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by alpha_squared 1y ago
I didn't realize Perplexity was willing to opaquely filter it's search results. It makes sense as a shrewd business move, but now makes me doubt if there's any version of the platform that doesn't filter, to some extent,
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Truth Social's new AI search engine basically just pushes Fox News(theverge.com)
4 points by alpha_squared 1y ago|1 comments
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
I'm sorry, but I feel like I have to amend your scenarios to reflect the accuracy of LLMs: > Quick [inconsequential] fact checks, quick [inconsequential] complicated searches, quick [inconsequential] calculations and comparisons. Qu
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
Svelte seems to do this just fine. It's much simpler to work with, doesn't introduce too much proprietary code, and is both lightweight and incredibly fast.
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
A literal reading is that sowing division among Hamas and the Palestinian Authority would prevent a unified effort for Palestinian statehood. A more cynical reading would be to prop up the crazies to point at them and say, "look at wha
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
> elected by the people of gaza with support from the population. Since we're cherry-picking, let me continue the sequence for you... ...propped up by Israel to be elected by the people of Gaza. [0] [0] https://www.timeso
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
I agree, I'm mostly trying to illustrate how difficult it is to fit our working model of the world into the LLM paradigm. A lot of comments here keep comparing the accuracy of LLMs with humans and I feel that glosses over so much of ho
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
One thing I'll add that isn't touched on here is about context windows. While not "infinite", humans have a very large context window for problems they're specialized in solving. Models can often overcome their cont
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
Which really says a lot about how hard it is to leave platforms. The network effect is hard to overcome.
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
I got 14/20 on my first try just by knowing how the color mixing works. A few simple rules: - Higher values mean brighter colors - The closer the individual colors are to each other, the closer to "gray" it looks - R + G = Ye
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
I think the intent, as stated, appears to match what you're saying. It's hard to ignore that there doesn't appear to be any display of critical thinking involved, though. He wants recognition for quickly building simple tools
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
> AI can (theoretically) be a lot more fair in dealing with claims Respectfully, no it can't. From a Western perspective, specifically American, and from an average middle-class person's perspective, specifically American, it o
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
SCIF - Sensitive compartmented information facility. Officials are often not too far away from one (including in their own home), and can usually get to one in less than 5 minutes. From my understanding, the BlackBerry thing was largely for
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
> The old 90s tech magazines like CPU magazine or PC World come to mind Not to be too facetious, but, where -- uh -- are those magazines today? The internet changed things. Being that hyper-focused on a topic makes for building a good ni
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
I understand the extreme aversion to politics here, and mostly agree, but this story talks specifically about Y Combinator's Little Tech Summit. It's hardly off-topic given the context.
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The MAGA-Tech Situationship(theverge.com)
12 points by alpha_squared 1y ago|2 comments
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
Sorry, but this is a very misguided take. He tried to do all the same things his first term, but enough people around him kept him in check. Now, he explicitly got "yes" folks around him and purged the career folks who'd upho
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
That might be true, I wouldn't know -- but I do know a lot of EU countries have visas for skills shortages and software is listed among those skills. I assumed that meant there's an opportunity to expand and expedite access if the
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
Some part of me feels like (and hopes?) this could create a golden era for tech in the EU. Competing operating systems, productivity software, SaaS solutions. If I had any say in the EU right now, I'd look at ways to increase visa acce
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
I'm coming to the conclusion that the tariffs are a distraction. The 10% across the board appears more like a tax hike without calling it one while the focus on China is just the same old trade war from the first term with louder chest
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
I get where you're coming from, I really do, but I also think that perspective effectively means that you should never migrate -- ever. To anywhere, at all. I take the stance that gentrification is inevitable, unfortunately, but it can
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by alpha_squared 1y ago
Unsure why you're getting downvoted, perhaps because you used the fear-inducing d-word. While I'm not at the point of calling him that, I do think we're certainly living with the illusion of a democracy at the moment. Ultimat
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by alpha_squared 2y ago
> It would be less of a problem only if you went to a country and location that has a similar cost of living as where you live now, but then again, that's not really on the table, is it... This seems to be an assumption you made, bu
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by alpha_squared 2y ago
What better jobs do you anticipate will be created?
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by alpha_squared 2y ago
> Doesn’t that seem backwards? A company that supports remote work has a worldwide talent pool.l, including lower cost geographies. Humans are not just replaceable cogs. When you hire someone, there are several things built into the assu
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by alpha_squared 2y ago
> If writing code is the easiest and least impactful thing you do as a software engineer... Not sure if I've hit a nerve, but I never said it was the least impactful. Code is the distillation of all the work that precedes it to acco
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X Hinted at Possible Deal Trouble in Talks with Ad Giant to Increase Spending(wsj.com)
36 points by alpha_squared 2y ago|3 comments
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by alpha_squared 2y ago
I mentor a few recent grads and folks who change careers into tech, so I'll share here what I've told them for years. Writing code is the easiest part of software engineering. You're hired for your perceived ability to solv
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by alpha_squared 2y ago
It feels like Musk is single-handedly making a great case for why unlimited accumulation of wealth is a bad idea. It's pretty colorful language, but my mind immediately jumps to "financial terrorist". He's using his enor
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by alpha_squared 2y ago
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