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by fossuser 6y ago
> "publicly naming and blaming and specific employee" They're not doing this if the press reaches out to them for comment with the specific details first. Given the bad faith actions of Gebru already (and apparently she&#x
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by fossuser 6y ago
Yeah - the basilisk thing is mostly a joke as far as I can tell and has little to do with the AGI goal alignment friendly AI work or the control problem. Miri is mostly focused on the AGI control problem and thinks that AGI is closer than o
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by fossuser 6y ago
Why do you think Google reached out to the press? I’d bet the employee leaking documents did, and Google just responded to a request for comment. It’s more the style of those players.
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by fossuser 6y ago
Somewhat related - Levandowski (the crook that stole the self driving docs) was just pardoned by Trump. The pardon was supported by Thiel, Luckey, and other Founders Fund people. I find this pretty irritating, but I guess when you’re in the
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by fossuser 6y ago
I thought Deng's principles were the foundation for modern China's economic policy? Is this not true? "After Chairman Mao Zedong's death in 1976, Deng gradually rose to power and led China through a series of far-reachin
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by fossuser 6y ago
YouTube is the only Google service that I still use and I think that’s fine. Once you have everything else replaced, paying for YouTube premium and using it like Netflix is a good model. I wouldn’t put personal videos up there, and if you’r
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by fossuser 6y ago
It has and does benefit me directly. Why do you think so many move to the Bay Area or do startups? As for others that see benefit less directly: https://press.stripe.com/#stubborn-attachments Growth (when constrained for hu
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by fossuser 6y ago
I'm being heavily downvoted in my other comments, but I don't agree. Today we have more people starting more billion dollar companies more easily than any other time in human history. We have more freedom of movement, more wealth,
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by fossuser 6y ago
Where do you think that comes from? The modern CCP leverages market economies to build that wealth. That success is because Xi recognizes the power for capitalism and growth to create wealth. They then try to control that though and the rec
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by fossuser 6y ago
Growth (when controlled for environment destruction and human rights) leads to helping the most people the fastest: https://press.stripe.com/#stubborn-attachments You get that from proper incentives. Capitalism is mostly ab
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by fossuser 6y ago
It’s been tried - mostly leads to disaster, see: animal farm. Hierarchy can work well, particularly for growing companies and making decisions. It obviously has problems as a form of government, but the incentive structure of capitalism is
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by fossuser 6y ago
I’m largely in agreement. Perhaps harsh, but while I’d love to hear more from the guests - I find his interview style insufferable and his questions usually irritating. So much to the point that I avoid stuff he’s in. A lot of the philosoph
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Bryan Fogel on Why Netflix and Streamers Were Scared of Releasing the Dissident(variety.com)
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by fossuser 6y ago
This was largely my experience too and always confused me about people saying AMD was better for Linux. Nvidia proprietary drivers existed and worked, the AMD stuff was worse. It makes more sense if it's about open vs. proprietary rath
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by fossuser 6y ago
I do think there's probably an interesting opportunity again in the dating app market that's unfulfilled. Something that is remote first (but regional), group based, and shared activity based. Like playing a board game or among us
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by fossuser 6y ago
A large component is the dating market you’re in. If you’re a man in DC, NYC, or some rural town you’ll have more luck. Bay Area? Zero chance.
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by fossuser 6y ago
I think this is why they're in trouble. Apple has the vertical integration to do it properly. Amazon and Microsoft have the server cloud computing to do it server side. Without proper coordination from Microsoft, third party OEMs, and
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by fossuser 6y ago
That reasoning is a mistake. It's like train companies thinking they shouldn't compete with cars because they're in the train business (without realizing they’re actually in the transportation business). AMD is in the chip
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by fossuser 6y ago
I think the server market will move to RISC faster than people think.
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by fossuser 6y ago
You’re right, there’s nothing to restrict them except inertia and that they haven’t done it so far when the writing is on the wall. There’s also the coordination problem with windows and third parties. Without vertical integration and tight
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by fossuser 6y ago
I think you’re right that they’ll be around a while, but Microsoft (and Apple) were both saved by CEOs in fairly dramatic fashion. I’d argue IBM largely is irrelevant today, but they technically still exist. Google is lucky they have an ad
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by fossuser 6y ago
Interesting - thanks, I didn’t know that.
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by fossuser 6y ago
My long term bet is on M1 and ARM/RISC5 for the future. x86 is on the way out and can't compete on power or performance. In the end RISC won, it just took a while to get there. As things trend that direction AMD and Intel don&#x27
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by fossuser 6y ago
I'm not sure they really can do both (because doing the TSMC model well intentionally excludes the other). Part of TSMC's offer is that they won't do design, they won't compete with you on design etc. They specialize in
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by fossuser 6y ago
They could give up on design and just try to be an American TSMC. There's a lot of interest in that from a national security perspective anyway.
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by fossuser 6y ago
Interesting - you think he can pull this off? It'll be interesting to see what happens, I had written them off as on the path of inevitable decline and irrelevance. If they have someone as CEO who understand the existential threat they
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by fossuser 6y ago
Cars are in the process of transitioning to consumer electronics software devices. That’s a good fit for Apple and the others in this space (except for tesla) have no ability to execute on software (or even EVs really). The old car companie
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by fossuser 6y ago
This is wrong and just plays into your own confirmation bias. You can choose to believe it if you want, but it’s not the truth.
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by fossuser 6y ago
Thanks - I appreciate the thoughtful back and forth.
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by fossuser 6y ago
We actually have more substantial disagreement than I thought - I thought Zuckerberg’s response was reasonable and AOC’s question was stupid and unanswerable without nuance. Their policy is to not block the speech of elected political leade

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