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by mossTechnician 11mo ago
Does the sign happen to have the words "up to" before the dollar amount?
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by mossTechnician 11mo ago
In addition to the other comments, I presume the big box retailers do not hire for full-time positions when they don't have to, and gig economy work is rapidly replacing jobs that used to be minimum wage.
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by mossTechnician 11mo ago
Mozilla says they have "high standards for vendors" in their latest statement, but why didn't those standards apply back when they were told about this in March 2024? https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/03&#
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by mossTechnician 11mo ago
Mozilla said[0] they would end their partnership with OneRep back in March 2024. In February 2025, Brian Krebs discovered[1] they were still using the service. Maybe the relationship will end this time. [0]: https://krebsonsecu
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by mossTechnician 11mo ago
The problem with headlight brightness has mostly stemmed from cars having brighter headlights. I love technology, but if I had to choose between reducing light output, vs switching to harder-to repair, more expensive, less reliable computer
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by mossTechnician 11mo ago
It's interesting that companies don't provide concrete definitions or examples of what their AI guardrails are. IBM's definition suggests to me they see it as imperative to continue moving fast (and breaking things) no matter
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
Those ads would also get mixed into content the advertisers would probably not appreciate.
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
In a perfect world, a healthcare plan should pay for cancer treatments or crucial medical procedures. In the United States, I'm not sure this is a guarantee[0][1]. Going without healthcare seems to be the riskier gamble, but it's
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
The article at least mentions a "kids mode" (although I cannot see a reason you would need to enable a feature like this to avoid explicit, off-topic chatter), but otherwise you cannot prevent the installation of Grok, nor can you
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
I would love a link to this story, if you have it.
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
It is a bit ironic that an article criticizing NPR is hosted on TheFP. Especially considering its owner got promoted to the head of a major mainstream news network by one of the richest people in the world.
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
If I remember correctly, Microsoft was previously promised ownership of every pre-AGI asset created by OpenAI. Now they are being promised ownership of things post-AGI as well: Microsoft’s IP rights for both models and products are extende
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
> increasing human productivity through technological innovation is the only thing that ever let us escape the malthusian trap. How so? https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
You're correct, ARRs can be both misleading and for any 12-month period (I just chose a year to simplify), but the problem is AI companies tend to only release their latest ARR, and only selectively, which I believe is misleading in
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
If a company's revenue in January is $100 and it grows by 10% every month, the December revenue is $285. The year's revenue would be about $2,138, but ARR in December would be $3,423. That's 1.6x the actual revenue. ARR could
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
Watch as your child's eyes light up when Santa remembers their name, asks about their day, and responds to their wishes in real time. $99 for 60 minutes of your child interacting with, their voice getting sent to Google. In a best ca
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
This is an interesting project. I'm glad to see Markdown is supported. I was surprised that there is no persistent storage of notes, though (at least not on my device).
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
These claims of incumbency bias, based on a fragment of a sentence, seem unnecessarily presumptive. I've read a bit of his work, seen a couple of his speeches, and don't have the same conclusions about his opinions. You could prob
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
The insane numbers are the ones you find when you look at their promises, like reaching $125 billion in revenue by 2029 (which they predict will be the first year they are profitable) https://www.reuters.com/technology&#x2F
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
Maybe you haven't met Rationalists personally, but they are numerous and powerful members of the Bay Area tech scene. "Many of the A.I. world’s biggest names — including Shane Legg, a co-founder of Google’s DeepMind; Anthropic’s c
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
The United States has a history of rioting, vandalism, and violence. The Boston Tea Party comes to mind. The more important question is the contexts in which it is unacceptable, and who should be given the authority to swiftly deal with it
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
Anyone who tries to push changes to Chromium will quickly find Google does control it.
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
Which of these model-making companies have posted a profit? I'm not familiar with any.
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
I wonder how this will contribute to our current declining literacy rates in a social climate that's already rife with anti-intellectualism and isolation. Even if this worked well, it appears to be to be a step backwards. Call me pessi
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
"Clippy just wanted to help." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_Dtmpe9qaQ
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
Many of the browsers you mentioned above are basically Firefox reskins with better settings out of the box. I downloaded WebLibre out of curiosity and can say it's different from those other browsers. I've never seen a mobile brow
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
To modify the popular phrase: "If you didn't bother to code it, why would I bother reviewing it?" Providing feedback to an author is only valuable if the author at least knows why they did something, so you can discuss how
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
Hacker News comment sections are the only part of the internet that still feel "impossibly fast" to me. Even on Android, thousands of comments can scroll as fast as the OS permits, and the DOM is so simple that I've reopened
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
GPUs in data centers have short lifespans. https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/datacenter-g...
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by mossTechnician 1y ago
Kagi is still partnered with Yandex[0], but they removed a list of sources they used. When asked if the list could be restored, Vladimir Prelovac replied "Is there any particular reason you are asking for this? More context will help u

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