marcuschong

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by marcuschong 2y ago
It's hard to count on a sane president taking office in four years and dismiss this as just a mishap when 40% of Americans believe the world was created 5,000 years ago. We need a new league of Enlightenment-driven countries that share
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by marcuschong 2y ago
I also did that for 10+ years. I was actually drinking 3L a day in the last few years. My BMI and checkups were good. But I was also IFing a lot, having big meals in my eating window and eventually had stomach problems: mild gastritis, hiat
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by marcuschong 2y ago
I work with young developers (twenty-somethings) that really don't like going through the books and documentation when dealing with something new. They much rather go hands-on from the getgo and deal with doubts as they arise. They&#x2
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by marcuschong 2y ago
Even I, the founder of a small startup outside the US, caught myself considering things I never would have before. Just last month, I had to change my dedicated server provider and was genuinely concerned about hosting my websites on US-bas
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by marcuschong 2y ago
If I was Russia or China, I'd have entire teams focused on exploring the spoils of everything DOGE is doing. The sheer velocity alone should be enough to wreak havoc and create many exploit opportunities.
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by marcuschong 2y ago
Disinformation isn’t just labeling opposing views—it’s the deliberate spread of falsehoods crafted to mislead. Honest debate involves conflicting opinions grounded in facts; disinformation weaponizes lies to erode trust and sow confusion. T
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by marcuschong 2y ago
"I can say that these systems are amazing, but get things wrong all the time in ways that matter, and so the best uses cases so far are things where the error rate doesn’t matter or where it’s easy to see." That's probably ho
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by marcuschong 2y ago
I do wonder though, when I see so many famous people on Joe Rogan, for example, if the world isn't pass that somehow. Remember Neil Young as the absolutely solitary voice trying to pressure Spotify? It doesn't matter if you think
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by marcuschong 2y ago
It would be amazing if Elon became recognized as the toxic figure that he is, and that had real economic impact on his companies.
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by marcuschong 2y ago
I'd argue that, as horrible as that was, it wasn't as centered in one person as famous and important as Musk. Like buying phones we know were perhaps made by people treated like slaves in China, versus buying something that is rep
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by marcuschong 2y ago
I wouldn't for two reasons: - we've already tested OpenAI's GPT and Gemini a lot. Although they're not deterministic, we have used them enough to trust them and know the pitfalls. - Elon's example of Grok outputti
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by marcuschong 2y ago
Last night I was about to start working on a lot of text I need to submit my startup to a government funding program. Questions like "describe what your startup does", "describe your market" and things like that. Tens of