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by qwytw 3y ago
> I think it’s ridiculous that everything thinks that Sam being outed means OpenAI is in trouble Even if we assume that's true, wouldn't the somewhat incompetent and seemingly unnecessarily dramatic way they handled not be a co
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by qwytw 3y ago
> succeed likely will be western (at least in name) but made in China Not if they increase tariffs beyond the measly 10%. Which they should.
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by qwytw 3y ago
Can they do that though? With all the obligations they have to MS.
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by qwytw 3y ago
> heatpumps are really cheap to run But still more expensive than gas in most areas? Unless you get a ground pump etc. which has a much higher upfront cost.
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by qwytw 3y ago
> So... If the article is correct, and electric energy costs 77% more than natural gas, If you use resistive heating, heat pump would be 40-50% or so cheaper. Of course with no subsidies the initial cost might be rather high.
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by qwytw 3y ago
> because it was profitable Yeah I agree that's the core issue. I'd only "trust" them because I don't see how promising E2E and then breaking it on a widescale would be profitable for them
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by qwytw 3y ago
Why wouldn't you trust them? To some extent at least? I mean if they are claiming their messaging system is E2E and it turns out it isn't the cost to them (not only financial) would be much higher than whatever they earn from havi
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by qwytw 3y ago
> will try again on the local level That will be a lot harder though cause way more people actually pay attention to what their governates are doing compared to the EU (assuming of course a significant proportion of the population actua
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by qwytw 3y ago
Unfortunately only a tiny proportion of population in the EU keep track of what their MEPs are actually doing and most vote more or less the same way they'd vote in national elections (where I am it's more like an opinion poll pre
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by qwytw 3y ago
Some do, unfortunately oftentimes it's the crazy ones that feel the strongest about things.
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by qwytw 3y ago
Generally political advertisements, campaign spending and especially donations are strongly limited. E.g. where I am a only private individuals can only donate and only up to 10k per year. The downside of that is that most funding parties r
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by qwytw 3y ago
> effect is pretty similar to what you describe. The max yearly fee is $7,400 ? It can be a lot or absolutely nothing depending on a specific patent. > In some jurisdictions you get a discount on the fees if you declare that you are o
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by qwytw 3y ago
> Except Framework They are obviously doing a great job at what they set out to do but besides reparability and customization I don't think they are really ahead in anything compared to some premium Windows laptops.
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by qwytw 3y ago
> efficiency-focused laptop CPUs where one would expect at least battery life and fan noise to not be issues. AMD laptops seem to be pretty decent at that. You can get something on par or even ahead of MBPs in battery life and performanc
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by qwytw 3y ago
You're are more than right about memory/storage upgrades but otherwise Macs seem to be priced very competitively considering what they offer.
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by qwytw 3y ago
That's pretty dogmatic. I don't see much issue with proprietary drivers (even if it's not ideal how Linux handles that) if they actually worked properly, which unfortunately they don't.. Not that this is relevant for th
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by qwytw 3y ago
> WD has not acquired Seagate Hasn't it? https://www.westerndigital.com/brand/sandisk
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by qwytw 3y ago
I doubt that many people use the desktop mode on it to be fair.
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by qwytw 3y ago
> We keep pretending demand has a lot to blame but when you see voters opinions like this, it seems a lot more like supply side market manipulation Want incentives do car manufacturers have in doing that if it's not something that m
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by qwytw 3y ago
It's understandable that you have a specific set of personal preferences, nothing wrong about that. Wanting to impose them on everyone else, well, you know..
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by qwytw 3y ago
I would definitely want my car to be able to call an ambulance if I run off the road and hit a tree for instance and there are no other people around. Of course perceived privacy is more important than something like that for many people he
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by qwytw 3y ago
> Most of these will be proprietary Yes, I'm talking about that situation more proprietary competitive -> higher demand/improved ecosystem for RISC-V chips -> Chinese companies become more competitive relative to AMD&#x2F
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by qwytw 3y ago
> RISC-V is an attempt to make a pretty boring but cross-industry standard architecture that doesn't need licensing Exactly. Why would the US government want that when they have significant influence over the companies(y) that you c
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by qwytw 3y ago
Or protectionism, which is something that to some degree accepted in pretty much every country.
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by qwytw 3y ago
Not if any significant investment in RISC-V would also benefit China to some extent. If the Chinese figure out how to manufacture high-end chips on their own (which is a bigger hurdle) and RISC-V is widespread and well supported by software
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by qwytw 3y ago
I don't necessarily mean the ISA. But imagine if an US company designs a highly competitive RISC-V even if they don't directly license it would that help Chinese companies either directly or indirectly (e.g. people will port their
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by qwytw 3y ago
> Firstly the US government doesn't license chip designs I'm not sure if 'license' is the right word, maybe not, however the US government does pretty tightly control what technologies you're allowed to license&#
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by qwytw 3y ago
Yes, this is about 'RISC-V International' but at the same time they are sending an implicit message to western companies that they maybe shouldn't touch RISC-V if they know what's good for them (to some extent anyway). T
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by qwytw 3y ago
Well geopolitically it makes sense to some degree. Probably no other country would benefit more from RISC-V catching up with ARM/AMD64 than China (and unlike those US won't have as much direct control over transfer/licensing
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by qwytw 3y ago
I'm not really trying to downplay or deny the significance of pre-contact American cultures and civilizations. Everything I said was in the context of: > It depends on your definition of treasure, of course. Wouldn't it still b

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