michaelhoney

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by michaelhoney 1y ago
BYD is now the 6th most popular brand in Australia, up 176% YoY.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
even ones who are being used as weapons against their own country?
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
to straw-man what someone says and then get indignant is a waste of your emotional budget
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
No, it’s because they’d rather talk to intelligent humans. X is populated by idiots and bots these days
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
And the weaker the US gets, the less other countries will put up with its bullshit.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
every day the US gets a little stupider. I look forward to when this is all over
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
I recommend asking ChatGPT for help. Tell it what you’re trying to do, and don’t be afraid to ask the dumbest questions.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
I work with QGIS, but until recently I’ve only skated over the surface. In the last year or so I’ve found LLMs increasingly useful as a companion to help me code automation scripts or just to ask “how can I do this?” questions. QGIS is deep
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
and yet, what have the NRA types done so far about the tyrannical government
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
Now take all of that manufacturing brilliance and, keeping the volume the same, turn it into a small thick phone which will fit in my pocket and hand. Won't need a camera bump
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
True, but our "training" has been a billion years of evolution and multimodal input every waking moment of our lives. We come heavily optimised for reality.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
Why would you make life harder for your own citizens by doing this?
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
It really doesn't strengthen the US. Everyone knows Trump is a senile fool and placating him is the less-bad option until he dies.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
I think all of this is true, but the shape of the chart changes as AI gets better. Think of how a similar chart for chess/go/starcraft-playing proficiency has changed over the years. There will come a time when the hardest work is
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
yeah, Claude's just gonna have to deal with regular_snake_case from me
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
The descent into scientific ignorance continues. What possible justification could you have for this?
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
Hey, I just wanted to say that this is really fun and nice and my partner loves it. Well done!
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
It really wouldn't. Hunters aren't very effective for deer control: they are interested in shooting impressive bucks, which doesn't make a substantial dent on populations.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
You're not wrong, in July 2025. But it will get better, and it will not stop getting better when it reaches equal-to-the-best-human level.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
You make a good point about the time investment. You were able to do your exercise while working, but very few people will spend 16-24 hours a week working out.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
Top-shelf HN thread! So far I have learned: - the evolved 12-times thing - ants are descended from wasps - insectivorous aardwolves what a day
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
I love this! BTW you are selling yourself short on your 5K personal best. The time listed (35:35) is your best 5 mile , whereas your best 5K is a respectable 21:20
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
Otters are pretty good, and they're basically mustelid-shaped. Long and thin.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
But a sufficiently advanced LLM could do all of those things, and furthermore it could do it at a fraction of the cost with 24/7 availability. A not-bad therapist you can talk to _right now_ is better than one which you might get 30 mi
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
are you seriously asserting that climate scientists are in it for the money?
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
what a strange set of conclusions to draw
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
Awesome work OP, great to see your journey.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
I don’t believe so. Merlin is newer and uses a different architecture. BirdNet uses a CNN and its atomic sound units are 3 seconds long: Merlin can do real-time ID on continuous audio and I think uses a hybrid system.
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will
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by michaelhoney 1y ago
And not just words. There is pretty compelling evidence that our sensory perception is itself prediction, that the purpose of our sensory organs is not to deliver us 1:1 qualia representing the world, but more like error correction, updates

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