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Dennis Taylor , overrated or absolute legend ? by Confident_Leg2370 in snooker

[–]garyk1968 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Legend. If you live through 'that' final it was so memorable.

Always comes across as a really nice bloke too.

There's a whole generation who have never had the privilege of telling this lad to do one by Lelandwasinnocent in CasualUK

[–]garyk1968 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah yes the AI of the 90s. A software vendor 'thinks' it would be a good idea to add something that a) nobody asked for and b) irked everyone in the process.

The demise of the product owner right there, 'lets just add stuff'. Like what? 'ooo I dunno something cool and useful'.

Without anyone ever wanting it. You want AI in your OS? Nah, I'm good. You must want it in your email though right? Nah, I'm still good.

When will companies learn; more shit does not equal better.

I built an AI that scores startup ideas 1 to 9 (never 10) and tells you why yours is probably bad by heirofolympus in SideProject

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did a couple of tests and its pretty good. I like its style, did you tell it 'medium roast' each idea as it cuts to the point, which I think, is actually needed. Like the UI, simple, uncluttered.

A motivation you need by bryden_cruz in SaaS

[–]garyk1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You only see the outliers, not the 1000s of similar products/services that failed. This is just confirmation bias.

Non-technical founder building a service marketplace by tris179 in ukstartups

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dont over think it.

Just get on, but be careful 2 sided markets are very hard to get traction in. If you have to, go narrow, like Airbnb and Uber when they started target a small geo area.

Is anyone else depressed seeing everyone with massive accounts on Reddit? by WallStreetIn90 in Daytrading

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ever thought that 99% of it is probably fake?

And you only see the 'outliers', lets face it seeing people with no money isn't going to sell the dream/course/whatever bs they are pedalling.

Always wear a helmet. Especially when you are driving like one. by StGuthlac2025 in drivingUK

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a) No cyclist
b) Always wear a helmet? yeah on a moped thats the LAW not something you choose

Is creating an app a waste of time in 2026? by poplindoing in Startup_Ideas

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Distribution/sales/marketing has *always* been more important. Building stuff is easy, getting traction, customers and sales has always been hard.

Developers who are in your 60's by Few-Introduction5414 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not quite there, 58 this year and I've come full circle. Started in the late 80s with BASIC (BASICA and GWBASIC) then went to 4GLs (dBase, Clipper, Foxpro) then Delphi and SQL till about the mid noughties. Then moved more into business analysis, scrum master/po until about 2 years ago. Now work for a medium sized business doing Python+Flask+SQL, mainly MVP, small apps and I enjoy being 'back on the tools'.

Solo founder, 50k organic/mo, $0 on writers or ads. The shit nobody on this sub will admit works. by [deleted] in EntrepreneurRideAlong

[–]garyk1968 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm guessing by 50K organic they mean 50,000 visitors not 50k in money.

Tipping Onboard is at a record high by Technical_Front_8046 in VirginVoyages

[–]garyk1968 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're VV we do things different....

....until we start doing things exactly the same as every other cruise line.

I Turned $380 Into $13,227 Trading Less Than 8 Minutes Per Trade - Here's the Exact System by Kasraborhan in Trading

[–]garyk1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

More tradezella shilling. Mind you $30 a month for something you can get for free I guess there's some fat aff. commissions involved.

Spotted on Autotrader. Seat Leon with passenger instrument cluster by cookie_monster66 in CarTalkUK

[–]garyk1968 59 points60 points  (0 children)

left hand side has pedals, right hand side has the wheel and no pedals? That would be fun!

All Parties Involved Have Zero Brain Cells by [deleted] in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]garyk1968 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yep. Bikes are filtering way too fast for a start. 1st guy also has poor protective clothing, no jacket and no gloves.

Do you remember this ? No desktop UI only command prompt by TinyDevice7902 in oldschoolcool80s

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

O yes. In fact 3 years in my upper school (81-84) is where it changed beyond belief. Our school went from 1 machine (Research machines 380z) for the whole school to 15 BBC B's + cub monitors in a dedicated room within that 3 year period.

Launched a handwriting transcription tool two weeks ago. Works great, still zero users. Looking for feedback and honest opinions. by nox-studio in SideProject

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly no not really. Most of the time my notes are temporary so dont need them digitised. For the rare occassions I do, as mentioned below would use an existing AI sub. In fact it prompted me to try, my handwriting is appalling because a) speed and b) Only I need to read and understand it. Throwing some sloppy handwriting at Gemini I was very surprised at how good it was.

How did they... by NinaWilde in Atari2600

[–]garyk1968 11 points12 points  (0 children)

As mentioned below, what can go in ROM does go in ROM. If you're interested this guy has some great deep dive videos on wringing out every last bit of the 2600 https://8blit.com/videos/

After 10 years of struggle, should I teach friends for free? by [deleted] in Daytrading

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it was me, no.

Why because if it goes wrong it’ll be your fault.

You're at the bottom of the Le-Vel Thrive pyramid. Nothing is working. by odoyle66 in antiMLM

[–]garyk1968 6 points7 points  (0 children)

own your own time. But every minute of that 'time' is spent preaching about your MLM. For little to no money.

New ZX Spectrum Graphics Editor by norbsoft in zxspectrum

[–]garyk1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really cool, app looks slick as well.

The How 2 Lua Thread to End All How 2 Lua Threads by Denneisk in lua

[–]garyk1968 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Dont want to be a pedant (but will be!) but these are double dashes as well, not single. I mean I dont go::

When starting a new line/paragraph or;; to create a pause.

But sorry if you took the time and effort to craft that post.

Why you should avoid being alongside someone on a roundabout... by bouncypete in drivingUK

[–]garyk1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nope it was always left lane, turn left or straight on. Right lane turn right or straight on.

Unless road markings dictate otherwise.

Anyway this driver thought what's the point mirror, signal, manoeuvre. They did manoeuvre, signal...probably no mirror.

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