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by somethoughts 2y ago
"There's many factors that make Europe less competitive than the US: small fractured markets" This first one seems the largest hurdle w.r.t. startups. If you are a startup founder of say a ride hailing app - the total addres
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by somethoughts 2y ago
It'd be great to see some comparisons to other fields/industries versus just looking at computer science in a vacuum. It's quite possible there has been a slow down in tech hiring from the mid 2010's with multiple offers
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by somethoughts 2y ago
I'm a luddite when it comes to generative AI models but to me it seems like the primary use case for training OpenAI on Reddit posts would be if you wanted to be able to create a more realistic genAI bot to post on Reddit for some reas
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by somethoughts 2y ago
In all seriousness (although half joking) - these days it seems perhaps the best way to get people not to do something is to make them think that some "Big" corporate monopoly - with an army of lobbyists - want to sucker them into
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by somethoughts 2y ago
The one that concerns me personally is the whole wastewater recycling directly to drinkable tap water. Between micro-plastics from washing machines to medicine disposal, the long term unknowns to human health seem to be significant, not to
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by somethoughts 2y ago
To be honest - it actually seems like a risky Private Equity play as I bet the $65000 sticker price is due to the fact that Medicare is footing the bill. Medicare is likely what is requiring a regulation grade wheel chair, not the users th
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by somethoughts 2y ago
Would be curious to get people's input - Assuming you were a candidate with a decent resume but no significant public Github activity, would it be an interesting alternative to a take home assessment or in person white board coding ses
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by somethoughts 2y ago
Not sure about the validity of the source but it does suggest that second hand smoke could be related. "What’s behind this rise in lung cancer in women who have never smoked compared with men, and particularly in Asian American women?
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by somethoughts 3y ago
A plus of this law would be if this would force social media sites to stop locking down read access behind a sign up wall. I think the barrier to entry with creating a new account on each site right now is low when no ID is required - so so
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by somethoughts 3y ago
"unload boosted goods at a swap meet, or at a store where illicit items are “washed” by commingling them with legitimate ones. Pilfered commodities often wind up online." I do feel like one way to at least prevent resale would be
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by somethoughts 3y ago
Going forward - I think it's important to not just categorically say all self driving cars are safer than human drivers. It's probably better to say I feel safer around Waymo and <insert other trusted company> self driving
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From a game theory perspective, Sundar's approach is actually probably the safest approach. If they didn't add the "over the top" diversity and inclusion filter, Gemini would probably not be given a second chance if the
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by somethoughts 3y ago
Agree - I do think that part of the bureaucracy is due to the fact that any new consumer facing product from a FAANG is going to be relentlessly challenged adversarially by every social media tech-influencer as in this case. And no product
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by somethoughts 3y ago
I think the biggest strategic oversight that Google leadership has made is not learning from Microsoft's Tay fiasco. What Google should have done is setup an entirely separate startup (or startups) similar to the approach Microsoft has
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by somethoughts 3y ago
This is about temporarily allowing companies such as TSMC to bring in their specialized fab building construction companies to get these mega projects built on time instead of insisting on fully local non-specialized labor. I think the key
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by somethoughts 3y ago
What states in the US should do is create a special economic zone where foreign companies can have have more freedoms with respect to labor relations initially. Then slowly convert those special economic zone into a normal commercial zone o
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by somethoughts 3y ago
Would be curious to hear more as I'm not sure I quite understand. I think the proposal seems like a more conventional proposal which seeks to maximize classical measures like overall global economic productivity and ignores the genera
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by somethoughts 3y ago
Tangentially (and as an armchair/hobby economist), I've always wondered if the proper way to do a protectionist import tariff would be to collect the import duties and instead of just putting it into the general fund - either: 1.)
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by somethoughts 3y ago
Agree that there is probably room for improvement to such a process and still a great amount of subjectivity required and a presumption of good faith participants who aren't actively gaming the numbers. In general though even if some d
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by somethoughts 3y ago
One approach to showing value is as follows: 1.) Create a spreadsheet with all of the features of your group's/company's products(s) listed in rows. 2.) Create a column for every team member in the group and highlight the lea
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by somethoughts 3y ago
At this point Apple should release an phone which has an M2 chip and runs full blown OSX but with a phone sized form factor. Then just port a phone app and have some touch enabled features for developers to design a UX for phone sized scre
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by somethoughts 3y ago
Also a slide deck/presentation that seems related by Akouos - the original biotech company that Eli Lilly acquired. https://akouos.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021_0503_ASGC...
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by somethoughts 3y ago
This could be of interest if it has to be 3D. I haven't tried it myself but Code Combat generally has a series of "wizard style" tutorials. https://codecombat.com/roblox If he's ok starting with the bas
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by somethoughts 3y ago
I found this insightful: Why Louisiana Stays Poor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWTic9btP38 Definitely sounds very similar to CPG's "Rules for Ruler" video where he provides a description of rulers ruling i
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by somethoughts 3y ago
Agreed - and it is that backdrop of growing nationalism where it might actually be beneficial to have a small subsegment of the population in every country which shares a common, unifying belief in the design perfection of a global hipster
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The two comments/critiques I would have on the article are: - Having a shared global design aesthetic also means there are likely open communication channels through which a shared global understanding might be achieved. If the citize
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by somethoughts 3y ago
It is curious as to why Fidelity is owning X shares. Is this on behalf of some sort of Fidelity mutual fund that invests in private companies? Or is some sort of alternative investment fund targeted at accredited investors only? Or do the
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by somethoughts 3y ago
It'd be interesting if some of the funds from the sale will be used for AI software development to provide a better coordinated response to CUDA.
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by somethoughts 3y ago
The two scenarios that concern me long term are: - What happens when all of the infrastructure gets built up around self driving cars and peoples first hand knowledge of how to drive diminishes. Once a near monopoly/duopoly is attaine
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by somethoughts 3y ago
Nice - that's super meta.

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