Mejor TC en Chile?

Cada cierto alguien pregunta eso en este sub y me llama la atención que no haya un comparador bueno. Compara Online sería lo más cercano pero le falta bastante info básica respecto de la mayoría de las TC y el UX/UI es bien malo para comparar. Por eso estoy hace un tiempo armando una alternativa (no está lista todavía) y me gustaría saber su opinión sobre qué info sería la principal para ustedes. Por ejemplo, a mí me interesa principalmente que su costo de mantención sea bajo, que las comisiones internacionales sean bajas, que el cupo sea decente y que tenga buenos beneficios como descuentos en restaurantes y acumulación de puntos en una proporción decente. Hay otros puntos que no estoy viendo? Opiniones?

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u/Epicurious_- — 2 days ago

What are your biggest issues with Gemini Notebook for studying?

For me, by far the bigger issue is that it test you based on the whole notes intead of only regsrding the sections you had studied. So it's useful when your already pretty far in your study but not for starting imo. Am I the only one? How do you guys solve this?

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u/Epicurious_- — 3 days ago

What are your biggest issues with Gemini Notebook for studying?

For me, by far the bigger issue is that it test you based on the whole notes intead of only regsrding the sections you had studied. So it's useful when your already pretty far in your study but not for starting imo. Am I the only one? How do you guys solve this?

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u/Epicurious_- — 3 days ago

¿Por qué la contratación en Chile es tan poco seria? Mi odio profundo a Linkedin.

Primero que todo: sorry por el post un poco largo, pero es un tema que me apasiona (y eso que evité explayarme demasiado con mi odio a Linkedin, porque si parto ahí no paro más jajaja).

Me ha tocado emprender, armar equipos y también ver procesos de selección desde afuera y cada vez me queda más la sensación de que, en Chile, seguimos usando filtros bastante malos para decidir quién tiene talento.

Mucho peso en dónde estudiaste, qué carrera tienes, cuáles fueron tus cargos formales anteriores, cuántos años llevas en cierta industria, si tienes un diplomado, etc. Todo eso puede aportar algo, obviamente, pero muchas veces termina siendo una forma rápida de descartar personas que quizás son mucho mejores para el trabajo real.

Alguien puede no venir de ingeniería, pero haber creado software útil. Puede no tener “X años de experiencia” en un cargo, pero haber levantado una startup, construido productos, conseguido usuarios, automatizado procesos complejos o resuelto problemas reales por su cuenta. Incluso haber fallado en un proyecto puede decir bastante más que un CV perfectamente lineal. Mi viejo suele decir que en Chile estamos obsecionados con las "horas poto", como los postgrados, que siendo realistas aportan y desmuestran bien poco. Me ha tocado ver varios cargos para los que piden diplomados en inteligencia artificial (facepalm). Es como si para contratar a un panadero le exigieras que haya cumplido con X número de horas sentado escuchando alguien explicarle cómo se hace el pan, dejando de lado a quienes han hecho pan de verdad y les queda la raja...

Además de ser "socialmente injusto", creo que esto es muy ineficiente. Se deja fuera mucho talento por señales indirectas, en vez de mirar evidencia más concreta de lo que una persona sabe de verdad hacer.

Las empresas grandes, hasta cierto punto, pueden darse ese lujo. Son Goliat: tienen marca, presupuesto, procesos instalados y mucha gente postulando. Pueden ser lentas, burocráticas y "conservadoras" sin que eso necesariamente las destruya (al menos no a corto plazo).

Pero una startup es David. No puede contratar igual de lento y torpe que Goliat, porque si compite con las mismas reglas, Goliat le gana casi siempre por tamaño. Una startup debería ser mejor detectando talento no obvio: gente que crea, aprende rápido, resuelve problemas y hace que las cosas pasen, aunque no tenga el recorrido “correcto” en LinkedIn.

El problema es que hacerlo bien manualmente toma mucho tiempo. No basta con mirar un portfolio o un CV: hay que entender qué hizo realmente la persona en cada proyecto, qué decisiones tomó, qué parte construyó, qué aprendió de lo que salió mal, hacer preguntas y contrapreguntas y evaluar concretamente las habilidades que dice tener (tal vez esa sea la parte más difícil).

Por eso, desde mi profundo odio a Linkedin y su cultura asociada, llevo un tiempo intentando resolver esa parte de manera más seria. En vez de partir por el CV y usar los proyectos como un complemento, partir por los proyectos: conversar con la persona, revisar qué construyó realmente, entender su rol, hacer preguntas y contrapreguntas, y evaluar en concreto las habilidades que dice tener (esta es la parte más difícil por lejos). Es mucho más lento que filtrar por universidad o diplomado, pero, al menos a mi juicio, mucho más útil para identificar a alguien que de verdad puede aportar en una startup.

