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> Is it all just vapourware? No. Anyone making this claim is being disingenuous.

Article is light on details but the premise is something I’ve seen playing out for series A and B companies. Head-counts that were growing as some pretty stable function of revenue…

https://archive.is/xNU3i

I couldn't resist looking up if there was an AI grill that would cook the perfect steak. https://uncrate.com/seergrills-perfecta-ai-grill/

We programmers had it good for a long time. Paid well, exercised the brain, creators. I always thought that when I retired I’d do woodworking. But perhaps I’ll also code - to remem…

Google investing in Jeff Dean and Sanjay Ghemawat is a good result for Google. Means they are less likely to go to the competition and easier to bring them back into the fold if th…

"Abduction" being the way the article used it as in "explanatory reasoning in justifying hypotheses". https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/abduction/

> I, as the human, still have to do the thinking as Claude still 'can't jump' I still have to do quite a bit of thinking but the amount of of thinking I do per task is trending dow…

I think discovery via streaming services also contributes to bland sludge. Decisions are made based on a name, category, maybe an actor and a single "cover" art image.

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https://archive.is/l54x8 "The letter warned that companies could be close to automating the work of AI research, a development that it said could lead the technology to careen out …

Regulatory capture? One of the two companies that stands to benefit most has a founder who, together with his wife, donated $25 million to MAGA Inc, a pro-Trump super PAC, and anot…

More broadly, this is one of the things I dislike about the US political system. When executives or major shareholders can legally make very large political donations while their c…

I've been thinking along these lines for a while. It isn't just about building an alternate cheaply, it is about convincing people to switch. I wouldn't discourage anyone from tryi…

Most of the environmental cost of plastic happens when it’s made. Once it exists, burying it in landfill isn’t nearly as bad as many people think. 95+% of the carbon footprint of p…

The most astonishing thing to me about the AI boom is that nobody really has managed to establish vendor lock-in. Switching is so easy.

China is watching world sentiment shifting away from USA. Doing many small things that show both strength and openness is surely very intentional.

There is an unfortunate cycle that has been playing out this year in USA. Insurance companies are arming up with AI to deny billing codes charged by providers. Providers are arming…

Sydney Opera house comes to mind as something that might still be curious to people in 1000 years.

I have two Bosch powered e-bikes (gazelle Modeo and Turn GSD) and one DJI Avinox (Amflow PL carbon) A few years between each bike and very different bikes. But Avinox feels like it…

In my experience, rental cars are the worst. They are configured to make so much noise. My kids sleep in rentals more than daily driving too (longer commutes when traveling). My 20…