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amusedcyclist

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    Comment #42180154

    Both parties are in the wrong on this. Americans (and others) would be wealthier and the world would decarbonize faster if the tariffs on China were lifted but it is what the peopl…

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    Comment #41777568

    Yeah this is absolutely disgusting tbh, revising my opinion of all previous nobels way down now

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    Comment #41701395

    They really aren't better than humans at math or logic, they are good at the benchmarks because they are hyper optimized for the benchmarks lol. But if you ask LLMs simple logical …

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    Comment #41701381

    You are mentally ill and you do not understand LLMs, seek help and stop pontificating

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    Comment #41699121

    I don't doubt that an executive requires a certain temperament that lots of people don't have and that the people who become executives are generally intelligent and capable. What …

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    Comment #41690517

    SaaS type software has been so easy to build for so long and the margins have remained strong. I think the reason for that is that the SaaS software is an artifact of defining exac…

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    Comment #41690504

    Executive isn't a "job", its a status, its not a skill, its just a position in the hierarchy, so no they will not have commoditized themselves

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    Comment #41034360

    No one knows how to write code anymore, which is great news for those of us that do

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    Comment #40845773

    Something has to give, American politics cannot be stuck between the party of pure evil and the party of pure incompetence forever

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    Comment #39679646

    ^ How to spot a sucker

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    Comment #36106546

    Good engineers and funding ?

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    Comment #35713222

    When people say "easily", they don't mean "everybody gets to it". They mean "The chances are better than elsewhere". Which is true. And also fyi if you actually enjoy learning and …

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    Comment #35540253

    The government is obligated to let you speak, no private citizen or organization is obligated to let you speak without interruption

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    Comment #35508271

    Nobody is obligated to let people spew propaganda

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    Comment #35319982

    No, AI rendering is crazy slow and will remain that way for a very long time.

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    Comment #35256651

    Factory farming is infinitely more repulsive. Lots of us actually care about other living things

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    Comment #35256638

    Factory farming is truly satanic.

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    Comment #35256631

    Yeah we can also ban factory farming, like we ban murder.

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    Comment #35112550

    You're right I overestimated how fast we talk!

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    Comment #35112332

    4 words a second doesn't seem fast enough for a voice assistant ?

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    Comment #34426805

    Its really not, have you ever spent any actual time in academia ?

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    Comment #34182150

    Yes, SWE's require Computer Science, if you don't think so you've never done any real SWE work. Business majors do not teach you the problem solving ability required for even basic…

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    Comment #34182137

    Who said anything about memorizing

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    Comment #33881048

    Its so predictable at this point. SV is just such a BS hype machine. There was 1 truly great revolution (the internet + smart phones) and everyone's trying to replicate it to make …

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    Comment #33874230

    He's such a horrible guy. Really weird to see people so desperate to defend him