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by 0x3f 5mo ago
What exactly is 'merging' here? Existing formal knowledgebases with LLMs? I don't think that's anywhere near human knowledge and thus ability to make novel connections. And autoformalization is... basically not happen
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by 0x3f 5mo ago
Sounds a bit like trying to transfer my own money to myself at the bank. I.e. it seems designed to prevent old people getting scammed.
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by 0x3f 5mo ago
I think this is a good way to test a certain kind of capability, but as to whether LLMs would pass such a test, I'm guessing almost certainly not. If you've ever used one for research, it's very 'in' the current li
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Right but was Booz Allen not dealing in mass surveillance too? There's something that's narratively appealing about Palantir in this context. The name, Thiel as a key figure, the mission statement, the branding. It may even be
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
If code > infra (wrt 'elegance' or whatever we're talking about), then just use code. I.e. build a monolith (or monoliths) as far as is practical.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Relative to other government contractors, Palantir is pretty good. More so because the bar is typically so low, though. But that's priced in. Them featuring in conspiracy theories is just because there's a cultural treadmill for
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Obviously people aren't finding the literal act of wasteful disposal the appealing thing about e.g. non-self-repairable iPhones, so no, not really.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
> I don't think any single person I know would say they would exchange replaceable batteries for a 1mm thinner phone, waterproof up to 100m instead of 10m, or a $5 difference in price. Well, yes it's quite easy to argue against
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Lack of incentive for technological development beyond the current required standard.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
It would seem that "different opinions are out there" is not really a good basis for "one opinion enforced by EU directive", though.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
> acquiring market share and customer relationships The whole setup rests on this, and it seems mythical to me. These guys have basically equivalent products at this point.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Not sure if this is a joke or not, but competitive pressure still exists. This only really holds if you're the only orange seller.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
There are no residence requirements for buying property in Japan. So... what?
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
There's always some wedge issue that means "don't punish the toolkmaker" is not politically viable. You can pick from guns to legal drugs to illegal drugs to all kinds of emotive things. And once the wedge is in and the
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
It must be representative democracy! And our representative is... Larry Ellison. Oh no.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
No, it's entirely factual, not a matter of outlook. Otherwise please explain why one new line at this standard per 20-40 years is acceptable for a city that sees itself as world-leading.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
The Elizabeth Line is basically at the bare minimum for a global Asian city. It's not even that good by comparison. It's really a joke that London only has one line of that caliber and it took them literally decades to build. So
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Ah yes, was too into the screed. Same problem though.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Almost everything works with Suica, no? Although to be fair I guess tourists are _more_ likely to use the heritage lines with slightly different rules.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
TfL can barely build some flats in Zone 2 without the locals rioting like they're destroying a Cotswolds village. Actually, it can barely fix the literal busiest station in the country without a bunch of minor celebrity detractors ril
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
It's a good article, but I think the "it's not culture, just good governance" idea is a little hand wavy. The two bleed into each other greatly. The fact that houses are more disposable and wealth is less intergenerati
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Stakeholder, in this case: the government
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Thanks. I would say yeah, it's not too bad, but it is also a pretty simple site. There are some interesting issues that probably relate to your workflow, like the nav links are different sizes, the icons too. And the resolution of som
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
I'm not misremembering. You can easily find monoculturey threads about all of these things. Just because there's a small slice of counter views, doesn't mean the average HN positions on these things isn't or wasn'
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Yes, this is what hysteria about bread looks like. People have been saying a disaster of the kids not knowing how to bake is coming since the 1800's. Yet, we still have bread. How exactly will the knowledge of creating software be lo
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
Well, that is the point :) we don't fret about where the bread comes from too much, or talk about how we need to act now lest we never have bread again. People want bread, and the price goes up until someone is willing to make bread.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
> Nobody owes me anything, I already have the skills I need, where will the juniors come from that these companies are going to need in a few years? We don't need extremist stances in either camp, we need balance. Seems a bit like a
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
This place actually hates all technology after the invention of Lisp. And there's the common online incentive to dunk on things that also exists here. Hence the infamous Dropbox comment and others. But it's also been anti-Javasc
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
The EU 'seeks' to do a lot of things but is notoriously ineffective.
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by 0x3f 6mo ago
They're not breaking in; he knows the password. Also, it's not fully up-to-date; it's an iPhone 13.

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