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austin petersmith
@awwstn
customer support/ceo @ howie.com
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    austin petersmith
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    Jun 18
    The Certifiably Insane Way to Build an AI Agent: 1. choose a category where mistake tolerance is roughly the same as it is in self-driving cars. we chose "email-based scheduling assistant." many people want this product, but they immediately fire him if he screws up an
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    austin petersmith
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    May 21, 2024
    these photos of Eminem at Hailie’s wedding are so powerful to me because they show that he broke the cycle. he grew up with nothing, surrounded by drugs and violence, and he has said for decades that having Hailie inspired him to create a different life with her. they did it.
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    austin petersmith
    @awwstn
    Sep 19, 2024
    imagine telling this guy in 1988: if you stick with it, the company will go from $1B to $120B, and you'll go from intern to CEO
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    austin petersmith
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    Jan 24, 2023
    i wonder how many times this guy has gotten laid off so far
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    austin petersmith
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    Oct 15, 2024
    hang it in the louvre
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    austin petersmith
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    Jan 12, 2024
    in case you were wondering whether any amazon sellers are using GPT to programmatically generate product names/descriptions
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    austin petersmith
    @awwstn
    Jan 15, 2025
    they charged me 2.9% + $.30 just to walk in the door!
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    austin petersmith
    @awwstn
    Nov 19, 2023
    POV: @sama walking back into OpenAI HQ on monday as CEO [sound on]
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    austin petersmith
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    Dec 19, 2021
    unsung heroes of the internet: people who post a question on a forum, get zero responses, figure out the solution on their own, and come back to reply to their own question with the solution they discovered
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    austin petersmith
    @awwstn
    Apr 27, 2023
    Imagine if a bakery had this pricing | one 🍩 | 6 🍩 | dozen 🍩 | | $2 | $10 | CALL US! |
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    austin petersmith
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    Jan 27, 2022
    while we’re on the topic of calendly: about once a month I use the calendly links from salespeople who are emailing me nonstop, and book them calls with each other
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    austin petersmith
    @awwstn
    Aug 19, 2014
    My @lyft driver said that his first month driving in SF he thought there was a large company called Startup and everyone worked there.
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    austin petersmith
    @awwstn
    Mar 10, 2024
    chaotic good landlord
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    austin petersmith
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    May 22, 2021
    In 1985, hours before having his whole stomach removed due to cancer, my dad snuck out of one hospital and into another to be in the room as I took my first breath. 36 years later, I made it cross-country in time to be in the room as he took his last breath. I love you, dad. ❤️