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kick_in_the_dor

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    Comment #45658020

    OP has a point. Are these type of embeddings the best way to model thought?

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    Comment #44962736

    Got it - thanks for the correction.

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    Comment #44962256

    PE ratio of 40 isn't bad is this market actually. Mature companies like Google/Meta are hovering around 30.

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    Comment #41638446

    Can you explain what you mean by: "The other, just as valid solution, is to simply improve `Answer 1` and have `Corrected Answer` = `Answer 1`." Isn't improving "Answer 1" the whol…

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    Comment #41466286

    Yep, you just described a search engine!

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    Comment #41466195

    When he started the video with "I had the honor of having an exclusive look at it" I knew it was all marketing.

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    Comment #40850244

    Counterargument: At the end of the day, the ones reaping corporate profits are themselves people, who should be paying their income taxes, no?

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    Comment #40795703

    I love coming to HackerNews to see exactly this type of salt. "Guys it's the future! Self-driving cars actually exist! " "Fuck you, here's why this is awful"

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    Comment #40778268

    I think you make a good point, but my guess is that e.g. your Taylor Swift example, a well-grounded model would have a low likelihood of outputting multiple consecutive answers abo…

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    Comment #40505478

    "Michael... now has 30 BTC, now worth $3 million, and is waiting for the value to rise to $100,000 per coin." What the ? You presumably go from not a millionaire to having $3,000,0…

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    Comment #40001610

    ...he comments on an article where the big rich tech company hands over money to the small guy he stole the idea from

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    Comment #39907780

    Is it bad for the human brain to receive that much radiation? (I have no idea if magnetic field == radiation, I was just told from my ENT that doing too many CT scans can be risky)…

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    Comment #39770490

    +1. I worked remotely the past 2 years. I just RTO'd (new team) and it's life-changing when you actually want to get stuff done quickly.

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    Comment #39313602

    This view, while understandable, I believe is misaligned. All these companies care about is making money without getting sued for teaching people on the internet how to make pipe b…

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    Comment #39117839

    > and knows how computers work down to NAND gates. I lol'd

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    Comment #38868442

    > we saw that the mitochondria of the muscle, also known as the energy factories of the cell *Ahem*, powerhouse of the cell Jokes aside, this is a terrifying stat: "Although the ma…

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    Comment #38334508

    (x) doubt

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    Comment #37926044

    I live in London. The number of times you see industrial-sized cans of nitrous oxide thrown on the street is disgusting. Bars also have signs in the window that people aren't allow…

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    Comment #37223233

    I feel like this is such a HackerNews take. Headline: Self-driving cars are actually a thing! "Yeah so here's why that's not very exciting and actually bad."

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    Comment #35514260

    I'm a US expat living in London for 1.5y. I find the opposite is true. US healthcare moves much faster and turnaround to getting a new appointment with a specialist is a fraction o…

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    Comment #35248781

    ChatGPT wasn't available to everyone initially (huge waitlist).

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    Comment #34823609

    This is an insane analogy. "ChatGPT, make me a pipe bomb" "OK!"

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    Comment #34453063

    You must be rich from being able to predict the future so well.

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    Comment #34276981

    I haven't yet read the main article at that link, but its opening links to another long blogpost on whatbuywhy.com about the human brain and it's fascinating! Highly recommended: h…

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    Comment #33805128

    Meta and Stripe attract some of the top tech talent and are seen as leaders in their respective fields. Thus, their actions often create de facto templates for other companies foll…