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by v4dok 4y ago
The amount of those existing today would suggest "a lot".
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by v4dok 4y ago
I don't think modern big language models are conscious, mainly because they fail in absurd ways. But TBH, they don't need to. This "golden path" deployed properly etc could easily automate a lot of jobs tomorrow.
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by v4dok 4y ago
I find hard to believe that the ruling class in Europe thinks Pax Americana is over since Iraq. Especially considering how spineless they are in geopolitics terms. I(have) to believe that they still dream about americans coming to the rescu
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by v4dok 4y ago
On my side I think its inevitable. The only question is "when", my 2c on why "inevitable" and some thoughts on where we are. Inevitable because thats history. Pax Americana has effectively come to an end with the Taliban
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by v4dok 4y ago
My mother used to read a lot of books when I was young so I picked it up as a hobby. I have to say that after the internet came into my life, reading books has become much harder. The effort is much bigger because my brain was wired to fast
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by v4dok 4y ago
I mainly wear grayscale and maybe some beige. I like grayscale cars and appliances. Why? Simply because it's easier on the eye. I grew up in a colour overload and I'm very glad things become more neutral. I'm able to apprecia
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by v4dok 4y ago
I find this quite troubling security-wise. There is no transparency around the implementation. Is it cloud based service? Is item managed locally by the Greek government? Who undertook the project, what are the measures they took for avoidi
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by v4dok 4y ago
IMO this is the normal lifecycle of any social media. I would even argue that advertising just a part of it. Kids think its cool and use it -> Slightly older generation enters because its cool with the kids -> even older generation en
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by v4dok 4y ago
Sometimes the need to "win" an argument can come second. The story here is about corporate greed. I can easily imagine a team meeting where someone brought up the research and people knew it might hurt sales even if it turns out t
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by v4dok 4y ago
I appreciate your scepticism. I would probably do the same. Unfortunately I can't provide more information because its second-hand story and I just trust this person. Hence I did not verify everything they said. I do not know what kind
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by v4dok 4y ago
Wait, did you describe what Google is currently?
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by v4dok 4y ago
1. I don't win anything by accusing a conglomerate with names on the internet. I don't mind being downvoted "to oblivion". I think I haven't because anyone interacting with such organisations imagines that this is n
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by v4dok 4y ago
There was once a research group in a university that found a specific diet helping/curing crohn's. However a food/health conglomerate with a product in the market for the disease paid the professor to shelf the research and i
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by v4dok 4y ago
IMO, you severely underestimate how difficult wars are now. Russia has not even general mobilization active, Moscow is running "business as usual" (AFAIK). Taking any "modern" military completely out is a guaranteed war
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by v4dok 4y ago
Funding a war is not fighting a war. Germany cannot fight a war now, thats why they "rearm".
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by v4dok 4y ago
I don't know why you disagree with me. Thats exactly my point. Whole EU got dragged into a long war by US, that could have been avoided if EU had any real strength behind it. Whole EU is at fault for being sleepy, thinking that US prot
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by v4dok 4y ago
I can't help having a bit of freudenschade. The mighty Germans F it up. They didn't want to break eggs with Turkey and get advantage of the SE Med gas reserves. They didn't like nuclear after bashing it for so long. And of co
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by v4dok 4y ago
Instead they got hush money to keep rotting away their industrial base and make sure that the best thing they have is German products consumers. I am forever angry at German "high politics", how did they think this is going to tur
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by v4dok 4y ago
I rememember in an econ book that we think that exports have the "world" to serve. But in reality most countries trade the most with those closest to them. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case for the majority of EU c
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by v4dok 4y ago
Respectfully disagree. The line is not arbitrary. Turkey is the beginning of Asia geographically, culturally and historically. Hagia Sophia is not Turkish-made (obviously).They have an offensive military dogma towards all their neighbors an
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by v4dok 5y ago
Yes, because if you don't solve all the privacy problems at once, don't do anything at all /s
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by v4dok 5y ago
Privacy is not a 'hygiene' need. People will never choose privacy over satisfying a (big enough) need. However, privacy-conscious people will always choose the private option between two identical services. They might even accept
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by v4dok 6y ago
- From SouthEast europe, but Germany is also in bed with Turkey so they don't want to touch that side of EU either. It is painfully apparent how strategically inadequate Germany is in leading anything except its exports.
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by v4dok 6y ago
News made their money through ads. Now no one buys ad real estate on newspapers so they have to serve google adds on their websites which is a fraction of the income they would get. Google is eating up the lunch of news, so news have to fin
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Ask HN: What do you read to stay up to date with economics?
2 points by v4dok 6y ago|2 comments
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by v4dok 6y ago
The problem were the expectations. CDPR built such high expectations from the game that it was ridiculous. And they were in high-estee, W3 was amazing so people thought that such a gamer-centric company will keep their word. Of course every
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by v4dok 6y ago
Somehow I see sources claiming that ad tech is not working as we thought; increasingly often. Honestly it makes intuitive sense.. All this predictive things and still I get pretty dumb ads based purely on my search context.
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by v4dok 6y ago
It does, but that doesn't mean that the masses will be able to afford it. Its like you've never seen a cyberpunk dystopia scenario. Honestly, this is I think for now our default.
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by v4dok 6y ago
Well, I think the hate of this idea should in general be more present in the past 20+ years of ever increasing corporation power in Politics.
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by v4dok 6y ago
The EU(Germany)is so preoccupied with its economic ties with Turkey to understand that it's losing its strategic depth because of its inaction against it. Right now, Turkey is at war with almost all its neighbors, it's crazy that

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