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Yeah, but perhaps we're getting to the point where the AI synthesis of all reachable data sources is going to be more truthy than trusting whatever random anonymous result you pick…

"heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible" -- Lord Kelvin, 1895

Unfortunately, when you try to starve the beast, it's the essential functions that get slashed instead of the leadership and adminstrative apparatus. The animal is harmed further w…

If he's a clown what part of his theory is the circus? Are you saying that superintelligence is impossible? Are you saying that the alignment problem will certainty be solved befor…

Not everybody thinks it's nonsensical. Here's a different take: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Anyone_Builds_It,_Everyone_...

I'd say repeatedly forecasting "full self driving next year" every year for a decade qualifies Tesla for #2.

The evidence is just "human nature". Honestly, it's just negligence at this point to give people power over others without due oversight and accountability. But it's nice we have c…

I think a lot of the objections to your post could be answered by reminding folks of how Microsoft Access databases tend to pop up in small businesses as well as corporate environm…

A military coup in the U.S. is imaginable, which probably explains some of the top brass purges (until recently, where it's probably an attempt to deflect blame for the massive Ira…

It's not for me, but I can see the appeal - minimalism, distraction elimination, geek cred, and the sort of flow state one gets from working in a low latency, high muscle memory en…

Okay, I'll say it: is it really worth encumbering the movements of millions of people for decades in order to make a few boring history exhibits? If you want to see some the bone c…

That's the kind of corporate baby-talk I use when I'm trying to resist doing something.

Amazon extracts a lot of the value of a purchase from the seller's take. Sellers risk sanctions if they sell a product cheaper thru their brand website.

Note that populist demagogue started a trade war and threatened allies with invasion. That tends to put a damper on friendship. And that's before the idiotic blunder with Hormuz.

What a coincidence. I also read the book and can't recall what it was about. Umm, what were we talking about again?

While true, that doesn't make it acceptable. In a functioning society, companies would be punished harshly for this behaviour.

They should have gone all in and published the travel history of elite politicians, CEOs, and celebrities. That'd get a lot more media attention and potential for consequential leg…

It's an unstable equilibrium: companies can always make more by adding ads, therefore they do so. This isn't the consumer's fault.

For me, it's an especially bad argument because the sloppy nature of HTML parsing is NOT a virtue... it's a source of bugs, vulnerabilities, and incompatibilities that provides (ye…

In addition, hackers should know government is inevitable. Even in anarchy, governments spontaneously begin to form.

Agreed. We need legally enforceable standards granting owners full control of their devices. But also: TPMs could be used to prevent evil maid attacks and to make it uneconomical f…

What happens to these people if, hypothetically, a malicious U.S. president subverts the Federal Reserve and wildly inflates the dollar?

Ugh, capitalism monifies yet another problem it created.

What's your method for eliminating underground nests?

These days, all the results that AREN'T from reddit are AI slop.