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by nradov 5mo ago
Are the statistics accurate? Jeff Bezos said, "I have a saying, which is when the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right." https://lexfridman.com/jeff-bezos-transcript/#chapter6_amazo
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by nradov 5mo ago
Wrong. My comment was 100% accurate. No LLM vendor is legally required to change their ideology, nor does the EO constitute new regulation.
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by nradov 5mo ago
Crime statistics are on the decline. It's harder to tell whether actual crime is on the decline.
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by nradov 5mo ago
Yes, I'm sure. You can just read the prospectus itself. Here's one of the biggest ones. https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-fun...
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by nradov 5mo ago
While that issue hasn't been specifically tested in court yet, the current interpretation of the First Amendment probably wouldn't allow the US government to dictate the types of speech you're allowed to put in your LLM. But
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by nradov 5mo ago
The people in charge of stock markets are mostly not the same as the people who create stock indexes. Those are run by different companies.
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by nradov 5mo ago
It's not the advertising that matters, it's the prospectus. Read the prospectus for any index fund and you'll find that out gives the fund managers a lot of leeway.
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by nradov 5mo ago
A large fraction of index funds are held in tax advantaged retirement accounts such as Roth 401(k).
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by nradov 5mo ago
They'll buy it, but they'll build a position gradually over months to approximately match the index. It won't be huge block buys on the IPO day.
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by nradov 5mo ago
No, that's not how it works. The resource managers who hire and promote fund managers are well aware of how trading large blocks too quickly can skew pricing. No one expects performance to exactly match the index. Read the prospectus.
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by nradov 5mo ago
Which hair is that? My statement was 100% accurate.
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by nradov 5mo ago
In business strategy terms this is known as "commoditize your complements". https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2002/06/12/strategy-letter-v/
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by nradov 5mo ago
Meta Llama is free for many uses but it doesn't even remotely meet the definition of "open source".
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by nradov 5mo ago
There is no actual regulation in EO 14319. It only covers federal government purchasing and vendor management. No one is required to change the "ideology" of an LLM, although they might not be able to sell it to the government. h
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by nradov 5mo ago
Knives should also not be regulated, except in very limited security zones like primary schools or commercial airports.
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by nradov 5mo ago
Probably a lot of chargebacks from kids using their parent's credit card and the like.
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by nradov 5mo ago
Yes, if we're talking about running LLMs. It's just math.
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by nradov 5mo ago
I don't think that white-collar state employees are necessarily lazier or less competent than employees in other sectors. The problem is with the surrounding system, not the individuals. Much of their work could be automated away, or d
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by nradov 5mo ago
Fertilizer exports are a problem but trucks are keeping it moving at a somewhat higher cost. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fertiliser-stuck-i...
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by nradov 5mo ago
There's nothing misleading about it. You can make your choices and accept the consequences of your actions.
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by nradov 5mo ago
Is there any data to support your theory? Because most of the companies at the top of the S&P 500 have enormous cash (and equivalent) reserves. It makes sense to burn reserves and keep good employees around through a temporary cyclical
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by nradov 5mo ago
The usual solution to "The Peter Principle" is to give the promotable employee the additional responsibilities first without the job title (or salary) and see if they rise to the occasion. If not then it's easy to dial back a
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by nradov 5mo ago
No one is forcing you to care or to produce any particular level of work. If your job has no growth opportunities and stagnant compensation then you might want to look for other opportunities. I think the issue here is that you're tryi
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by nradov 5mo ago
Always? Growth in educational administration and local government employment is mostly a post-WWII phenomenon. Fortunately that's now starting to turn around as the level of waste is enormous : the majority of white-collar workers in
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by nradov 5mo ago
Employers don't care about whether you're getting the same real money over time. Why should they?
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by nradov 5mo ago
Merit raises are typically based on market rates as a baseline. The employees' costs in terms of consumer price inflation are not a factor. If every employer gives out raises in line with inflation that also creates a positive feedback
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by nradov 5mo ago
Kind of a silly article. If you're working in education administration or local government then why would you even expect career progression? These are not growth industries.
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by nradov 5mo ago
You can't test quality into a product. Regardless of how much of a "QA mindset" you have, you can only ever find a fraction of defects and technical debt through external testing. This can be good enough for a throwaway app t
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by nradov 5mo ago
For basic residential plumbing work the moat is not knowledge. There are already books and YouTube videos that will teach you everything you need to know. Professional plumbers can't stop that. The real moat is that most people don&#x2
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by nradov 5mo ago
Again the business demand for legal services has little to do with "cases" as such. Your experience is irrelevant and you're probably ignorant about how business and the legal/regulatory system works in the USA. The vast

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