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You seem to be confusing intelligence with objective function. Subservience seems to be sublimation of objectives to a master; intelligence seems to point out the ability to realiz…

Prompting is a skill.

I understand why this external view exists, as dissemination is inherently part of the scientific mission; but if you look more carefully, you will see that it is simultaneously sc…

Disagree. I have been driving Kia for 2.5 years. I think the UX is quite good. I would assume that most people who live in a city would want to know when the Kia is unlocked at hom…

False. There is no Economic Law of Consolidation such as you posit here. Haircuts are a mature market, yet plenty of small providers thrive. Counterexamples to your extraordinary c…

It's nice if you find something you previously care about. But it can go the other way too-- you can care more about what you work on. You can focus on the reasons it is good, or e…

Oh come on. So you're rooting for the evil genius in the comic book movie? You would harm millions of people to move up the financial success yardstick? I don't think many people w…

You could engineer the feed to maximize user satisfaction, rather than maximizing usage.

If Intuit and other tax preparers can protect their tax preparation rents at the expense of all income earners, then it is not difficult to believe that the medical industry is als…

There are two basic topics: 1. Talk about them. Start by paying attention to them. Then when you notice something that was clearly an intentional choice on their part, say somethin…

Can you think of any instances where powerful tech companies broke laws, perhaps in ways that increased profit?

It's not complicated. That random garbage increases advertising revenues. Maybe not from every user, but certainly in the aggregate.

It's also possible that users could misuse the reporting system, in order to get other users' accounts suspended. Requiring N distinct reports of a suspension reason would seem to …

It sounds to me like you should contact your good friends more often.

Many people do not know that Impact Factor is gameable. Unethical publications have gamed it. Therefore a higher IF may or may not indicate higher prominence. Use Scimago journal r…

claims like these require a source

The question is what average; some people apparently view "in the US" as implying US population-level averages (which it does not explicitly imply), whereas authors report the aver…

It seems like we will need either legislation or litigation, if we want things to improve.

OK, but do you realize that the worst cases from places like yours get exported to SF, NYC and other hubs, for them to deal with? And you're out here bragging about what you "let" …

You had me until you said that "all of it is fleeting and ultimately meaningless - relationships, work, accomplishments. (and many, many more)" My dear friend. These are the only t…

This is the reason the higher-ups in finance who rely on Brenda might continue to rely on Brenda, rather than relying on AI. She offers them accountability.

> If you want restrictions on gambling, on advertising it, on participating in it, on making money from it, you want to restrict individual liberty. No. An organization's liberty t…

I think you're pointing in the right direction, but I would rephrase as, what's the likelihood that the solution exists in the github repo in a way that the machine can recognize a…

I would call it a constructive contrarian claim, quite distinct from trolling.

Or it would take a strong base of reviews to establish a moat and the premium pricing that enables.