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It isn't known as One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison for nothing.

just the cost of doing business for these reprobates

Not worth the time of day until it can be demonstrated that there is a net health benefit. Precautionary Principle FTW.

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The article clearly implies that one of the reasons why they "talk such nonsense" is because they are male, but no explanation is given - bog standard misandry that I take umbrage …

> males who come from narrow Stem (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) backgrounds I see, so women from narrow Stem backgrounds would totally handle these issues dif…

Luzin's students referred to their community in Moscow during the 1920s as Luzin's Paradise, often nicknamed "Luzitania". I'm surprised the article didn't mention the "Luzin affair…

Jury is out until the overall health effect is shown to be positive

Many of their points ring true - increased pressure on maintainers, LLMs turning coders into paper pushers, the erosion of community. Regarding discussion here o democracy - pure d…

It appears you are unable or unwilling to answer my question: which country, US or China, is closer to Mussolini's model?

Define technofascism lol. Fascism was laid out by Mussolini in the 1920s - it amounts to the idolatry of the state. "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing agains…

This smells like a humble brag, driven by strong ego; count the number of 'I's in the post. I reckon the author is just as rigid in conversation as they always were, but now they c…

yes, whataboutism at its finest

They compared the acquisition to hospitals because "think of the children!"

Maybe denial is a river in Egypt, but I (most of the time) believe that the glass is half full and we will need MORE humans as LLMs gain in ability. My thesis: 1. most jobs are cre…

My R&B cost used to amount to buying the occasional Al Green album, how times have changed

The day ROCm supports EVERY AMD card on release, just like CUDA does, is the day I will actually believe this marketing hype.They really dropped the ball here, also when they aband…

if this is on a credit card you can get the money back from the credit card company for "undelivered goods"

“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept the…

1. do randomized control against *inert* placebo 2. measure net health benefit over 10 years If #1 and #2 look good, by all means roll this out.

"powerful company enables genocide in Gaza" first sentence flags this as a complete load of malarcky

https://time.com/7213490/why-are-young-people-getting-cancer...