Thoughts on silv.blog

end of summer mind dump

Sat, 31 Aug 2024 19:16:40 +0000

misc
- subscribed to Kevin Rose substack (first substack paid subscription). cool community and discussion. enjoying the perks, including free 12 months of Endel, an app that plays various ADD-friendly soundscapes for working, relaxation, sleeping
health
- going to try a creatine + testosterone supplement for first time
- i swear by using the Manta Bluetooth sleep mask now. it gets me to put down my phone earlier and fall asleep faster. generally, i am asleep 15 min after putting it on listening to Endel or Audible. The Manta mask is expensive, so you could always start with a $25 bluetooth sleep mask
- i got a SECA scan at my weight loss dr office. since i started taking semaglutide a year ago, i am down about ~30lbs and body fat went from 33.9% to 28.6%. still work to go, but very happy with progress.
AI
- I’m using Perplexity instead of Google for most search queries now
- Amazon Alexa may be powered by Claude soon according to Reuters.
- I’m using the AI coding app Cursor multiple times per week for Python experiments
- found a cool list of AI-powered tools for creators/builders
- Claude released a cool prompt engineering course via Google Sheets
tech
- ios 18 will come out in 2-3 weeks and I am most excited for the scheduled iMessage feature.
- Apple might be working on a tabletop robot. a platform for developers to build robotic apps without worrying about the physical hardware would be so cool

Midjourney prompt to create the featured image for this post:

random thoughts: retail usdc, eth restaking, pizza

Tue, 19 Mar 2024 16:15:33 +0000

had a great conversation this week with Aaron McCann of Williamsburg Pizza. learned that his pizza locations are accepting Dogecoin. got me thinking more about retail crypto adoption. many of the topics below came from my discussion with Aaron.

just a collection of random things in my head this week of march 18, 2024.

relistening to Tim Ferriss Interview of Matt Mochary, one of my favorite episodes
thankful to have attended the live Random Show recording with Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose at SWSW in Austin, and that I won the opportunity to have dinner with them
thinking about how retail can accept crypto (USDC), and after trying Daimo I think Base chain will make it possible sooner
continue to be fascinated by ETH restaking with EigenLayer, and the best explanation on what restaking is might be from this 13 year old VC
loving my Vitruvian and can’t believe i didn’t discover it sooner
todo: find a better way to explain how randomness works in generative art. this article from Tyler Hobbs is a starting point.
towatch: Working a Shift at a classic New York Pizzeria, Bon Appetit

exploring UAPs and alien tech with ChatGPT

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 20:00:09 +0000

i have a fascination with verified UAP video footage ever since the declassification of the USS Nimitz videos in 2017-2018.

conspiracies and unverified sightings you might see on r/UFOs were never interesting to me (fwiw, r/UAP seems good), but i am very curious about undiscovered tech that could change what we think is possible.

before chatgpt, researching stuff like this was tedious. now, it’s easy to choose your own adventure. here’s what I found by researching, summarizing, and comparing results between openai chatgpt 4 and google gemini advanced (1.5).

what i'm thinking about going into 2024

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 15:58:33 +0000

everyone should be practicing conversational AI every day
- free options include ChatGPT, Google Bard, Microsoft Bing Chat
how will semaglutide / GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic will change the food industry
why is the US political system is broken and how might we fix it
- ranked-choice voting and open primaries would be a good start
how can i add new atomic habits into my routine
- linking a new habit to an existing one seems to be a key part