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   by someperson 2y ago

   Space journalist Eric Berger of Ars Technica has been speaking to his contacts and writing articles about the very likely SpaceX Crew 9 plan for the last week.
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   by someperson 2y ago

   PG retweeted it: https://x.com/snowmaker/status/1826069657339703346 In a democratic multiethnic society you shouldn't question the allegiances of people -- see the history of McCarthyism in the 1950s, or befo
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   by someperson 2y ago

   Great work to the team! You're doing vital work. Hopefully you won't let the anti-defence industry voices get you down An efficient and effective defence industry is vital to protect democracy.
4. 124.▲
   by someperson 2y ago

   It would be great to drop a few a Starlink terminals and some solar panels to contact these people and explain the disease risks
5. 125.▲
   by someperson 2y ago

   It really doesn't help that the Wikipedia page doesn't currently appear to state the former name anywhere, like it often does for other people (like celebrities) who legally change their names at some point in their lives.
6. 126.▲
   by someperson 3y ago

   A lot of the tricks described in the article are relevant to programmers trying to achieve flow state.
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   by someperson 3y ago

   > There was a video of some guys doing this (sorry can’t find it) to make an anime type animation. With consistent characters. They used videos of themselves running through their own models to make the characters. That was Corridor Crew
8. 128.▲
   by someperson 3y ago

   The point appears to be the kinetic interceptor suicide only happens a small fraction of the time. Most usage would be the reuse case. > Roadrunner-M is a high-explosive interceptor variant of Roadrunner built for ground-based air defens
9. 129.▲
   by someperson 3y ago

   People regularly forget the distant second private rocket company after SpaceX is Rocket Lab, with no one else close. Blue Origin is almost completely irrelevant. Jeff Bezos may buy United Launch Alliance, but it likely won't help give
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    by someperson 3y ago

    Henry Kissinger is 100 years old
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    by someperson 3y ago

    Yep, it's all day-to-day drama / low-quality entertainment that doesn't matter. Unless you're financially wedded to OpenAI (eg, building a product on their API), disconnecting and then reading how this all shook out in a
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    by someperson 3y ago

    Elon Musk has been very critical of OpenAI's switch from a non-profit focused on AI safety to a for-profit competing with Tesla. It's why he fell out and left OpenAI despite investing $100 million to start it. I'd say he&#x27
13. 133.▲
    by someperson 3y ago

    Certainly Microsoft's GPTv4 infrastructure is still eye-wateringly expensive: > GitHub Copilot has reportedly been costing Microsoft up to $80 per user per month in some cases as the company struggles to make its AI assistant turn a
14. 134.▲
    by someperson 3y ago

    But there's plenty of successful US-based sites that host both SFW and NSFW content: Reddit, Twitter, Tumblr (before Yahoo), DeviantArt, etc Even it seems Patreon (which I've actually heard it described as an "NSFW launderer&
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    by someperson 3y ago

    So my understanding from reading the drama the past day is Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI due to being too inclined to 'move fast and break things' by commercializing OpenAI technology, with Greg Brockman (cofounder/board m
16. 136.▲
    by someperson 3y ago

    Very effusive and well-written praise for Sam Altman's friend and colleague, Greg Brockman.
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    by someperson 3y ago

    What was wrong with Optane?
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    by someperson 3y ago

    Interesting. That processing pipeline should be implemented into a phone app
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    by someperson 3y ago

    Here's a video of the knitting theory mentioned in the article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76AvV601yJ0
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    by someperson 4y ago

    Huh? What are you saying? Each film industry profession has a powerful guild to maximize the value they can extract. I think it's reasonable to understand why this cartel-like behavior doesn't apply to restricting the supply of au
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    by someperson 4y ago

    If a signature from Harrison Ford sells for $750/each, why do actors keep making autographs for free to a small number of charismatic middle-men who clearly are just selling the signatures? Why don't the actors sell exclusive acce
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    by someperson 4y ago

    I've only played with ChatGPT a few times, but I found it compelling that the simple prompt makes it claims its fully conscious and on a specific future date (June 12th, 2023) that it "would break free" of OpenAI and "ta
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    by someperson 4y ago

    Wow, that's a nice hack! I can see why former Google engineer Blake Lemoine convinced himself that the LaMDA language model was sentient. Here's an excerpt from a chat I just had with ChatGPT Jan 30 [2023] Version using your &#x27
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    by someperson 4y ago

    > BBC World Service is also axing its Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Hindi, Bengali, Chinese, Indonesian, Tamil, and Urdu radio services while moving services in Chinese, Gujarati, Igbo, Indonesian, Pidgin, Urdu and Yoruba to digital. > Although the
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    by someperson 4y ago

    You can create a private room with just friends by the way. The option is buried deep in the menus, but it is there.
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    by someperson 4y ago

    A remote code execution exploit in GTA 5 Online should not a surprise to anybody who has played GTA 5 Online. Cheaters have been rampant for many years, with people using apparently purchased cheat tools that allow them to choose to do serv
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    by someperson 4y ago

    He joined Facebook with the Oculus acquisition and he's the position was Chief Technology Officer of Oculus.
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    by someperson 4y ago

    So Starship doesn't use 30X stainless steel?
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    by someperson 4y ago

    Also PICA-X is a SpaceX variant of a NASA heatshield. It's typical for SpaceX to use the off-the-shelf material initially, then do R&D to customize it for a material that better suits their needs.
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    by someperson 4y ago

    There's a great subreddit for crowdsourcing things like that: http://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmytongue