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The fact that these same people can't tell whether it was authored by a human or an AI without a seperate disclosure is strong evidence that human authorship as such is not what th…

The makeup of the numbers is shifting radically. 20 years ago, ~all Facebook users were organic real life social networks chatting with each other online. It's not gone yet, but fo…

Has it occurred to you that _all_ model providers are actively trying to shape their models' replies to fit their preferred political narratives?

The case of Sweden entirely falsifies the theory that "it would've been much worse without government action." No government action whatsoever was taken in Sweden. None. Death rate…

ICE agents arrest _people who committed crimes_ at green card interviews (including "entering the country illegally," which is a crime.) As I said, the United States is very welcom…

Yes. The United States. Despite the whirlwind of media to the contrary, the US is very welcoming to foreigners who follow the laws (that is, don't enter illegally) and make an effo…

He's coldly rational: The investors gave him $5 million. Large commitment, large risk. Each customer gives him 15k per unit. Even a rare large customer who buys 100 ovens gives him…

Yes. 99% of things just worked, zero modifications. The few cases where something was not directly translatable was <10 minutes with a coding agent to make some minor config change…

I generally agree, but it's a bit overstated to say "nobody talks about Oracle now" -- they made a profit of about $17 billion dollars in 2025.

More specifically, 0 dB is the loudest sound the audio system is rated to produce without distortion. It's common to be able to actually drive systems harder than their specified e…

Over 99% of students who attempt your "mostly quiet" strategy are managed entirely out of academia long before tenure. You won the lottery, which is great for you, but it's not a s…

The problem is not a presumption that government can't ever be good. The problem is that the team you personally think is "good" won't be in charge forever. Everyone loves enabling…

You are glossing over the fact that Japan severely punishes crime, and acquittals are almost unheard of.

Sure, but those are cherrypicked cases where a technology became obsolete. There are many counterexamples of decades-old technologies that are still actively chosen for greenfield …

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Isn't your whole post "just a complaint" too?

Yes, in the same sense that it is still technically possible to ride a horse to work instead of using a car. You can code in assembly instead of using a compiler, too.

You used a lot of fancy words to say "fashions in interior design change over time," making much of little in the process.

Datacenters are focused on "never letting the equipment go down for any reason." If they can do that efficiently, that's great. If they have to choose between efficiency and outage…

Not so. In fact, farming is a way of life for almost nobody in developed countries.[1] Ursa shows us that there is indeed a market for "simple and reliable" equipment -- but it's n…

No need for the personal attacks. Let's keep it quantitative rather than relying upon personal anecdotes: Apple does not break out unit sales for the Watch (which in itself is tell…

The Apple Watch is a niche product for a few tech nerds (at least outside of Silicon Valley tech circles), not an ubiquitous feature of everyday life for normal people the way the …

Cook has done more or less the opposite of what Jobs did. Jobs was all about bold innovation, hugely risky bets on gamechanging products. Cook is a timid logistics optimizer, and h…

No, that was never the old pattern. Nationwide injunctions were unheard of until very recently -- as in, within the past 10-20 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationwide_injun…

Nationwide injunctions are a very recent legal innovation -- as in, extremely rare until the 2000s, and uncommon until the 2010s. They were not how this situation was handled for n…