ericmay

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by ericmay 5mo ago
Why do they use a VPN?
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Can folks in China run US-based models? Seems like they should take advantage of this overlap in peak timing.
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by ericmay 5mo ago
The pathway for the big models to be profitable is much clearer though. Some of the lack of profitability is simply distilled into CapEx. Generally I agree though - I think there will be lots of models, lots of business models, &c - I j
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by ericmay 5mo ago
You're misunderstanding the purpose of the Senate, whether Wyoming is 80% white or black or any other random race. The point is that it exists as a sovereignty vote. To take it away would be to cause a civil war or at least a dissoluti
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by ericmay 5mo ago
From the prospective of many millions of Americans, and me to some extent (actions that align with my interests and ideology are good regardless of political leadership) the country is going in the right direction. If you throw the Senate
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> Do you understand the difference between being a target of domination and falling behind? Replacing the words of others with your own straw men is a sign of a mind poisoned by ideology. Please cite the specific words that I replaced. &
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> Vermonters might not want that because they hold outsized influence on the direction of the country, but then they shouldn't pretend to believe in Democracy. A Republic is a form of democracy. Having a Senate in the structure that
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by ericmay 5mo ago
Politicians with similar far-left populist political leanings have won elections in various cities and states. I'm just pointing out that removing the Senate empowers more of these populist groups with destructive and authoritarian ide
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> I don't see any signs that China is rushing AI adoption, they are simply trying to stay close enough to the US to counter the obvious and loudly proclaimed existential threat of being dominated, words supported by wide-ranging san
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We'll find out but certainly in the software industry many companies pay for those services I mentioned even when there are cheaper alternatives. It's one thing to download some "small" model and hack around, but that do
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> Framing it as "desperation" does have some dramatic effect but it says nothing about the potency of the counter-measures being deployed. I don't think it's any less potent than other claims that have been made. When
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by ericmay 5mo ago
I'm not sure it does. China can churn out all the behind the times models that it wants to and make them open source but what people are willing to pay for are genuinely useful and incredible models at the high end. You can go buy an o
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It still makes sense today. It's not perfect but it's a pretty good balance most of the time.
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Well, dissolving the Senate would just make that problem even worse if that's your viewpoint. "Twice now" seems to be a dig at Trump as though MAGA is the only populist movement, but ANTIFA/BLM and other, similar populis
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by ericmay 5mo ago
I'm strongly in favor of expanding the House. I failed to mention that in my original post.
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by ericmay 5mo ago
There are a lot of issues in the American political system but the structure of the Senate is not one of those. It was explicitly created as a way to balance sovereignty of the states against populism, such as that enacted by MAGA or leftis
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It’s pretty interesting though. Despite all the renewable buildout they still rely very much on coal and other fossil fuels. As it pertains to the conversation, if you are allowing China to make advances and change you also have to allow th
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> This means that coal, despite now accounting for less than 50% of installed capacity, still produces roughly three to four times more electricity than solar and wind combined. China’s electricity generation mix remains dominated by coa
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> China draws mainly on the talents of the best of its billion+ population. And China is notoriously xenophobic when it comes to immigration policy - they have a clear “best race” as far as the CCP is concerned and are doubling down on i
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by ericmay 5mo ago
Patting themselves on the back doesn’t do anything either except convince people they don’t have agency or that whatever troubles they are experiencing are someone else’s fault.
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by ericmay 5mo ago
> I can't imagine how much angst much exist after taking on debt to get an education and then this is the job market. Right... which they aren't going to be helped by continuing to find external causes or external enemies which
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by ericmay 5mo ago
I understand that, but what I'm not understanding is why this seems to be a concern. I suppose equity given to early employees is a problem too and they're just "dumping their bags on retail" after their lockup period ex
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That’s how the cookie crumbles
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I would say that goose phrase is also without much meaning. It's just a phrase. Like ok, you said a phrase? So what? Let's bring up the Iran war - you could say a few things about how it's wrong or something and I can just re
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Catchy, I suppose, but ultimately without much meaning.
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SpaceX Files for IPO(wsj.com)
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> It's absolutely true. What is absolutely true? I'm not sure specifically what you are referring to. > Just look at how private equity is now getting access to public markets and retirement accounts[0]. Nobody forces you to
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> So I take it you're going to buy shares of OpenAI on opening day then? ;) Probably not. Do you understand however that your comment does not make sense in the context of my comment? > Institutions merely owning a newly-IPO&#x27
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Well, sad to say this is simply untrue for a few reasons. 1. "Retail" does not have enough purchasing power to have all of these "bags" unloaded on to. 2. Institutions buy shares in public firms post-IPO all the time eve
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> US lacks some sort of Federal "inspectorate of police" I don't think this is true, or at least it's not entirely true. Various states and law enforcement agencies have an office of the inspector general which at lea

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