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   by wand3r 3y ago

   a free and open internet.
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   by wand3r 3y ago

   Ok, thanks, I too was looking for this answer. What is the logic in voluntarily shutting down? Simply to preempt a ruling that would bar them from operating? Additionally, it would help stop the potential for action against Brazilian indivi
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   by wand3r 3y ago

   There is a full court press against Elon. Not that it is all undeserved but I'm so sick of hearing about it. Every other day the media or the government has some fine or hit piece on him or his companies. Just read Brendan Carr's
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   by wand3r 3y ago

   I am definitely in the minority here. I want a touch screen and I want control. I did (and do) love the VW tactical knobs in my VW Golf, but the Mazda knob is horrific for me. I want dumb TVs that I can control in my house. I want dumb scre
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   by wand3r 3y ago

   > The DSA imposes new rules on content moderation, user privacy and transparency. Any firm found in breach faces a fine worth up to 6% of its global turnover. The EU has been rent seeking on FAANG and US tech for a decade. They want cont
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   by wand3r 3y ago

   Im not parent. I have not yet come to a conclusion on risk but it is hard to imagine what can really be done about AI proliferation that isn't draconian and problematic for society. IF AI was 100% going to be catastrophic and everyone
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   by wand3r 3y ago

   Thanks for the detailed info!
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   by wand3r 3y ago

   Wow, is this really the case? They could go build a novel reactor without any regulatory oversight? I guess I'll look into this but honestly doesn't seem like it would be true for the US
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   by wand3r 3y ago

   Honest question: How much of this is engineering and how much is regulation? Everyone overestimated development cycles but if there was 0 regulation and we lived in Ayn Rands' wet dream, do you think they could be close to delivering,
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I'm not so sure. Whether this article is good or not is a moot point. Hasbro is publicly traded so there is verifiable information about the company available. As others have pointed out, we can see them rapidly selling off assets and
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    Sure but he has a university degree in engineering and was a titled hardware engineer for 9 years. To me, it's kind of like not being able to call yourself a network engineer or sysadmin because your CompTIA certificate expired.
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I'm not sure I'd base the nomenclature of society around whether or not The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C can win a lower court legal argument. It's also quite absurd in America where Sam Altm
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I hate Google a lot but I am really not a fan of Europe and Canada's rent seeking bullshit either. They pretend to fight for the people or privacy or something else, etc but really they just want a percentage of Google (or Apple or Msf
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I know this is satire, but this is effectively how lobbying in America is really done.
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    This is why I download fitgirl repacks. I bought an eBook 10 years ago and it disappeared. Moral, Legal or not, I personally favor consistency and predictability.
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    A few observations: The US has the laws and infrastructure that make starting a company easy like LLCs/Incs, equity agreements & tax advantages, weak labor laws, cloud compute, accounting styles, VC money, etc. On top of that you a
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I totally agree in general but usually early stage tech companies have decent boards. Usually because it is investors representing their interests. Also, in a nascent tech sector you usually have at least the appearance of strong reputation
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    obviously the situation is stupid, but what could really be dug up in diligence? The pool of people who could run this company all have highly public track records and reputations, they are well known to the hiring team and certainly to the
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    Leaving aside much of the other craziness: Who did the board expect would replace him? Did they expect to install Ilya and he bailed last minute? How could you possibly be calling around on a weekend trying to recruit a CEO? Everyone is kno
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    My favorite take from another HN comment, sadly I didnt save the UN for attribution: > Since this whole saga is so unbelievable: what if... board member Tasha McCauley's husband Joseph Gordon-Levitt orchestrated the whole board coup
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    It pays to be skeptical but this was a super unique situation with cofounders with different goals and a very unique (absurd?) structure. Wikipedia and Wikimedia worked. Lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I never use quora so I personally just found out from your comment[1] that you can bypass login. Helpful if I need Quora. [0] Arrays start at 0 [1] It encouraged me to google it: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions&#x2F
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    Yeah, an interesting point was brought up by David Sacks on the All In Podcast. While technically Altman has (reportedly) no shares in OpenAI he has significant shares/control in the weird entity the profits go. So technically he has k
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    What do you mean by secret search engine?
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I think because there is an overlap between tech and streamers, and also because tech employees are well paid, this philosophy comes up a lot. However, these companies are scum and of course low level employees aren't accruing any of t
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I almost commented this earlier. Wtf is going on in the papergoods space. Papertowel packages literally say 4=12 rolls. Baffling
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I am convinced blockchain wouldve produced a techno utopia akin to the birth of the internet. Unfortunately, it had the exact opposite dynamic of typical companies in that founders instantly became liquid millionaires without ever building
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    > GPS accuracy on cell phones just isn’t good enough. Is this true? Not good enough for what? They say further down that gaming and rideshare companies are showing interest. So is that their customers? Embedding their technology into app
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I'm being flippant but I stand by my point. I think your line of thinking is what leads to things like the DSA in Europe. Laws already exist so when you say "bad people" who are you referring to? People breaking laws but they
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    by wand3r 3y ago

    I was personally affected and have a very nuanced thoughts about this and policy generally. However, they are not outside the spirit of what I said above? Purdue did run afoul of FDA guidelines. Regardless, US drug policy is very broken.