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    Comment #49207814

    4. Pervasive , distributed dragnet surveillance under the misrepresentation that it's not a search until a human pulls the data. But a small on-device "E2E preserving" "safety" mod…

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    Comment #49198645

    > Air Traffic Control is still primarily voice based, and simply up to the user on both sides to not make a mistake The "user[s] on both sides" of ATC conversions have passed throu…

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    Comment #49192653

    TBQH, probably fashy.

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    Comment #49192582

    > And all the prominent names Google gained: NULL As an outsider, Google seems to have a knack for minting prominence for their talent.

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    Comment #49185382

    > But things need to change. Not all change is good, as proven by Zuckerberg's response after the lackluster Llama 4 release. The radical restructuring appears to have made things …

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    Comment #49185069

    > Lock in isn't about physical versus digital. I fully disagree with this statement, it equates very unequal scenarios. > Disks can be locked in and digital can be completely free.…

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    Comment #49177666

    > Right now, the US is half-heartedly trying to bomb Iran into submission The title of TFA confirms the attempt is wholehearted: It's just not working as well as it did in Venezuel…

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    Comment #49175480

    > Obviously this war is bad for a bunch of reasons, but the US is completely fine at home relatively. With the exception of total wars, the domestic standard of living has very lit…

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    Comment #49175314

    Waymo can't launch anywhere in NY state due to state law, but by all means, trot out your favorite whipping boy.

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    Comment #49175185

    Uber also partners with Zoox and Lucid on self-driving, missing this wave may be an existential risk, so they aren't putting eggs in one basket. Nevermind a level of duress due to …

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    Comment #49175032

    > Can a single vehicle ever turn a profit? That depends on how low they can get the costs. Waymo took delivery of the last Jaguar i-Pace, and are scaling up production of the Zeekr…

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    Comment #49174344

    I was left scratching my head why Ukraine would be there, but not Iran, on the basis that it too has stood its ground in what the superpower aggressor planned to be short and decis…

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    Comment #49173528

    Perhaps the activists were representing the people, but were unfortunately under a Makita/DeWalt NDA, and cannot make public their deliberations and actions just yet. Rest assured …

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    Comment #49172899

    If you've read anything Garry Tan has said, you wouldn't be curious.

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    Comment #49172665

    > Value is almost never in the thing itself or some inherent quality. Value is in the thing itself, however, there requires a certain level of trust by the reader consumer that wha…

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    Comment #49164215

    > public can mean an organization owned and operated by the government. Would you consider In-Q-Tel - wholly owned by the CIA - to be a public venture* through ownership by a gover…

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    Comment #49162804

    What is the typical job title and/or skillset for this? It can be any one of many jobs depending on how high close to the metal one's focus is, but the highest headcount role is us…

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    Comment #49158135

    How many visitors do you think would go to a restaurant intending to order a (hamburger) beef patty? The potential for confusion is overstated.

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    Comment #49152104

    It's the natural outcome of next-quarter short-termism. The board and C-suite will be fine (monetarily).

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    Comment #49131521

    My wish (curse?) on everyone who puts language "expressiveness" on a pedestal, is that their very clever colleagues express themselves creatively, in every codebase they set eyes o…

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    Comment #49131422

    > That raises a disturbing failure mode: under intense conflict, an AI could learn that exterminating some groups of humans is a justified or even desirable objective That is not a…

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    Comment #49120944

    > The word "product" implies commercial. I disagree; but see where you're coming from. I'm chuckling at the irony of my word-choice: I initially had used "project" but nixed it bec…

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    Comment #49116210

    > Not every engineering effort is a product in search of market fit or a community I think you misunderstood my point: by "legitimate stand-out products", I meant exactly that, wit…

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    Comment #49115857

    > The real power of these tools is that there are so many ideas people would like to try, but never have the time or motivation to pursue. This can be a negative multiplier: code I…

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    Comment #49114915

    UEFA's reach affects the remaining 3/10 and beyond. Nearly the same fraction of world cup players (68%) earn their livelihoods playing for European league teams- including many pla…