saulpw

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1. 421.▲
   by saulpw 1y ago

   Satoshi = intelligent
2. 422.▲
   by saulpw 1y ago

   Because hardware never breaks, especially not on galactic timescales, and without resources to perpetually replace failing components.
3. 423.▲
   by saulpw 1y ago

   You can trust machines. You can't trust computers.
4. 424.▲
   by saulpw 1y ago

   I agree with paper ballots, completely. But requiring voting to be in-person: how do you deal with citizens who are homebound, traveling, or working? Not literally everyone can get the day off--even if you suggest "shifts", ther
5. 425.▲
   by saulpw 1y ago

   There are many Americans that can't or won't download a "USA app". Owning a smartphone must not be a requirement for participating in democracy. And if all you want is political polling, every elected representative doe
6. 426.▲
   by saulpw 1y ago

   I'm glad the sentence structure is pleasing to your logical brain. As a counterpoint, my family has generational trauma from decades of economic stress and that cliche feels minimizing to me.
7. 427.▲
   by saulpw 1y ago

   "unhappiness" is quite minimizing of trauma, burnout, and suicide. It's like saying "losing a child can create unhappiness".
8. 428.▲
   by saulpw 1y ago

   We are heading for a period of a not-fully-connected internet. Already people are cutting off China and Russia from their sites because their bot traffic is either overwhelming or malignant.
9. 429.▲
   by saulpw 1y ago

   A bit of trivia: Garbage Pail Kids were created by Art Spiegelman, who later won the Special Pulitzer for his fantastic graphic novel "Maus" about his family's experience during the Holocaust.
10. 430.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    It means that no one cares about the creations except in terms of money. If an Oracle building burns down and no one is hurt, I wouldn't shed a single tear. If an artistic graffiti mural adorned its wall, I would be more upset.
11. 431.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    Datacenters aren't built by people, they're built by corporations.
12. 432.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    The end justifies the means, right? Maybe SF should go all Singapore and execute people for pooping on the sidewalk, problem of sidewalk-pooping will soon be solved!
13. 433.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    So cash out, and then what? Buy gold? Hang onto your cash while inflation takes off and dilutes it to nothing?
14. 434.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    Here's my Python library that does the same[0]. And it's incorporated into VisiData so you can view a .csv from within a .zip file over HTTP without downloading the whole .zip file. [0] https://github.com/saulpw&#
15. 435.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    The people who don't have money because you have it and won't spend it. The dragon's hoard is bad for everyone (including the dragon, ultimately).
16. 436.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    And yet the government as a whole has no incentive to take your money beyond the tax laws they pass. Individuals may be corrupt but that's a very different issue. Whereas a for-profit company's explicitly stated goal is to make a
17. 437.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    I've always heard that consumption taxes are regressive because poor people consume 100%+ of their income while rich people consume e.g. 1% of their income.
18. 438.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    When they do, someone like OpenAI comes along and runs the VC enshittification playbook on it.
19. 439.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    Needs to be a semi-log graph then :)
20. 440.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    You Eat Other Animals? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gz9Vj8TMCc
21. 441.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    I'd like this chart but for the past 50 years.
22. 442.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    Inflation? Tariffs?
23. 443.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    I'm not sure that's generally true. However, older people have a track record, and a reliable older person is likely to be more reliable than a younger person without such a track record.
24. 444.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    I also didn't read for pleasure in my 20s and even much of my 30s. Forced reading in high school (of material I didn't enjoy, in quantity, and frequently fell behind on, and felt bad about failing) ruined it for me for about 15 y
25. 445.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    An LLM has no mind! What is your strong theory of mind for an LLM? That it knows the whole internet and can regurgitate it like a mindless zombie?
26. 446.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    So how come you're here reading and commenting on Hacker News? Is this just down-time at work, or maybe you have some interest in computing technology beyond just the paycheck?
27. 447.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    Heartily agree. And also, why is k% even a thing?! 9k% = 90x. JUST SAY 90 TIMES.
28. 448.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    I agree completely, you are not alone! I've heard the argument "if you don't like AI just don't use it" but there is this nagging feeling just as you describe. Like the mere existence of AI as a coding tool has su
29. 449.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    Can't group #2 sell 4% of their holdings, thereby remaining shareholders, and delivering to themselves the tax-advantaged equivalent of a 4% dividend?
30. 450.▲
    by saulpw 1y ago

    I think it's possible but highly unlikely, given all the previous iterations of technology we've seen people come to trust despite its limitations.