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adi_kurian

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    Comment #48859880

    Thank you so much for sharing that URL! Works in US of A.

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    Comment #48859818

    I lived two blocks from a Costco in Manhattan for quite some time. I totally get where you are coming from, just offering a counter. I have observed that the packed like tinned sar…

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    Comment #48859724

    Not even. It's literally "yeah bro, you gotta get a Mac Mini".

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    Comment #48781192

    There are four Costco's in NYC, all but one in working class neighborhoods, and full of large families getting deals.

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    Comment #48779807

    If the stats in this are true, Amazon’s warehouse workforce turns over at 25 times the rate of Costco’s workforce, for almost the same wage. That is remarkable.

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    Comment #48704362

    Just thinking about that little big neck of the world puts me to sleep. In the best of ways. I love West Texas.

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    Comment #48674176

    Not my argument. I agree that we need structures in place to penalize misuse of the tool.

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    Comment #48601881

    Colonoscopy detection has gotten modestly better with AI assistance. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39216648/ https://www.cancer.gov/news-events/cancer-currents-blog/2023... https…

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    Comment #48509658

    Zune was low key pretty damn solid. (Yes, I lived in Redmond as a teenager.) In fact I may even say it was their last gasp of a solid user interface. Right before Vista.

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    Comment #48481966

    Is there a better Maps app? I guess those gaussian splats on Apple Maps could be p. neat.

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    Comment #48478878

    https://www.google.com/maps/search/england+chai+london/

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    Comment #48440722

    Yes. This is good insight.

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    Comment #48408169

    I was asking about the kids!

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    Comment #48394069

    Do any of said PhDs gain anything positive from LLM usage? Or does it only lead to declining thinking skills in your view?

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    Comment #48379821

    Alone? No.

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    Comment #48330899

    The vernacular around prompts, text, and docs, is quite amazing. Marketing really is value creation.

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    Comment #48318119

    Or the model could just be shite.

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    Comment #48318082

    1mm context window is pretty big. Even if dumber, opens new avenues. For the record I don't think we ever got better than 4 and 4.1.

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    Comment #48260188

    There is an uncanny valley effect to websites where FE is created in full via an AI. These sites have the immediate scent of 'high design', with errors that no 'high designer' woul…

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    Comment #48252835

    Uncle Sam likes tax payers. I believe the current administration, in general, appreciates those with $$. https://www.trumpcard.gov/

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    Comment #48252820

    Uncle Sam likes tax payers.