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the expectation is that we won't be prompting this models the way we do now down the road. As in: prompting is the command line of LLM, at some point we'll get the equivalent of a …

Same, for example Noise engineering https://noiseengineering.us has 2 lines of eurorack synthesizer modules which are each built on the same hardware and they let you swap firmware…

> changing sexuality The sexuality is not "changing" significantly, what changed is that it's getting less dangerous to 1. realize that you are not straight 2. not be straight 3. t…

By having homosexuality violently oppressed, ostracized and ridiculed in the past, and slowly reversing that attitude towards it? People were literally criminals for loving people …

I suppose I was thinking the original comment referred to the concept of metaverse, not FB's product. Then my question was: do companies have to colonize something that doesn't hav…

why does there need to be profit where there is no natural scarcity?

google "sucks" because ads. It might have other problems, but when you can buy your competitor name as a keyword ad and on mobile you need to scroll 1+1/2 screens to get to maybe t…

aside from the fact that as others have pointed out there is more to firefox than the engine (though I wish I could have that too) such as firefox sync and a UI that better suits m…

one would assume usps would have the best data regarding residential addresses, so I assume "where you live" is not a residential address. Part of the reason they are delivering to…

friend, are you seriously going back to the beginning of the thread and trying to say California is bad, then tax cuts are good? Are you stuck in a loop? do you need help? I respon…

Current policy discussion doesn't change the result presented in the article, the only thing I've been discussing. > your punitive tax increases again, never even talked bout INCRE…

If it makes no difference either way, then let's finally stop those tax cuts and prove that it doesn't make any difference! Love me some common ground. Just one thing tho: > Your p…

Buddy, this thread is about the long running art of "vote for me, I'll cut taxes for the rich. What you say? You are not rich? No worries, the rich will make sure those cuts help y…

we got it, you don't like SF government. You don't have to manage tax money like SF does only because you decide not to do rich tax cuts. Again, it's a false dichotomy. And the fac…

I hope nobody reading this actually falls for your weaksauce argument... You are literally using the false dichotomy logical fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma aga…

false dichotomy, even if you believe SF spends money wrong, that doesn't justify the tax cuts for the rich

in the fountain pen world we call the "spread out" effect "feathering" I always thought it was a cool name :)

Agreed. This comes down to lack of power to push a system onto it's potential users, mozilla didn't have a userbase large enough nor could incentivize 3rd parties to force onto the…

I had the same thought. Imagine listing all blockchains in tiny icons you scroll sideways. I suppose that can be done a lot better, but still, who decides which blockchains are inc…

yeah, I'd say my description could be pretty similar. But when it comes down to sparse descriptions, I think memory also has a role. My memory is not fantastic, so I might have jus…

I would start with the fact that not much in the world is either one thing or another, so also with aphantasia I don't think you either "have it" or you don't. One might have varyi…

can't the justification for the management fee (employee doing the accounting etc) be just replaced by centralized software though? What does a blockchain bring?

yeah, collective bargaining never does any good /s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_bargaining Last week tonight on union busting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gk8dUXRpo…

this is literally ads.. and we saw how well that works (for say Facebook)