Use AI to determine potential essay topics that are as close to 'AI-proof' as possible.

Here is an example prompt:

"Describe examples of possible high school essay topics where students cannot use AI engines such as perplexity or ChatGPT to help complete the assignment. In other words - AI-proof topics, assignments or projects"

People who network in person almost always have an advantage compared to people with similar qualifications who sit at home and send out resumes.

You are guaranteed to make more connections if you speak to people at the booths. If you take a genuine curiosity in what they do there's usually something interesting to talk about.

* Learned to pan for gold on creeks and use sluice boxes * Learned QGIS from scratch to play with mapping, data viz, gov't data sets and API's, etc * Learned to DJ, DJ'd 3 weddings as a wedding gift for others, and experienced profound joy in making mashups and remixes on the fly * Acquired power tools and started to learn metal working and wood working in my garage shop * Decided to learn to weld, so I bought a welder for 50 bucks on FB marketplace and learned with no in-person classes or courses, only YouTube university. Now I can weld, and a whole new world of possibilities has opened up as being able to create and make things is like a superpower. * Rediscovered skiing and snowboarding after being away from both for 20+ years

In terms of learning new things and acquiring new skills, my early forties have been a period of creativity and discovery, not to mention doing my best to be a good parent to our kid and a good husband.

I'm quite proud of these accomplishments, and none of them have anything to do with career or making money.

The machine even went toe to toe with 10 core M1 Max/M2 Pro Macbooks containing 32-64GB of RAM and 1-2TB of storage.

An interesting result that has me taking a very close look at the 2023 Mac Mini M2 Pro with 16GB / 512GB.

Seems like a very good performance to price ratio for a new machine.

Note - I am scoping the use case down to Xcode compilation only to keep things simple.

Also - if one is willing to get an 8 core machine instead, for $100 CAD more you can get M2 8 core with 24GB RAM and 1TB SSD for $2,000, which also seems like great value (though XCode compilation in the test took 20-30 seconds longer).

Thoughts? What is your experience with XCode development and compilation using the M1/M2/M2 Pro Mac Mini?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39309513

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

This should be Google's mission, purpose, values and tagline.

Both males and females want the hottest, wealthiest and most interesting person they can pair up with, regardless of their own attributes.

To state the obvious - people who are ugly, fat, poor and boring (as in way below average) have it rough, as they may not be chosen as a long term partner by someone they consider ideal or even acceptable.

For those people, single is better than settling.

1. Spend time getting good at marketing (read books, do the work, get feedback). 2. Spend money for an agency or consultant to do it. 3. Spend equity and/or profit sharing for a partner to do it.

No marketing is not an option.

At its simplest, marketing is nothing more than:

1. Repeat exposure to branding and messaging over time to build familiarity

2. Direct response (in-person or online messaging designed to produce some type of response, right now)

3. Positioning: your 'lane', the unique space you ocupy in the market, relative to competitors.

Clarify your value proposition(s) first, and then you'll need to determine how to make a simple presentation about your product.

I use the word 'presentation' more broadly to encompass any type of communication piece about your product.

Tip - study advertorials. They force you to create editorial content that relates to your product that is more story or customer-driven, and is often far more effective than regular ads highlighting features or benefits.

You can then drive paid media PPC/CPM traffic to your advertorials, and then hit them up with direct response retargeting / remarketing ads after pixelling them.

Be prepared that no one will respond during the first interaction or touchpoint. It requires many touchpoints to develop trust and familiarity.

If you're going to spend on ads, try to 'capture' them somehow - into a FB group, email list, etc where you can get in front of them for free the next time.

So, make friends with the concept of repeat exposure and advertorials, and get busy. Good luck!

Using a Google app, and investing any time whatsoever is a waste as it will be gone 6 months to 2 years down the road.

Seems like brutal PR to me, but they can get away with it.

It sounds like the service launches and shutdowns are incentivized anyway based on what other commenters are saying, so that would explain it.

Follow the money!

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34445292

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

What if on day one you showed up to high school English class, and there were 2 terms on the board: 1. COMMUNICATION 2. PLAY

The teacher then said: "The most successful people in the world are the best communicators. This is true in every field - business, science, technology, medicine, sports, the arts and politics. The most successful people also have a love of play and get the chance to practice it during their work day. Whether its in business, the arts, or intellectual pursuits. Would you like to learn to be successful like them? Have I got your attention? Alright, let's go."

Although this would be a non-egalitarian and elitist curriculum , it would be highly appealing for me. I would want to attend a course like this, and I would forgo the author's offer to not attend and still get an A. I would attend, and get the A.

Surely we can improve course design so high school students aka humans 'studying life' can learn success, and it just so happens that writing is part of becoming your best self and reaching your potential.

Teachers could benefit from some 'marketing style' re-positioning and re-framing of the curriculum to what is relevant and resonant for students.

There is a major relevancy problem in the high school curriculum.

What if the gym teacher said: "today we're going to talk about Jordan. Best fadeaway jumper in the business. How did he do it? You're about to learn about one of the greatest players in history."

Or if the English teacher said: "Obama. Jobs. Musk. Why are they so persuasive from the podium? Listen up, because you're about the find out how they craft presentations that move millions of people and billions of dollars in product."

My high school English teacher let me write an essay analyzing lyrics in songs by the Doors as poetry. It was awesome, and I got an A.

-Dan