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by 490d0aff0ee8 7y ago
Tangent rant. I'm skimming over some of the code at https://github.com/openai/gpt-2/blob/master/src/model.py and I can't help but feel frustrated at how unreadable this stuff is. 1. Why is
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by 490d0aff0ee8 7y ago
> "You haven't really done OpSec have you? There is very little absolutism in defining who gets access to what data. In fact barring nations that have historically shared data with their governments is exactly one step closer t
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by 490d0aff0ee8 7y ago
> "It seems you're almost implying Chinese and Russians are being randomly discriminated against for no reason, as if the kind of thing Gitlab is worried about has never happened before. Specifically with people loyal to those
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by 490d0aff0ee8 7y ago
> "Why not? And Australians, they're explicitly (by law) required to be spies." How come we don't see Gitlab re-considering hiring Australians then? > "And your comment suggests as much - why would opsec about
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by 490d0aff0ee8 7y ago
> "Companies don't make decisions based on morality." So let's just label every employee with a Foreign/Chinese/Russian background as a spy, because a client says so?
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by 490d0aff0ee8 7y ago
> "If you look at the vetting processes in the defence sector they have strict nationality and background checks. Why should the same not be true for something with a damage multiplier the size of github which is basically carrying
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by 490d0aff0ee8 7y ago
It's immoral to discriminate on the basis of fear, prejudice, and rumor. One client can demand that Gitlab get rid of Chinese and Russian nationals today. Tomorrow, a different client can make similar demands - aimed at the nationals o