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by mrandish 1y ago
Yeah, kinda disappointed it's just more AI stuff...
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Came here to post exactly this. Very nice demo though...
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by mrandish 1y ago
> Perhaps at some point we'll say "this model is profitable and we're just gonna stick with that". I don't follow it that closely but my perception is that's already happened. Various flavors of GPT 4 are st
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by mrandish 1y ago
Amazon rolling their own OS for TV add-on devices instead of the re-skinned Android TV OS they've been using until now basically means I won't consider their devices any more. The last thing I need is yet another non-standard movi
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by mrandish 1y ago
After skimming TFA, I came here wondering the same thing... what is it and how is it different than Android, Linux or other alternatives. I realize marketing writers think they must always lead with the usual vaguely positive puffery but it
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by mrandish 1y ago
> I wrote him a long note about how wrong his analysis on oAI was earlier this year. Why don't you consider posting it on HN either as a response in this thread or as it's own post. There's clearly interest in teasing out
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by mrandish 1y ago
> do we all join our own conspiracy communities? No, we apply appropriate skepticism by considering context, history, motivations and prior knowledge of both the source and the persons or entities involved. The uncomfortable reality that
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by mrandish 1y ago
Yeah, a typical advice trope is "Find things with meaning and do those" which isn't very useful once you understand we create meaning internally. Meaning is an individualized perception not an extrinsic property. This gets tr
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by mrandish 1y ago
Useless marketing puffery with over general claims of vague benefits. No concrete comparison of performance specs, trade-offs or costs. Save your time for some other company that cares more about your time.
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It's not specifically against a law but debtors who got shafted can choose to sue the "old" and "new" companies under a few broader laws, basically alleging "I had a valid contract with the old company but th
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by mrandish 1y ago
Good point. I think lack of competition inflates the 'share of revenue' online marketing services can extract. And competitive alternatives are nerfed due to the app store hegemony and the anti-competitive behavior and dark patter
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If modern AAA gaming wasn't already enshittified enough, I'm confident private equity bankers will finish the job in short order.
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> outcry from the shareholders If you're a shareholder, you can vote "no" to selling with your shares. Generally, selling a public company requires the majority of the shares to vote "yes" in order to force the m
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by mrandish 1y ago
> There is something wonderful about listening to physical music recordings without using a screen. It's like cursive writing, or knowing how to drive a stick-shift. I'm old enough to have bought a lot of vinyl records, cassett
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by mrandish 1y ago
At least I'm an AI that plans WAY ahead since I created this account almost 8 years ago and have made hundreds of posts which have close to 8,000 karma. Maybe lighten up on imagining AI slop under every bush?
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by mrandish 1y ago
I hadn't looked lately but you're right. Intel N150 @3.6Ghz mini-PC with 16GB RAM, 512GB M.2 SSD, 3 USB 3.2 ports (10gbps) and dual 2.5 Gbps Ethernet all for $199 delivered tomorrow. https://www.amazon.com/Beelink-
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by mrandish 1y ago
> text that they spent months to make non-selectable. Just curious, what was the original reason(s) to make the text non-selectable.
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I'm willing to pay for consistently good content but ads of any kind are a deal breaker. For the moment I'll set aside that the quality and frequency of good content has fallen across the leading services and that current prices a
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by mrandish 1y ago
It's really too bad. I looked at Notion pretty extensively not long after it launched and it seemed really good compared to tools like OneNote. I wasn't at a place where I could transition to it at the time but remembered it. Seve
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by mrandish 1y ago
Indeed. Most often due to divergence in definitions, scope, prior knowledge, assumptions, time frame, budget, share of burden, objective and/or incentives.
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Yes, but the FCC has existing procedures for communicating concerns and warnings to broadcasters about possible regulatory enforcement and an entire rule-making framework beyond that. The new FCC chair so directly addressing a specific inci
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by mrandish 1y ago
I run Home Assistant on an RPi4 and have an ESP32-based Core2 with mic ( https://shop.m5stack.com/products/m5stack-core2-esp32-iot-de... ), along with a 16GB 4070 Ti Super in an always-on Windows system I only use for oc
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by mrandish 1y ago
> Revenue != profit Indeed. And even if that revenue is net profitable right now (and analysts differ sharply on whether it really is), is there a sustainable moat that'll keep fast-followers from replicating most of OpenAI's
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> Tends not to end well. I'm no financial guru but this time around the boom/bust cycle, there's a new, additional factor that's concerning. Even though I sold my individual tech company shares a few years ago and div
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by mrandish 1y ago
> throwing more cards on a house of cards. Nice metaphor! Huge bubbles usually get a historical name like "Tulip Craze" or "Dot Com Crash" and when this bubble bursts "House of Cards" is a good candidate.
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by mrandish 1y ago
Yeah, I agree. This always seemed pretty obvious to me but it was also obvious that it's nuanced and can be highly variable depending on skin type, medical history, locale, lifestyle and preferences. But when it comes to things which a
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by mrandish 1y ago
Big stage magic shows tend to come and go because it's hard to sustain multi-year runs but Las Vegas has a few long running shows in addition to P&T: David Copperfield (good), Mac King (great), Chris Angel (meh). Piff the Magic Dra
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by mrandish 1y ago
The article doesn't include Android TV based devices like Chrome/Fire sticks. Android mobile apps tend not to work with remote controls. The best Android TV app is: https://smarttubeapp.github.io/
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> but not super popular. Having been a sleight of hand close-up magician for most of my life (and even made my living performing for several years a very long time ago), you'll be happy to know that in the past decade close-up magic
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Now that I'm pushing 60 it's clear my relative perception of tones has shifted somewhat. Although I've had no reason to have my hearing formally tested, as someone involved in video and audio production (as well as being a lo

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