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weevil

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    Comment #47874135

    > What does an LLM-first macOS look like? Like a product I wouldn't touch with a bargepole.

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    Comment #47132232

    I think most people just assume it's magic, and are too awestruck by the hype to think critically. Financially this feels similar to Uber's business plan in the 2010s; undercut the…

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    Comment #46229230

    > I don’t know any more about AI than most generalist investors. This statement is redundant; the article screams with the author's ignorance.

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    Comment #44765412

    Anyone calling anything an anti-pattern without evidence always sounds to me like 'I don't like how you do this, but I need to find a more cerebral way of describing that so I don'…

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    Comment #41739024

    Don't you mean 'Gaulling'

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    Comment #41580440

    I feel like you're giving certain entities too much credit there. Yes text is generated to do _something_, but it may not be to communicate in good-faith; it could be keyword-dense…

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    Comment #40129162

    ChromeOS is a good idea if all they do is surf; security risks are pretty low. iPhones are also fairly safe, but the older they get, the slower they'll get and the more you have to…

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    Comment #39452461

    Gah that is frustrating. The replies you're getting are a bit reminiscent of the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" defense of firearms - like, yes that's true, but the g…

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    Comment #39115578

    The story isn't about LLMs doing LLM stuff. It's about lawyers using LLMs as a shortcut for proper legal work, laboring under the delusion that it is entirely accurate, honest and …

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    Comment #39011398

    This will be laundered by anti-climate-crisis psychos as 'look how bad solar is for the planet! Better maintain the status quo.'

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    Comment #38446639

    Of all the questionable things Musk has done in the last few years, trying to sell a stainless steel electric truck doesn't even make the top 25.

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    Comment #38444163

    Personal liberty arguments and all that aside, this comes across like the NZ government actually wanting people to smoke, so the tax income can fund tax cuts elsewhere. Quite sinis…

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    Comment #38261894

    Sssh don't tell anyone that's our secret!

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    Comment #38248512

    Just another option.

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    Comment #38248501

    My partner and I specifically avoided diamonds (and ultimately all gemstones) for our engagement rings. We went for unobtrusive silver rings, then shelled out for good quality gold…

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    Comment #38248492

    Interesting that you (presumably) read the article and came to this conclusion.

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    Comment #38025959

    > social equality ego theme du jour Labour actively avoid doing anything the Tories can spin to weaponise the electorate against them. They don't feel bold enough to reverse anythi…

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    Comment #37912326

    I'm honestly at a loss as to why some people (and organizations) are hell-bent on hampering attempts to decarbonize, and amplifying whatever tiny negatives they can whether they're…

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    Comment #37671535

    Both services gain from not actually enforcing this policy.

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    Comment #37671410

    I've noticed this too, including the increasingly indefensible position that billionaires are somehow inate geniuses and will solve all our problems.

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    Comment #37659980

    This is the most infuriating attitude, and the reason you can't reason cryptobros out of their delusion.

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    Comment #37657129

    These are the guys making the actual money. A few mil in VC is fun but will only get you so far; finding a boring, useful niche to sit in and supply a market long-term is so underr…

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    Comment #37656973

    The interesting difference here is the emotions involved in the marketing and public perception; crypto was largely about hope, NFTs were greed and a quick buck, AI seems to be a m…

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    Comment #37655886

    There are legitimate and serious concerns about AGI as a concept, but I agree with you. Even earlier in the year, each time a new GPT model came out, people on here predicted the e…