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Color me naive, but isn't it simply more pleasant to have sex with a manly bully than with a "nice guy" pushover? Do we need to explain further? I guess, we can study the extent to which pushovers are being pushovers, but it should not be surprising that they are being pushed over to some extent.
I realized that some AI answer better to some things than the others, I was always switching from one to another, so I had the idea to merge all of them in one single conversation, to piggyback and have them collaborate.

It is a bit raw (I have to fix Python formatting for one thing), but it works, and it is free, and it is open source!

I hope you like it, guys. (and gals),

Pierre

Ask HN: Let's say I'm not as smart as I think, how do I stop acting stupid?

I am literally taking you up on this precious life advice.Let's suppose I have been very stupid. How do I fix it?What does it look like in the path afterward?Is there even a path, at all?I've been told software engineers are full of themselves (even Perplexity confirms there is a reputation of being "pretentious and arrogant"...) So I think this is very related. Don't we have the...

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Show HN: 300 Pages of AI-Driven Insights on Growth and Learning

https://2472241684911.gumroad.com/l/whathow

Hi HN,GPT has reached a point where it can contribute meaningful insights—even writing books that are worth reading.I’ve spent time (and a bit of money) systematically extracting deep insights (from the latest GPT-o1) on self-improvement in general and self-education in our rapidly changing world. The result is a free 300-page ebook titled What & How: Evolving in the Age of GPT. It explores...

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Show HN: Capd – idea to visually analyze active PowerShell with OpenAI Vision

https://github.com/Lywald/CommandCapd

I'm not sure you'll find that useful but the point is to debug last-displayed error messages no matter where they come from, and without scanning textually (not even sure it can be done textually). Don't forget to insert your API key in the py file.Here's what GPT says about the idea:"Using OpenAI's vision capabilities to scan a PowerShell window and generate prompts for troubleshooting error...

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Re:Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI on Monday October 21, 2024 @08:29AM (#41903438)
(TOK dev here.) Thanks for the linking. I'm sorry I could not keep it glorious (that is free and login-free). I got spammed by bots and I don't have time to discriminate so I made it BYOK and kept it at that. My idea deserves a better execution than this and so I don't mind if other people go at it. All the best.

BTW, related to learning AI software, I'm working on something else... Calling it "InfoRush AI" for now, it looks like that: https://imgur.com/0tncarJ This is Python, BYOK, FOSS. Multicolumn synchronous browsing... orchestrated by the tree of knowledge. Going beyond and beyond. I'll post it on HN soon, (when it's done).

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Monday August 26, 2024 @02:49PM (#41360370)
A message to everyone: Thank you for your interest and comments and mails and votes and feedbacks. I am sorry the service was interrupted & down & I had to makeshift with ugly donation links in a ugly sidebar for hours, ect (I got 5€ donation! not crazy but it was actually useful)...

Anyway I managed to get it back running, and running strong! Mail me if you have nice words to say or if you think we can do partnerships. I received nice proposals already, which should improve the service significantly in the coming days. The goal is to entertain and educate, and as free as we can! haha, modestly. Thank you again for everything!

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Monday August 26, 2024 @02:27PM (#41360133)
Very cool website! Adding visuals dynamically is costly and complex, but I'll try harder.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Monday August 26, 2024 @01:49PM (#41359746)
Thanks. I'll implement it in a few hours/days.

I switched from Claude to GPT Mini and it seems to cost less. Wait & see!

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Monday August 26, 2024 @01:41PM (#41359651)
I'll hit you up soon. I am very busy until 16 september
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Monday August 26, 2024 @01:40PM (#41359643)
It is back and running, and running strong! Enjoy. Your game is nifty maybe it'll give me ideas. There could be an option to hold Ctrl to split branches vertically without branching down, ect... cool
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Monday August 26, 2024 @01:37PM (#41359615)
Good idea mate I'll probably include a Amazon "search list" for books, and a video "search list" for Youtube, ect... Might be cool. If I try to provide direct links I get a lot of false results but I didn't think of adding web searches themselves.

(There was a feature to generate dissertations on whatever topic but I had to turn it off because I believe it was abused and that cost a lot of credits. I'll try to add it more securely very soon.)

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Monday August 26, 2024 @01:28PM (#41359510)
Thanks. I had tried that but the AI keeps inventing false books or providing fake URLs. When the AI will be proper I will include that feature, for sure!
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Sunday August 25, 2024 @10:53AM (#41347725)
I'm sorry guys but my API key is out of funds until tomorrow's or maybe tuesday's paycheck. I'm only a student and so my money is very limited. I'm sorry this is pathetic. I didn't expect to have so much trafic these last few days, and then with this thread. Come back soon!

