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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
Let's not turn into game-theory bros here. Despite the nationalist, pie-dividing rhetoric the billionaires are foisting upon us, it remains favorable to grow the pie with competitive markets.
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
Traction – such a useful term. What is the "traction" of LLMs in programming? When the rubber hits the road, what happens? Do the wheel spin in place, or does the car move forward? The nice thing about traction is that you can see
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
Welcome to the world of an engineer’s magical thinking in the world of politics, where hard-to-understand constraints get hand-waived away.
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
What are some indicators of the type of business one is running? Consider that in a short period’s assessment both styles (cash and equity) might generate cash, both might grow over the interval… But what matters is what happens 5 years or
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
One of the greatest authors of all time. Hesse taps into the mind of the modern human and beautifully presents its inner workings. Each of his books takes a different angle, a different perspective or philosophy with which to observe the ev
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
My favorite excerpt, where rationale overcomes ideology: > Indeed, Shoup worked hard to make his ideas palatable across the political spectrum. Are you a conservative? People should pay for the services they consume. Are you a progressiv
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
When it’s only me, I personally prefer just solving the problem by adjusting my behavior or adjusting my position within the system. It’s relatively easy, feedback is quick, improvements come readily. Great. But when it is an entire system
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
When looking at a system, it is appropriate to identify the causes (plural) and the intervention points (plural). I believe it is at once possible to both blame or seek to change an extrinsic factor and do what one can with their own initia
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
Time and time again, from one industry to another, the bottleneck in progress remains human, or political, or social organization (whatever you wish to call it). No matter our technological progress since the Industrial Revolution this fail
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
I have the impression that Paul Graham does not read. His essays are such a product of echo-chamber diatribes and accolades that I cannot fathom him sitting down and reckoning with public information that contradicts his personal philosophy
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
Feedback noted and added to roadmap. Thank you.
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Gravity Report: Weather Forecasts for Performance Rock Climbing(gravityreport.app)
1 points by arthurofbabylon 2y ago|2 comments
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
The author thinks this is a novel or rare position (†) to be in, however it's actually fairly common and most people resolve it relatively easily by being with other people. The point is integration, not separation. Those chasing prest
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Fit Mindset(fitmind.org)
2 points by arthurofbabylon 2y ago|0 comments
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
You might appreciate that many of these processes compete internally within a single app’s access to compute/networking. This is how a developer can prioritize within their own app’s processes. Regarding prioritization across multiple
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
This was a tough listen, for two subtly similar reasons. The voice was uncanny. Simply hard to listen to, despite being realistic. I mean precisely that: it is cognitively difficult to string together meaning from that voice. (I am adjacent
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
I remember in school and in old textbooks hearing the question, “What happened to the Mayan people? They totally disappeared!” and at the same time reading that there are dozens of Mayan languages spoken in the Yucatán to this day. I had th
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
But is that not a place? Our civilization has become infinite… “all the available options” is an enormous category that in some societies does include quite literally everyone. (I suggest reading the piece – the author deals with whether or
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
This strikes me as an excessively complex argument. Personally, I would zoom way out to work with some more abstract axioms, namely… - Money now is more valuable than the same money later. - The above applies for all parties to varying degr
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Scientists identify high-value conservation sites(phys.org)
2 points by arthurofbabylon 2y ago|0 comments
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
Does anyone have a "greenery index" of world cities?
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
I love it. There have been a few times in my life where I put everything on the line (or so I felt then) for a value I deeply held. Risking friendships, letting go of money, deeply uprooting behaviors… all for abstract (yet impactful) ideas
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
This strikes as both optimistic and pragmatic. We do have reason to believe the current model is not permanent, and it is most empowering to believe we can play a role in crafting the new model.
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
I first learned to program with the Big Nerd Ranch book on Objective-C and book on iOS programming. The format and quality of these books made the learning process work for me. Since that early exposure, I’ve always had a deep respect and a
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
While the argument is absurd, that doesn’t make it useless. At a cursory glance, anything is replaceable on the same basis that anything else is replaceable by AI. This argument may help correct some common and deep misconceptions.
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
What was the utility of such extreme indulgence? Did the process of attaining these social positions select for greed? Was there some social proof evinced by these acts that garnered prestige? Maybe there was no utility, and this behavior w
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
Supporting your argument, Meta is competing with OpenAI, but specifically in market position. They placed “Ask AI” prominently across their platforms (for me, at least). Meta knows where to compete, where to keep a foot in the door, and whe
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by arthurofbabylon 2y ago
It sounds like you’d benefit from reading the article.
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by arthurofbabylon 3y ago
I’m curious about this phenomenon for grapes as well – how many incredible varietals live in the spaces in between, undiscovered by humans?
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AI Has an Uber Problem(oreilly.com)
2 points by arthurofbabylon 3y ago|0 comments

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