This is fair, although I ask for it to be dark themed to match what I think was the style of typing game I remember growing up with (it's been a while). Bumped up the font though.
Next time please ask it to respect system dark/light mode preference, it's trivial to do, especially for an LLM which can spin up light/dark alternatives easily.
By "free windows" do you just mean an unactivated copy of Windows? That doesn't prevent the user from configuring their preference in the browser itself.
My top complaint is that if I've successfully used a pattern, I want my text removed. I keep forgetting to backspace a bunch, then get frustrated that my pattern isn't working.
Perfect example is my local coffee shop that is 100% on Instagram only.
They've done amazingly well on just Instagram with the groups they are targeting. I doubt that a website would have any impact on their business. In fact Instagram gives them something much easier, more visual, and with a built in social feed (no need to setup a mailing list, just use Instagram).
"But it's a walled garden..." - Most people don't really care. And also, it's a coffee shop. If Instagram shutdown, they'd be on the next platform in a week and rebuilding the same following.
It's annoying to people like me, but don't see it changing anytime soon, and I can't really blame the business.
Nobody cares until the automated trust and safety bot bans an account for no apparent reason and you can't contact a human for help. Before that happens though, how do you get someone to care? I suppose it's risk management at that point. "What are the odds that I'll get inconvenienced by Instagram before the ROI on establishing on their platform pays out"
To be fair, Google Search does this to sites too. Small sites can see all their traffic disappear within a few days if an algorithm update goes against them. And there is zero recourse.
> Before that happens though, how do you get someone to care?
You don't. Only a relatively small minority will care, most will happily take what they're given (even if, paradoxically, they spend time complaining about the thing).
It's not a matter of logic/reason/rationality. It all comes down to "I don't want to think; just give me the good feeling."
Not so useless. In my experience LLMs are about 50/50 on making a regex that actually works and covers the cases you asked it for. Even less when you get into cases needing advanced features like backreferences and lookahead.
You can go local now with qwen 3.5 9B Q4 powering hermes agent at 35 to 50 tok/s with 99 percent tool call success rate on a used RTX 3060 for the price of two months of ChatGPT Pro and never bother. https://xcancel.com/sudoingX/status/2033020823846674546#m
> Nope, if nobody trains the models on new data you have at some point an outdated model.
As people train the models on new data they'll be increasingly training on AI output including hallucinations and slop. More garbage in means even more garbage out and the cycle will continue as "updated" models decline in quality.
I've had a hard time trying to explain this to non-engineers, but whenever I talk to a fellow developer they're struck by the same feeling. We've lost that magic flow state when your heads down on a problem.
Not to say that it's all bad, there's something quite fun about coding with AI, but I do feel like we're losing something that was fundamentally part of being a developer. I'm late to less meetings though.
We're launching a pre-seed/seed funding program where you can apply directly and get a decision within a week of your first meeting. $1M in funding for 6-10%.
We're 1984 Ventures - we've invested in 100+ companies at the earliest stages, including numerous YC companies (PostHog, Postscript, Shelf Engine, Convex, [Alex.com](http://alex.com/), HyperDX, Tandem, Avallon, OrangeSlice, Terrakotta, Olive, ZeroEmail). This isn't an accelerator or batch program though - no demo day, no 12-week curriculum. Just funding and hands-on help until you raise your Series A.
Why are we doing this? The warm intro system is broken. Good founders without SF networks shouldn't need to spend months working connections just to get a meeting. And you shouldn’t have to go to an accelerator just to raise capital.
We focus on vertical AI, B2B SaaS, healthcare software, infra, and devtools/open source. US-based for now.
Happy to answer questions about the process, what we look for, or early-stage fundraising in general.
"All of the under-sink reverse osmosis and two-stage filters achieved near-complete removal of the PFAS chemicals we were testing for,” Stapleton said. “In contrast, the effectiveness of activated-carbon filters used in many pitcher, countertop, refrigerator and faucet-mounted styles was inconsistent and unpredictable. The whole-house systems were also widely variable and in some cases actually increased PFAS levels in the water.” -
https://nicholas.duke.edu/news/not-all-home-drinking-water-f...
Note that the multistage RO filter can be a countertop one. It doesn't need to be an under-sink one. Just remember to change the filters on time.
Another thing that people overlook about RO is that it's critically essential to remineralize it safely and to normalize its pH. Drinking demineralized or acidic RO filtered water is harmful!
There are at least three concerns from demineralized or acidic drinking water:
1. Drinking demineralized water results in an obvious multi-mineral deficiency, considering that we actually rely on drinking water for meeting a meaningful subset of our calcium, magnesium and other mineral intake. Even moderate supplementation won't correct it -- it takes a double dose to prevent it under RO.
2. Demineralized water causes minerals to be leeched from the body, also from the bones. This is to balance the water. It would also stress and deplete the bicarbonate reserve of the body to neutralize its acidity.
3. The extreme solubility of demineralized water unnaturally increases the absorption of heavy metals from foods and supplements which would otherwise go unabsorbed.
As for acidic water, it's straight-up bad for the kidneys, bones, and the spleen. It will boost the odds of kidney stones, weak bones, and a deteriorating immune system. Try measuring the urine pH to realize the effect. Granted, bicarbonate will buffer it, but the body's capacity to do this is fairly limited.
We got frustrated with lack of tools available to founders to model their SAFE rounds and subsiquent dilutions, so we built an open source library and cap table worksheet.
The underlying finance library is MIT licensed and we've done our best to match it up with known sources of truth (Excel spreadsheets from lawyers), along with tests!
Feel free to give feedback to either me (mdp@1984.vc), or team@1984.vc
