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by mrkramer 4y ago
Linus is cocky and arrogant, I mean rightfully so but still....
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by mrkramer 4y ago
>I don't quite get the appeal of replacing a search engine with ChatGPT. It's certainly useful for many use cases [1], but when you're searching for information you likely want some trust signals attached to that informati
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by mrkramer 4y ago
It seems like ChatGPT-like solution can supplement and assist the user in searching the Web not completely replace the search engine itself(at least not for now).
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Google finally stared to pay licencing fees to the news publishers for using their news articles for creation of headlines and summaries for Google search results and for the Google News[0]. If AI chatbots want to thrive they need to employ
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Google already does this, it is called Knowledge Graph[0]. [0] https://support.google.com/knowledgepanel/answer/9787176?hl=...
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by mrkramer 4y ago
What will Germany do now?
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by mrkramer 4y ago
For a casual user who uses computer for work and gaming I would go with Windows. People say Linux is free and open source, more secure and you get privacy but is it really worth it? Idk.
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Why would I use Linux Desktop over Windows Desktop? Because it's FOSS, because of price, UX? I don't get it.
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by mrkramer 4y ago
How about congress passing a law which prohibits M&A of big companies because this is getting ridiculous.
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Mastodon FTW
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by mrkramer 4y ago
I think at this point, it is dangerous to use Google; there are so many phishing websites that are trying to scam you in the Google Search results that it is not safe anymore to use Google. Google blackbox ranking algorithms are here to bla
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Tech’s reality check: How the industry lost $7.4T in one year(cnbc.com)
16 points by mrkramer 4y ago|10 comments
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by mrkramer 4y ago
>I'm amused that Tumblr is becoming a frontrunner as Twitter replacement. Is replacement needed for Twitter? Will Elon really destroy it? If that's the case Twitter's replacement needs to go to the Twitter roots of status
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Also when taking a shot, don't take in the left hand because left hand is closer to the heart than the right hand and therefore your chance of myocarditis increases.
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Death penalty would perhaps be suitable if customers died because of Theranos' faulty products. I'm not familiar with this case in detail but I know she scammed patients with her blood tests. Imagine your doctor scamming you with
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by mrkramer 4y ago
but it still must operate within*
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by mrkramer 4y ago
I think getting pregnant was part of her plan to get away from prison. Well 11 years is still 11 years. Tough luck!
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Theranos used Siemens machines to perform blood tests instead of their "miracle" machines. German engineers know how to get the job done!
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Bitcoin is by design not tied to the "State" if you will or in another words it makes the central bank obsolete but it still must operate withing the state and within the legal framework of finance and state criminal laws. After a
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Again read what Satoshi was saying; no home PCs or Raspberry Pi type devices instead server farms will process transactions. It can scale, no reason why it wouldn't. Look at the BitTorrent for example....still viable.
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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says layoffs will continue into next year(cnbc.com)
146 points by mrkramer 4y ago|168 comments
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by mrkramer 4y ago
>What started as a way to anonymously pay for illegal services on the dark net, morphed into a Ponzi scheme aimed at low IQ tech bros. That was never the point of Bitcoin. Read the whitepaper. Satoshi wanted to decentralize trust in the
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by mrkramer 4y ago
I had an idea for books shop website where you would buy a book and get it in paperback, audiobook and e-book form all at once(bundle). Ofc it would be bit pricey but readers could swap between formats at will and writers would be more rewa
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by mrkramer 4y ago
BTC was first :)
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FTX and FTT Whitepaper(Summary)(docs.google.com)
2 points by mrkramer 4y ago|2 comments
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From Binance to Voyager, crypto firms' exposure to FTX is coming to light(reuters.com)
2 points by mrkramer 4y ago|0 comments
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Their FAQ says: https://archive.ph/faq#:~:text=Which%20parts%20of,of%201024x... . Wikipedia says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive.today#:~:text=Web%20pa... . So I assumed they don't use it but
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Yea you are right about PNG but wrong about WARC. Archive.ph doesn't use WARC.
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by mrkramer 4y ago
That would be cool if actually converting HTML to SVG would save you bandwidth and all the rest that goes with web requests. Imagine a web browser that only supports SVG and converts all HTML to SVG then when browsing the web you would only
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by mrkramer 4y ago
Isn't this something like archive.ph is doing? Snapshotting and screenshotting websites. I'm referring both to you and the op.

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