JacobThreeThree

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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
>Also, we've probably all had bosses who were a bit too drunk with power. Yeah, exactly. This type of real-world experiment is being done inside corporations and other bureaucratic fiefdoms. I think there's some truth to our or
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
With these new transformer-based vector models, like Adobe's ( https://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator/text-to-vector-gr... ), generating SVG will become easier than ever.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Even hedge fund partners have to pay capital gains tax. Not Harvard!
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Par for the course in higher education. Corporations and wealthy donors don't give money while expecting nothing in return.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
No, didn't you read the article? They're 'democratizing' the smart home.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
It's as you describe, but also the spec and browser support landscape has changed.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Very impressive, especially the vector model.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
And yet, this union was threatening to move to a company without unions.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
>A workflow engine is a software application that manages business processes >Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real-time and mediated by software and technology. ERP
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
>This at least explains why they fired Sam in such a haphazard way. The timing of it makes sense, but the haphazard way it was done is only explained by inexperience.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Were these board members brought in under the pretense that they'd benefit by being able to build companies on top of this AI and it would remain more of an R&D center without commercializing directly? Perhaps they were watching De
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Can we safely assume that Putin's on the "it's crazy" to rewind the clock side of this debate?
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
>I view this a final (and perhaps disparate) attempt from a sidelined chief scientist, Ilya, to prevent Microsoft from taking over the most prominent AI. Why did Ilya sign the letter demanding the board resign or they'll go to Micro
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
I don't think technical issues are the problem. See the other speculation in this thread regarding the certain allegations against him. Maybe Sam lied about his personal life to the board, and now it's impacting business?
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
>The actual RCS standard is dead for all intents and purposes because nobody uses it like that, except for Apple in the short term. Maybe that will change now that Apple is adding support.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Have you read the Biden EO on AI? The open source AI community has a lot more to worry about than just trying to maintain a level playing field with corporations.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
They don't have to be currently lying for this to be a valid concern. Clauses in terms of service are routinely updated or removed.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Agreed. The accretion theory for both star and black hole formation is not in good shape.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
I would buy a monitor that had a separate, physical dial, direct brightness control.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Well said. As if a month or two of severance, which I'd wager your average critic in this thread would promote as laudable, would do much of anything in the grand scheme of job security. Given the upside of a company surviving, or even
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
One group of corporations lobbying for a brand new law to cripple another group of competing corporations, with the side effect of good PR and a theoretical benefit to consumers, is not the proper way to regulate this issue. The primary rea
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Governments love overbroad laws that can be selectively enforced.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
In my experience, as compared to the current AI alternatives, the quality of the Firefly AI products output is really hampered by Adobe's understandable decision to only train on licensed images.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
>"But I'm curious if Getty is actually going to make meaningful payments to the creators of the images that went into the training set, or if this is more of a "we could continue to pay our existing royalties to content cr
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
My understanding is that when a channel's content is not monetized, no ads are displayed. So no, YouTube is not pocketing the money they would have paid him.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
>Actually, I'd feel better if someone could convince me I'm completely unfounded here. Unfortunately, your skepticism is not unfounded. Those in the industry conclude the same. Take, for instance, the editor in chief of The Lan
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
>What can they do? There's literally thousands of different things they could do. But why do anything when the real business of academia is in the tax-free hedge funds they operate and the government-subsidized international student
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Like every social media platform the "community guidelines" are written to be purposely subjective and vague, such that the enforcement of the guidelines can be done arbitrarily, per the whim of the company and their agents.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
>Does USA even have civilian dry docks to build ships? The article was about getting new ice breakers for the Coast Guard, a branch of the US military.
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by JacobThreeThree 3y ago
Well said. Just because it may be hard to pin down the consequences of the wrong-but-attractive narrative, there probably are consequences, especially on the long term. The "chemical imbalance" narrative with depression is also pr

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