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DonsDiscountGas

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    Comment #49218163

    From a moral perspective I don't think it is. From a more practical perspective... It's only tiny biotechs where the share price exactly tracks a single clinical trial. This opens …

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    Comment #49217804

    Yes, technology at step N is built from technology at step N-1. Always has been.

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    Comment #49216343

    Sure why not. Mercury is in retrograde after all

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    Comment #49212019

    True, but is there any reason to think this dishonesty varies over time? The trend could be informative even if the raw numbers are nonsense

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    Comment #49205281

    Bacteriophages present zero threat to humans and could be very valuable as antibiotics.

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    Comment #49180889

    Carpooling?

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    Comment #49154580

    Unless they're a professional stack exchange responder (not a real job afaik) they probably do a lot besides answer random questions

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    Comment #49154505

    I understand your point but it's funny to use AI as an example since a big benefit is it's generality. It's mediocre at many things but the fact that you can just use one tool and …

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    Comment #49148570

    Exactly zero civilizations large enough to deserve the name had exactly one ideology

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    Comment #49139870

    Lol. You don't even need AI for that 99% boiler plate. Save 6-12 months of expenses in cash, DCA the rest into total market stock index funds. But people still pay expensive adviso…

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    Comment #49138488

    Yeah, kinda. Waymos have been on the road since 2023.

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    Comment #49130278

    Any suggestions on hardware for using this? Just for simple experimentation

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    Comment #49130264

    Seems like production ready is 2-5 years out though. Not a very long time

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    Comment #49105010

    In biotech sometimes. It's a form of advertising.

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    Comment #49105003

    Also the reason we fund science publicly is because we can't count on the incentives from the free market. I mean why would they share information with competitors?

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    Comment #49099572

    I'd be very interested to see a comparison with actual humans on the same benchmark.

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    Comment #49096212

    Not to mention the labor cost.

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    Comment #49081711

    And the s stands for secure

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    Comment #49081704

    I agree with you, and also the company shouldn't be encouraging people to bring their whole self to a mandatory work retreat and then firing people who do.

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    Comment #49071900

    I don't know why people keep posting these

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    Comment #49071879

    It's not copying (and hence not stealing) if you destroy the original book. That is where copyright law has brought us

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    Comment #49043195

    I hated em dashes before it was cool. Pretentious and pointless. I use parentheses, semi colons, commas, and shorter sentences.

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    Comment #49041828

    I think a signature Claude style of writing is good since it makes it that much harder to pass off Claude written text as human.

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    Comment #49012317

    https://aptera.us/vehicle/ If you have a short commute it might be worthwhile.