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by smcl 9mo ago
It sounds like you're really into this and I hope for all of our sakes that you are correct to be all hyped up about AI. Because if you're not and that this is a horrific bubble that is going to burst then we're all in big tr
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by smcl 9mo ago
I am not even clear how Whatsapp "paid off" for Facebook in any sense other than them being able to nip a potential competitor in the bud. I use Whatsapp but do not see a single advert there nor do I pay a single penny for it, and
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by smcl 9mo ago
Uber are doing something entirely different though - they took a market which was proven to exist, created a product which worked then spent a decade being horribly unprofitable until they were the dominant player in that market. And even a
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by smcl 9mo ago
While many people thought Facebook/Google paid too much for these companies, you're making an apples-to-oranges comparison. That part about there being "no path to making money" is wrong - online advertising was a huge i
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by smcl 9mo ago
Don't worry your users will rejoice when you rip them out. I know when Atlassian gets hit by this and has to disable their AI features their products will be a little bit less unresponsive. They'll still suck, but they'll suc
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by smcl 9mo ago
It'll hit all of us, not just the AI "industry"
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by smcl 9mo ago
You can very much see whatever you like if you're a credulous dope
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by smcl 9mo ago
> Venezuela being a narco-state. That is an insane take
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by smcl 9mo ago
It's receiving criticism in the UN because of the horrible crimes it's committing
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by smcl 9mo ago
You're gonna look back on comments like this in about five years and realise that you're an idiot
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by smcl 9mo ago
Fair enough
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by smcl 9mo ago
Jesus I thought it'd be obscure games but I randomly scrolled down and saw Duke Nukem games, a bunch of the F1 series, Jet Set Radio, Lumines, Mafia III, MultiVersus (don't care about this I just remember _so many_ people being pa
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by smcl 9mo ago
I wonder how many times a low-effort "truthy" sounding comment like that is written without someone like you to correct them and to clarify. There's also comments here suggesting UK's privatisation fixed BR that I do n
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by smcl 10mo ago
If you sincerely think X/Twitter is turning anything remotely close to a profit then you are in a tiny minority.
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by smcl 10mo ago
Just as an aside, I always like bumping into one of your contributions on HN and especially so when it's something Scotland-related!
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by smcl 10mo ago
Yeah I reckon that's the only way to be sure
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by smcl 10mo ago
X is losing money everywhere
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by smcl 10mo ago
It's always been a daft novelty thing really
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by smcl 10mo ago
Deep-fried pizza is originally an Italian thing ("pizza fritta") and would have entered Scottish cuisine through the Italian community ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Scots ). It's become its own t
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by smcl 10mo ago
I'm actually from Scotland and grew up in an area that laid claim to their invention - near Stonehaven - around the time they popped up. They're basically a silly novelty equivalent to "deep fried butter" is in the USA b
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by smcl 10mo ago
See this is one of the reasons I struggle to get on board the AI hype train. Any time I've seen some breathless claim about it's capabilities that feels a bit too good to be true, someone with knowledge in the domain takes a close
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by smcl 11mo ago
That’s a common thing from these AI companies - hyping themselves up by claiming to be terrified of their capabilities
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by smcl 11mo ago
You may want to take another look at that list. Proudly declaring you’re only the 16th worst per-capita (already very high!) when ahead of you are tiny places like Pulau, New Caledonia, Gibraltar and Curacao is really quite funny.
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by smcl 1y ago
A lot of HNers are quite puritanical about alcohol and think it cannot ever be enjoyed responsibly, and that anyone who has ever overdone it a bit has a serious problem. As you and others have said, this is maybe a bit much to have over 3 h
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by smcl 1y ago
This is exactly correct. That said, I'm quite surprised how many people struggle to understand how progressive tax bands/brackets work. It maybe doesn't help that the (right wing) media often portray them dishonestly (i.e. cl
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by smcl 1y ago
It is insane how the UK seems hellbent on implementing the things that are shit about the USA
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by smcl 1y ago
Precisely. It’s quite funny how any time this comes up - a person of dubious wealth who claims to be rich being a penny-pincher - people are quick to chime in with something implying they got rich by doing that. It’s like the inverse of the
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by smcl 1y ago
When it comes to people that wealthy, the money they're using for their "good deeds" are the bare minimum they think they need to get you off their case. So when you say "I don't think someone should be a billionair
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by smcl 1y ago
I think you'd do well to re-read my comments because that's not what I'm saying at all. I suspect you're more upset because I've touched a nerve. Because this is something that many Americans (and fellow Brits, I mi
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by smcl 1y ago
This is why the democracy-vs-dictatorship point is not one I think is worth arguing. Because while you can technically vote for president, senate, congress who have some say over that on your behalf, you still don't really decide any

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