greggoB

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by greggoB 4mo ago
That's not at all reflected in the immigration numbers: ot has one of the highest proportional rates of immigration in Europe, and the brain drain of top talent from neighbouring countries has actually been a point of moral finger-wagg
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by greggoB 4mo ago
> And it’s particularly ironic because the SVP has always opposed legislation promoting sustainability. I was just telling someone this today! Very business-friendly party, with the exception of immigration policy, ofc.
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by greggoB 4mo ago
Swiss here, living in a small town quite close to farmers. I would expect if it was the case here, I would have heard about it, given my proximity. I'm aware of this "arrangement" in the US, never heard of it happening anywhe
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by greggoB 4mo ago
Fair enough, though I do bristle at the use of the term "real value", like somehow it's a general net positive. They should at least qualify with "for shareholders" so we can know that their interests are specifical
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by greggoB 4mo ago
Especially Swiss developers, best bang-for-buck on the continent ;)
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by greggoB 4mo ago
> despite the naysayers, they improve things a bit on most of their acquisitions There seem to be quite a few commenters stating the exact opposite, with concrete examples in hand (especially for Komoot). Do you have experience with any
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by greggoB 5mo ago
I don't think that's how science/academia works. There is no such thing as a perfect study, there are always non-idealities and noise in the data. Good studies make well-justified efforts to account for these, OP is saying th
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by greggoB 5mo ago
> I wonder how much we are learning with these studies about what is going on. So your alternative is to not have any studies and everyone can just stump up anecdata as "evidence" for the capabilities of these models?
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by greggoB 5mo ago
Not really the point, plus doesn't answer the primary basis of my comment :)
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by greggoB 5mo ago
Assuming this is so, and continues to be the case: is this really still a basis for a 90 day period in releasing new models being somehow insane/catastrophic?
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by greggoB 5mo ago
> A 90 days delay on the release of new models would have been insane. I guess I'm glad it's been revised at least on this specific point. What would have made it "insane" exactly? The only argument I can imagine is t
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by greggoB 5mo ago
So then what is the point of them seeking to do an IPO, if they are already capitalized?
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by greggoB 5mo ago
I challenge you to be more obvious with your attempt at baiting
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by greggoB 5mo ago
I see this is a continuation of a longer running story: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43780363 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43440449 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47639
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by greggoB 5mo ago
Sure, but 1) they're clearly being quite facetious with the above, and 2) it is also pretty clearly contextualised by the rest of what they said, which is making an equally sarcastic comment about how much AI is costing society. The ov
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by greggoB 5mo ago
If that's how your comment was meant, it seems an odd reply to the parent comment, which is firmly critical of AI's impact on society, not really debating about the progress of the technology.
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by greggoB 5mo ago
> something that few years ago was decades away. There's no way of knowing this - I see articles fairly often on HN of mathematicians (sometimes grad students or younger) solving problems where progress previously had stalled.
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by greggoB 5mo ago
Probably some combination of all three.
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by greggoB 5mo ago
I'm not convinced this person is far-right, but even so there are smarter ways of repudiating them, that's all I'm saying.
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by greggoB 5mo ago
I wouldn't take them too seriously, there's strong indication that they're just trolling for the lols and aren't interested in an actually substantive discussion.
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by greggoB 5mo ago
Why don't you want to talk to me about London anymore D:
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by greggoB 5mo ago
> Firefox deserves to be used more Totally agree. I even go as far as choosing which website I make purchases on depending if they work on FF, or writing to support occasionally to tell them it's not supported or a feature isn'
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by greggoB 5mo ago
Despite Brexit propaganda, the UK still has bureaucrats and regulation. Try again :) Edit: in case this was an attempted swipe at me, I'm not British, btw ;)
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by greggoB 5mo ago
Nobody's holding a gun to your head, you're welcome to setup shop in the most anarchist society you can find. Good luck with whatever version of "operating" you're able to manage while there :)
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by greggoB 5mo ago
> It’s a very European concept, that making life difficult is a worthy pursuit This is an incredibly bold statement, and something I really cannot relate to having lived in Europe for over a decade. It comes across as more of a knee-jerk
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by greggoB 5mo ago
I understand where you're coming from, but what you're describing is why they don't want or have to, not why they can't, which is specifically what I'm focused on as I think we otherwise just take these being the sa
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by greggoB 5mo ago
This doesn't explain why it is beyond their ability to expressly ask for it, or notify the user in any way. Very literal example of the one not precluding the other.
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by greggoB 6mo ago
And the reason they can't do something as simple and easy as ask for consent is...?
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by greggoB 6mo ago
Hopefully this time it lasts - over the past 10+ years I've witnessed them occasionally find it, only to lose it again relatively quickly. Now the stakes are too high to repeat this pattern.
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by greggoB 6mo ago
It's a paradox: on the one hand, if we were dumb en masse, it's hard to see how we could have developed so far technologically and cultivated such complex societies. On the other: I have to agree with you, there is too much of a p

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