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by paulpan 3y ago
It's bewildering Google never attempted to monetize (the now legacy) Assistant by forking a more feature-rich branch and charging willing users for access. In theory it would've enabled clearer signals on what features users value
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Apple won't give up control of the iPhone(theverge.com)
2 points by paulpan 3y ago|0 comments
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by paulpan 3y ago
Netflix not supporting the Apple VR headset is a great example of the consequences of screwing over the developers. Prioritizing short term gains.
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by paulpan 3y ago
Totally expected turn of events. Apple isn't giving up their 30% app revenue score without a fight. This is identical to other article to charge up to 27% for non-App Store purchases: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
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by paulpan 3y ago
If you're flexible on the NTFS storage requirement, then one of the newer Windows handhelds like Lenovo Legion Go or Asus ROG Ally could be a good fit. They both contain the AMD Z1 Extreme SOC, which not only has 8 cores but contains a
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by paulpan 3y ago
This. Jensen (Nvidia CEO) is being a bit humble here given the massive investments the company has made into CUDA for the past decade. Now they're simply reaping the benefits. Sure, ChatGPT's arrival last year was the spark but ar
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by paulpan 3y ago
This exactly. When someone offers you $20B, it's hard to turn it down. In Adobe's case, $20B is a bargain price to stifle a competitor. Even if Figma founders didn't want to sell, all the VCs and other investors would force t
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by paulpan 3y ago
At least the European regulators are. Still waiting for US agencies to do their job...case in point: Intuit.
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EU reaches provisional agreement on AI Act, paving way for landmark law(theverge.com)
1 points by paulpan 3y ago|0 comments
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by paulpan 3y ago
Well they sure copied Apple's "Pro" and "Ultra" branding. I'm fully expecting a "Gemini Max" version in the near future!
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by paulpan 3y ago
At this point it might as well be 767 out of 770, with 3 exceptions being the other board members who voted Sam out. Sure it could be a useful show of solidarity but I'm skeptical on the hypothetical conversion rate of these petition s
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by paulpan 3y ago
What a shitshow. The true winners are likely OpenAI's competitors Google and Meta. Whatever the outcome with Sam's OpenAI future, surely this circus slows their momentum and raises doubts for 3rd party developers.
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by paulpan 3y ago
In hindsight firing Sam was a self-destructing gamble by the OpenAI board. Initially it seemed Sam may have committed some inexcusable financial crime but doesn't look so anymore. Irony is that if a significant portion of OpenAI staff
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by paulpan 3y ago
100% this. Firing your well-recognized and seemingly capable CEO means there's a fatal problem, or that he committed something so reprehensible that there was no option but to oust him immediately. Maybe Sam had been trying to broker a
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by paulpan 3y ago
A bit surprised to see Jensen's stage appearance since clearly Microsoft's success with its own AI chips means less business for Nvidia's chips. Because different than the ARM chip also announced in the same Ignite event, Mic
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by paulpan 3y ago
The new M3 14" MBP seems to be a red herring - why does it even exist? Why not just refresh the MBA instead? An obvious rule of thumb is for "Pro"-branded laptops to only use "Pro"-branded chips. It's what they
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by paulpan 3y ago
So this is the long-awaited announcement on the fruits of Qualcomm's Nuvia acquisition a few years ago. The main and only relevant question is how it'll measure up against the Apple M3, AMD Z2, and Intel Meteor Lake chips next yea
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Qualcomm Previews Snapdragon X Elite SoC: Oryon CPU Starts in Laptops(anandtech.com)
26 points by paulpan 3y ago|16 comments
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by paulpan 3y ago
Call me a skeptic in Qualcomm...the keyword here is "will try". Based on their track record, likely will take a couple of generational iterations before having something competitive. A near-perfect example is Qualcomm's switc
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by paulpan 3y ago
Older plans (pre-2022) should be under the "Un-Contract": https://www.t-mobile.com/news/press/uncontract-carrier-freed... Notably "By contrast, the Un-contract is all give, no take. You can keep you
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by paulpan 3y ago
Probably the harshest "review" I've read in a while but seems accurate. This is supposed to be the budget ("Go") product and there's nothing budget about its $1k price tag. Either Microsoft is completely incomp
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Microsoft Surface Laptop Go 3 review: why does this exist?(theverge.com)
22 points by paulpan 3y ago|21 comments
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by paulpan 3y ago
Apparently he's going to join Amazon to lead their Echo and Alexa hardware division: https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/18/23879036/microsoft-panos-... Makes sense since Microsoft seems to be increasin
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by paulpan 3y ago
Arguably OpenAI's moat is the heavily subsidized Microsoft Azure infrastructure to train its models and serve traffic, but your point still stands: government regulation will be a more reliable moat. Especially as the latest LLM models
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by paulpan 3y ago
I'm using a Fold 4, but would've preferred on the Flip series given its smaller footprint. But Samsung made the asinine decision to enable Dex on the Flip series (could be due to thermals?). Dex actually works starting with the S2
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by paulpan 3y ago
100%. Whereas in the prior decade there were hardware limitations to device convergence (e.g. lack of CPU power, RAM), this is a no longer an issue and software is the roadblock is most cases. Ironically Apple threw open the doors when they
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by paulpan 3y ago
The frenemy status of Google-Samsung is once again on display. Samsung probably hasn't been happy with the Google's continued Pixel phone push :p But why is Google paying Apple to be the default search engine on iOS devices? It se
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by paulpan 4y ago
Therein lies Sam Altman's biggest fear: regulatory crackdown or restrictions on OpenAI. At this point the government presents the only risk to the progress and success of OpenAI. Sure there are competitors like Google but so far OpenAI
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by paulpan 4y ago
TeachGPT when? This seems like a no-brainer next step for OpenAI, to derive an AI instructor from GPT-4 without a partner like Khan Academy. I suppose that may require a "truer" multimodality of ChatGPT being able to generate imag
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by paulpan 4y ago
Point well taken, but that page also reads akin to a disclaimer for legal shielding purposes. Haven't we heard this narrative before with other disruptive technologies such as self-driving technology? No one doubts the potential change

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