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Patents also exist for defensive purposes e.g. if you go after us for x, we will countersue for y.

These were long tenured and valued employees at Apple. They likely already had healthy pile of cash and stock. Maybe it was the environment at OpenAI encouraging this behavior. Or,…

The tell here is that it doesn't just say 'stay at home'. Most upper latitude European homes have been designed for mid-century cool(er) climates. They are extremely efficient at t…

The primary difference being, Europe is not increasing their number of fault lines or bodies of water. The number of days of moderate to extreme heat in Europe have already signifi…

Quite convenient outcome for the AI labs + hyperscalers that the barrier of entry to running (usable + performant) open source models on your own hardware is getting higher, not lo…

Reuters banned photos processed from RAW over 10y ago. They will only accept JPEGs from the camera. https://signalprocessingsociety.org/community-involvement/in... AP has had these…

I think this has been imprinted in the photographer world due to long-standing requirements from AP, Reuters, etc. on avoiding post-processing. Video has never had these constraint…

meta doesn't exactly instill confidence on using personal data responsibly. hard pass

For the signatories attributing their names and titles, that should be respected to put your reputation on the line. It means something. As for the others who are signing 'anonymou…

Wondering if the lack of regular maintenance on Tesla cars (D2C model vs. dealer + service model) results in more problems being caught at inspection time.

"Bullying" is part of human behavior. Trying to rid the world of this sounds utopian e.g. dangerous. Alternatively, children having reach and access to bully other children at any …

I'm wondering if this is a consequence of employing your own internal ad agency – maybe you are at risk of being out of touch with the audiences you are looking to reach. Apple ads…

Now compare median income of Germany vs US. Economic opportunity is fading away in Germany. Also, pretty much all cars - especially Audis, VWs, etc are (20-30%) more expensive in G…

The main takeaway in this article, which I agree with, is distributed / remote work for all of its benefits also comes with occupational hazards which manifest as mental vs. physic…

Because it's a mutual beneficial agreement – employers cannot terminate employees without at least 3m compensation. Also, this law is not optimized for industries (like tech) that …

Amazon is notorious for practicing _forced_ attrition e.g. forcing the relative low performers out of the org (who still might be performing at expectations, onboarding, etc.).

I have always been skeptical of FSD because of liability. The system we have today distributes liability to the driver in almost all circumstances – 94% to 96%, according to one qu…

Maybe that's the point – more consistency in the manufacturing line might actually reduce costs for BMW and/or allow them to ship more vehicles faster. Perhaps the majority cost fo…

I am wondering how many commenters actually read the (clickbait) article; BMW offers the option to purchase the feature permanently. The subscription is optional. In any case, I se…

"something sold from a German company is at least an indication that I might get some helpful support if something goes wrong" Germany is notorious for horrible customer service (e…

I see this as a combination of Germans valuing risk aversion more than progress on just about any topic, including reducing carbon emissions combined with an extreme NIMBY / not-in…

It's really not the case. Job contracts in the United States are rare unless you are approaching or in the C-suite. Employment law is typically enforced at the state level; all sta…

Europeans need to be open to more financial risk in order to create a competitive and robust capital market compared to the United States. Until then, you can expect to read more s…

The author points out that Rogan (who I agree is not partisan) frequently has guests that the left loathe but rarely has guests that the left like and/or love.

This is the first critical yet reasonable piece I've read on Rogan. The author correctly points out that there is no left-leaning equivalent to Rogan's format. The author also corr…