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drdrek

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    Comment #49167252

    Does this mean that from now on bombings will happen with dumb bombs and that we can expect way more Iranian casualties? Otherwise this seems incorrect.

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    Comment #49155611

    This article is stating the obvious that is written in many different places (except the ETF angle) while sounding like its some kind of expert being ignored. I would presume AI is…

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    Comment #49153861

    Essays became way to easy to write with AI. It used to be a basic filter that if text was long the author put a lot of thought (even if misguided) and effort (even if low quality) …

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    Comment #49080549

    I'm really wondering what nightmare scenario does he imagine with super intelligent drones. I can already imagine it, a tiny drone carrying a 8x GPU rack thinking about life and de…

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    Comment #49080505

    But why do you assume that you need unlimited amount of intelligence to perform work? If you can cut out just the parts that are required for doing SDR work or Development, etc you…

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    Comment #49066111

    My bets for the actual story behind this are: 95% a criminal hiding evidence 4.99% an autistic attempt to "keep his privacy" for no reason at all 0.01% a genuine need to keep somet…

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    Comment #48931957

    I like that the trailing players strategy (Meta, xAI) is to open source the moat of the leaders. I think we will all benefit from it. and hopefully both the leaders and the trailin…

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    Comment #48904181

    I love that Sci-Fi fan-fiction is having a moment <3

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    Comment #48829202

    Emigrating is hard. Expect language issue, culture issue, bureaucracy issues. Other countries are not your country but with a different language, living somewhere is not the same a…

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    Comment #48803916

    Common wisdom is often common for a reason. Its good to try new things but expect 9/10 experiments that goes against common wisdom to come up with negative results, it's not that y…

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    Comment #48672010

    This is like a Gardner complaining that you watch him as he works to learn his craft. My dude you do not have to take the job, but most people just accept it as the way the world w…

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    Comment #48527041

    its even easier with a 9999% month over month growth

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    Comment #48345918

    Ah yes just the kind of pretentious writing I would expect of a VC Associate. Great thought leadership there buddy.

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    Comment #48345801

    Kernel developer is not the job same as a game developer or an ERP integrator... But Generalizations aside I think people greatly under estimate how rare is the ability to reduce c…

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    Comment #48310033

    I predict that it already happened in 99 and we are all living in the Matrix Out AI optimist me if you dare

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    Comment #48223003

    I'm very surprised, goggle are usually known for their customer focused approach and long standing support of legacy systems!

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    Comment #48168657

    No, I'm actually saying that while the US is getting worse, it is in fact not fascist. You obviously disagree, and the fact that you do proves the point that it can get a lot worse…

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    Comment #48167189

    It's funny how much democracies with free speech are always self critical with rampant doom saying while actual autocracies that crack down on this kind of speech are quiet and con…

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    Comment #48132747

    Its funny to me that adolescence is until 20, where I'm from its 18 or even sooner.

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    Comment #48120917

    Material science is so cool

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    Comment #48109223

    Coursera is a money losing company with a 10% y/y growth that IPOed at the top of the 2021 hype cycle. Now that the infinite money glitch is over they are in trouble, so they buy a…

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    Comment #48105677

    As someone that is raising money from VCs, I feel really sorry for large VC backed companies right now. What you see here is the Product-VC tension of the AI era, and in a large co…

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    Comment #48095774

    Nothing says easy to use revolutionary new way to work like requiring implementation middlemen. Salesforce would be proud.

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    Comment #48046844

    Its amazing I clicked stumble once and got an "06 fuck Jews and Islamists", humanity is truly a marvel.

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    Comment #47643201

    This is the "Factors" Bonanza in finance all over again. You get a generally useful model, then you over-fit it to some criteria and announce advancement in the field, then it perf…