collinmcnulty

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by collinmcnulty 5mo ago
A human security researcher found the core issue and an agent searched for where to apply it. I don’t think “an agent found it in one hour” is a fair summary of what happened.
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by collinmcnulty 6mo ago
I can't imagine how it would be possible to detect a phone in close proximity without allowing this though
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by collinmcnulty 6mo ago
I just signed up and it’s super fast. Download the app, put in your name, allow Bluetooth. No email, no password, nothing.
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by collinmcnulty 6mo ago
And the memento guy had tattoos of key information. That didn’t make it so he didn’t have memory loss.
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by collinmcnulty 6mo ago
My encouragement would be to take this and point to it to make those problems seem tractable, which they are with political will. “We went to the moon! Surely we can …” Hope is powerful, cynicism is an opiate.
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by collinmcnulty 6mo ago
Watching this, I can only describe it as holy. An incredible reminder of what humanity can do, and the beauty of our curiosity and the universe around us. I grew up learning that my great uncle was in Mission Control for Apollo; missions li
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by collinmcnulty 6mo ago
That's not how NDA's work. They would be useless even for legitimate purposes if they worked that way.
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by collinmcnulty 6mo ago
I would like to see a system like New York's campaign finance vouchers, where individual citizens get to decide where the public funds are directed. That way you have to have an audience and you have to appeal to people's sense of
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by collinmcnulty 6mo ago
I think social pressure is the best weapon we have against these. The people who use them want to seem cool, so make it seem like these are weird, dorky, and creepy and they won’t take off.
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
Which, importantly, drives more renewables and storage development because it makes the renewables fantastically profitable to run: near zero cost for you, but paid the price set by gas.
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
You're not sure if human to human interaction is intrinsically more valuable than a human talking to a facsimile? That feels like a very dangerous position to hold for one's ethical calculations and general sanity. I'm clingi
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
"Is this a deepfake video call" is a major plot point in a pretty big movie currently in theaters, so I think this is getting into the broader zeitgeist.
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
I don’t have a source for this handy, but I believe that in terms of goods produced, manufacturing is actually still alive and well in the US. It’s just that this is done by a much smaller and more automated workforce.
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_famine
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
This is not exactly true on the scale of these interventions. The state can't run out of money but it does run out of the time and talent of its people, the resources of its land, and the patience of its partners. State capacity is a r
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
George W Bush sought and received authorization for Iraq from Congress.
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
1. It gives people a reason to influence events toward outcomes that they can make money on rather than the best outcome. The geopolitical equivalent of going down in the fourth on purpose. 2. It encourages the leaking of classified informa
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
We should care because if they win they empower others to stand up as well, and not just in the area of AI safety. Courage is contagious, and whatever else you think of Anthropic, they’re showing real courage here.
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by collinmcnulty 7mo ago
This an extremely polite “fuck you, make me”. It’s good to see that they have principles, and I suspect strongly that Anthropic will come out on top here if they stand firm.
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by collinmcnulty 8mo ago
Certain kinds of lidar do damage phone cameras https://www.jalopnik.com/1866994/lidar-permanently-damage-ph...
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by collinmcnulty 8mo ago
True, the US could supply all of its energy needs through great effort and by making its population pay much higher energy prices. In contrast, if a country were to build around e.g. solar, and then all countries that made the panels embarg
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by collinmcnulty 8mo ago
That’s majorly moving the goalposts. Other than Saudi Arabia, I can’t think of any country in the world today that has more energy independence that you would get if you ran on renewables + battery + nuclear. You’d have years and years of b
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by collinmcnulty 8mo ago
I’ve seen this argument in a couple places online. Some variation on “both are actually bad so little guy has no one to cheer for”. This misunderstands the system. You can temporarily ally with the soulless corporation that happens to repre
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by collinmcnulty 8mo ago
Have you even considered the possibility that you or someone you love could one day be the victim of stalking?
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by collinmcnulty 9mo ago
As a child, evil was giant walking nuclear robots and monologuing villains and the temptation of otherworldly power, but as an adult, this is evil’s most common form. Come sell out democracy and humanity for a few bucks.
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by collinmcnulty 9mo ago
You're right, this does come off as smug. It was really more of a culture clash; they were annoyed at us for talking over the show, and we didn't realize that not everyone talked over it. We enjoy engaging with the shows this way,
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by collinmcnulty 9mo ago
This deeply misunderstands the Court. The legitimacy of the Supreme Court rests not simply on the justices being placed on the Court via the letter of the law, but also on the Court being an impartial arbiter of what the Constitution says.
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by collinmcnulty 9mo ago
My wife and I do this for Survivor and The Amazing Race. We’re very engaged, debating strategy, making predictions. And then we watched with other people and they just … watched.
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by collinmcnulty 9mo ago
That’s what they say, but that’s not how they actually operate. There’s not nearly the liquidity there (and probably can’t ever be) to actually protect against downside risks. This niche is already better served by boutique insurance.
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by collinmcnulty 9mo ago
That’s correct, Congress could pass a law removing its independence or eliminating it entirely whenever it so chooses. Until then, it’s independent because that’s how Congress created it using its powers under Article 1 of the Constitution.

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