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1. vdombr · 1790714818 · focus · HN ↗

   It's been almost half a year since we got powerful enough models, and I'm wondering, where are all those great things that were created with them? Maybe it's just me, but nothing has changed in my life so far. No improvements, but definitely, I need to be more careful when reading, listening, watching, and using things, as bad quality slowly creeps everywhere.

   1. scoofy · 1790716508 · focus · HN ↗

      I wrote a golf simulator that helps visualize golf architecture with help from Gemini. When I published my first piece, I got an email from Tom Doak and the head of data science at Arccos. An absolutely insane response for my dumb blog. I was invited to the Renaissance Cup this year, almost certainly because of that post; golf nerds can tell you what a huge deal that is.

      The blog post is here for anyone interested: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;golfcoursewiki.substack.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;i-spent-the-last-month-and-a-half" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;golfcoursewiki.substack.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;i-spent-the-last-month...

      Things are happening… and quickly, even if we are not quite to the point where VC’s are ready fund prototypes of robots to fold your laundry. Most of what’s happening is nerds finally building the project they’ve always dreamed of outside the traditional funding pathways.

      1. nunez · 1790727331 · focus · HN ↗

         lol interestingly my neighbor built something similar! he built an app on the App Store for doing golf trajectory things on courses when the App Store was new. (sorry; not a golfer, though i suck at topgolf on occasion!) Sold it for some cash and is now double-downing on it with Claude.

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