What do you think that I implement BYOK (bring your own key), does that interest anyone so that it is never down for them but they have to pay Claude on the side? Is anyone interested?

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Sunday August 25, 2024 @10:39AM (#41347613)
You're a legend mate I know nothing of what you say, but it is very interesting. It is time I brush up my skills and I thank you very much for the clues! I'll look it up.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Sunday August 25, 2024 @10:36AM (#41347589)
I agree with you. Truth is this was the first branching generation which I generated, and so I kept it for the sake of history. If you manage to create a better "starting branching tree" which looks nice and feels nice then I might take you up on this.
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Sunday August 25, 2024 @10:33AM (#41347574)
Hi cyrillite. Send me an email with "subbing" as object: [email protected] Then I will gladly send you what I got, whenever I get it. I will not forget. Thank you, friend!

I'll probably make a full blog soon for added convenience. (it'll be about AI products & production)

If you want a bite of some of my other work here is a AI game I made & which got totally ignored: https://lywald.itch.io/the-fall-of-mankind I tried to monetize it, that was a bit lame, but in the next few days I'll release it as free.

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Sunday August 25, 2024 @10:23AM (#41347514)
Thanks, fastneutron! I might give you the code if you send me an email and you explain your intentions. No problem. For now, it is not full blown open source because I don't want the added headache of managing that (double checking security & quality... I have no time for this is a sideproject).
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Sunday August 25, 2024 @10:17AM (#41347471)
Thanks!
Re:Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)? on Sunday August 25, 2024 @06:14AM (#41346126)
I am working alone on https://tree-of-knowledge.org

This is a hierarchical representation of any given piece of knowledge.

It starts with a tree root node that you specify (let's say Kung fu), then it branches out into multiples subcategories (techniques, styles, philosophy, weaponry, ect...) and then you can click on these subcategories to branch out even more into the graphical tree.

This is all generated on-the-fly with Claude 3.5. There is no limit to what knowledge you might explore.

The killer feature is that it is totally free and does not require to login. Just click the link and have fun. I'll keep it free like that, as long as I can.

I hope you like it guys because it is the best project that I have up my sleeve.

Enjoy!,

Pierre

Re:Show HN: Learn Blender shortcuts with lots of tiny videos on Saturday August 17, 2024 @03:58AM (#41272693)
Beautiful!

Instead of adapting to Anki, you could add your own JS script to this page, which picks a random sample from the array of tiles, highlight it in white, and you need to press the corresponding shortcut to go to the next sample (using a dictionary). You could memorize the time-to-press to generate a finale score (if you're motivated to do so).

I had implemented that algorithm to memorize videogames shortcuts. This could be a nice challenge for your skills! Maybe you could make another page for "VS Code" and that'd be niiiice.

Send me an email and in a few days/weeks I might make it open source, I am considering it. In the meantime maybe you'll get a peek. It's nothing interesting, though. Fast to replicate for an intermediate programmer.
Thank you! This is much kind.

1) You can use "the reproduction of snails", or "Call of Duty mastery", or "Learning Chess > Chess psychology > Visualization techniques"... There is no end to what you can learn. The sky is the limit!

2) Thanks I'll fix that at the next update, if you mean the grey colour of the box.

3) This is a revolutionary tool because you can see how a domain is organized, so you can catch in one glance what you can learn, and select the most interesting to you, with very high Signal to Noise ratio. This is probably better than Wikipedia when it comes to strolling around the fields of knowledge. This is a bit preposterous to say, but I say it. To add it in a academic workflow, you just type the name of your related domain, and don't be afraid to be very specific. TOK (tree of knowledge) will give you most pertinent information to help you understand and grok all of the complex information for you. I'll add a feature soon to generate quizz/coursework for any given node. Stay tuned.

I'm happy I got only 4 upvotes because I couldn't handle a heavy load for now. And I'm thankful for these upvotes. The website will stay up for the time being. If one day it is down, send me a email and I'll give you the code.

See you!

Show HN: Infinite Knowledge Taxonomy (by AI), for free at tree-of-knowledge.org

https://tree-of-knowledge.org/

I've created Tree of Knowledge (tree-of-knowledge.org), a dynamic visualization tool that organizes all fields of knowledge into an interactive tree structure (generated by AI). As a Computer Science student, I built this to make exploring and connecting different areas of knowledge more intuitive and engaging. You can satiate your curiosity and grasp anything a click away... fast and easy.Key...

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