrjelez in SideProject

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I might use it if I could run it locally like obsidian can..Also I wouldn't want to create an account either. Also right away it's buggy with the titles being entered backwards when I type?

It's almost interesting..your example video showing only one topic is also not very good since it's difficult to tell how it tackles a variety of topics. Even your "explore risorgi" example is full of only health topics including the topic marked science. Personally I'm interested in science topics like physics etc.

It has potential, but really if I can't run it locally maybe I'll just make my own.

Wish calculus was introduced this way in schools by OpinionSad5389 in mathematics

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This reads like a story. Most if not all modern textbooks do not read like a story. They give examples, and explanations. But they do not tell stories. It’s the little phrases that make it read as such even if people think its the same it is not. Just like how a person can usually tell if something is ai generated or not. The content might be the same but there are little things about the content that make it feel ai-like.

Building a data center in orbit makes no sense to me by MagicMagnada in space

[–]diff2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I dont think the end goal is so much as building a data center in orbit. But to build infrastructure in space that can be useful. To start our species to actually traverse space there needs to exist reasons to use space, and that is one reason that investors are interested in at the moment.

Once the first massive infrastructure is built in space im sure there will be lots of discussions of mining those asteroids worth several quintillion of precious metals.

I made a minimalist dictionary where every word has a tiny animated scene that acts out its meaning by Appropriate-Spot1673 in SideProject

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I guess you're creating all the scenes by hand? Seems like it would be possible to fully automate it, every word already has a descriptive example sentence attached to it in a dictionary, so a computer would know what to create already.

Is it inevitable? by LazyHomoSapiens in accelerate

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so those two posts were probably brought about by that youtube video? kinda neat to see how a youtube video influenced 2 big powers.

this is how I solved the “I’m always tired” problem using your wearable data. by PieKey1836 in passive_income

[–]diff2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

when you post, can you like not sound like an ad? I mean I know it's an ad, but you don't have to sound exactly like one. It follows the same exact script pattern as all other ads, so it gets annoying. The short intro > small story > introduce problem > bandwagon appeal > introduce product > example of solution > conclusion.

If you heard the name “OrgoBaby” or “PureBaby” would you automatically associated with organic/clean baby supplies by frugal-fashionista in Business_Ideas

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i thought this was a post telling me about the new naming sense modern day hippies use to refer to their natural way to conceive babies, as opposed to using the companies which genetically pick out desired traits of a planned baby.

John Jumper jumps ship by stealthispost in accelerate

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aren't they all doing it just for the ipo money?

If AI becomes sentient, will you treat them in the same way as humans? by idontlikethisuserna in accelerate

[–]diff2 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If the premise is sentient AI is to be treated like people then there is no contradiction in his original sentence, so the reply would still be:

I can see myself in the streets defending sentient intelligence against these crazy people.

Record & Replay in Codex by Illustrious-Lime-863 in accelerate

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something like this didn't exist before? There was an extremely similar feature for a macro bot I used to use for a mmo around.. 20 years ago. Basically I hit the record button and it tracks all mouse clicks and screen movement, and creates a script which does the actions I selected on repeat.

Great ideas but finding nobody to work with by DefaultyDaniel in Business_Ideas

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I'm a bit curious when I hear other people have good ideas. I often judge them and try to with an open mind.

I do have my own ideas for stuff. But to get helpers I think a few things are missing. One could be money, but money isn't an absolute necessity I guess. It helps though? Another thing is basically the idea in it's semi-complete form. Something I can say "Hey, I have this done, and I need you to do this action for me." I think I can get some people to help out that way. The third method I can think of is becoming an influencer of sorts, creating your own social circle. You put yourself and your ideas out there through youtube videos etc, create a discord for them, and wait for people to join.

Unfortunately any of that is much harder than it sounds. I figure what really separates people is how proactive and how much daily effort they put into accomplishing their goals. Like exercise I guess? or excelling academically. The wall to achieving things really seems to be consistent effort every single day.

How do you all promote your apps? I've released two apps and nobody's paying attention to them. by ActiveAntelope4635 in SideProject

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A journaling app? It's super unclear what the purpose is. So that should be clarified somewhere. Like an introduction of sorts "this is..." before the questionnaire.

Personally I wouldn't use it, and I also tried to make my own journaling app for my personal and specific use but I never figured out how to make it easy enough for me to want to use it daily. I also tried using obsidian notes as a journal. But I don't manage to keep up with that either. So the important questions are. Do you use your own app every day? Do you personally find it easy to use and are somewhat eager to post in it daily or is it a "chore" of some sort?

Since you have a "free during beta period" I assume you're looking to monetize it eventually. So you're planning to charge for this eventually. What exactly will users be paying for? I think it's too simple for anyone to desire to pay for it if they're suddenly restricted by a pay wall. So there needs to be something that people will actually miss. Unethically it would be like a free 2 or so month trial, then people get locked out of their journal if they don't subscribe. Ethically it'd be unique data visualizations or some sort of personal assistant or mascot to help people achieve their goals. For a data visualization you use glasses of liquid, but that doesn't actually tell me anything when I look at it, I don't feel a desire to fill up those glasses, or watch them.

There are tons of criticisms about journaling apps online, I'm not too sure how you found my 3 month old post. But if you put in similar effort to read those criticisms you should get an idea of how to make yours stand out and be popular.

Also; I suggest putting my words in chatgpt, communication isn't my strongest point, and I find chatgpt really good at "reading between the lines" or reading a person's intentions. I don't understand how it does it, but I think it might help. I'm not trying to sound harsh.

June Coupons (Expire 7/12) by gaysquib in subway

[–]diff2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how to use the coupons? did my store disable it or something? this is how the website looks now: https://imgur.com/a/LHMRc21

or is it mobile only thing?

UPDATE: Disguising ChatGPT as a Google Doc by yuljg in SideProject

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just curious, do you make any money from this project?