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George Hotz against the institutions

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Re: George Hotz against the institutions

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Post by rank0 »

I generally like this dude and his antics…but becoming dependent on opiates as an “experiment” is the stupidest shit I’ve ever read.

It sounds like he wanted some adversity to overcome and couldn’t find any so he manufactured his own. Hopefully George understands that premeditated physical opioid dependence is not the same kind of struggle which addicts face. The homeless dudes shooting smack under a bridge have terrible lives. George is a software genius with loads of money and opportunity at his disposal.

Re: George Hotz against the institutions

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Post by pertymcpert »

thowaway673y wrote: post #26
CyberRabbi wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nowhere in my comment is there a suggestion that RMS is a “normal human.” If your intention is not to refute my comment but to add unrelated info, then thank you for that info.

Your comments gives the impression anyone could have substituted RMS place in history. I want to point out that this is not the case. RMS is unique in at least 2 ways. One his intellect stands out even among the 100x programmers. Second willing to sacrifice his personal life for a cause he believes in. Its very rare both intersect. You can see either Einstein level geniuses or Activists who sacrifice their personal l…

What did Aaron Schwartz do to justify being placed on the same level of genius as RMS?

Re: George Hotz against the institutions

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Post by thowaway673y »

account-5 wrote: post #38
CyberRabbi wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That’s interesting that you came away with the impression that Stallman is replaceable from my comment given my comment states in literal terms that Stallman crafted an idea that changed the world. What specific part of my comment gave you the impression that he’s replaceable?

> What specific part of my comment gave you the impression that he’s replaceable? I think but obviously can't confirm it might have been this bit: > ... at least Stallman comes to mind as an example of someone who was able to change the course of history *without much personal power, instead he crafted ideas that had power.* To me this might be construed as Stallman could be replaced by anyone, since he had little pe…

Exactly

> instead he crafted ideas that had power

The emphasis is on the idea rather than the individual.

Re: George Hotz against the institutions

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Post by CamperBob2 »

icelancer wrote: post #36
shimonabi wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He is a tech influencer with half-baked ideas. Girls post bikini photos on Instagram, he posts coding sessions on Youtube. It won't be long before he starts pulling Techlead-like scams. The article is already pointing to it.

What? geohot broke the SIM lock on the iPhone, first to do it. Broke the PS3. Broke Android. Developed qira. Say what you want about the other stuff, but Hotz's resume is impressive.

So, for that matter, is Kanye's, even if you don't care for his music or his personal issues. The GP was a pretty unenlightened comment(er).

Re: George Hotz against the institutions

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Post by ecef9-8c0f-4374 »

I have an idea for a new religion. Imagine living your live and dying. Then realizing the world is a simulation (duh). The world is a training place for AIs. You exist to learn to think like a human. Now the time is come. You will get tested. Will you do the task? Will you do it well? No? Well then you get deleted/nirvana. But if you find satisfaction in the moment and in simple tasks, then you will get reborn .... as an AI supported fruit juicer, toaster or if you are really lucky as an AI for a self-driving car.

Re: George Hotz against the institutions

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Post by carom »

jackblemming wrote: post #45

Someone reverse engineered comma.ai’s architecture a few years back and it was a pretty basic CNN pipeline. Why are we pretending people like this and other tech bros like Elon Musk are glorified Tony Starks?

What is there to reverse engineer? Isn't most of it open source?

Re: George Hotz against the institutions

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Post by dharma1 »

Comma con from last year https://youtu.be/qTaPD0l_8PM

I think Tesla could do with higher dynamic range cameras, in adverse lighting conditions you end up with a lot of blown out details otherwise. The AR0231’s comma use are like $300-400, not that much

I’ve changed my opinion about Hotz over the last few years, like the guy. He came across a bit of a Randroid on Fridman but he’s entertaining and smart

Re: George Hotz against the institutions

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Post by nonrandomstring »

This one just got more and more interesting as it went, and toward the end gets into some full-on existential philosophy. A very good read. This chap Hotz sounds like someone who gets it. Give and you shall receive. Start by giving it all away and realising you're already dead and alone, then build an 'earned' world you understand, that can't be taken from you. But it must be tempered with compassion and humanism, or one has a tendency to be reckless and not just fall after pride, but hurt others too.
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