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by dmazin 2y ago
Yeah that is probably more accurate. It’s not like this is a principled attack on cost centers. They are going after liberal institutions.
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by dmazin 2y ago
Jesus. I remember libertarians saying “I want to get rid of X and Y, but obviously not libraries.” In other words we are now living in the most extremist libertarian fantasy.
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The Soul of an Old Machine(thechipletter.substack.com)
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by dmazin 2y ago
Related: "as part of the Brains for Brussels initiative, VUB aims to actively attract American professors looking to relocate" https://www.brusselstimes.com/1490737/brussels-university-vu...
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by dmazin 2y ago
Has anyone compared Perplexity with Kagi Assistant? I am always looking for Perplexity alternatives. I already pay for Kagi and would be happy to upgrade to the ultimate plan if it truly can replace Perplexity.
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by dmazin 2y ago
I remember going to some sort of BBQ YC hosted years ago. Michael went up on stage and talked, with exasperation, about their heroic efforts to keep Socialcam up as it skyrocketed. Seems like a good guy.
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by dmazin 2y ago
Can someone explain why someone would switch from GH Copilot to Cursor? I’ve been happy mixing Perplexity + GH Copilot but I can’t miss all the Cursor hubbub.
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by dmazin 2y ago
TheBroken and TechTV got me into tech as a wee lad!
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by dmazin 2y ago
What do you feel is a good price for that?
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by dmazin 2y ago
I'd be tempted, but the MacBook Air M1 still kicks ass. I don't care if this is 2x faster. The M1 is still very fast.
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LLMs make embarrassingly parallelizable scripts even more embarrassing(cyberdemon.org)
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Half-Life(filfre.net)
547 points by dmazin 2y ago|231 comments
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by dmazin 2y ago
San Francisco is just so beautiful. There's a serenity to it that I can't quite put my finger on. The way the fog waterfalls over the hills when you take the train in from the south... the view from Sutro. The gum tree trove near
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Humane is shutting down the AI Pin and selling its remnants to HP(theverge.com)
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by dmazin 2y ago
Don't the DOGE dweebs use Signal? Though I think they were forced to stop.
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by dmazin 2y ago
I am just praying for the day that Musk takes on the Pentagon. They will destroy him. (There's a reason Bannon is egging him on to do it.) And if they don't... well, Pentagon is one agency where we know the financial inefficienc
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by dmazin 2y ago
Prior to all this, I had never heard of the treasury payments system and the GSA. I bet most people have never heard of the CDC's morbidity and mortality report. Not sure "has some random dude heard of this?" is a good barome
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by dmazin 2y ago
What are you talking about? Wired, Verge, 404 suddenly find themselves covering life-or-death stuff for the US, and they're doing a great job.
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I code with LLMs these days(phillipcarter.dev)
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by dmazin 2y ago
I looked this up and this looks to be thoroughly debunked.
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by dmazin 2y ago
They don’t have to pay for licenses for open models. Although I’m not sure if Meta’s licenses have some sort of restriction on who can use it.
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by dmazin 2y ago
Always interested in alternatives. What do you suggest?
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by dmazin 2y ago
He might say that, but I think in fact the opposite is true. The models are getting commodified. The real value lies in distribution (access to customers) and consumer product skills.
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by dmazin 2y ago
I know I'm not actually engaging with the substance of this post (because it isn't worth it, sorry – not one of his good ones) but it's interesting to note that people are suddenly posting all sorts of spicy things. Feels lik
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by dmazin 2y ago
Absolutely. Even on the non-fiction side, the narration for Gleick's The Information adds something. While I want this tool for all the stuff with no narration, NYT/New Yorker/etc replacing human narrators with AI ones has be
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by dmazin 2y ago
I agree. At the very least, it's using Trump as cover. That said, if they remove the political filter, they're opening the door for all discussion (even from the left). Of course, they could surreptitiously filter out the left. He
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by dmazin 2y ago
As a leftist, while this is concerning, it's also important to remember that Meta censors left content as much as it does right content. So, while this announcement certainly seems to be in bad faith (what could Mark mean by "gend
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by dmazin 2y ago
"Another great neal.fun joint. It made me miserable!"
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by dmazin 2y ago
I use Claude because the model is indeed better, but having listened to John's podcast I know that he means that the experience of using OpenAI overall is better.
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by dmazin 2y ago
Meta's is doing classical (and brilliant) "commodify your complements". LLMs and AI is not where Meta adds value to the market. They add value via advertising. Therefore, AI is not Meta's product, and thus Meta should ai

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