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Samsung's response on 'moonshot' controversy(samsungmobilepress.com)
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by achow 4y ago
The videos which are made to show promise of a future due to investments in advanced R&D today. These (concept) videos are made usually for client, exec presentations, or for trade shows etc. Ex. a healthcare company makes a video of &#
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by achow 4y ago
Not a VFX artist, but know lot of amateur weekend movie makers, also in the circle where 'concept videos' gets made for some or other tech proposals. This could be a disruptor for above two scenarios.
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by achow 4y ago
From a (great) podcast: https://review.firstround.com/podcast/episode-11 Today’s episode is with David Lieb, the Director of Google Photos. Previously, he was the founder/CEO of Bump, an app that allowed users to
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A single engineer brought down Twitter on Monday(platformer.news)
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Sony: Without a Streaming Platform, We’re Free to Sell “To the Highest Bidder”(hollywoodreporter.com)
2 points by achow 4y ago|1 comments
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It's worthwhile to repost it again. https://www.tumblr.com/numberonecatwinner/701567544684855296... Excerpt Managing Elon was a huge part of the company (SpaceX) culture. Even I, as a lowly intern, would hear peop
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Tech companies face cash crunch after burning through billions from IPOs(ft.com)
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Context: “It is at a crisis level,” explained Jeremy Girard of the Oregon Retail Crime Association. Girard estimates some of the hardest hit stores in the Portland-area are losing between $1 million to $5 million annually to theft. Retaile
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$0.002 = 1000 ChatGPT tokens 100 tokens = 75 words [1] $0.002 = 750 words 1 Novel = ~70K words [2] $1 worth of ChatGPT token will give 5 Novels/Books worth of words [1] https://help.openai.com/en/articles/4936
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Report Says Chinese researchers beating Americans in 37 of 44 critical areas(wsj.com)
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Not spend $10B/year on AI, not change the name of company from Facebook to 'AIBook', not launch equivalent of ChatGPT instead buy Occulus and then launch MetaQuest.. and similar such bets?
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Excerpt from this 2015 email.. "An innovation brand comes from building tangible new products. Our work in VR/AR is the best example we have. Our core social networking work is no longer new, Internet.org is extending something ra
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by achow 4y ago
I hire in a field where a degree in that discipline is a filtering criteria. However, we make exceptions for self learned people who have great sample of high class work. So my recommendation is build your portfolio of open source contribut
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New TSMC 3nm chip (Apple M3) is showing dramatic perf and efficiency improvement(laptopmag.com)
3 points by achow 4y ago|1 comments
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Scary that the path Elon Musk showed is being followed almost to the T. - Efficiency by cutting staff as much as possible (even after promising 'no more') - Subscription service for verified accounts. Next - Bankruptcy declaration
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https://archive.is/OcSlR
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This recently published book should be of interest: The Big Con by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington review – how consultancy firms cash in https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/16/the-big-con-b
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by achow 4y ago
I can easily imagine that. My comment elsewhere aligns to this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34867766
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Though mentions enterprise space (B2B), should mention that in hardware and software consumer product companies the product manager roles does not show much value. Investing in Design+Engg gives maximum return. These two disciplines have o
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by achow 4y ago
InDepth from 'First Round' VC investor https://review.firstround.com/podcast Series of very well conducted interviews (without any meandering) with founders and execs of startups.
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> a visitor accidentally kicked its podium In the opening crowded social event how can the sculpture be placed unsecured on a glass table - also, the sculpture had rounded smooth glossy point of contact (dog's legs). The podium:
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In intentional camera movement (ICM), a camera is moved during the exposure for a creative or artistic effect. This causes the image points to move across the recording medium, producing an apparent streaking in the resulting image. http
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/16/the-big-con-by...
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Book Review: The Big Con – the case against consultancies(ft.com)
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Engineers finally peeked inside a deep neural network(popsci.com)
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No paywall https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2023/02/02a81e40951d-japa...
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Maybe that is 'projection', people's instinct about non-violence was bringing that reflex reaction. This reaction would not stand the test of slow logical thinking. Laws (Ex. recognizing AI as conscious being) are result of s
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> AI will eventually present an argument that it should be given Sapient Rights On the other hand, today when we see some sign of consciousness with other living beings - smart chimpanzees, dolphins, ravens.., giving 'sapient righ
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Thanks for the pointer. Downloaded it. But it shows only IMDB ratings; that is good, but I was hoping for both IMDB & Rotten Tomatoes.

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