He estado aplicando ese enfoque con una primera base relativamente grande de perfiles (mayormente en Chile), y me interesa contrastarlo con startups que estén contratando e insatisfechos con los procesos de contratación "normales". Me interesa entonces entender si esto resuelve a su juicio un problema real y si ya lo resuelven de otra manera satisfactoriamente.

u/Epicurious_- — 4 days ago

Should there be a Game Jam for Indie software?

For those who don't know, Game Jam is some sort of open competition where indie game developers submit games they made in a vrry short period of time, like 3 days, following a specific theme provided by the organizers within that timeframe. Then, they made a YT vídeo with their top picks and also promote them in orher chanels like a website, etc.

I'm very impress about the quality and creativity of the top picks, so I was wondering if something like that would make sense for software development. I know games have a borader audience in general, but could still be interesting imo.

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u/Epicurious_- — 5 days ago

¿Cómo comparan créditos automotrices?

Estaba comparando el otro día y hay varios simuladores on line pero es difícil comparar al final porque no te muestran lo mismo y los requisitos son variables (ejem: tc X). Alguien sabe si hay un comparador o alguna forma de hacer eso más fácil?

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u/Epicurious_- — 5 days ago

Little study tip: Make studying earn “credits,” and make distractions cost them

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Lately I’ve been trying a simple “currency” system for studying and distractions, and it had helped a decent amount.

It´s actually pretty simple: I "earn" credits for productive things (for example, 1 hour of studying earns me 1 coin). Then activities I tend to overdo and that are not particularly healthy, like gaming or scrolling social media, cost credits (In my case, 2 coins per hour).

In my case, I also have an accountability partner (my girlfriend) that need to approve each change I wanna do (like making playing videogames cost less coins, etc.).

This can also mostly done manually for those who prefer that way. Would love to know if anyone has tried something similar.

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u/Epicurious_- — 5 days ago

Opal alternative

Does anyone know of an opal alternative where you just don't put a maximum screen time per day, but rather "win" such time with studying or doing homework? I want something where you can set a daily goal (like 4 hours of study or homework), and if I reach such goal I earn the "right" to, lets say, 2 hours of social media or YouTube, etc. Ideally,

I would like that if I under or over do my goal, I can get less or more "credits", and after depleting them I cannot unlock the non esencial apps until I get more study "credits".

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u/Epicurious_- — 12 days ago

Why using Shopify instead of your own website made with Claude or Codex?

I'm really curious, Shopify is fairly expensive and has important setbacks, what prevents you from just doing a personalized website with Claude or Codex and avoiding all that?

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u/Epicurious_- — 13 days ago

A relatively uncommon screen time system that's actually worked for me

I wanted to share a study tip that has helped me quite a bit.

I saw that people here were recently talking a lot about Opal and other app blockers. I tried a bunch of them, but for whatever reasons they didn´t work particularly well for m specifically.

Now I'm using an app that works a little differently. Instead of simply blocking your phone, you set study goals, and the amount of leisure screen time you get depends on how much you accomplish.

In my case, I set a goal of studying 3 hours a day from Monday to Friday (for normal weeks with no big tests). If I meet that goal, I get 2 hours to use my phone for leisure (mostly YouTube in my case). If I only study half of my goal, then I only earn half of the leisure time. And once that time runs out, the non-essential apps on my phone get blocked.

It's worked well for me because it motivates me to study first so I can enjoy my free time afterward without feeling guilty. I also often end up studying more than my goal just to earn extra leisure time, which I don't even end up using most of the time but I get stressed when my available time is close to zero.

I was wondering if anyone else here uses something similar or any other "unconventional" screen blocking approach.

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u/Epicurious_- — 13 days ago
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Chrome extension that swaps web text with target vocabulary from your Anki decks

For those that are using Anki for learning a second language (like myself), I made a little Chrome extension to practice the target language vocabulary while browsing the web.

Basically it syncs with your Anki decks and highlights or swaps words on the web pages you visit using cards you've already learned / matured.

The point is to not only memorize the word but also

understand the context in which it's used in real

scenarios to deepen / complement your learning.

Appreciate any thoughts and feedback!

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u/Epicurious_- — 14 days ago
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Chrome extension that swaps web text with target vocabulary from your Anki decks

For those that are using Anki for learning a second language (like myself), I made a little Chrome extension to practice target language vocabulary while browsing the web.

Basically it syncs with your Anki decks (via AnkiConnect) and highlights or swaps words on the web pages you visit using cards you've already learned/matured.

The point is to not only memorize the word but also understand the context in which it's used in real scenarios to deepen / complement your learning.

Appreciate any thoughts and feedback!

