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by abirch 6mo ago
Grok is associated with Elon Musk. If we used $TSLA profit margin as a proxy, it looks like it's no longer as high. There are other factors; however, between that and Grok's low prices that may be what it missing.
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by abirch 6mo ago
Offtopic but you've triggered my rant What is frustrating to me is the IRS was scammed. They sent my refund to some identity thief. This from an institution that if I owed them 10 cents, they could track down all of my financial accoun
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by abirch 6mo ago
I would add in social media. It's a huge cancer on happiness.
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by abirch 6mo ago
Most of Google's other products are there to spy on you. If you're not paying for the product, then you're the product.
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by abirch 6mo ago
As the old joke goes: We're losing money on every unit, but we'll make up for it in volume.
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by abirch 6mo ago
I believe Google held back on doing a loss leader for LLMs because of shareholders. Look at how much Meta squandered on the multiiverse. If Google gave away gemini prior to OpenAI their stock would have been hit.
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by abirch 6mo ago
I apologize as well; however, they need to diversify. They can't count on the USA.
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by abirch 6mo ago
If no one can buy your soul, what's its value? Every Management Consulting Firm
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by abirch 6mo ago
This is great. Then I would consider the aggreated, validated, and canonicalized source as a Golden Source. Where I've seen issues is that someone starts to query from a nonauthoritative source because they know about it, instead of go
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by abirch 6mo ago
I'm a fan of the sushi principle: raw data is better than cooked data. Each process should take data from a golden source and not a pre-aggregated or overly normalized non-authorative source.
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by abirch 6mo ago
They pass stupid laws with impunity here in America. Sadly, an alien viewing our behavior would deduce a rule such as: as long as the voter is the same tribe as the candidate, the voter must vote for candidate no matter how corrupt.
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by abirch 6mo ago
Damned old Goodhart's Law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
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by abirch 6mo ago
At least you have AI to fill out those TPS reports.
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by abirch 7mo ago
Does gsd have Test Driven Development?
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by abirch 7mo ago
Most people have forgotten Antennagate or the iPhone 4 fiasco. You're probably correct that people won't remember this in 2028
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by abirch 7mo ago
I believe it's not only the supply of CS graduates, it's their training as well. CS education seems to have changed little over the past 50 years. While the skills needed today are drastically different than those needed 10 years
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by abirch 7mo ago
Consultancies sell the resume and not the person. It's easier for them to quantify, "We have 300 CCAs" than it is "What have this person Kim who is really good."
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by abirch 7mo ago
Mars isn't a good option due to lack of magnetosphere. Personally if you want to propagate life by shooting containers of RNA at different extraterrestrial plants.
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by abirch 7mo ago
If people enjoy coding by hand: GREAT DO IT!!! My mental model is that coding by hand is similar to horseback riding, sail boating, etc. These skills are still enjoyed by people and in some circumstances they are invaluable.
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by abirch 7mo ago
It seems like there are many apps that can be run locally that use LLMs. Although I haven't used this, I found it on reddit and it's made by a student. https://github.com/theJayTea/WritingTools Seems like the
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by abirch 7mo ago
As Annie Duke said in her book Quit, "quitting on time usually feels like quitting too early." Grammarly was a great in the 2010s, but now it's too easily replaced. It reminds me of winzip.
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by abirch 7mo ago
I would say that the empirical data of the number of people who die with a belief in God may contradict your assumption. I'm not religious but I have many religious friends and family members.
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by abirch 7mo ago
What about ~/.claude/settings.json {"permissions": {"defaultMode": "plan"}}
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by abirch 7mo ago
Not only that, Iran is attacking Saudi and friends infrastructure so that they have to use their capital there and not invest in the USA's AI nor government debt.
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by abirch 7mo ago
Almost any name is better than GIMP.
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by abirch 8mo ago
more importantly how is Anthropric going to fix Claude if Claude can't help them :-D
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by abirch 8mo ago
My guess is a nation state attack but my guesses are usually big and wrong.
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by abirch 8mo ago
My understanding is that Twitters revenue was 5 billion in 2021 4.4 billion in 2022 (When Elon made bid and took over company) 3.4 billion in 2023 2.6 billion in 2024 2.9 billion in 2025
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by abirch 8mo ago
It's hard to have nuance in KPIs.
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by abirch 8mo ago
Precisely like code Clarity > Cleverness

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