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nick49488171

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    Comment #48838990

    Authoritarian?

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    Comment #48068758

    The gyroscope and battery should not be getting exposed without permission. That seems unexpectedly invasive, and I'm in tech. Also we should disable referrer field.

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    Comment #47981170

    The interface is great for what it does though. I still use ti-83 interface with the calculator app on my phone.

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    Comment #47844421

    My brand new Pixel phone several years back, I was so excited it was IP68. Took some photos splashing around in water, not more than a foot or two. It died in minutes.

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    Comment #47730922

    That would have been absolutely horrible

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    Comment #47560010

    No probably not

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    Comment #47527490

    Eventually we will rediscover the Harvard Architecture for LLMs.

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    Comment #47527430

    Arc AGI 4 can be Chip's Challenge!

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    Comment #47290060

    I would make the same argument about bicycles then. What is the point of spending taxpayer money providing services for such a dangerous activity?

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    Comment #47280678

    The counter argument is this: if the chance of dying is 2% to make a historic mission, then people should be able to make that choice. What's your counterargument to this statement…

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    Comment #47277703

    I was not arguing about the hazards of space travel. Of course it is hazardous. I dislike the article because his conclusion is more dangerous to society than any hazardous activit…

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    Comment #47277528

    Fixed pie fallacy.

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    Comment #47277426

    "Space travel is bad for your health and here's what we know about it" is actually a fine article. It's his concluding statement that is contemptible. "Space may be fascinating, wo…

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    Comment #47275536

    About as dangerous as climbing Everest. So we definitely shouldn't do that either, in case these pearl clutching anti-progress journalists experience emotional discomfort.

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    Comment #47182513

    You can start by comparing "doctor" care vs "doctor who also uses AI" care

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    Comment #47177384

    One would assume

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    Comment #47108089

    Probably because at that time, normal people weren't rolling off the back of a massive inflationary period where they can no longer afford to look forward to having enough money to…

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    Comment #47097016

    Agreed. Huge annoyance when looking for routes on MountainProject as one example.

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    Comment #46928508

    Seems like an opportunity to condense the context into 'documentation' level and only load the full text/code for files that expect to be edited?

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    Comment #46927159

    For us mere mortals, how fast does a normal developer for through a MTok. How about a good power user?

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    Comment #46833976

    Not your weights, not your agent

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    Comment #46832279

    Maybe xAI/Tesla, Meta, Palantir

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    Comment #46806020

    Just like AI, the winners will (continue to) be the ones with the most access to data and the technical and financial capital to make use of it.