I literally don't care about their models anymore because I can't even try them without paying for them?

I already pay for the plus plan but whatever their latest model was, is locked for me. Or otherwise it's just not accessible for me.

If I try to add balance to my Google payment account, it shows me errors and is asking me to verify my identity through government documents.

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Not to mention the extremely confusing terminology. "Flash", "Experimental". Why are most of your models either of those two? I don't get the confidence that your models are any good because of such names. Give me a normal reliable model!

Even if Google releases AGI tier models in the future, I'll always look for other models because Google clearly thinks their models are too good for any of us.

So I made this Mac app that lets you schedule selected permissions to expire after 15 minutes, an hour, tonight, or when the app quits. You can also review permissions grouped by app and spot records left behind by deleted apps.

MacOS 14+, Intel and Apple silicon.

Demo and download:

https://rygorlabs.com/shortfuse

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49995706

Points: 5

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Any idea on why the other end of the spectrum is this way -- thinking that it always has something to do?

I can think of a pet theory on it stopping early -- that positive tool responses and such bias it towards thinking it's complete (could be extremely wrong)

But it just seems to hard find something substantial. Everything seems to be already done.

The gaps seem very teeny-tiny. I really don't want to solve a hyper-specific, niche B2B sales gap for example.

It seems like people earlier had it much easier and the ideas seemed a bit obvious. This sounds envious, and could be somewhat wrong. But I truly am still trying to figure out a good gap.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40308591

Points: 26

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My co-founder and I have been working on a startup since the last 12-13 months or so.

It's a social media that caters to a niche and we think it will work.

We've built the MVP, and we have a certain amount of signups with minimal marketing costs. We think there is a market fit here.

To scale up, we've been thinking of starting to approach funds for a seed round.

At the same time, we're thinking of the future -- if/when we get funding, we will have to quit our jobs.

We're 24 right now.

We were discussing all of the possible outcomes that might occur. A couple of scenarios:

Scenario 1: Our product really flies to millions as we are expecting it to, and we make a decent amount of money through Series B, Series C rounds etc.

Scenario 2: Our product shows decent promise during seed stages etc, we raise money through two rounds but then the startup dies for some reason.

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For the second scenario, we'll be 28.

We will probably have made no savings through the four years, and will be behind our peers in terms of professional growth and monetary savings.

28 also happens to be the age when most people get married. It seems like not a great idea to not have a good financial cushion at this age.

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Both of us are decently smart I think, and if things end with scenario 2, it simply won't be great. We'll be so behind people our age in terms of money saved etc.

This post does focus on the monetary aspect of the process, even though building something of your own will be super fun. How would you approach this predicament?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39882470

Points: 2

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My co-founder and I have been working on a startup since the last 12-13 months or so.

It's a social media that caters to a niche and we think it will work.

We've built the MVP, and we have a certain amount of signups with minimal marketing costs. We think there is a market fit here.

To scale up, we've been thinking of starting to approach funds for a seed round.

At the same time, we're thinking of the future -- if/when we get funding, we will have to quit our jobs.

We're 24 right now.

We were discussing all of the possible outcomes that might occur. A couple of scenarios:

Scenario 1: Our product really flies to millions as we are expecting it to, and we make a decent amount of money through Series B, Series C rounds etc.

Scenario 2: Our product shows decent promise during seed stages etc, we raise money through two rounds but then the startup dies for some reason.

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For the second scenario, we'll be 28.

We will probably have made no savings through the four years, and will be behind our peers in terms of professional growth and monetary savings.

28 also happens to be the age when most people get married. It seems like not a great idea to not have a good financial cushion at this age.

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Both of us are decently smart I think, and if things end with scenario 2, it simply won't be great. We'll be so behind people our age in terms of money saved etc.

This post does focus on the monetary aspect of the process, even though building something of your own will be super fun. How would you approach this predicament?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39855092

Points: 2

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That makes sense actually.

I came up with the thought, but the exact term Value Plan, I've read somewhere, Andy Grove (maybe, unsure, I'll try to find a source).

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39052075

Points: 7

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Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38186876

Points: 6

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But I fail to find things that could be done that haven't been implemented yet.

It seems like all the low (and even medium, high) hanging fruit has been covered. [Of course not calling Redis and such low hanging fruits, but just to give examples of something fundamental.]

How would you explore what to work on? Especially something non-AI.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36958545

Points: 7

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