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by amf12 3y ago
Interesting.. laundry/grocery service would be trivial for a lot of employers, and a huge benefit for employees. Why hasn't anyone offered it yet?
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by amf12 3y ago
> I think its fair to say that RTO is not about data, What data do you have to support this, other than a personal anecdote?
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by amf12 3y ago
Because we let Apple get away with it? https://httptoolkit.com/blog/apple-private-access-tokens-att...
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by amf12 3y ago
Anecdotally, some part of it is also the hype which makes people who use a mediocre Android switch to the iPhone. Once in the ecosystem its significantly harder to switch back. All of my friends who use a high-end Android haven't switc
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by amf12 3y ago
> Are you sure? Why would a build machine need access to GMail? Because some people like to use remote desktop with it. And because some people's "build machine" is a VM, or a physical desktop in the office for some others
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by amf12 3y ago
/> Maybe they should just give their employees two computers, one air-gapped for accessing internal systems And why do you think that may not already be the case? Even other big tech companies already give out two computers.
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by amf12 3y ago
> or some reason the RSU brokerage doesn't report the cost basis This is because the employer doesn't tell them the cost basis, right?
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by amf12 3y ago
Public libraries are awesome! I regularly borrow eBooks and Audiobooks, with the option of borrowing physical books. For people who read a lot of books this is much cheaper than buying a book that you might not like and never read again.
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by amf12 3y ago
> How about Google actually pays people who report bugs/vulnerabilities. That's exactly what Google did. They paid the person who reported it and not discovered it. You can just follow the issue comments to get all your answers
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by amf12 3y ago
> Are people in prison allowed to sign into their Google accounts? If it's so important to them, maybe their partners or family can login - or they can do a takeout and store their data in a hard drive. Who knows if Google services
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by amf12 3y ago
"The simplest way to keep a Google Account active is to sign in to the account at least once every two years." Not a terrible requirement. If they are so important to you, why can't you login once every 2 years. Why is it bad
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by amf12 3y ago
Every Software role employee at Google has two computers, a laptop and a cloudtop. I have no idea what this pilot is about but I suspect it affects the instance you ssh into and not the laptop, which is perfectly acceptable. The VM does not
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by amf12 3y ago
Brave does some shady shit too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36735777
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by amf12 3y ago
> Instead of blocking, it would be neater to present and alternative version to the crawlers IIUC, if a site presents different (view of) content to the crawler than users, the site can get de-indexed.
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by amf12 3y ago
> It's a bit different because the AI is reading it with the intent of reproducing (certain aspects of) it for other people to later It could be illegal if the AI reproduces vast portions of it. If you could ask the LLM over a cours
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by amf12 3y ago
Isn't the solution to it -- use Google product if it's superior and won't fuck you if its abandoned? Instead of not using it because it may be abandoned, if those products instead get more users, it is less likely to be aband
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by amf12 3y ago
That's exactly what LLMs are good at. Cross-referencing information from across the training data. The response could contain information that you did not specifically refer to but is relevant and/or related. It doesn't even
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by amf12 3y ago
TBF, after reading this chain, your first comment did come across as implying that.
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by amf12 3y ago
> where a significant portion of internet users were using adBlockers for everything Just looking up online, the number of US internet users who block ads hovers at around 27% in last few years. That's not significant enough.
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by amf12 3y ago
Take a look at Instagram's Threads. They had 100M users in a few days. Do you think people around the world really care about data being used? On a related note, I am sad about the state of HN comments, which resembles Reddit more and
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by amf12 3y ago
So is internet and rapid copy-sharing of books. I personally feel our copyright laws are too rigid, but that doesn't mean copyright shouldn't exist. After x years, any book should be free to read, after y years, it should be free
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by amf12 3y ago
That paper is by Meta AI. Where are you getting Google from?
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by amf12 3y ago
The lawsuit doesn't even mention Google.
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by amf12 3y ago
> Tell that to someone when their kid dies because some chatbot hallucinated the wrong diagnosis or treatment. MedPalm seems to be accessible only to healthcare facilities. If the chatbot hallucinated the wrong diagnosis or treatment, th
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by amf12 3y ago
Sure, I was emphasizing on the "however personal" part in the original comment. I am ok if my de-identified data is used for research.
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by amf12 3y ago
FWIW, healthcare has strong regulations around data. If your provider uses an approved chatbot (vs using public ChatGPT), there is more or less a guarantee that your data won't be sucked up by a corp. I'd rather my doctor use a ne
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by amf12 3y ago
How is it illegal in the US? For one, it seems that it does conform to HIPPA. As per lawsuits, if the doctor is using it, they can't claim the chat bot gave them incorrect information - they should know better.
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by amf12 3y ago
Yes, it can be ported.
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by amf12 3y ago
It may be in the browser's interest when the majority of their userbase is non-tech. I'd rather my mom use such a browser than one which does not enforce it.
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by amf12 3y ago
It's not just for sites which handle user data. MITM attacks are real. Non-tech people don't know what VPN, HTTP or HTTPS are. Here's an example: a person goes to say Reddit, and clicks on a HTTP link about a new recipe. It&#

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