ivraatiems

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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
I'm not at all in the same boat as you; I do not and likely will never primarily rely on LLMs for information. But it's fascinating to hear that even folks who do don't find this approach useful.
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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
That's the whole shape of AI for consumer-facing functions like this. It's not superior to the previous experience, but huge sunk costs and a misguided belief it's the "next thing" is leading companies to try to for
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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
Kind of Google to create a market opening for its competitors like this. I hope Kagi, Bing, and DuckDuckGo are taking notes.
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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
Yeah, reading this, my first thought was: "that's the neat part - nobody!" The point is capital accumulation either for accumulation's sake, or to ensure survival of the few at the expense of the many. And it doesn'
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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
And to think, if they could just take less , and be satisfied being billionaires, not tens of billionaires, this could all be avoided... people don't ask for much. Give them a little, you'll be fine. But that won't please Th
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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
We have the best market in the world, because of ~~AI bubble~~ layoffs.
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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
Hard agree. I am an eBay seller and this had me thinking actively about what I'd have to do if they went under or stopped offering a quality service.
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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
Sometimes people need to use the bathroom after sitting for a while...
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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
Sometimes the bathroom takes longer than five minutes, or placing an order...
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by ivraatiems 5mo ago
The coffee shop at McMurdo looks awesome! https://www.instagram.com/p/DDadGo8zn2i/?img_index=6
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
Do you check whether the plane you're on is new or used, typically? Every major carrier in the US regularly buys and sells their planes. See for example https://www.slashgear.com/1858614/why-united-states-airlines.
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
Ryanair was founded more than 40 years ago. An established budget airline choosing to strategically make an expensive choice isn't the same as a new airline starting up.
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
This is almost exactly the opposite of what most new airlines do. The fastest, cheapest way to get a good plane is to buy an old plane from an existing airline (preferably one going out of business, so you get a deal) and renovate it a litt
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
Yeah, my tech is a trainee. I'm sure one who's been doing it for years would go faster, but she's inexpensive and I don't mind helping her learn! The results have been solid so far.
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
I get electrolysis (from a professional, not DIY, lol) and it does hurt a fair bit, but it's not intolerable for me. It's roughly the pain of tweezing a hair, only repeated a couple hundred times per session. I put on a podcast an
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
A few years ago, I got a tour of Starbucks headquarters from a friend. One thing I didn't expect: it's literally filled with rooms where people just taste coffee, all day, every day, to make sure it's what it's supposed
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
A job candidate being a virulent racist would not be beside the point. It would be disqualifying to even let them interview.
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
I think this is exactly the issue, and it is not actually a partisan issue. I feel that urge, too -- how bad would it be, really, if I got what I wanted and people who thought like me did too? How much do I really care about the fates of fo
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
Is there anybody outside of the Trump administration who is in favor of doing this, and believes there is any good faith behind the decision? To be clear, I'm not asking if you're against DEI and support a review on those grounds
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
It's definitely NOT a false promise of efficiency, at least, not in all or many cases. My wife is a physician, and when permitted by patients, uses one of these tools. It's been an enormous time-saver for her. She works a 32-hour
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
But you didn't have to start working there, is the thing. That's what always confounds me. If you are capable of being hired at Palantir, there are thousands of non-evil companies who would be happy to have you.
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
I work with several local recyclers. Most of the machines they get are either usable but old, or just something somebody didn't want anymore! Truly damaged machines are rare.
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
I don't -- that's why it's a hobby. If I had to earn a salary from this, it wouldn't be viable. Most of my machines come with at least some defects. Some are ready to go in a few minutes, some take several hours or days.
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
I run a similar "hobby business" - at least that's what I call it. I've posted about it before on here; I refurbish and resell old electronics, mostly laptop computers. As of today, I've sold more than 800 machines
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
There's no good reason to build datacenters in many of the places people are trying to build them. Look at all the ones they're trying to build in Phoenix or Tucson, Arizona, or in New Mexico. These are deserts! They're the e
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
It's nice to see them actually complying with the Supreme Court's decision instead of just ignoring it and telling them to enforce it.
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
I think this was the plot of a Black Mirror episode?
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
I have a pair of Allbirds, they're pretty comfy. I like them. What, ah, do they have to do with AI?
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by ivraatiems 6mo ago
Because those two things are unrelated. First, something lying sometimes doesn't mean it lies all the time. Second, the whole point of LLMs is inference - they use massive amounts of amalgamated information to produce answers. The Olym
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by ivraatiems 7mo ago
I guarantee you that if OP said, sorry, do this or I am going home, they would have done what needed to be done. Both in terms of payment, and in terms of getting their software and hardware houses in order. It might have involved OP gettin

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