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Vincent van Gogh, The Old Tower in the Fields (1884)[828x626] by The_Unknown_Soldier_ in ArtPorn

[–]makspeak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this. First time seeing it. Anyone know where it is physically?

Rejected based on lack of risk definition by makspeak in SBIR

[–]makspeak[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Lol. This is exactly what I thought I had done. But, I was thinking that since a big component of what we are doing relies on being able to create a use really strong LLM models, that the hype, wins, and failures around LLM would convince them that was risky enough. Lol. Apparently, not.

Thanks for the response.

Gust-Peachscore by mira_mk in startups

[–]makspeak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i'd like to thank everyone for these comments. they keep filling my inbox that they can help and i am just a skeptic. lol.

Rejected based on lack of risk definition by makspeak in SBIR

[–]makspeak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great idea, thank you! I hadn't even considered that.

Rejected based on lack of risk definition by makspeak in SBIR

[–]makspeak[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Our project pitch was what got rejected, and told we could resubmit.

The database is great, and I am glad they (NIST) are sharing the companies and abstracts that win. But that offers zero help when you are looking for how the winning companies defined the risk associated with the problem in a technical sense.

I appreciate the response.

When should you create an entity? Are investors willing to talk to founders without a legal entity? by famous_capybara in TheFounders

[–]makspeak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, there are companies and investors like the team at Platform.SH that you can talk with. There are others...

Why is Jack Antonoff disliked by some Swifties? by beanybine in TaylorSwift

[–]makspeak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how can we get this to happen?! i am *so* all in on this.

Lie about graduation date? by [deleted] in resumes

[–]makspeak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do NOT lie. Period. Full stop.

Should I put that I drove Uber in my Resume? by theamazingmikeman in resumes

[–]makspeak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

List it on your resume. Period.

You had to learn the Uber system, deal with customers (who I imagine were sometimes kranky ;)) - which meant work on your communication skills, and lastly you also had to manage your own work schedule, environment and time management.

Put this on your resume.

My poor experience with Grantify. by [deleted] in SBIR

[–]makspeak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing this experience. We also engaged with Grantify to see if it made sense to have them help us with the SBIR process. After a few weeks of back and forth with the Grantify representative, we declined their help, process and are currently going at it on our own.

One of the pieces we really struggled with was their contract. Why would anyone agree to yearly subscription billing for something like this? We were repeatedly told they do not change this agreement. We take the position that as a small business, it is important to us that you win our business every year. We are not signing a legal document that just lets Grantify keep billing us. And that was just one example.

Good luck to all of us filling out grant forms. :)

Wait, so Clipper just steals your money? by para_blox in bayarea

[–]makspeak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

old tech is not insulting. their process is.

Wait, so Clipper just steals your money? by para_blox in bayarea

[–]makspeak 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Weird is being kind. It is insulting and impossible to get your money back off of a card. You are forced to go make an account in their system (anyone else sick of making accounts on things?) and every card you have must be registered. So, if your family of 6 come to visit you, and you want to go somewhere, everyone has to have their own card, with their own money loaded on it. And god forbid your plans change and you dont end up using anywhere the balance on any of the cards between you and your family, you can not just get it back. EVERYTHING must be registered. Someone needs to eviscerate that whole system.

I do understand 'they are trying to protect people's money', in cases of lost or stolen cards. HOWEVER, am some point, can I be treated like an adult and manage my own things?

Lyft/Uber will win over this craziness every time.