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some_guy_nobel

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    Comment #46529272

    Nice - anything to offer up other than name calling? Do you have any ideas of your own related to the displayed data and narrative?

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    Comment #46404698

    Right? As a former founder, I laugh every time I get a 'Founding Engineer' recruit email...

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    Comment #46360480

    Great article, must be the inspiration for the recent Illustrated Evo 2: https://research.nvidia.com/labs/dbr/blog/illustrated-evo2/

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    Comment #46333937

    In what other professional industry can a partner just be openly racist, hostile, and spread Alex Jones like propaganda? It's so bizarre to watch.

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    Comment #46322898

    What do you expect? a16z-funded and they love to talk about how much they've raised, thought-leader style co-founders, etc.

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    Comment #46281135

    > Yes, why would you bother not exercising power you possess? By that logic, I suppose well-funded police should respond to every call with a SWAT team, or at the least guns drawn?…

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    Comment #46238242

    SVG has been transforming web-experiences (particularly for viz) for quite some time now, see: - https://mlu-explain.github.io/neural-networks/ - https://www.nytimes.com/spotlight/…

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    Comment #46238219

    I agree with the author when they write: """ In my idealistic vision of how scientific publishing should work, each paper would be accompanied by a fully interactive environment wh…

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    Comment #46203672

    What are you responding to? How much of the current burden is shouldered by the middle class? How much by the 1%? How does that compare to other Western nations? What measurable ef…

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    Comment #46095956

    Of course you did, his PR team knew exactly who to market it to.

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    Comment #46094282

    Laughable that you believe this. Do you still after seeing all the counter evidence? Do you sit back and ask yourself, "I wonder if the world's richest man has a PR firm, one so ef…

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    Comment #46066390

    README could use more work. Zero images, demos, etc. - why put all the effort into a tool just to market it so poorly...

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    Comment #46028081

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    Comment #46018969

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    Comment #46009569

    Wow, a shockingly argumentative tone for someone who is just flat out wrong. Beyond the response someone else commented explaining exactly where the comparison was mentioned, the a…

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    Comment #45998216

    Probably because this was made in 2014 :D

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    Comment #45956870

    You claim OP's interpretation is inaccurate, while it tracks perfectly with many of EA's most notorious supporters. Given that contrast, I'd ask what evidence do you have for why O…

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    Comment #45935076

    a16z has become a badge of honor for the worst people in tech (the ones who chase Forbes 30u30), and a stain to everyone else.

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    Comment #45931440

    This thread is about the FBI, yet you're referencing strawman arguments about DUI checkpoints from local police. Do you have any experience with crimes against children?

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    Comment #45924459

    What makes you say that? Sad how easy it is for someone to dismiss writing these days as, "must be AI written!" (I'd wager the average LLM blog post takes more effort than your dis…

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    Comment #45840375

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    Comment #45776801

    The one word answer is cost. But, if you'd like to instead read the article, you'll see that they qualify the reasoning in the first section of the article, titled, "Rethinking the…

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    Comment #45774257

    There's an edit button...

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    Comment #45774229

    > OpenAI applies the same strategy, but they’re using their equity to buy compute that is critical to improving their core technology. It’s circular, but more like a flywheel and l…

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    Comment #45743217

    > In what way? Demanding that people who are being paid $200k-400k TC need to execute and show that they can execute is something which needed to be done in the tech industry. Wher…