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by kunai 7mo ago
Might as well get some ROI out of it though. IMO the Blue Origin hate was overhyped. They're clearly the only ones who know what they're doing. NASA and SpaceX both are way in over their heads.
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by kunai 7mo ago
> So, autocomplete done by deterministic algorithms in IDEs are okay but autocomplete done by LLM algorithms - no, that's banned? Ok, surely everybody agrees with that, it's policy after all. Because autocomplete still requires
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by kunai 7mo ago
I don't really believe that the strongman theory and hierarchy is inherent to human social structure, or at least not the way in which we do it. Some level of hierarchy is inevitable, but the longest-lasting and most stable hierarchies
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by kunai 7mo ago
If you only knew how the enterprise space does stuff you'd realize how little a priority maintainability is. I'm grateful we had Java when this stuff was taking off; if any enterprise applications were written in anything else ava
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by kunai 7mo ago
Except this is not the age of the Rockefellers or the Carnegies, who, despite being far more philanthropic than modern-day billionaires, drew ire from every corner of society for their wealth accumulation. It wasn't until the New Deal
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by kunai 8mo ago
> executives having a pretty short horizon for risk if the potential bonus is large enough. This single line explains succinctly what is probably responsible for most of the economic dysfunction of the past 20 years
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by kunai 8mo ago
But then what about the fact that it's exposing so many firms to immense risk and essentially straight-up lying to investors as well as product adopters? No one thought of that reality, when the chickens finally come home to roost?
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by kunai 8mo ago
The fact that whether or not doing something like this (which is bizarre, incredibly unhealthy, and just not how humans are wired socially) is considered at all in the AI space and met with a "oh well, we'll wait and see long-term
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by kunai 8mo ago
I mean that's certainly part of it, but Altman's grotesque comments today about the idea of raising a child being "more inefficient" than training an AI model there's something deeper, darker, psychologically I thin
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by kunai 8mo ago
I never quite understood why AI and LLMs are marketed the way they are, or why the powers that be behind its massive push seem so keen on selling it as a wholesale replacement for human careers (which given the current curve of improvements
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by kunai 9mo ago
These solutions are often proposed as easy fixes but I'm skeptical that they actually will do much to reduce healthcare costs. Healthcare is fundamentally expensive. Not-for-profit hospitals and for-profit hospitals don't really s
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by kunai 9mo ago
Agreed. I'd also argue that there will always be the issue of adverse selection, which in any system that doesn't mandate that all individuals be covered for healthcare regardless of risk profile, will continue to raise costs rega
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by kunai 9mo ago
Disruption, yes, in the sense that the current system needs to be overhauled. But this is a space that's frequented by the SV and VC space and "disruption" has very different connotations, usually in the realm of thought that
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by kunai 1y ago
Interests are not inherently gender-specific. I know many women who gravitate towards wargames, sports, and the like, typically male-dominated hobbies. We need to stop pursuing this notion that an activity is inherently male or inherently f
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by kunai 2y ago
The bell curve is much wider for humans than LLMs, I don't think this needs to be said.
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by kunai 2y ago
There's one particular variable in all of these examples and videos that is conveniently elided by the authors, which is that most of these seem like inner-city schools. Children born into poverty with lackluster parenting are more lik
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by kunai 2y ago
What? How exactly are military aircraft "held in low esteem?" If anything, it's the exact opposite.
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by kunai 2y ago
Doesn't seem like that far of a stretch given that Accutane (another acne medication) has been linked to IBD as well. There are a lot of drugs that interfere with the gut microbiota, of which its dysbiosis is often linked to the develo
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by kunai 2y ago
This is irresponsible advice. Some people find that meat alleviates their symptoms while other people find more relief from going vegetarian. Recommending a single type of diet (especially a "fad" diet like the carnivore diet, rat
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by kunai 2y ago
It's better to attempt elimination diets rather than a single type (low-fodmap, specific carb, carnivore, etc.) What works for one person may not work for everybody.
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by kunai 2y ago
My point seems to have flown over your head. Obviously it's a given that I know that, I'm a histologist. My point was that IBD is marked by histological changes within gut epithelial tissue that suggest chronic inflammation and el
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by kunai 2y ago
Exercise is also a big one. It can be difficult to exercise when you lack energy, but it's critical for your long-term health, both physical and mental. The bidirectional gut-brain axis is poorly studied but seems incredibly powerful c
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by kunai 2y ago
The idea behind there being no link between diet and IBD is nonsensical and patently unscientific. From a layman's point of view, IBD is a single disease. However, in reality, it's an umbrella term for a disease with a common set
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by kunai 3y ago
That's incorrect -- the reason NASA chose Starship is because it was the most capable lander for the lowest possible projected upfront cost. Government contracts always attempt to maximize economic utility while meeting objectives -- a
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by kunai 3y ago
I'm absolutely certain at this point that this video, the video of the kid on the subway, and the guy in the Tesla are all some sort of inorganic viral marketing campaign on Apple's part because they are also aware of how narrow a
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by kunai 3y ago
"Gear selector" is an anachronism. Most modern gear selectors are entirely electronic on newer cars. What I'm talking about is a physical, permanent fixture that is used to change the car's transmission state into/f
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by kunai 3y ago
I like how efficient Teslas are and their class-leading range but the idiotic proliferation of touchscreens in mission-critical applications (like dashboards and control panels) is largely their fault, and they show no signs of stopping it.
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by kunai 3y ago
Productivity has increased by nearly an order of magnitude since the 1960s but real wage growth hasn't kept up. The vast majority of wealth created in our current economic system flows to corporations and asset management, which has ha
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by kunai 3y ago
If I'm not misremembering I'm fairly certain Excel still has hard limits on rows and columns.
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by kunai 3y ago
Hell no. The limitations of this sensor/optics size (regardless of fancy periscope tech) is apparent given how overreliant Apple has gotten on their DSP/image processing to produce 'better' images. I've actually bee

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