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Did a Private Equity Fire Truck Roll-Up Worsen the L.A. Fires?(thebignewsletter.com)
4 points by EA-3167 2y ago|0 comments
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Given that it's China's "totally homegrown" LLM, yeah I buy a combo of scummy and poorly designed. The talk around it is hilarious, as though this is some scrappy group of hobbyists rather than a hedge-fund supported att
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by EA-3167 2y ago
The same powers that allow Milei to make rapid changes are the ones that allowed decades of his predecessors to run the country into the ground.
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It's Not Sci-Fi: Americans Support Asteroid Defense Spending(undark.org)
3 points by EA-3167 2y ago|0 comments
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by EA-3167 2y ago
The obsession with control has been a preoccupation of the elite for a VERY long time. The idea that we're just a few cameras away from the perfect panopticon i a surprisingly dangerous and common delusion, especially given the ample e
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Given that "Stargate" seems to be "OpenAI + Promises of money that don't exist" I wouldn't spend too much time speculating about decisions involving it. No part of the thing seem well-considered or serious, it&
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by EA-3167 2y ago
If we're talking about diversity, X is mostly bots, so even less diverse than your characterization of Bluesky. You do make a valid point though, fortunately Bluesky is growing and X is not, especially where it counts with outlets like
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Oh that's so disappointing to hear about PhysicsForums. Thanks for the answer to you, and the others who replied.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I don't quite understand the issue of "back-dating" or hijacking accounts. How is this being done exactly? I came away from this article wondering if I was missing something.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Perhaps Elon Musk and the people who helped pony up the cash to buy Twitter were more concerned with something other than profit.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Pretty much, it's a bit of a meme, but as we've seen there's oh so much truth in it.
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by EA-3167 2y ago
It's the dream, offload every conceivable externality onto your "customer". Risks to privacy? Your problem. Need to moderate and quality control? Your problem. If it can't be handled by an "AI" then it's d
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by EA-3167 2y ago
When people say that X is "Open" they often mean "Open to people like me saying whatever I want." IMO It's often a wink and a nod, a dog whistle, not a serious argument. For all of the reasons you laid out, especial
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I don't blame them for writing themselves into corners, but lacking the courage to tell your readers that you've done so and there will be no resolution to the story you've been writing doesn't impress me. I don't t
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Even if you discount the role of the whole body as an integrated system, signaling and talking to itself, coordinated by the brain... you're still talking about 16 billion neurons in the cortex alone. That may sound like a number we ca
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by EA-3167 2y ago
You can tell when the AI companies need funding, because they start to frame themselves in the most terrifying terms possible. OpenAI did this to perfection and it made them rich. When you can't sell with the capabilities you have, and
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Exactly, but they're in a much worse position than Japan was. They also have giant property bubbles, but a MUCH worse government, a much worse generational divide, a MUCH worse demographic bomb, and no seeming exit from the "we ma
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I'm old enough to remember that as well, and now we see where that economic and tech explosion goes when the underlying social and economic structures are inflexible and lacking. I'm too old to get excited or upset every time peop
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by EA-3167 2y ago
What technological edge do they have exactly? Cheap, unregulated labor practices? A lack of environmental regulations?
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Western Brands only succeed in China until the Chinese government "acquires" enough IP and experience to copy them effectively, at which point the government hobbles or outright removes the foreign "competition". Sadly t
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I'm sure this won't be instantly undermined by the reality of VPN's and countries that don't care about these sort of laws. And naturally teenagers are not at all DRIVEN to seek out this sort of thing, with lots of free
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by EA-3167 2y ago
We made some fundamental mistakes when it comes to the subject of why people believe what they believe. The polite and intellectual answer to that has a lot to say about evidence and reason, replication, publication, review... but that simp
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by EA-3167 2y ago
In the tradition of Reddit, when a Redditor refers to "Reddit" or "Redditors" what they mean is, "People who disagree with me." I wish there was some depth to it beyond that, but alas. Overall I see it as a sym
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I wouldn't bet on that either, but they're less mainstream, less respected, and most of us no longer feel a particular urge to humor them. Every passing year makes them less relevant, and more like the sort of people who believe i
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by EA-3167 2y ago
I think it's telling that said panic was short-lived, and to anyone watching the video, laughably silly. Unless you're a psychologist studying the dynamics of digital crowds, it probably isn't very interesting at all. By cont
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by EA-3167 2y ago
> Technology giants must do more to co-operate with law enforcement on encryption or they risk threatening European democracy If your democracy is that fragile, then it was never going to survive the assaults of your own politicians, nev
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by EA-3167 2y ago
Because we only have the one planet to live on, and we all have to share it.
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Reflecting on the Risks of 'Mirror Life'(undark.org)
2 points by EA-3167 2y ago|0 comments
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by EA-3167 2y ago
The Speaker of the House has made it clear, along with a number of other legislators, that they're not about to give up their role in the constitution just because Donald Trump said so on Truth Social. TikTok can afford to play these g
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by EA-3167 2y ago
The media reports what he says because he's the ultimate outrage generator, which means engagement. Media outlets are gearing up for four years of effortless content, and however much people complain, enough will click and share that i

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