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nouveaux

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About nouveaux

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    Comment #48430418

    They're buying compute for 11 billion and the 50 billion in stock growth is a bonus if it happens.

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    Comment #48262760

    9a-9p 6 days a week

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    Comment #47340324

    Why compare the M1 MBA discounted at Walmart but not give the same edu discount to the Neo? The target audience for Neo is likely people who would be able to use the edu discount. …

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    Comment #47170913

    This is is no way dismissing your concern but I think this reinforces my point about branding. Whether or not Microsoft is handling AI in a responsible way, we don't trust them due…

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    Comment #47168533

    Coca Cola would like to have a word with you. These models respond differently and have their own "personality". Even in coding, there are people who swear by one model over the ot…

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    Comment #45213110

    > Some will be sad, sadness is unavoidable. That's one way of putting it. The other way of putting it is that the affected are bearing the cost of climate change imposed on them by…

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    Comment #44870142

    Overlapping expertise is another form of replacing someone. At a basic level, employees need to go on vacation, parental leave and all sorts of other personal leave. If you were ir…

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    Comment #44847143

    It sounds like what you're arguing for is that companies ought to have employees that are irreplaceable. Wouldn't that impose a huge risk to the company? If said employee gets hit …

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    Comment #43471638

    The mistake here is equating Putin to Trump. One is a mastermind and the other is a puppet.

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    Comment #43085218

    Java was so bad that Android took a hard pivot to Kotlin. If anyone understands the importance of code maintenance, it's Google. They built a language for it (Go). I think it's ok …

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    Comment #42913980

    And what is wrong with being a cog? Not everyone is going to invent the next ai innovation and not everyone is cut out to build the next hot programming language. Bugs need to be f…

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    Comment #42911932

    Have you spent a lot of time trying to hire people? I guarantee you there is no shadow council trying to figure out how to hire "busywork" worker bees. This perspective smells comp…

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    Comment #42428251

    As a modern day tech person, you only spend 4 hours a week on your keyboard across browsers, email, messaging, command line, etc? What about your personal life? Even then, learning…

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    Comment #42329598

    Wait so there was near universal outcry on the left about “Jan 6 insurrection” but assassination of public figures is actually fine if they have a low approval rating and allegedly…

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    Comment #40961875

    Most of us can't remember more than one password. This means that if one site is compromised, then the attacker now has access to multiple sites. A password manager mitigates this …

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    Comment #40707496

    There are so many ways to teach kids to code and read that a smartphone/tablet is totally unnecessary. I refuse to believe for a second that my kids are at any disadvantage for not…

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    Comment #40032413

    Older people have more money because they 1) Lived longer to accumulate wealth. 2) Housing was cheaper relative their income 30 years ago. It's also worth noting that 50% of homele…

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    Comment #40017444

    "Ways that may negatively impact valuations" The housing crisis is when the valuation of the home are too high. The goal is to negatgively impact the valuations so that the prices …

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    Comment #38898271

    I'll bite. In what ways are non west coast cities is more efficient than west coast cities?

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    Comment #38381713

    Did you read the article? Sam was fired by YCombinator.

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    Comment #37707938

    My point isn't that Nasa should prioritize hiring good marketing over good engineering. Nasa has good engineers. My point is that their biggest challenge now is their public percep…

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    Comment #37697758

    Nasa's biggest challenge is marketing. Their funding is dependant on public perception. Nasa does not get more money by having better engineering. Nasa gets more money when congres…

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    Comment #37681644

    Google obviously has the resources. The bean counters decided that they want profits instead of building up a loyal customer base. My main point is that if Pixels sold as many phon…

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    Comment #37667988

    I have a different take on the ad. The ad is saying that computer is the obsolete experience, not that the iPad can do everything a computer can do. If Apple truely believed that, …