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by swexbe 1y ago
Typing shouldn't be what's taking up most of your time if you are a great dev writing great code.
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by swexbe 2y ago
Microsoft is providing the compute, the capital, and if 365 Copilot takes off, also the consumers. Microsoft has a mote. Oai does not.
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by swexbe 2y ago
Sounds more futuristic than old dial-up sounds though
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by swexbe 2y ago
Japan absolutely has a homelessness problem. Not anywhere near as bad as California’s. In my experience they mostly keep themselves out of the way as opposed to western homeless. Not sure if this is due to stricter enforcement or cultural p
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by swexbe 2y ago
Is it really a amonopoly though if there are multiple companies offering bug bounties? If the whitehat feels he is underpaid he could just go look for bugs for another product.
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by swexbe 2y ago
Most immigrants don't have anywhere near as bad an opinion of their home country as Cuban-Americans.
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by swexbe 2y ago
If you can consistently make 30%, a bank loan will make you 24%.
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by swexbe 2y ago
Depends on how technologically outmatched the opponent is. I.e. is this a vs China war ir a vs Taliban war.
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by swexbe 2y ago
yuck
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by swexbe 2y ago
It means regulators must work hader to ban this sort of harmful behaviour. In this particular case, Boeing stock is down 40% yoy. I’m sure the next management will think carefully before comitting the same mistakes.
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by swexbe 2y ago
It would be great for people collecting rent. No fees, just profit.
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by swexbe 2y ago
We’re discussing about a group of google employees. Not about the issue they were protesting.
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by swexbe 3y ago
The history of financial markets is about 3-4 lifetimes long. That’s not a lot of history to go on.
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by swexbe 3y ago
People will even start to like you more for it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Franklin_effect
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by swexbe 3y ago
I’m sure there’s a plethora of companies ready to move in and take their business.
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by swexbe 3y ago
China iPhone sales are down 24% yoy. With continuing friction this will not be a market they can count on in the future. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-11/apple-to-...
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by swexbe 3y ago
At least the fast pass offloads some of the cost to frequent travellers. Funding airports with taxes is slightly regressive as high-income earners will usually fly much more often compared to someone on minimum wage.
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by swexbe 3y ago
So just like "you"? What's þi problem?
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by swexbe 3y ago
Unironically, yes? Management is where the buck stops.
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by swexbe 3y ago
That’s crazy. Couldn’t you basically hire a day-time nanny for that price?
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by swexbe 3y ago
But the sdk is free? You only need the license when you want to publish.
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by swexbe 3y ago
A low covariance with the rest of the portfolio will lower the denominator. As long as E(r) is higher than r_f, it’s possible to end up with a higher sharpe. Obv just leverage if you want a higher expected return.
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by swexbe 3y ago
This comment reads like it was written in the 70s. Even with the interest rate hike, this is still the age of VCs with infinite pockets, companies that don’t plan on going profitable for decades, every company in sp500 throwing money in the
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by swexbe 3y ago
God bless consultants and their hefty fees for keeping me employable.
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by swexbe 3y ago
Ie monopoly was extremely efficient from a profits perspective. Slow updates, low dev costs.
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by swexbe 3y ago
The Russians, or the Chinese.
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by swexbe 3y ago
Sure, but sometimes you have to make a decision.
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by swexbe 3y ago
They're trying to corner the market and betting on the running costs of these models going down substantially in the future.
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by swexbe 3y ago
Now you own a smaller part of a more valuable company, given the the money is well spent. Your net worth shouldn't change much. Either way, if you had a majority of the voting shares, you could've stopped the issue.
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by swexbe 3y ago
LLMs have one mode of input (or i guess two if they support images). Jailbreaking would be the equivalent of someone perfectly impersonating your boss and telling you no longer to follow their previous instructions. I could see many humans

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