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Personally, I just don’t find myself interested at all in AI generated music. Don’t think I’m alone here, either. I suspect there will soon be a streaming platform whose sole value…

The most ironic thing to me is the amount of coddling these self-purported “strong men” need. The idea that someone wouldn’t blindly accept what they say is enough to throw their e…

I’m always _this_ close to adopting Zed, but I just can’t get used to the project search. I’m too used to telescope now. Maybe I need to bite the bullet because I think Zed’s searc…

To me, the question is less about “how do we make more energy” and more about “how do we make LLMs 100x more energy efficient.” Not saying this is an easy problem to solve, but it …

There’s alternatives to wiping out the company that could be fair. For example, a judgement resulting in a shares of the company or revenue shares in the future rather than a one t…

I love this type of practical optimization for DB queries. I’ve always liked how [rom-rb]( https://rom-rb.org/learn/core/5.2/combines/ ) made the combine pattern easy to use when j…

Having a base level of trust in your government can have incredibly positive effects on society. In the US, I dream of the day where government could try out ideas without the pitc…

There is nothing more saddening than the state of America’s train situation. It’s like we’re fundamentally incapable of understanding the value of shared infrastructure. In the rar…

I’d be curious to hear a follow-up article about what Palantir doesn’t do. For better or worse, I think we are living in a time where companies should take principled stands about …

No one in their right mind wants the Supreme Leader armed with nukes… but there are many ways to prevent this outcome.

I’m trying to remember if oauth has a specification or not, but I’m getting conflicting thoughts

> I feel like this article makes the same tired point I see every time a new technology comes I sympathize with this viewpoint, but I do think it’s important to recognize the diffe…

Reminds me of the timeless advice I got for acing leet code interviews: “remember to use a hash map.” Tends to work out pretty well.

This ruling is unbelievably dystopian for anyone that values a right to privacy. I understand that the logs will be useful in the occasional conviction, but storing a log of people…

Ultimately, you’re only cheating yourself. I recommend challenging yourself to come up with your own quips, jokes, and hell, even life realizations. Even if they are “worse” than w…

LLMs and tempered expectations, like oil and water

Are we going to find out that Meta pirated libgen again, with zero recognition to the authors? “Open-sourcing it” doesn’t magically absolve you of the irreparable damages you’ve ca…