Long time ycombinator news member sharing my latest book. It's designed for devs who can hit the ground running with python, and it's what I wished I had back in 2017 when I started building ML applications professionally for clients and startups. The book source code is OS and available here https://github.com/victusfate/HackersGuideToMachineLearningS...

ps I used to share blog posts here 14 years back from victusspiritus

Greetings! Long time ycombinator news member sharing my latest book. It's designed for devs who can hit the ground running with python, and it's what I wished I had back in 2017 when I started building ML applications professionally for clients and startups.

I leveraged chatGPT as an assistant for descriptions and ideas about ML models. The book source code is open source and available here https://github.com/victusfate/HackersGuideToMachineLearningS...

Yeah it's updated regularly with third party data + fresh crawlers. We do miss closures/relocations sometimes. We also sometimes mix up the content for place descriptions on multipage pages (saw that recently with a friends test recommendation for Peking duck, at a place that didn't carry it).

AP English - the last hold out for human intelligence

Bonus points if you tie this to a cryptocurrency that is "staked" by data owners (you and I). Sounds like a reasonable core idea to build on, good luck!

We do a ton of data plumbing at my current startup https://welco.me/ . Ps we launched our 2.0 app today

welco.me looks fun! Thank you - luck graciously received.

Welcome's a travel app (iOS currently) which helps navigate new destinations on the fly. You can leave tips, ask your friends for tips, skip boring stuff, or lock in your favorites to have Welcome sweat the planning while you wander and enjoy. If you go off plan, no biggie. The app adjusts to wherever you are and picks out the best venues.

Here's a writeup on Techcrunch with more details https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/11/welcome-launch/

I'd go with 1 brokerage, Index fund most of it, keep 20% cash for misc investments (ethereum). Hire a trustworthy accountant.

It's only money. Now you have some, congratulations. Get back to focusing on the things that matter!

I like to think of what you folks are doing as the evolution of universities which often lead to inverted outcomes (massive debt, no work).

How can I best get a friendly dev involved (he has shipped a c# VR game and worked a bunch of custom js scripts)?

Have him take our free intro to web development class and see if he likes it - https://lambdaschool.com

Just thinking about how many simultaneous breakthroughs occur, and expertise in so many areas is mind boggling. In contrast there are slower periods/cultures too, ie hunter gatherer societies.

You could spend one life to become an expert doctor only to have all that knowledge made obsolete by time.