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by joshtbradley 11mo ago
I did this when I was ~22 messing with infra for the first time. A $300 bill in two days when I had $2000 in the bank really stung. I love AWS for many things, but I really wish they made the cost calculations transparent for beginners.
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by joshtbradley 11mo ago
As someone who grew up physically _and_ digitally sheltered, I am grateful for this article. It helped me articulate what I had wanted so badly, to be a kid. Reading the comments gives me hope that there are still places safe enough and par
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by joshtbradley 11mo ago
I’m glad you experienced the CLICK, I did too when GPT-3 released. The comment section was full of snarky, cynical, dismissive remarks with hundreds of likes. It smelled like Reddit but it was HN. Cynicism is a dangerous instinct that captu
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Physicists use a single molecule as a particle collider(sciencealert.com)
3 points by joshtbradley 1y ago|0 comments
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
Thank you.
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
Balaji's book "The Network State" doesn't refute Charlie's arguments directly but it does a great job of constructing an optimistic vision for the future. The techno-optimists definitionally don't have a doom-
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
And I was merely refuting the premise of that quote.
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
Thank you for the truly thoughtful comment. I’m not OP, and I have the polar opposite political/economic opinion. But I come to HN for interesting, intelligent perspectives, and you have provided that. Thank you comrade.
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
Except that stablecoins are strictly regulated thanks to the GENIUS Act and hopefully the CLARITY Act will provide the same guidelines for crypto as a whole. Gary Gensler did nothing to create regulation. David Sacks is out there doing God’
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
Strong statement, where is the evidence? The GENIUS Act is quite brilliant in my opinion. It strengthens the dollar by simultaneously creating demand for USD and US Treasuries.
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
You think the same system that chose to bail out the banks in 08 should be fully responsible for our financial future? I believe a more distributed financial system would provide more stability for all of us. The GENIUS Act establishes some
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
Would you consider Stripe and PayPal also interested in speculative investment/trading? They seem responsible to me. Also, stablecoins aren’t speculative. Cryptocurrencies absolutely are. But stablecoins are pegged to USD, hence “stabl
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
I am not an expert but I don’t believe most countries would allow their citizens to use American banking infrastructure, nor would most American banks accept a foreign account. Stablecoins get around these limitations, while also providing
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
I think for the same reason that most people hold cash in a bank account rather than putting all of their money in ETFs/bonds. Convenience, stability, and security. Consider living in a country with an unstable and fiscally irresponsib
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
Excellent observation. But I believe your proposed solutions could be strengthened. Improving “leverage literacy” may be a first step, but the fundamental mismatch in velocity will continue expanding the gap between technology and social in
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
That’s not my argument. I’m saying wolves are dangerous, and as a human, I don’t want to have to worry about wolves when I’m hiking Yellowstone. Call me selfish but I’d rather be alive than feel good that the forest is back to its natural s
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
Fair point. Except for “don’t even serve as much of a purpose as wild wolves.” I’d argue dogs, bees, and let’s say cars, all serve an enormous purpose to humanity. The pros/cons of replenishing an ecosystem is a good framework to analy
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
Also collapsed the elk population from 18,000 to 2,000 and they’re worried the bison will eat the trees… I understand nature is incredibly complex and intelligent, and I’m curious what the end effect will be. But from an anthropocentric per
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by joshtbradley 1y ago
He's very clearly stating that trusting AI to a few hands was an old, naiive idea that they have evolved from. Which establishes their need to keep evolving as the technology matures. There is a lot to criticize about OpenAI and Sama,
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by joshtbradley 2y ago
He explicitly stated progress is logarithmic. > 1. The intelligence of an AI model roughly equals the log of the resources used to train and run it.
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by joshtbradley 2y ago
First, it requires exponential investment because > 1. The intelligence of an AI model roughly equals the log of the resources used to train and run it. Incremental improvements in intelligence require exponentially more resources. Only
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10k Lines of Code(celest.tech)
3 points by joshtbradley 2y ago|0 comments
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by joshtbradley 2y ago
I'm not arguing for degrowth, nor am I discrediting the work of science. I'm observing humanity has failed to have a constructive conversation around climate change, leading to the necessity of solutions like this. I have no idea
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by joshtbradley 2y ago
I’m not convinced that managed solutions are the solution. I say this as a professional web developer with a range of clients. Webflow tends to fall apart with complexity. It creates the illusion of simplicity. For example, a designer will
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by joshtbradley 2y ago
I find it tragic that it’s easier for scientists to perform miracles than it is for humanity to care for the planet. I understand the issue is complex, fraught with incentive, and has disparity between the developed and undeveloped world. B
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by joshtbradley 5y ago
Author here, that's an apt analogy. Perhaps it helps to understand where I was coming from; I had never written a line of LISP and was struggling to fully grasp the power that Paul Graham had hinted at. So I started at the beginning, a
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by joshtbradley 5y ago
Author here, thank you for pointing this out! I was a LISP beginner when I wrote this, I'll certainly update this.