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New comment by mikestaub in "TimeCapsuleLLM: LLM trained only on data from 1800-1875"

mikestaub — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 21:37:39 +0000

I think a more interesting experiment would be to train an LLM on a dataset that had zero references to "first person POV" sentences. And then see if the final model somehow develops that concept.

New comment by mikestaub in "Show HN: SuperDesign.Dev – first Open-source Design Agent lives inside IDE"

mikestaub — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:15:06 +0000

Very cool!

New comment by mikestaub in "OpenAI reaches agreement to buy Windsurf for $3B"

mikestaub — Sun, 11 May 2025 22:27:35 +0000

Seems like a way to justify stock valuations of OpenAI while picking up some good talent to go after vertical stack as the foundation models become commodified. Smart play.

New comment by mikestaub in "Open guide to equity compensation"

mikestaub — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 13:55:12 +0000

If they are Delaware C corporations and you own at least one share, you have a legal right to demand access to the cap table.

New comment by mikestaub in "Intelligence Evolved at Least Twice in Vertebrate Animals"

mikestaub — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 13:27:40 +0000

Language in humans is a VERY strange behavior. I think the stoned ape theory may have some credence, as mushrooms do seem to excite linguistic capabilities.

New comment by mikestaub in "What if we made advertising illegal?"

mikestaub — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 14:22:45 +0000

It's impossible to enforce a law like this. The real solution is to create personal AI filters for each person that reads all the data for the user, filters out anything that doesn't enrich the user, and hides the rest. A general-purpose AI-enabled spam filter for your entire digital life.

New comment by mikestaub in "My washing machine refreshed my thinking on software estimation"

mikestaub — Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:04:05 +0000

This is because of the way most software is built. If you are using event modeling, it's very easy to estimate feature costs. The only exception is when you are truly innovating new algorithms so there is not a historical precedent you can refer to. This is not common work in the industry however, most software projects are variations of previous themes.

New comment by mikestaub in "KAG – Knowledge Graph RAG Framework"

mikestaub — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 23:38:10 +0000

https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG is pretty good

New comment by mikestaub in "How I run LLMs locally"

mikestaub — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 14:52:22 +0000

I just use MLC with WebGPU: https://codepen.io/mikestaub/pen/WNqpNGg

New comment by mikestaub in "The correct amount of ads is zero"

mikestaub — Sat, 07 Dec 2024 11:24:57 +0000

The problem is that eventually, AI will get so powerful that it will block all ads on the client without anyway of detecting it. Adblockers today are very basic and have no understanding of the mind that is consuming the content. We must adapt and create new business models.

New comment by mikestaub in "Llama 3.2: Revolutionizing edge AI and vision with open, customizable models"

mikestaub — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 14:31:01 +0000

or https://chat.webllm.ai/

New comment by mikestaub in "Forget ChatGPT: why researchers now run small AIs on their laptops"

mikestaub — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 23:19:36 +0000

This is a great use-case for WebGPU: https://chat.webllm.ai

New comment by mikestaub in "2M users but no money in the bank"

mikestaub — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:48:52 +0000

Just add a premium tier or partner with coding bootcamps. Don't give up so easily.

New comment by mikestaub in "The Engineering of Landfills"

mikestaub — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 14:45:06 +0000

New comment by mikestaub in "Game of Life, simulating itself, infinitely zoomable"

mikestaub — Sun, 24 Mar 2024 15:11:18 +0000

Relevant video: https://youtu.be/DoCYY9sa2kU?t=441

New comment by mikestaub in "Mechanical Watch (2022)"

mikestaub — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 12:07:03 +0000

Bitcoin is like a virtual Swiss watch, with the base layer being the center wheel and PoW mining being the mainspring. The third wheel is the BIP300 protocol and the fourth wheel is LN and other L2s. The nodes are the balance wheels. https://youtu.be/9_QsCLYs2mY

New comment by mikestaub in "'It's quite soul-destroying': how we fell out of love with dating apps"

mikestaub — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:59:58 +0000

AI can solve this problem very well I predict. It asks you a series of deep questions about your personality and values and then goes searching for matches for you. No swiping.

New comment by mikestaub in "Bitwarden: Free, open-source password manager"

mikestaub — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:36:15 +0000

I'm just waiting from Proton to stabilize theirs then I'll switch.

New comment by mikestaub in "I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser"

mikestaub — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:31:09 +0000

The only way this is feasible is if you find a way to code in a DSL and have AI generate all the implementation. A browser is extremely complicated.

New comment by mikestaub in "Climate Change Tracker"

mikestaub — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:06:02 +0000

I am starting to think Bitcoin is the most important component to the climate crisis. Not only can it mitigate methane via capturing stranded gas at landfills and oil wells via mining pods, but it can replace real estate as a store of wealth. Once investors migrate from real estate to BTC the housing crisis will be ameliorated and we can start building more energy efficient homes in walkable neighborhoods as the prices will come down. It can also help bootstrap remote green energy projects as an energy buyer of last resort and help stabilize the grid through mining curtailment contracts.

And if it is adopted as a global reserve currency, we can escape the fiat debt doom loop that is at the root of our grow at all costs economies.