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by wand3r 4y ago
> Venezuela - $0.00? It doesn't really expand on this either. It only says they have tons of natural energy resources. So when they say 0, do they just mean average people just dont have to pay?
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by wand3r 4y ago
At first I thought this was a dumb novelty stunt. I guess, I still think it is but at the meta level this is probably what is happening for dozens (hundreds) of companies. Likely people are starting small companies and basically intellectua
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by wand3r 4y ago
I use a dedicated credit card for my subscriptions so I can see exactly what I am paying per month. Subscriptions are pretty annoying but being able to accurately see them is at least something. You can go in and prune things with waning va
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by wand3r 4y ago
Prior to 1968 we lost a nuke on average once every 3 years. Then miraculously after ramping up production not a single one was lost over the next 50...
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by wand3r 4y ago
I understand that but this article[1] claims leaving iCloud messages on somehow allows them to have the key and thus access them. I have checked and I do in fact have iMessage backup checked. So it is likely they could in fact access them c
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Ask HN: Do you think Apple is using iMessage info for advertising?
1 points by wand3r 4y ago|4 comments
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by wand3r 4y ago
wonder if stripe is capable of bidding. Would be strategic for them if they could make this work i bet
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by wand3r 4y ago
I saw this[1] interview with Sam Altman touching on interim AI impact. I really agree with his point that basically detecting output from LLMs is basically going to be futile and only really relevant in the near term. Accuracy is obviously
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by wand3r 4y ago
This Google thing isn't even a web portal. They'll never sort the web like this its a million dollar text box.
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by wand3r 4y ago
I have no idea how OpenAI would look at this, and of course there are similar obstacles here re:copilot vs. gpl, but couldn't they just shut off European access. I think AI would be so important that Europe couldnt afford to not have A
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by wand3r 4y ago
It was in TFA. Unfortunately I can't get past the paywall again. There was a graph that had employee growth. I left out a couple companies but Meta and Google were mid 90's% and SF was something like 104% from 2020-2022. The sourc
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by wand3r 4y ago
> Apple, meanwhile, was more cautious. Its headcount increased just 20% from 2020 to 2022 At Apples size this is still pretty huge. At least, I thought it was until I saw that Amazon, Meta and Salesforce basically DOUBLED in 2 years. If
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by wand3r 4y ago
Yeah, as I mentioned I work in TTS and agree with you. If this is legit it is pretty amazing. Certainly would put them as one of the top providers especially given that they could ramp up voice selection. Also, if they truly are training on
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by wand3r 4y ago
I work in TTS and i just dont believe this. If these really are random text and not trained on literally the copy they are reading, with no correction I would be surprised. Also, our competitors have good voices but they also take ages to p
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by wand3r 4y ago
Eh, I have no love for Github but this is huge bikeshedding. This can apply to so many pieces of a software project that at some point you just aren't even working on a project. Every tool has tradeoffs and based on use github and gitl
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Sam Bankman Fried and Aaron Ross Sorkin Interview about FTX Collapse(youtube.com)
1 points by wand3r 4y ago|0 comments
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by wand3r 4y ago
Not op. I frequently do, all the time. You seem to indicate this is a bad thing. Maybe I misunderstood but its just data. As long as you don't draw huge conclusions with no room to adjust, then in my book its basically par for the cour
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by wand3r 4y ago
This would be a great role for Josh Gad.
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by wand3r 4y ago
I honestly still believe the hype and feel this way about SBF. Call me naive but I think he is a good person. Sometimes good people do really stupid things. Sometimes if you just think about the numbers and financial system you can make you
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Guy trolls media gathered outside TwitterHQ pretnding to b a fired data engineer(old.reddit.com)
7 points by wand3r 4y ago|0 comments
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How not to end up in jail with a felony(old.reddit.com)
19 points by wand3r 4y ago|9 comments
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by wand3r 4y ago
not for me, 403 still
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by wand3r 4y ago
Same
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by wand3r 4y ago
While I personally am appalled by this, I would guess that there will be virtually no repercussions
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by wand3r 4y ago
Yeah, exactly how I felt. They say, “we all know writing a blog is hard, it can take at least an hour” The quality of blogs varies wildly so this makes no sense. Gwern seems to take a long time to write their blog and do research. Sometimes
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by wand3r 4y ago
I use SelfControl App for Mac which adds the sites to your host file for a certain amount of hours. I find it to be very helpful now. Its also annoying to override it so while I could easily do it, usually it makes me delay until the "
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by wand3r 4y ago
I work customer support for my company. Support in my experience is a lot about how you make people feel. Often customers that have had a problem that we fix are the ones that advocate for us the most. They see we are responsive, personable
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by wand3r 4y ago
> Intel said on Thursday that its disappointing report reflected execution issues and dropped its forecast for full-year earnings per share from $2.30 to $3.60. Is this a mistake, e.g. 2.3 < 3.6?
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by wand3r 4y ago
Yeah, I think we agree. The military spending is absurd and also extremely wasteful. However, I don’t think it is “buying votes”. Its more akin to this terrible system where senators pork bills and make trades. Paying people (or forgiving a
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by wand3r 4y ago
The examples you gave are not as direct. This is a direct stimulus that can easily be attributed from the government to an individual. In some cases, as you mentioned, there are political reasons that are also suspect and stupid in my opini

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