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by baxtr 1y ago
Follow the money…
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by baxtr 1y ago
It never ceases to amaze me how people consistently mistake the initial phase of a sigmoid curve for an exponential function.
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by baxtr 1y ago
Only to a degree ofc. Otherwise, there would be absolutely no sense in buying up that company.
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by baxtr 1y ago
> You just need wealth and connections. That’s exactly the problem I’m talking about. Public companies create more equality.
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by baxtr 1y ago
Yes but they also lose any potential gains in value after the transaction. Not being able to participate in a private company’s growth is something I find pretty annoying. For myself but also for society.
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by baxtr 1y ago
From this article: Jaguar just posted a 97.5% sales collapse in Europe for April 2025. That’s 49 cars sold. Not 49,000. Forty-nine. Down from nearly 2,000 in the same month last year. Year-to-date sales across Europe are off more than 75%.
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by baxtr 1y ago
> MGX, chaired by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will take 15% stake, with social media firm valued at $14bn So they value the most attention owing social media at a mere $14b? As reference: Meta has a total market cap of around $
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by baxtr 1y ago
So you are saying that experts on CNN are paid by the government?
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by baxtr 1y ago
He was both a science and science fiction writer. Check out "View From a Height" for example. An excellent book. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/View_from_a_Height
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by baxtr 1y ago
No sorry, I can’t watch a series with 60 episodes just to debate you online.
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by baxtr 1y ago
What is absent from your comment (and also from many arguing against you) is the discussion of trade-offs. Yes, criminal gangs are bad. And, for me, and probably many others here too, enabling governments to look at private encrypted messag
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by baxtr 1y ago
This has always been true. The difference today is that if you are able to craft a powerful message, distribution isn’t a problem anymore.
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by baxtr 1y ago
On a positive note: having reach on social media can solve problems nowadays.
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by baxtr 1y ago
So are you saying that if you were to put white people into a country that is systemically ruled by non-whites, they can’t be racist there?
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by baxtr 1y ago
Wait so you’re saying it’s not a high-dimensional matrix multiplication?
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Brainstorm -OR- Green Needle [video](youtube.com)
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AI has become the ultimate excuse for weak managers to pressure tech folks.
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by baxtr 1y ago
For those wondering like me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
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A circle seems quite ordinary at first glance, yet its area is pretty irrational.
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Yes sometimes. But how can you know beforehand? It’s clear in hindsight, for sure. The most fundamental issue I have witnessed with these things is that people have a very hard time taking a balanced view. For this specific problem, should
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Selectorate Theory(en.wikipedia.org)
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AFAIK, Apple hasn’t done this yet.
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Because of the alleged reduction in training costs.
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Yes. And unfortunately (or luckily for some) the end of the low interest and geopolitical changes aligned with the advent of LLMs.
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Do you know how this exactly went down? How can a PayPal breach result in money being stolen from a bank account? Genuinely interested to understand
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by baxtr 1y ago
It might be even better than that: Create a blog post about a security issue. Post it on HN and get upvotes. Find people who believe they might be affected. Let them run the affected program. Boom.
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by baxtr 1y ago
Thank you for this comment
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by baxtr 1y ago
For me, the difference is whether I had pre-planned my tasks or not. Knowing what I wanted to focus on and achieve from 10-11 am makes it much easier to get back on track. In contrast, when I simply begin working on something, I end up else
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by baxtr 1y ago
Vaccines are an absolutely amazing invention. Anyone who wants to be blown away by what they’ve achieved for humanity can visit this site: https://ourworldindata.org/vaccination
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by baxtr 1y ago
Yes, exactly. That’s the idea! I give my cash to you, and, as exchange, I will own a (usually small) share of your company. Then you’ll hopefully be successful and my shares will raise. Good for you. Good for me. Good for society since you

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