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by jameslk 11mo ago
No need to guess, the article literally states where the money went: > That’s why Thiel rotated into Microsoft and Apple, tech giants with more diversified revenue streams, cloud scale, devices, and software.
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by jameslk 11mo ago
> That’s why Thiel rotated into Microsoft and Apple, tech giants with more diversified revenue streams, cloud scale, devices, and software. These are supposed to be a hedge against a presumed AI bubble? Seems half hearted at best
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Could models mitigate this by answering questions incorrectly with random information instead of outright refusing to answer them?
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by jameslk 11mo ago
I want it, but I have ideas in mind that aren’t just a chat window bolted to a browser. Once upon a time there was a popular Firefox extension called Firebug. Everyone loved it because it made web dev so much easier. Devs helped drive the a
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by jameslk 11mo ago
The surplus and debt servicing near the end of the 90s didn’t have much effect to the debt: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEBTN Social security and Medicare liabilities mostly wiped out any gains What surplus th
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State Department issues warning in Japan after bears kill 13 since April(thehill.com)
1 points by jameslk 11mo ago|0 comments
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Instead of giant pyramids, it’s giant museums these days
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Salami slicing stimulus package
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Maybe there’s a bias towards avoiding full rewrites? An “anti-refucktoring” bias I’d be curious if the approach would be improved by having the model generate a full pelican from scratch each time and having it judge which variation is an i
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Also relevant: > “This should not be seen, in our view, as a cautious or negative stance on Nvidia, but rather in the context of SoftBank needing at least $30.5bn of capital for investments in the Oct-Dec quarter, including $22.5bn for O
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Is it assumed that humans perform 100% against this captcha? Because being one of those humans it’s been closer to 50% for me I’m guessing Google is evaluating more than whether the answer was correct enough (ie does my browser and behavior
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by jameslk 11mo ago
> Also, when they ask you to identify traffic lights, do you select the post? And when it’s motor/bycicles, do you select the guy riding it? This type of captcha is too infuriating so I always skip it until I get the ones where I’m
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Why do browsers match CSS selectors from right to left?(stackoverflow.com)
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You’re right, there isn’t even any marquee or blinking text
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It’s been disappointing to you for at least a decade and yet you keep using it? Blink twice if the mods have been keeping you imprisoned in the server closet and forcing you to speak to them in Arc
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by jameslk 11mo ago
> But if they don't get it from the government, they'll get it somewhere else It's not an equal comparison. The biggest governments in the world don't need anymore consolidated power. > I think we just need to redu
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Yes, outcomes like these are the best way to avoid dependency on a central authority. I’m more for moving away from the ability of such authorities to exercise such power, rather than hoping they don’t abuse it. They certainly will eventual
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by jameslk 11mo ago
And yet, this organization found a way to grow its funding base by avoiding government handouts. It’s a net win
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Organizations should avoid funding by the government whenever possible. It creates incentives for the organization to align with the politics of the government. I am all for this outcome, as it’s a net win for PSF and any organization that
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by jameslk 11mo ago
The government shouldn’t be spending itself further into unsustainable debt. And state funding of private organizations will always be subject to the politics of the state, leaking those policies into the organizations they fund. Avoiding b
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by jameslk 11mo ago
I generally don’t like looking at anything AI generated, but I grew up in a world where this wasn’t the norm. I really wonder, as the tech improves, whether the next generations will have the same revulsion as us. Or if this is their new no
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Speaking just to the workers aspect: there is no catching up to this for the US. It simply comes down to population. China has a workforce of 858 million. The entire population of the US is only 340 million.
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by jameslk 11mo ago
This sounds like something George Costanza would say
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David Sacks: There will be no federal bailout for AI(twitter.com)
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Are you Zuck's neighbor? (...just kidding) At the individual level, I agree. Generally unfair to have some unzoned private school next to your house shuffling in people constantly. Though I doubt this would get much press if it weren&#
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Zuck vs Bay Area NIMBYs… this is going to be a tough one to pick a side on
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Fair point. The non-apology is not helping I agree and would have been better left off altogether. I’m guessing this staff person is not very high level and just trying to help and connect the right people. That is, if you’re not very high
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by jameslk 11mo ago
It may be viewed that way, but it’s also useful to empathize with someone and get more detail/nuance that can’t be conveyed simply over text. Especially when someone is not happy. I usually do the same thing when the medium is text and
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by jameslk 11mo ago
Maybe they ran into a paywall
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Rising Debt, Stock Valuations: These Charts Haunt Wall Street(advisorperspectives.com)
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