doom2

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by doom2 10d ago
> A universal health care mandate were both radical and divisive It seems quite ironic, given the frequent complaints about the inability of Congress to either govern effectively or fix health insurance (for many and various definitions
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by doom2 10d ago
I don't think it has to be about ethics at all. People might just be turned off by digital illustrations of food that could pass as creatures from a Ridley Scott film. I'm also a little surprised that this remains the aesthetic th
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by doom2 10d ago
It doesn't help when the US President not only openly encourages it but also officially forgives people perpetrating it on his behalf. What should we expect when it's coming from the top?
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by doom2 16d ago
What theft? Modern humans learned from the works of past humans, LLMs learned from the works of modern humans, other LLMs learned from those LLMs. Given that the methods by which Anthropic and OpenAI obtained training data remains a legal g
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by doom2 17d ago
It's a shame there isn't the kind of competition in the US when it comes to mobile phones as there is in China. Many HN users would likely never buy a Chinese OEM device, but if you look at the variety of devices offered by Chines
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by doom2 18d ago
> Cameras have exonerated them from frivolous accusations many times and conversely have outed bad police who go on power trips -both good qualities. Interesting. By the same logic, shouldn't LEOs feel discouraged to wear balaclavas
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by doom2 18d ago
> political promises and proposed solutions don’t work anyways This is very effective for populist parties because in a way it keeps them from being held accountable by their own voters. When I hear interviews with Trump voters being fac
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by doom2 20d ago
> This is more about holding government officials individually accountable. The state can also file criminal charges against the officials, although given that the Flint water crisis didn't result in any criminal convictions despite
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by doom2 21d ago
Which is a little ironic given one of their arguments against DEI policies is that it chooses less qualified people in the name of diversity. If this administration isn't nominating on the basis of merit, what standing do they have to
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by doom2 1mo ago
I guess satire doesn't come across in a thread where it fits in too well. My point was threefold: 1. The definition of American is not as black and white as people would like to think, so who is included and not included in "we Am
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by doom2 1mo ago
> we Americans We can also take a more critical look at the definition of what being American is. The 20th century, especially pre-1920, was rife with illegal immigration. Why should the descendants of those who skipped the line, who did
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by doom2 1mo ago
> Most of us are much closer to living in a porta potty than we’d like to think Because of women and no-fault divorce? Didn't expect to see that conclusion in the comments. Maybe if we make it illegal it might slightly lower rates o
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by doom2 1mo ago
I've said it in a different thread, but I think we need to be more open to the ways that people can effect change. Maybe it's a new approach to politics, maybe it's something else. But the constant obsession about "we ne
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by doom2 1mo ago
I somewhat frequently get recruiter mail from NYC-based companies. If it's clear the position is in office, I usually include the same bit in every response: I live ~75 minutes away by train. Make the commute free or heavily discounted
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by doom2 1mo ago
> We have problems, too, but we are not powerless to fix them. Indeed. Even as some of the more mainstream methods to address our current problems become less effective, we should be open to other ways change can come about. Among your l
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by doom2 2mo ago
> It's for students that have had their grades inflated in High school and got into the university based on their ethnic background, instead of merit/points on the SAT. Why only students who got in based on ethnicity? What abou
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by doom2 2mo ago
Can you expand more on what makes it hysterical or an obsession, compared to any other issue one might have interest in?
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by doom2 2mo ago
> Having to raise prices isn't a great look but when they come out the other side they can drop pirces The fun part is that they can drop prices but they'll still be higher than before the initial price increase, thereby increa
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by doom2 2mo ago
> bans on AI chips and semiconductor manufacturing equipment being exported In some ways, a ban on semiconductor manufacturing equipment exports is also a good way to keep the price of consumer electronics and other goods that depends on
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by doom2 2mo ago
It's good to know that despite warnings of a shortage in 2024, little was done in advance to prepare and now we're looking at years of shortfall for both commercial and consumer needs. Export controls preventing fab equipment bein
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by doom2 2mo ago
The problem is that someone in their 20s can't even envision a realistic path to where people in their 60s are. And for me personally, being somewhere between the two, I think I'm mostly doing things "right" and still am
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by doom2 3mo ago
It should also be the legacy of voters that chose this and I don't think I'll soon forget or forgive it.
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by doom2 3mo ago
> The hyperscalers building AI infrastructure are willing to pre-commit to HBM and DDR5 capacity through the decade because they cannot afford a repeat of the 2024 shortage. Unless I'm reading it wrong, the article makes it seem lik
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by doom2 3mo ago
> In a working economy, an increase in demand for electricity would be met with an increase in investment and capacity, and (at least in the long-term) would benefit all electricity buyers. The same should apply to memory and GPU manufac
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by doom2 3mo ago
> For reference, the PS5 Pro has more than twice the number GPU CUs, an 8-core CPU, a 2TB SSD, a controller, and costs $899. PS5 Pro had a launch price of $700, which already felt steep. How is $900 not even worse value? Even if it'
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by doom2 3mo ago
And why shouldn't it? There are so many prominent examples of badly implemented AI solutions. It's like how China is associated with cheap copycat products even though they are perfectly capable (and do!) produce many well made, q
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by doom2 3mo ago
I think it'd be an enormous endorsement of Cursor/xAI and proof of improvement if SpaceX started using it to code the mission critical software running on Falcon 9. Which other AI company can say their models powered a rocket laun
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by doom2 4mo ago
> Politics is also about compromise and managing a bunch of differing opinions/desires Except, it seems, when it comes to the current AI zeitgeist. Then it feels a lot more like CEOs are taking a "my way or the highway" ap
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by doom2 4mo ago
It's amazing how many people have died just to keep Netanyahu out of jail.
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by doom2 4mo ago
> AI is a genuine source of economic growth. If only they could spur even more economic growth with the planning and construction of more fabs for all the RAM it will need (assuming the level of growth that their S-1s are claiming)

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