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by ska 2y ago
That’s good to know, but doesn't change my comment substantively.
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by ska 2y ago
This seems to misrepresent the parent. Wasn’t the parent claim that you can’t pay for a seamless version even if you want to? They note that if a paid plugin was to be offered it would work for most ... I don’t know if they got the facts
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by ska 2y ago
> While they don't have the science/maths background that makes Lehrer an obvious win for the HN crowd, True, but they did one on thermodynamics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnbiVw_1FNs
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by ska 2y ago
I think we're saying roughly the same thing. Authenticity is a potential red herring anyway, but essentially something like licensing a track to a mainstream commercial isn't in tension with either how they present their music, o
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by ska 2y ago
Yes, that's close to what I had in mind. I don't think it's even so much that the (popular) artists don't value their authenticity is that it isn't part of the conversation as much because it's not in tension
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by ska 2y ago
> then OpenAI needs to get better lawyers. Part of being a good lawyer is sometimes "well, this didn't work in 1992 (or whatever) but it might fly now. Let's try it, worst case is X". And, as always, the devil is in
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by ska 2y ago
> is considered sort of an anachronism. I'm not sure this is true. It was always the case that these things were contextual and based a lot on how the artist/musician/author presented themselves. The whole idea of &quot
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by ska 2y ago
> And blender technology isn't really advancing at a huge rate That's part of it, but also the vitamix and hamilton beach really have quite different capabilities. For most peoples usage, it doesn't matter much, but the
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by ska 2y ago
This is also the American/bald eagle problem. When people hear their actual cries, they’re often confused.
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by ska 2y ago
Could be some Tesla fatigue too, showing up in these particular numbers.
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by ska 2y ago
> The state of the art, such as it is, could hardly be any worse. That seems highly unlikely to be true.
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by ska 2y ago
1965 according to a quote on his page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare
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by ska 2y ago
There is usually a carrot along with the stick.
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by ska 2y ago
We’re on the same page it sounds like.
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by ska 2y ago
Which is effectively like old school startups when you think of it … relatively low salaries and a bunch of options that may or may not turn to gold in 10 years .
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by ska 2y ago
> Yes, but it's tricky here because often it's upfront. Fair. These sorts of things are usually pretty nuanced. > it was a pretty steep sacrifice for a shot at that carry. I totally get that, but it also seems like the idea
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by ska 2y ago
> hereas you could show me some partial differential equations to solve that I haven’t touched in 10 years and that somehow comes back quicker. The HCI (human calculation interface) for calculus has been lovingly polished for many, many
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by ska 2y ago
> On top of that comes often quite substantial requirements to buy into the fund for at least senior staff This is a clearly beneficial requirement, but your point is fair about it leading to 'on-paper' comp looking high. But
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by ska 2y ago
Another driver for medicine is the need (sometimes) to avoid miscommunication in noisy and fast-paced scenarios (think emergency response, operating rooms when things aren't going well). So along with avoiding colloquial language, the
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by ska 2y ago
I think hypothetical/magic micropayments that just work(TM) actually solve lots of problems. The problem is with the “realistic” part, which is why it always comes up.
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by ska 2y ago
I think the context of “should” matters quite a bit here. For example the claim that everyone should have free access as if by right is quite different than the claim that as the producer of said software this is your best bet.
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by ska 2y ago
Yes, it’s that cancer. Median survival is a little over a year iirc. Often treatment focus is on quality of life issues, because they are often found due to physical deficits.
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by ska 2y ago
Unfortunately the choice is often between an underfunded internal system that doesn't do everything you want and everyone complains about, or an expensive 3rd party rollout that doesn't do everything you want and everyone complain
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by ska 2y ago
Is it though? I've asked a few uber/taxi drivers and they all have sort of laughed at the idea. Not a scientific sample of course. And there are clearly politics being played on all sides of the issue.
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by ska 2y ago
The thing I linked to is corporate tax credits, fwiw.
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by ska 2y ago
> because driverless cars will eventually eliminate the jobs of thousands of drivers. This isn’t really plausible in a time frame usually relevant to electoral politics. Safety issues are real today. You can argue the risks aren’t too e
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by ska 2y ago
Sometimes, definitely. Other times it’s obstructionist.
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by ska 2y ago
For example these tax credits : https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/scientific-... are amazing.
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by ska 2y ago
For final exams, we use to mark across all sections of a course (so for 101 type courses, this can be hundreds to 1000s of papers). Get all the profs and TA's together, break in to groups taking one problem or set of problems. Then y
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by ska 2y ago
You both have a point. Hacker culture was well established by the 70s, so still a decade before Dennett's earlier works. I do think its true that some of his work has resonated with many people who also resonate with "hacker c

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