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by gensym 5mo ago
It’s pretty simple. People think that AI will take their jobs and maybe murder them, probably because the people developing AI have said it’s going to take their jobs and maybe murder them. Opposing data centers is the biggest lever most pe
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by gensym 5mo ago
So it's not where you buy those shirts that say "Female Body Inspector?"
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by gensym 5mo ago
Yeah, it makes me wonder about their planned rollout to more of Southern California, where flooded roads aren't uncommon, especially in some of the valleys.
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by gensym 5mo ago
I think this disconnect is based on the ambiguity in the term "AI". "AI" as tech - the models, how to train them, etc. Isn't going to go anywhere short of a Library-of-Alexandria-type catastrophe. We know how to do
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by gensym 5mo ago
> We read a bunch of content online and then use it in our work product. We also have societal norms around plagiarism. Additionally, the claim that because people have the right to do something then we should extend that right to machi
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by gensym 5mo ago
> We started aggressively adopting AI in my company this year. I think I disliked (though never hated) it for a few days, but it’s a systemic change that I can’t just push back against. I'm right there with you. I think AI will be b
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by gensym 5mo ago
Were you around in the 90s? People really were more optimistic then, at least in the US. It wasn't perfect, but it really did feel like things were getting better. The Clinton administration had to start doing studies about whether pay
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by gensym 5mo ago
It's funny how easily you can differentiate people in the tech industry who spend all their time with others in the tech industry from those who don't. The former either seem puzzled about the general public's anger at AI or
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by gensym 5mo ago
Yeah, I guess it was just charity that led them to develop a really fast, efficient processor and to put good memory in their machines in the first place. Don't mistake not caring about "specs" with being indifferent to the e
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by gensym 5mo ago
I've been thinking about this and have wanted to discuss it with people. I think the 10x thing has been broken, but I don't think it's because the premise of "No Silver Bullet" was false - I think it's because
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by gensym 5mo ago
Any sort of "X Literacy" raises red flags for me. Actual _literacy_ - as in, being able to critically read and comprehend stuff of sufficient complexity - is basically a superpower that makes learning all these other skills poss
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by gensym 5mo ago
What a strange sentiment. The world would be better without nuclear technology! Yes, it can be used to generate electricity in a much cleaner way than other technologies, but its potential to kill so many people has shaped geopolitics for g
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by gensym 5mo ago
Honestly, it's weird to me how fixated both sides are on water. People against data centers overestimate water usage, but people who think we should build as many as we can, as fast as we can seem the think that "actually they don
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by gensym 6mo ago
Unfortunately, right now, it seems like history belongs to the people who bullshit.
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by gensym 6mo ago
Yeah, I agree with you. There is a right way to do that, and I assumed the comment I was replying to was describing the wrong way to do it given their reaction. I've ended plenty of interviews early when it's clear the candidate i
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by gensym 6mo ago
That shit makes me so mad. Bringing people to your office in a truly vulnerable state - they're inviting you to judge them. Anyone who doesn't treat them with compassion and kindness lacks what it takes to be a good leader.
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by gensym 6mo ago
Honestly, it sounds to me like the CTO, not you, is the one who should be embarrassed by memories of that experience. Unless being a polished speaker under high pressure situations was a requirement for the job, the CTO, as leader, should h
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by gensym 6mo ago
There's a fixed cost to every employee. Health care being the biggest, so you don't save 20% by dropping an employee to 4 days / week, even with a proportionate pay cut. Though the bigger reason is the belief that people who
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by gensym 6mo ago
Yeah, totally agree (though Prana changed the fabric of their excellent Stretch Zion pants for the worse a few years back). Another company I really like is Mystery Ranch (for backpacks). They were purchased by Yeti and it remains to be see
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by gensym 6mo ago
Arcteryx, despite being owned by a larger corporation, is still high quality. Their hardshell jackets are the gold standard. I've also had success with Mountain Hardware, Outdoor Research (jackets and pants). (I do search and rescue, s
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by gensym 6mo ago
> But you're right that it is anything but a good piece of writing and it is genuinely strange to see people act otherwise. The prose isn't good. It does read like AI slop. But it invoked an insight and feeling in me that was n
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by gensym 6mo ago
This is a lovely bit of writing, and really points to the value of constraints. Some of my favorite childhood memories were being at friends' houses, huddled over the computer, playing Space Quest or Zork. At one of my friends' h
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by gensym 6mo ago
The Great Switcheroo
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by gensym 6mo ago
The side that faces your wrist is rounded - only the face is sharp. I haven't noticed any issues with the edge wearing the thing. I was worried about scratches because I abuse the shit out of anything I wear, and sure enough, there are
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by gensym 6mo ago
No because the people who make car parts aren't promising to kill my livelihood and everyone else's. The people who make car parts aren't telling me that the cars they build are likely to murder everyone I love. The people wh
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by gensym 7mo ago
Right? Have any of the execs making these decisions ever ridden in an EV? They are so much better that the experience I've seen is no one will ever go back to preferring ICE after spending time with an EV. My family currently has 2 ICE
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by gensym 7mo ago
> I have a secret fear about AI - that at one point when AI models get good enough, AI companies will no longer give you the source these tools generate - you'll get the artifacts (perhaps hosted on a subscription website), but you
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by gensym 7mo ago
I find it pretty simple: - OSS is valuable for decentralizing power and influence - AI as it is being developed is likely to centralize it
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by gensym 7mo ago
Zombo.com
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by gensym 7mo ago
That's a fair question, so I'll try as best I can. And maybe this will serve as a meta-example for me because it is hard to explain. In a real discussion, the messiness is an important signal. The mistakes that you made and _didn&

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