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A lot of people are asking that question, and the answer is emphatically yes. All improvements to the human condition are rooted in technology, and software is technology. Who's to say the latest advancements aren't some tech tree precursor to cure an ailment impacting millions - how could you argue against that? The genie is out of the bottle.


> how could you argue against that?

I would argue against it if the downside is even more technological enslavement for billions.

And while many improvements to the human condition are rooted in technology, many of the problems of humanity are rooted in it as well. There might very well be an optimal point that we've already past.


Because you haven't created it yet.


Hey there! I just went 0 to App Store in 60 days with React Native. I would love if you would try out RubberDuck and share your thoughts with me.

The concept here is similar to Duolingo (gamified mobile learning), but for general education. The curriculum is generated via LLM. Happy to answer any questions!


Kudos on delivering the app at 29MB. I was shocked it was so small.


My current project is a "Duolingo for everything" called RubberDuck. GPT4 is used to generate the curriculum.

I started it as a tool to teach myself new programming languages but realized it could be generalized. Right now I'm taking the Linear Algebra and Ancient Greek History courses.

Would love if you checked it out!

https://www.rubberduck.gg


Very cool! If you're a VS Code user, I ported my favorite Tron-based iTerm theme here https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=emeraldi...


Yes, we plan to shard by app. Since the cost per app is non-zero we've made it a paid feature. Right now it's on 2 apps (1 to support *.threadbase.io, 1 for custom domains), and we won't have to move to 3 for the foreseeable future. I plan to extract this functionality into a gem :)


Hey folks, I also worked on this. Happy to answer any questions.


We're working on something like subreddits - but just for your community - at https://threadbase.io


We're taking a sort of hybrid approach to this on https://threadbase.io, where you can get a subdomain for your community (or custom domain in the future) and put your own ads in (so moderators can make money). Eventually we'll create a shared homepage for site creators who opt in, and allow you to filter communities you want to see there.


This is great! I might end up doing something like `alias todo=vim -o ~/{todo,progress,done}`

edit: I was curious so pulled up the man page: changing -o to -O opens the windows horizontally stacked.


Yep, -o will have your work flow top to bottom, -O will have it flow left to right. I prefer the former because it gives me more horizontal space on each line.


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