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u/Epicurious_- — 14 days ago

TLDR: Studying the night before most of the time. Found a partial fix but still missing a few things and asking for advice.

This is obviously not sustainable or ideal, but it´s so hard to avoid for some of us and most of the advice I've found in this sub is some version of "just study man" or "use Pomodoro" which just doesn´t work for me in particular.

What has (partially) worked so far: I gave ChatGPT my exam calendar and set it up to message me asking how my studying is going. The key part is that it doesn't ask "did you study?" but rather it asks me actual questions about the material to check whether I learned anything. Basically using it as an accountability partner.

Works better than I expected, mostly for getting me started earlier. But it falls short in some ways:

a) It doesn't really know my notes. I paste the material in, but it loses track between sessions and ends up asking generic questions about the topic instead of questions about my course. Shallow questions mean no pressure, which was the whole point of the "accountability partner".

b) If I study less than planned on a given day, I'd want it to redistribute the load across the following days (and the other way around), and show that on a calendar. So a slack day or a heavy day has an immediate, visible consequence I can actually see.

c) I'd want it to feel more like a person. ChatGPT is too smooth and too nice about everything. Hard to feel like you let something down when it congratulates you either way.

d) I'd want a real person in the loop somehow (like a close friend or even a stranger). An AI is never gonna be the same in terms of accountability (at least for me). But I can't figure out how to insert it on the loop exactly.

e) I'd want it to hook into Anki or another spaced repetition setup, ideally pulling from that data to check how much I've actually studied and retained instead of taking my word for it. Also that would be ideal for recalibrating the studying schedule for each test.

I'm building my own thing to solve part of this, but I don´t wanna invest too much time if theres already a tool that tackles that specific need decently well (tried already a bunch o reminder apps, but theyre clearly built for other purposes, not studying accountability).

Does anyone else run into this? How did you deal with it? Is there an app that already does exactly this so I don't reinvent the wheel?

u/Epicurious_- — 14 days ago

Cálculo de monto exacto para transacciones

Hola, hice una pequeña herramienta en la que pueden contar su caso, y la herramienta analizando jurisprudencia y aplicando análisis económico del derecho, les dice exactamente hasta qué punto les conviene llegar a una transacción o irse a juicio. Creo que puede ser útil tanto para abogados como clientes, ya que muchos juicios se realizan principalmente porque las expectativas de una o ambas partes no son realistas (no en todos los casos obviamente, a veces hay temas emocionales involucrados, o una parte sabe que no tiene la razón y sólo intenta dilatar un cobro, por ejemplo).

También creo que puede ser útil incluso cuando ambas partes ya están dispuestas a llegar a un acuerdo, para efectos de no aceptar menos o más de lo razonable (dependiendo de la posición), como podría pasar negociando "al ojo", sin datos duros de respaldo.

Me avisan por acá o por interno y les doy acceso a la beta cerrada. Cualquier feedback se agradece también.

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u/Epicurious_- — 20 days ago

For the people who study digitally: do you measure anything?

I know a lot of people here prefer paper and no screens, and I get it. But for those of you who do study digitally: do you track any stats on it? And if you do, which ones do you actually look at?

I started keeping track of study time and a streak a few months ago. It's not a "game changer" or anything like that, but it does help a decent amount with consistency, and it pushes me a bit, especially on those weeks when there's no test coming up to put pressure on me.

Curious what the rest of you do.

u/Epicurious_- — 22 days ago

Problema con mach en la PS Store

Eso, he "comprado" varios juegos con mi tarjeta mach en la PS Store pero hoy intenté varias veces y me sale algo tipo error no identificado. A alguien más le ha pasado? Saben cómo solucionarlo?

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u/Epicurious_- — 23 days ago

Me tiene chato el Spam en celulares

Eso, se suponía que con lo de los prefijos iba a desaparecer pero parece que no. Hice una app chica tipo true caller pero sin publicidad y que permite varias cosas más por si a alguien le interesa (tipo permitir llamadas sólo de ciertos números, sólo de contactos, etc.) Es gratis para los primeros usuarios. Si genera cierto interés le voy a ir agregando más cosas.

u/Epicurious_- — 24 days ago
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Or, alternatively: Why would I use my brain when I can just cheat?

Joke aside, I´m curious about how you`ll use spaced repetition exactly. There´s seems to be a consensus about how effective it is as a method (which in my experience is 100% true), but I don´t think I´ve read in this sub so far about how exactly to implement it, considered you need to track every single concept individually: when you first learned it, when you last reviewed it, and when it's actually due again and also considering that forgetting curves aren't even uniform. Every concept decays at its own rate, so the same fixed interval (1 day, 3 days, 7 days, whatever) can't possibly fit all of them.

I have my own method for this but I´m very curious about how you´ll do it.

u/Epicurious_- — 24 days ago