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by samuelfekete 1y ago
This is a step towards a constant stream of hyper-personalised AI generated content optimised for max dopamine.
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by samuelfekete 1y ago
It’s still the explanation on NASA.gov https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/UEET/StudentSite/dynamicso...
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by samuelfekete 2y ago
They could just live in the sphere.
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by samuelfekete 3y ago
Does it save the content of open tabs? This is my number one frustration with existing iOS browsers - when I come back to tabs without an internet connection everything is gone.
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by samuelfekete 4y ago
We haven’t automated 10% of what could be automated, especially in tasks that were previously not cost-efficient to automate or that required AI tech to automate.
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by samuelfekete 4y ago
After interrogating ChatGPT about this, it told me that the explicit cut-off date in its pre-prompt is to prevent it from saying things about developing stories, where the facts are not fully known yet.
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by samuelfekete 4y ago
There’s a bias towards coding capabilities amongst testers (and perhaps trainers) of ChatGPT. I bet it has (or can have) a similar level of capability when it comes to chemistry, biology, finance, law, etc. - all human knowledge that is exp
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by samuelfekete 4y ago
Prompt: Elon Musk bought Twitter ChatGPT: As a large language model trained by OpenAI, I'm sorry but the information you provided is not accurate. As of November 30, 2022, Twitter is still a publicly-traded company and is not owned by
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by samuelfekete 4y ago
Since this is a study about the predictability of humans, perhaps “less random” should be defined by how similar or predictable a sequence is based on the dataset of human inputs.
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
> Sit so that the monitor is between the two of you. No. Use two monitors that are mirrored or with screen sharing, so that each person can sit comfortably centred on their own screen.
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
Thanks for posting. For the benefit of people trying it out, here are some important features that are in the pipeline but are not yet available: - Exact phrase searching - Sort and filter by date - A very large index
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
I’m working on a new search engine that will allow you to do that. (It’s still a work-in-progress, but you can try it out here: https://entfer.com/ ).
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
A really intelligent AI would just use a calculator.
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
I think it’s fairly obvious that Meta needs Europe more than Europe needs Meta.
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
Arm pain is not really a nocebo - it’s a side effect of being stabbed in the muscle, which the control group had as well.
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
Q: what’s your name? A: I am the one who knocks. Q: what’s your name? A: My name is Jeff. Q: what’s your name? A: My name is Alice. Sounds more like it’s AskTheInternet, which is where GPT-3 had the bulk of its training.
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
True, but the UX was deemed to complex for the average user. Instead of it being something the user has to manually find in settings and configure, the browser can show an unobtrusive prompt for the user to agree whenever a site tries to st
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
The money raised from these fines should go towards building a browser that handles cookie permissions on the browser side. Every site should get to ask for cookie permissions only once - through the browser - (like with notifications or lo
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
Thanks. Much of it is not yet well defined or still subject to rapid changes (in terms of tech and business model). I definitely want search to be free and open, usable without an account. Perhaps there could be an optional paid membership
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
The index is currently very small, and it will take a few more weeks to get good coverage of the web. I believe Kagi uses Google and Bing behind the scenes, which allows it to be on par with them, but it also ultimately leads to being more
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
Blocking bad sites is just one side of the coin. You should also be able to promote sites that you are more interested in. This is the goal of Entfer (Show HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29799867 ) Entfer wi
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
Entfer is new web search engine that aims to give users more control over the search experience, starting with allowing users to set their own ranking for sites, but also respecting the query terms and parameters defined by the user. Entfer
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Show HN: Entfer – a search engine that lets you control the ranking of sites(entfer.com)
5 points by samuelfekete 5y ago|5 comments
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Now that Facebook is Meta – we need a new acronym for FANG(finance.yahoo.com)
2 points by samuelfekete 5y ago|1 comments
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
People are often prevented from going down a path to success because of the assumption that something is impossible, when if they would actually check they might find a solution that makes it possible. This is true in science, as in Einstei
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by samuelfekete 5y ago
It’s highly unlikely that anything that has an effect will have zero side effects. Perhaps, we just don’t yet know what those side effects will be.
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You Probably Don’t Need Deep Links for App Referrals(medium.com)
1 points by samuelfekete 5y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Best online educational resources for children?
1 points by samuelfekete 7y ago|0 comments
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by samuelfekete 7y ago
People from the UK who have holidays planned in the US would be better of with the UK being included in the ban, because they would then be able to get refunds for their flights etc.
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by samuelfekete 7y ago
After clicking on this link, I now get ads about this report.

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