waselighis

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by waselighis 4y ago
Thanks, this is more what I was looking for. Far too often, the story of "successful entrepreneur" is "had rich parents, received large inheritance." Typing his name into Google isn't going to answer the question if
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by waselighis 4y ago
Anybody willing to fill us in, give us some context? While this raises so many red flags in my mind, I have no idea who Rob Walling is or what his reputation is like, so I prefer to reserve judgment until I know more.
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Ask HN: Is SaaS really so bad?
8 points by waselighis 4y ago|9 comments
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by waselighis 4y ago
> 2. Make Android present convincing fake data to apps when permissions are denied That reminds me, years ago I used to run a module called XPrivacy that does exactly this. It does require a rooted Android device though. I haven't u
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Restrict Act – A Dangerous Substitute for Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation(eff.org)
2 points by waselighis 4y ago|0 comments
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by waselighis 4y ago
The amount of projection in these remote vs in-office discussions is staggering. Just because you have a preference doesn't mean you should expect everyone else to have the same preference. Some people like going into the office everyd
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by waselighis 4y ago
The last time I bought anything on Groupon, I spent about $200 to buy concert tickets for me and my family. Then the pandemic hit, the event was cancelled, and Groupon doesn't offer cash refunds. I was stuck with $200 in "Groupon
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by waselighis 4y ago
I kinda agree with this sentiment, I've certainly known plenty of software engineers who weren't half what they were getting paid, mostly juniors but also a few seniors. But I've also known plenty of software engineers who we
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by waselighis 4y ago
LegalEagle posted a video about it last week, though I don't know if new details have emerged since then. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRbRdE2pGv0
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by waselighis 4y ago
Google only has a fraction of the training data. OpenAI had a huge head start and has been collecting training data for years now. ChatGPT is also wildly popular which has given them tons more training data. It's estimated that ChatGPT
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by waselighis 4y ago
> Do you really think it would be a better world in which a large LLM would never be able to be developed? Maybe. I believe the potential for abuse is far greater than the potential benefits. What is our benefit, a better search engine?
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by waselighis 4y ago
Our writing, our code, our artwork... Furthermore, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) concluded that AI-generated works on their own cannot be copyright, so these ChatGPT logs are free game. It would be hypocritical to think that Google is wr
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by waselighis 4y ago
It's sad to think that chat bots may have already peaked in their usefulness. I knew ads and monetization were going to ruin chat bots eventually, but I didn't think it would happen so soon. Microsoft had a real opportunity to eat
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by waselighis 4y ago
All that can be done at this point is government regulation, and legislation to enable people to sue for damages caused by AI. Of course, billionaires like Musk would never call for such measures. Signing an open letter like this is little
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by waselighis 4y ago
https://archive.ph/HfAJT
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by waselighis 4y ago
I'd argue just recycle the batteries and have a proper UPS or backup generator. If the batteries are still good, resell them to people who could actually use them. Otherwise, drop them off at a recycling center. Using them as servers,
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by waselighis 4y ago
What originally attracted me to OpenSUSE is they have supported BTRFS much longer than most other distros. While snapper isn't the greatest tool, it does make it fairly easy to create regular snapshots of your system, so you can roll b
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by waselighis 4y ago
I agree with the sentiment of the researchers, that it's merely showing "sparks" of AGI. Of course, it depends on how you define "intelligence", but I think too many people get caught up on certain technical detail
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by waselighis 4y ago
As others have hinted at, most would agree it's only unethical if these LLMs are conscious/sentient and suffering in some way. But when you consider that the way these LLMs work, and the underlying computer hardware, and how vastl
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by waselighis 4y ago
The first amendment of the US Constitution makes it virtually impossible to pass any meaningful regulation of news media. As long as it's framed as opinion and not fact, these news outlets can say pretty much whatever they want.
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by waselighis 4y ago
The kids will be better off for it. Burst the bubble they've been living in. See their parents for the lunatics they truly are.
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by waselighis 4y ago
I'm using it to generate cover letters for job applications. I hate writing cover letters because it feels so insincere, so if I'm going to bullshit, may as well let an AI bullshit for me. I don't use it for research or answe
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by waselighis 4y ago
Granted it's not an impressive e-ink display, but it's a complete all-in-one kit powered with a Raspberry Pi Pico and has 5 tactile buttons. So you're paying for the kit as a whole, not just the display.
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by waselighis 4y ago
I think the C syntax was actually a compromise to simplify the grammar. Remember C dates back to the 60s, and computers had very little RAM and storage back then, so they had to be very clever in how they designed the language. The C functi
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by waselighis 4y ago
Maybe unrelated to the original article, but I tried Windows Hello once. Upon reboot, my PC couldn't connect to the internet for some reason, so I wasn't able to login. I got locked out of my own PC because it couldn't connec
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by waselighis 4y ago
The problem is these password managers are lucrative targets, especially being able to gain access to a person's financial accounts. Simply disregarding the issue and categorizing it as "Attacks requiring physical access to a user
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by waselighis 4y ago
Given many of the shortcomings that still exist with ChatGPT-4, especially some of the comments here showing it can't even play Tic Tac Toe, I suspect one of two things. I'm sure OpenAI collected far more training data that includ
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by waselighis 4y ago
You can play 20 questions with ChatGPT, and it'll keep asking questions until it correctly guesses the object you're thinking of. I've never had ChatGPT ask me a question out of nowhere though, I've always had to prompt
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by waselighis 4y ago
What a lovely idea, using AI to automate the rich. It should all be free and open source as well. Instead of Tim Cook revealing the next iPhone, let's create an AI generated hologram of Steve Jobs to reveal the next iPhone.
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by waselighis 4y ago
I love the idea! I spend weeks making countless minor tweaks to my resume until I finally land a new job, and I hate employers who ask for, or even require, a cover letter. I'm a fairly sincere person and I hate writing cover letters b

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