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by worik 1mo ago
I am part of the "LLMs are tools" crowd I use nail guns as the analogous tool. Perhaps I know a few carpenters Pushing back against two things: * Inappropriate albeit understandable anthropomorphising of the technology * Misanthro
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Chinese regulators tell Tesla: fix 3M cars(arstechnica.com)
5 points by worik 1mo ago|0 comments
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by worik 1mo ago
No E.g. in Swift the reference counting is automatic a d implicit In C++ it is manual and explicit
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by worik 1mo ago
I really like this, in the world burning, slaughter of the young all around and the economy unbalanced and tettering on the brink... Art. I have a quibble, that does not detract: This is about consuming art, and the appreciation of great a
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by worik 1mo ago
Very interesting reading the comments here from USAnians. You are really hurting, and your system is objectively very bad. Inappropriate application of capitalism. A market failure of epic proportions. Do something about it! You live in a d
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by worik 1mo ago
Really? I have seen none, perhaps in comments downvoted to illegability Can you name some, please?
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by worik 1mo ago
> Am I "ideologically motivated"? I think so. That does not mean you are wrong.
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by worik 1mo ago
>...it makes the revenue numbers the industry has to hit higher... Yes. But. Industry can miss its revenue targets, Oracle can go bankrupt (looking more and more likely) OpenAI, Anthropic and SpaceX might find "true value" at a
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by worik 1mo ago
Very moving story. I would like to know what the causes of drought were I have read the Swiss glaciers are retreating (as they are all over) so less water in the source. What about back in the day?
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Rewriting in Rust(blog.jetbrains.com)
84 points by worik 1mo ago|63 comments
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by worik 1mo ago
Probably.
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by worik 1mo ago
Slave owning misogynistic violent elitists Yea, nah
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by worik 1mo ago
The moral panic is about harm to children, when the harm to everybody is apparent These companies are vulnerable to regulation because they must sell advertising in every market they operate in. We could make them open their algorithms.
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by worik 1mo ago
Forgive my naivety... What are the units? $1.4000 for how many input tokens?
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by worik 1mo ago
I have been following this in English news. It is terribly sad. The University of Cambridge is largely to blame for letting this troubled person dig himself in so deep. His astounding claims were astonishing and easily falsifiable. Journali
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Apple using push notifications to alert customers to spyware attacks(techcrunch.com)
1 points by worik 1mo ago|0 comments
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by worik 2mo ago
A carbon tax would have been a fantastic solution in the 1990s It is too late now. There are no pare to optimal solutions left
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by worik 2mo ago
1. My food does not, why does yours 2. There are many alternatives to fossil diesel 3. The alternatives involved decentralised technology, so is actively opposed by entrenched interests who would burn the world for a dollar
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by worik 2mo ago
The system will not survive another decade burning fossil fuels.
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by worik 2mo ago
> That’s in sharp contrast to Amazon’s commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2040... Liars
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by worik 2mo ago
Yes, mostly true But there is still journalism. * Propublica * The Economist * The Guardian * 404 Media Life is much harder for journalist now, and joining g the "darkside" of PR is the best/lucrative career path, but it exi
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by worik 2mo ago
When? Where?
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by worik 2mo ago
Yes, it is a tool. "Normal"? It will cause huge disruption on its way to increasing efficiency, and if we maintain our freedoms, increasing welfare. But: AI cannot do your job Your boss bought AI to do your job You're fired
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by worik 2mo ago
How long is it we had private bedrooms? Not that long ago we would all have been very used to watching people have sex.
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Hackers Stalked Me by Hijacking a Smartwatch for Kids(wired.com)
53 points by worik 2mo ago|43 comments
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by worik 2mo ago
I have just finished chapter 2. About congress overriding safety concerns for their personal convenience Air traffic controllers' concerns were shutdown by the FAA because of "politics" I am gobsmacked. Where was the air traf
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by worik 2mo ago
Download the ePub
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by worik 2mo ago
> Sometimes yes, sometimes no. An economist....
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by worik 2mo ago
> so I’m a bit odd I guess No. You, and I, are sensible....
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by worik 2mo ago
I drink black coffee, no sugar I'm not "going nuts" over energy drinks, but the key ingredient is not caffeine, it is sugar The evidence has been mounting for decades, sugary drinks are devastating public health

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