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931.
by tim333 7mo ago
I think a lot of people in the know assume it's Szabo but are happy to let the waters be muddy to give some privacy.
932.
by tim333 7mo ago
It's a messy situation but it basically kicked off when the Iranian people had mass protests and the government started shooting them whereupon Trump tweeted “Iranian Patriots, keep protesting – take over your institutions!!! … help is
933.
by tim333 7mo ago
Flagging Trump threads could also be people who don't like Trump.
934.
by tim333 7mo ago
There's always being naughty and downloading pirated ebooks.
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by tim333 7mo ago
I think the Chinese interests is a coincidence. Trump behaves very much like Putin has something on him and Orban is Putin's main asset in the EU. That said the general chaos of Russia vs the west and US against Iran makes China relati
936.
by tim333 7mo ago
They were both pretty smart in certain ways. Altman's very good at being manipulative and raising money though seems so so on the tech. Bankman Fried was smart at crypto and the like but ethically challenged on the don't steal you
937.
by tim333 7mo ago
I don't think anyone does claim they are superhumanly intelligent today in any general way? The question is how they will do in the future.
938.
by tim333 7mo ago
The non-profit still exists and has the for profit as a subsiduary.
939.
by tim333 7mo ago
People do vary even if none are perfect. Demis Hassabis has a pretty good reputation amongst the AI leaders. Altman seems unusually shifty.
940.
by tim333 7mo ago
Altman family has said Annie Altman has mental health challenges, ie. probably a bit nuts, and I don't think supporting Trump proves you are a pedophile.
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by tim333 7mo ago
Googling a little, he was a dem: >Having reportedly voted for Joe Biden in 2020, Musk even voiced his pro-Dems alignment in 2022 when he posted on X, formerly Twitter, that he had “strongly supported Obama for President” in 2007. I think
942.
by tim333 7mo ago
Seems fairly immortal already, the book. It's the author who's having problems.
943.
by tim333 7mo ago
Though if she was complicit she's probably in a good position to expose it now things have changed.
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by tim333 7mo ago
The public thing was > Altman’s ouster, which is effective immediately, follows “a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability
945.
by tim333 7mo ago
Maybe people on the internet like to slag off anyone rich and famous? The only one there seems evidence for is him being less than candid with the board.
946.
by tim333 7mo ago
"Cognitive surrender" seem a bit of a loaded term for trusting the AI. If you stop doing long division by hand and use a calculator is that cognitive surrender or just normal life? And if the calculator has the wrong answer and yo
947.
by tim333 7mo ago
I was trying to figure the country - I think north Africa upside down and Spain https://earth.google.com/web/@3.88879526,-24.75819914,62.068...
948.
by tim333 7mo ago
Scribd are quite annoying. The pitch was "the YouTube for documents" allowing stuff to be posted and shared but they tend to try and get subscription money off you to see anything unlike the likes of YouTube.
949.
by tim333 7mo ago
But people have stopped talking about the Epstein files. Win for the dear leader.
950.
by tim333 7mo ago
American sentiment seems fine with killing invading Russians. I don't think it's a skin color thing that much.
951.
by tim333 7mo ago
The whole thing is impressively disorganised going back to not having a clear objective or plan for the war.
952.
by tim333 7mo ago
Guidelines: >Off-Topic: Most stories about politics, or crime, or sports, or celebrities, unless they're evidence of some interesting new phenomenon. I guess this gets in as interesting new phenomenon?
953.
by tim333 7mo ago
Impressive amount of coverage for rich guy says slightly dumb thing on a podcast. Here's the actual podcast bit for those interested https://youtu.be/qBVe3M2g_SA?t=57 He's asked why not introspective and says >
954.
by tim333 7mo ago
There's quite a good summary of the allegations here https://www.reddit.com/r/startups/comments/1rz15ui/i_will_no... >Pre-written audit conclusions. The "Independent Service Auditor's R
955.
by tim333 7mo ago
The US health system seems to suffer a bit from not trying to do what's best for the patients so you have a huge insurance bureaucracy that bankrupts people and shorter life expectancies that most developed countries. I'm not surp
956.
by tim333 7mo ago
I think this may be the vid https://youtu.be/UjPxDOEdsX8 ?
957.
by tim333 7mo ago
There's something quite therapeutic about that stuff. I spend a while watching Cutting Edge Engineering fixing bits off bulldozers and the like.
958.
by tim333 7mo ago
The people in the article are just trekking around the valleys, not going for the summit. I did a summit attempt a while back and didn't bother with insurance because here wasn't much they could do - helicopters didn't go tha
959.
by tim333 7mo ago
They do charge quite a lot for mountain climbing permits but trekking is mostly just walking from village to village along the usual paths the locals use.
960.
by tim333 7mo ago
There's a big difference between doing a day trip to those altitudes which is normally ok, and sleeping that high which causes problems if not acclimatised.

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