marapuru (u/marapuru)

marapuru commented on Show HN: Fanfa – Interactive and animated Mermaid diagrams fanfa.dev/... · Posted by u/bairess

marapuru · 2 months ago

It looks nice at first sight, but which data moves to which point exactly? Every element has blobs with all colours of the rainbow just moving across a line.

Wouldn't it be better if a Red square emits a Red ball that moves to some place? Or at least highlight 'paths' to show how stuff actually moves around?

marapuru commented on AI can turn us into a society of p-zombies prahladyeri.github.io/blo... · Posted by u/pyeri

mouse_ · 4 months ago

P-zombies are one of those inactionable inconsequential things people like lesswrong enjoy, because you can talk about it at great length (indefinitely, even) while sounding smart and not necessarily saying anything useful to the rest of us.

The problem with AI is not that it "steals our souls" or whatever you're trying to say (though I must say I do enjoy a bit of spooky sentiment near Halloween!) - it's that it kills mental model diversity. If everyone solved problems the practical and socially accepted way, the Earth would still be flat and hygiene would still primarily consist of covering up bad smells.

The hard problems we face are hard because our model is wrong about them.

marapuru · 4 months ago

> it's that it kills mental model diversity

Thanks for this. I’ve been struggling for some time for a proper argument to tell others how I feel about AI. And this is pretty spot on for me (and my mental model)

marapuru commented on Show HN: I'm making a detective game built on Wikipedia detective.wiki/... · Posted by u/jasonsmiles

marapuru · 4 months ago

What a wonderful game. Great animations and simple interactions. Could you share something about how you've built this @jasonsmiles?

I'm guessing it scrapes Wikipedia for a topic and then digests it, converting it into informational cards.

marapuru commented on Why haven't local-first apps become popular? marcobambini.substack.com... · Posted by u/marcobambini

marapuru · 5 months ago

I always start with a local first application. And then find that I want to access List X, Design Y, Scribble Z on the road and on my phone. Resulting in a frenzied search for a mobile / desktop alternative that includes syncing. Then finding a solution that requires a subscription and then falling back into fiddling with Google Drive, or something in the Google workspace.

I guess I should bring my devices back to exactly 1 device. Or just take a subscription on one service.

marapuru commented on Anthropic cut up millions of used books, and downloaded 7M pirated ones – judge businessinsider.com/anthr... · Posted by u/pyman

reaperducer · 7 months ago

Apparently it's a common business practice.

It's not a common business practice. That's why it's considered newsworthy.

People on the internet have forgotten that the news doesn't report everyday, normal, common things, or it would be nothing but a listing of people mowing their lawns or applying for business loans. The reason something is in the news is because it is unusual or remarkable.

"I saw it online, so it must happen all the time" is a dopy lack of logic that infects society.

marapuru · 7 months ago

You are right on that. I’ll edit my post to reflect that.

Edit: Apologies, I can’t edit it anymore.

marapuru commented on Anthropic cut up millions of used books, and downloaded 7M pirated ones – judge businessinsider.com/anthr... · Posted by u/pyman

marapuru · 7 months ago

Apparently it's a common business practice. Spotify (even though I can't find any proof) seems to have build their software and business on pirated music. There is some more in this Article [0].

https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files...

Funky quote:

> Rumors that early versions of Spotify used ‘pirate’ MP3s have been floating around the Internet for years. People who had access to the service in the beginning later reported downloading tracks that contained ‘Scene’ labeling, tags, and formats, which are the tell-tale signs that content hadn’t been obtained officially.

marapuru commented on Mozilla to shut down Pocket and Fakespot support.mozilla.org/en-US... · Posted by u/phantomathkg

interestica · 9 months ago

Kobo (ereader) + Pocket was always just an amazing and low friction combo. This blows.

marapuru · 9 months ago

Yep, this got me hooked on pocket as well. I had/have so many articles on there that ar easy to read on a bus / train / plane or in bed before falling asleep.

And the reasons to shutdown are pretty lame. “ But the way people save and consume content on the web has evolved, so we’re channeling our resources into projects that better match browsing habits today.”

It worked for me? And probably at least hundreds or thousands others?

marapuru commented on The top 10% owns 87% of the stocks awealthofcommonsense.com/... · Posted by u/jasdi

Gasp0de · a year ago

I was very surprised by the holiday budget. Less than 2500$ for 80% of the population? Does that mean that no one from these 80% stays in a Hotel or AirBnB for longer than a week with their family? No one travels overseas, or if so, only every 5 years or so? 2000$ is what you can easily spend on plane tickets for a family of 4.

marapuru · a year ago

In the Netherlands, a financial advisory board (NIBUD) advises people to save 10% of their income. The average yearly income being around € 45K comes to a € 4.5K yearly saving. Deduct unexpected costs + that you want to spend part of this on actual savings _and_ realizing that many people don't manage to save that much due to increasing prices + senseless spending (subscriptions, fast fashion, etc.) makes it much less surprising.

Also, Hotels and Airbnb's are incredibly expensive (even for me, working a decent job with a good income) for families. That's why i chose campings over hotels and bought a decent tent.

marapuru commented on Show HN: An AI-powered book software to write a book in hours firstbook.ai/... · Posted by u/casb

marapuru · a year ago

And what happens with you as an author building up a sizeable amount if experience while writing?

Yes it makes you produce a book faster, but I feel you lose a lot of knowledge buildup along the way.

marapuru commented on Show HN: I center aligned Paul Graham's website and published a Chrome extension github.com/ktkaushik/paul... · Posted by u/kaushikt

marapuru · a year ago

It's a nice hobby project, but why not just use a browsers built-in reader mode? It has all the same features, and works on (almost) any website.

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