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by brenden2 7y ago
Interesting read, I'm glad to see others are beginning to call the bluff on the AI hype machine. The summary is excellent: > The whole field of AI resembles a giant collective of wizards of Oz. A lot of effort is put in to convinci
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by brenden2 7y ago
Most of them are sales people. The OP is correct, banks increase the monetary supply through fractional reserve.
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by brenden2 7y ago
This is blogspam. Here's the original post: https://patrickcollison.com/pollution
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by brenden2 7y ago
Here's a blocklist for all these super annoying chat widgets: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bcye/Hello-Goodbye/master/... You can import this into uBlock origin so you never have to see these things
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by brenden2 7y ago
There's a documentary called Meeting Gorbachev that's worth watching for anyone interested in learning more about the collapse of the USSR. Gorbachev was the leader of the USSR prior to its collapse. While some saw the downfall
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by brenden2 7y ago
It seems a little premature to proclaim "Near-Perfect Accuracy" on such a small sample size. It sounds to me like they may have overfit their model.
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by brenden2 7y ago
The sample size is 22 patients. Also, I've noticed the definition of the word "AI" has grown to encompass pretty much any type of software that does something with data.
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by brenden2 7y ago
I've only got a cursory understanding of RCS, but in what way is this good for consumers? I can understand how it's good for Google, but aside from Google it's unclear how anyone benefits.
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Making Something People Want(brndn.io)
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by brenden2 7y ago
Another factor is that for a lot of people the value of their comp is much greater than any reward they might receive as a whistleblower. Why rock the boat when you can keep your head down and keep getting $500k/year? At that rate you
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by brenden2 7y ago
I don't actually use Instagram anymore but when I did I definitely noticed the ads. They were always irrelevant, annoying, and obnoxious.
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by brenden2 7y ago
It's not just Google, I've noticed this across all the major ad platforms: Instagram, Twitter, FB, etc, have all cranked up the number of ads to prop up revenues. I stopped using IG & Twitter largely because it went from havin
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by brenden2 7y ago
FWIW I live in Manhattan and I actively avoid these places. They are mostly packed with tourists, I doubt many locals spend time there. I've never been to Hudson Yards intentionally (I've walked past it before) and I don't pl
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by brenden2 7y ago
But who is monitoring the military?
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There are 2 distinct but compounding issues here: 1) Consumers are largely at the mercy of platforms (Google, Apple, FB, etc) and they don't _really_ control their data. 2) Phone companies don't care enough to perform adequate due
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by brenden2 7y ago
Indeed. Same with messaging, email, etc.
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by brenden2 7y ago
Honestly I'm surprised they've managed to collect that much. Good job guys.
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by brenden2 7y ago
And also about the escape: https://apnews.com/db543dc5d2774098acf398984ac7324a/Suspect-...
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by brenden2 7y ago
Whether you love it or hate it, it's cool that the PHP project has come so far. I know a lot of people still use PHP every day, so it's good to see the language continues to improve. I imagine a significant percentage of web servi
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by brenden2 7y ago
Here's an AP version of the same story (works in private mode): https://apnews.com/55117fb55a714e909fb9aaf08841a5d6/Bitcoin-...
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by brenden2 7y ago
Things like this are a good argument for breaking up the tech giants. It's an example of how monopolies hurt consumers.
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by brenden2 7y ago
It would be nice if they provided some exploratory data for these reports, such as a notebook that people could use to see the actual data that they're looking at. I've always felt like these government agencies are continuously m
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by brenden2 7y ago
Suggestion for mods: replace NYT link with original: https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/welcome-to-the-forum/the-'...
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by brenden2 7y ago
What’s with the recent stream of low quality NYT articles? This reads like the author recently discovered Mr. Money Mustache and decided to publish some blogspam. There is 0 new information.
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by brenden2 7y ago
Paying $10/month for the rest of my life is not worth it unless I'm actually getting $10/month worth of value out of the service. I don't spend that much time watching TV.
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by brenden2 7y ago
I've mostly gone back to using torrents. Too many different services, most of the new content sucks, and the software isn't always good. VLC always works, and I can rewatch old shows I've downloaded as many times as I want wi
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by brenden2 7y ago
I don't think anyone reads the articles. I certainly don't, I'm just here for the comments.
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Humans have also been doing this for many years through a process colloquially known as "dating".
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by brenden2 7y ago
If you're using Firefox, Temporary Containers is a life saver: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...
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by brenden2 7y ago
What if the phone erroneously detected an action? AKA a pocket summon. Is the phone manufacturer liable in that case?

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