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It's all just part of Mozilla's ebb and flow. Give it until 2027. They will have lost all community support and be trailing in many browser metrics. And then they'll do something that once again builds them a niche of devoted
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Well, I suppose one might say there's no risk so long as the corporate veil isn't pierced and the company is limited somehow. But that is a bit cynical and reductive. In cultures that hate piracy, the personal reputational risk is
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The difference could be the attitude towards piracy, especially in the legal system. Between 2006 and 2016, no one in the Nordics and Eastern Europe cared about piracy. By the time Spotify became prominent enough in the West to compete with
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Perhaps. I would more readily believe that if Microsoft didn't have an established pattern of killing competitor companies and tech. I think they really tried to merge Skype with Live Messenger, stripping Skype for parts. And maybe tho
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I've worked for a European company acquired by big tech in the US. My experience was that the Americans were quite full of themselves and didn't want to learn how we operated. There was a vibe of “things are going to change around
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When Microsoft acquired Skype (the company), it was clear they would kill it. Skype had previously been bought by eBay, for which it served the purpose of entering a new market. Then, it was bought by some investment funds, for which it ser
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I think you’re not accounting for survivorship bias. For example, Grooveshark was a direct competitor for Spotify with similar apps and features around the same time[0]. It got sued out of existence by the music industry, and back then quit
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Regardless of the “no true scientist would use it” argument and the argument about what I believe, the fact is that LLM slop is flooding the academia. AI companies promising their LLMs will now do “research” won’t help. And research that’s
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OpenAI knows the tool it markets as “research” does not pass muster. It hallucinates, mid-quotes sources, and does not follow the formal inference logic used in research. AI slop already produces many plausible-sounding articles used as inf
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In my experience, Perplexity and OpenAI's deep research tools are so misleading that they are almost worthless in any area worth researching. This becomes evident if one searches for something they know or tries to verify the facts the
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Markdown editors like Typora somewhat close this gap in functionality.
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Concerning cheating - yes, AI agents cheating against the player is universally disliked. Players quite like game AI that cheats in their favor. For example, in a fight with a group of AI opponents, only one would attack you simultaneously
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When one builds game AI, one of the core design decisions is whether they want the system to be autonomous or authorable. You are right, its not a strict dichotomy. But both choices offer many advantages that an undecided/mixed approac
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Firaxis’s team is quite skilled, and many of its designers also code, which helps them build features more intentionally than at many other studios. I’m pretty sure they considered doing more autonomous AI for Civ VII, but there are really
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This is important wisdom.
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Someone should create a video streaming service with a vast catalog. That'd attract all the subscribers even at a higher subscription cost, and they'd surely be able to pay their licensing fees. So long as they don't need to
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The guy was piped for dodging the abuse once, but what's more impressive is that it really does happen.
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Leveraging continuous innovation, this individual would drive team and industry advancements towards scales of operational efficiency not seen before. Their visionary contributions will redefine AI integration, ensuring access to robust, st
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As I read the story, I thought it would look great as a Ben Stiller-directed show or episode, maybe Black Mirror or a similar anthology. If you like Severance's grounded absurdity, you might also like the film Corner Office with Jon Ha
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I thought several times I wish Ben Stiller would direct an episode on a TV show somewhere about this. Like the author, he can blend grounded realism and comedy in his unique, transcendent way.
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One of the most prominent artists in games - unfortunate to hear this news. I hope the conditions of the stressful and demanding video game industry didn't contribute to this.
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Yeah, that's a data point as well. I found a model that was good with citations by asking it to recall what I published articles on.
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The best practical benchmark I found is asking LLMs to research or speak on my field of expertise.
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Some insulin pumps now connect to continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to create a full-loop system. This means some t1ds can stop using their phone for the first time in over ten years. It is very liberating.
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Why not?
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I agree with the study participants. Using LLMs makes me feel less capable at some cognitive tasks, but it's hard to say whether I've actually declined or if use of AI has dispelled some of the Dunning-Kruger effect for me around
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Yes, that is a very strong point. And we all have differing levels of expertise in different areas. We are all pulled up to some extent. The article, though, speaks about the context of work, research, and industry - the professional contex
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I don't buy it that AI will widen social divides. The evidence points the other way. LLMs are mostly useful for beginners, and they are basically a fast lane to knowledge. It's never been easier to start from nothing, absorb lots
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Snow Leopard and Windows 7 are from a time when computers were made to serve the user. Then we discovered how much more money could be made by focusing on ad tech. The relationship between people and technology was so different in 2009. I m
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> Mandatory binding arbitration will still be an issue. No, because consumer laws can outlaw forced arbitration. They usually trump any contract law, so even consumers that agree to arbitration may not be required to go through with it.

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