Ask HN: How do I capture the right audience and find the product market fit
7 by akarshhegde18 | 6 comments on Hacker News.
I am building a product for improving developer efficiency and I am 2 months into it and have a working prototype, how do I get feedback from the right users who are in need of such a tool? What are your suggestions?
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New ask Hacker News story: We need tech news sources which exclude AI
We need tech news sources which exclude AI
11 by botfriendsarent | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Its now clear that we need to preserve tech press for non AI related things. Techmeme for example is now completely overrun with AI stories. HN is getting closer to that every day. If AI kickback deals, phony new model ratings, high RAM prices and your surprise at how you think you coded something with AI and it was AMAZING! even though it doesnt work is all there is count me out. We need a filter on existing tech news sites or an alternative press.
11 by botfriendsarent | 4 comments on Hacker News.
Its now clear that we need to preserve tech press for non AI related things. Techmeme for example is now completely overrun with AI stories. HN is getting closer to that every day. If AI kickback deals, phony new model ratings, high RAM prices and your surprise at how you think you coded something with AI and it was AMAZING! even though it doesnt work is all there is count me out. We need a filter on existing tech news sites or an alternative press.
New Show Hacker News story: Show HN: Starglyphs - A constellation puzzle game based on Euler paths
Show HN: Starglyphs - A constellation puzzle game based on Euler paths
2 by telman17 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I am a big Dragon Age fan and sunk hundreds of hours into Inquisition. It had this minigame called astrariums where you had to solve these shapes based on constellation guides by tracing stars. I'm a hobby game dev and wondered if I could procedurally generate these puzzles so they were always solvable. Turns out you can, so I built a space puzzle game around it with a colorful aesthetic. I released it in web form here but I'm currently working on getting it on Steam and mobile.
2 by telman17 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I am a big Dragon Age fan and sunk hundreds of hours into Inquisition. It had this minigame called astrariums where you had to solve these shapes based on constellation guides by tracing stars. I'm a hobby game dev and wondered if I could procedurally generate these puzzles so they were always solvable. Turns out you can, so I built a space puzzle game around it with a colorful aesthetic. I released it in web form here but I'm currently working on getting it on Steam and mobile.
New ask Hacker News story: Recursive self improvement for human skills
Recursive self improvement for human skills
2 by rando77 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I've been thinking a lot about humans potentially losing important skills due to using AI and I was wondering how we can get better at getting and maintaining skills. Can wee gamify learning important skills for the future? Study harder what improves studying skills (using AI if needed). And get that knowledge out to more people. Humanity needs to be at the top of its game to deal with AI in a way that doesn't lead to skill and trust degradation.
2 by rando77 | 0 comments on Hacker News.
I've been thinking a lot about humans potentially losing important skills due to using AI and I was wondering how we can get better at getting and maintaining skills. Can wee gamify learning important skills for the future? Study harder what improves studying skills (using AI if needed). And get that knowledge out to more people. Humanity needs to be at the top of its game to deal with AI in a way that doesn't lead to skill and trust degradation.
New Show Hacker News story: Show HN: Overfitted a 900KB Transformer to Compress a 100MB CSV into 7MB
Show HN: Overfitted a 900KB Transformer to Compress a 100MB CSV into 7MB
96 by spidy__ | 59 comments on Hacker News.
I built an experiment that uses an overfitted transformer and arithmetic coding to compress individual files. Instead of training the model to generalize, I train a 900KB transformer to memorize a single file and predict the next byte. Those predictions are fed into an arithmetic coder to produce the compressed output. On a 100MB NYC taxi CSV, it compresses to about 7MB (~0.5 bits/byte). On a 100MB slice of enwik9, it compresses to about 21MB (~1.68 bits/byte). It's pretty slow right now (roughly 20–30 minutes of training and 45 minutes each for compression and decompression on my AMD 7800XT). Checkout the repo - https://ift.tt/NnDErHC
96 by spidy__ | 59 comments on Hacker News.
I built an experiment that uses an overfitted transformer and arithmetic coding to compress individual files. Instead of training the model to generalize, I train a 900KB transformer to memorize a single file and predict the next byte. Those predictions are fed into an arithmetic coder to produce the compressed output. On a 100MB NYC taxi CSV, it compresses to about 7MB (~0.5 bits/byte). On a 100MB slice of enwik9, it compresses to about 21MB (~1.68 bits/byte). It's pretty slow right now (roughly 20–30 minutes of training and 45 minutes each for compression and decompression on my AMD 7800XT). Checkout the repo - https://ift.tt/NnDErHC