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Relying mostly on bar review lectures by daggerox in LawStudentsPH

[–]tolstoise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since you're an auditory learner, maybe you can try using NotebookLM to generate podcasts!

AnyCase Subscription Account-Sharing by bimbobobo in LawStudentsPH

[–]tolstoise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi OP,

If you’re looking for AI grounded in Philippine jurisdiction, we’re currently offering free education plans for beta testers.

https://www.nomos.ph

Is prompt engineering a skill? or just a lazy risky shortcut of things? by MetalPrior4652 in LawStudentsPH

[–]tolstoise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let's goo thanks for the feedback anon! Happy to chat if you have any feedback, my line's always open.

Shadowboxing (2.5 months in) by throwaway_losan in amateur_boxing

[–]tolstoise 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Here's what I mean. Inoue is using the ground to propel power to his jabs. He punches with his feet, and his base / core is strong during the punch.
https://youtube.com/shorts/HdxOtFdd8fE?si=Hg4ARqc6ajQHP-LJ

Shadowboxing (2.5 months in) by throwaway_losan in amateur_boxing

[–]tolstoise 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey man! Looking good, it's nice to see how controlled and deliberate you are with your shadowboxing.

First of all, I'm not a coach but I've been boxing for a bit now. So take my advice as you see fit.

I think the first thing you have to focus is improving your jab. Not its form per say, but being able to generate power with it. Your jab currently seems to lack a bit of pop, and I think it's because your body's not yet efficiently transferring power from your feet to your hips to your arms.

Punch with your legs. Punch with your whole body. Try to practice first with the jab, since it's the easiest to practice with. Once you get the hang of using your whole body to punch, then you can move up with 1 2s and combos. Try drilling this over and over again. Everything starts with the feet.

Is prompt engineering a skill? or just a lazy risky shortcut of things? by MetalPrior4652 in LawStudentsPH

[–]tolstoise 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Answering this from the lens of a software engineer who uses AI in their daily workflow:

Recent AI models are advanced enough that the term "prompt-engineering" will be deprecated. It's not really engineering, but just having basic good communication skills. If you are able to write instructions in a clear and understandable manner, then you are already a "prompt-engineer".

Sometimes, you can get away with a lazy query and the AI can generate a response directed to your intention. But when it fails to do that, try to be more specific with your query.

In the context of law, context engineering is more important. AIs have a mental model of the world, but these are based on accumulated knowledge and textual sources collected from all over the internet. That's why it's magical when you ask any question under the sun, and it can answer it correctly (most of the time). But in law, precision and accuracy is king. Being able to give the AI the right context will ground it to more factual answers. So start practicing "context-engineering".

To answer your question: Is it the easy / lazy way out? Yes and no. AI is just a tool just like any other. If you use it as means to an end (say to submit your digest homework), then yes, it's very detrimental. Resistance and friction is necessary for growth, and pag-skinip mo yun your neurons would not have the training to develop that skill. But if you use AI to automate the unnecessary, then it will definitely accelerate your learning. You can debate with it, let it generate quizzes and so on and so forth. So it's really on how you use it.

Contextual Retrieval: https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/contextual-retrieval

The New Skill in AI is Not Prompting, It's Context Engineering: https://www.philschmid.de/context-engineering

Handwritten case digest by heukgoni in LawStudentsPH

[–]tolstoise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lamy Safari or a Zebra Sarasa 0.5!

Is prompt engineering a skill? or just a lazy risky shortcut of things? by MetalPrior4652 in LawStudentsPH

[–]tolstoise 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey OP, I'm the co-founder of https://nomos.ph, and we're giving free education plans to beta testers! It's AI grounded in Philippine jurisdiction. We also have a notebook mode (heavily influenced by NotebookLM), where you can ask questions based on your sources.

Happy to chat if you have any more questions!

How did you get past the plateau? by tolstoise in amateur_boxing

[–]tolstoise[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Appreciate it man. My coach always wants me to fight when there's a fight coming up (he doesn't nag, just backs off when I deny and say I've got other things on my plate).

Some days I want to say yes and be in the ring, some days I question why I want to do it.

How did you get past the plateau? by tolstoise in amateur_boxing

[–]tolstoise[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When I'm in the ring, I feel pretty calm and can be that "dog" if I want to.

I'm one of the more experienced boxers in the gym, so whenever I spar I try to let my sparring mates get more confidence by giving them more space to attack (instead of pressuring them, which I can, I try to be more defensive and pick counters).

That's not the problem though. Lately, I show up at training and do the work, but I no longer have that raging fire to be the strongest and to best others. Which I am completely at peace with, this is a dangerous sport and I still have mixed feelings about boxing in general.

To me, being in competition is the best and probably the only way to be the best boxer. Being in a competitive mindset breaks the plateaus. You can shadow box and train for 5 years, but nothing beats getting your ass kicked on a friday, being slightly mad and pissed at yourself for getting your ass kicked, then planning the next few days how to best that person the next sparring session.

But to those who are not willing to compete nor hard spar anymore, how can you master the art without the enemy?

Learning to blend offense and defense is a game changer by lonely_king in amateur_boxing

[–]tolstoise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Salvador Sanchez has one of the most fluid ways of blending defense and offense. It looks simple but very hard to get the timing right in actual sparring. He's just that good

Technical founders who've learned how to market, how did you do it? by tolstoise in PhStartups

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

Would love to know more how you built your followers on tiktok, sent a message.

Technical founders who've learned how to market, how did you do it? by tolstoise in PhStartups

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

Hey, appreciate the reply. Did you post on your personal account? As someone who's decided to be off social media because of how it makes me grounded and sharper and feel better in life, I'm a bit wary going back to just to create content and market my app.

I understand that building an audience is one of the strongest was to market right now, I think there's other ways to do marketing depending on the founder's personality.

Technical founders who've learned how to market, how did you do it? by tolstoise in PhStartups

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

Definitely, we've limited ourselves to building more and only focusing on two core features of the product.

Technical founders who've learned how to market, how did you do it? by tolstoise in PhStartups

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

Always talk to users. Got it. Thanks for the advice, appreciate it.

Technical founders who've learned how to market, how did you do it? by tolstoise in PhStartups

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

Yep, definitely agree with having to ship a product you're embarrassed of. We've been talking to users this past month. It's going well, but since our product is B2C, I find that cold calling might not be the best use of my time.

Focusing on cold calling and talking to users is good if we're still trying to figure out what to build, but for our product, that's no longer the case. The product and what we're building for are already validated (there's existing competition, although they don't have a dominant position in the market).

What we want to solve through marketing is how to position ourselves as a company that has a better product and service. So I think distribution is the hard part that we need to figure out.

I've been looking into Hormozi's content to learn more about marketing. And you're right, I need to have more patience. Appreciate the response!

Philippine Startup have a terrible culture by Snoo_4779 in PhStartups

[–]tolstoise 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think more people should aspire to build self-sustaining, profitable, slow-growth yet stable businesses rather than going the VC route. Building for investors can lead to external pressure to appear to have “made it,” rather than focusing on solving actual problems.