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New comment by shybear in "Amateur armed with ChatGPT solves an Erdős problem"

shybear — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:58:59 +0000

It seems like alot of scientific advancements occurred by someone applying technique X from one field to problem Y in another. I feel like LLMs are much better at making these types of connections than humans because they 1) know about many more theories/approaches than a single human can 2) don't need to worry about looking silly in front of their peers.

New comment by shybear in "SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story"

shybear — Thu, 25 May 2023 02:48:29 +0000

On a related note to the article, the book “Skunk Works” by Ben Rich and Leo Janos tells the story of the SR-71 and other secret aviation projects in a fascinating detail. Highly recommend.

New comment by shybear in "CTEs as lookup tables"

shybear — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 04:02:53 +0000

Isn't it more readable to make the code snippet with the case when statements into a CTE? I feel like I am misunderstanding the proposed benefits here.

New comment by shybear in "I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA"

shybear — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 18:01:20 +0000

Thanks for doing this AMA! I am a US citizen who would like to start a company with someone in US on H1B. What is the best approach to try and go about this? I know this is a complex topic where details matter. Would really appreciate a general framework for going about this. Thanks!