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by bun_at_work 3y ago
Sadly, these individual contributions don't move the needle much. Like you, I've made many personal choices to mitigate my impact on the climate and environment, but humans are fickle and driven by game-theoretic pressures. If eve
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by bun_at_work 3y ago
I don't think it'll be a single point. The calamity has been happening, but we aren't super directly threatened yet. However, my more pessimistic view is that as the climate changes, those with more resources will be more ins
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by bun_at_work 3y ago
AFAIK you only need an iCloud account to use iCloud related features, like the app store, syncing across devices, access to Apple services, etc. It's very much usable with just a local user. Admittedly, they do heavily suggesting conne
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by bun_at_work 3y ago
The thing is, even if Google _could_ they aren't incentivized to. They are more incentivized to show the ad-ridden content, because often the websites are using Google itself to display the ads. In the case described in the linked post
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by bun_at_work 3y ago
To be fair there are still examples of quality journalism, it's just that the internet doesn't care as much for that content, as it doesn't generate the outrage present in this thread. Unfortunately the incentives are aligned
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by bun_at_work 3y ago
It's always interesting to see how people engage with new technologies on HN. For example, here you note 3 things that LLMs are known for, but not all the things they are known for. Instead you conveniently leave out the positive benef
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by bun_at_work 3y ago
This seems more than a little likely, as Vision Pro has an M2 chip for processing, and the R1 for vision processing. If your work needs a fully-capable GPU, that's probably a different story, although most graphics work (like photo edi
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by bun_at_work 3y ago
You asking how people know the models being used have changed? If you use the OpenAI APIs to access these models the specific version used is kicked back in the response. Also: https://platform.openai.com/docs/models&#x
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by bun_at_work 3y ago
The real question is why would MS risk losing the business from Apple in such a context. There are ways to set up incentives such that large corporations will follow the rules. There are myriad examples of this. But in most cases you can as
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by bun_at_work 3y ago
The market kinda does have infinite growth baked in. To oversimplify more than a bit: The petrodollar system kind of ensures we export dollars to all countries who need to buy energy on the global market (not all, but a lot). That means the
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
Your comment brings up the challenge of defining intelligence and sentience, especially with these new LLMs shaking things up, even for HN commenters. It's tough to define these terms in a way that includes only humans and excludes oth
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
The chart is created from the reported data, it's just a side-effect.
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
To be clear, the article does not argue that the fed exists to make money, or anything like that.
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
There are some real concerns for a technology like ChatGPT or Bing's version or whatever AI. However, a lot of the criticisms are about the inaccuracy of the model's results. Saying "ChatGPT got this simple math wrong" i
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
I agree, and the argument OP is making sounds similar to book banning - let's ban the Anarchist's Cookbook so people won't be terrorists isn't actually sound logic.
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
Super excited and wait-listed. ChatGPT is likely to be the future - at least for certain applications - and I want to support it getting there. I had a conversation with a friend about how much I would pay for this service and $20 is only a
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
If your goal is to avoid Google using your data, putting in bad data that is filtered out accomplishes that, right? I don't personally have an opinion on HN using the captcha, but their reasoning is pretty obvious, and almost certainly
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
To your point, Logan Airport in Boston is a pain to drive to, except there is a freeway that goes directly there. However, Google Maps directions starting north of Boston (Bedford area, for example) will drive you through the industrial por
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
I was thinking similar things while watching the video - my thought was to use column selection mode to create the link tags, though. It's basically the same flow as cmd+ctrl+g to get the new lines.
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
It's so you don't have to look at them to use them while driving. Screens offer no tactile feedback that guides you, you have to look, which is dangerous.
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
AI are not humans, no human can read _all_ the code on Github. They certainly can't read _all_ the code on Github at the scale that MS can, and are unlikely to be able to extract profits directly from that code, in violation of the lic
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
Sometimes the newer model has a feature you'd like to have. Sometimes you've discovered something you don't like about your current model. Sometimes outside factors influence you (deals from your service provider, for example
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
I found enjoyment after burnout. I worked for an FFRDC for 4 years and it was slow and draining, with no self-actualization. I could complain about the place indefinitely. However, I switched jobs to a startup where the work I do feels like
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
Does this change KYC requirements or similar regulatory constraints that exist for implementing ACH transactions directly?
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
I joined a company that isn't focused on solving climate change, but we are working to make freight shipping via train more feasible in the US, which could potentially offset shipping emissions by a non-trivial amount. I personally car
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
Is it possible Google removed the timer because of the EU DMA? If the widget was a search result, it seems like that would be a violation of the new legislation, along with other things people have mentioned disappearing in this thread. It
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
The entire history of Android is filled with malware stories. Google has gotten better about moderating their PlayStore, but there have been plenty of flashlight apps or similarly dumb apps that are just rootkits, bitcoin miners, or more ma
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
How does Apple have a monopoly? The only thing that comes close is the App Store, which requires you buy an iPhone, which is not the most common mobile device. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/mobile/euro
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
So you're not concerned with paternalism itself, you just don't like Apple, right?
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by bun_at_work 4y ago
Then why was it up to Apple? The EU failed to regulate the pervasive tracking of Facebook on devices, Apple did what they could to protect their users.

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