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Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by theultdev »

ceejayoz wrote: post #200
theultdev wrote: post #199

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He formed an investment group after leaving government. Hunter worked for an oil company (no experience) WHILE his father was overseeing the country relations. And the company he worked for was under investigation for corruption. Joe bragged about getting that prosecutor fired. Meanwhile Jared got the Abraham Accords and is working on other peace deals. Hunter was a crackhead being paid in diamonds by a corrupt oil c…

I appreciate your answering your own question; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48750787 . > Hunter was a crackhead being paid in diamonds by a corrupt oil company. Not the same is it? For sure. Kushner/Trump's corruption is far more lucrative.

I'm glad you can at least admit that the Biden's were corrupt.

Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by sjsdaiuasgdia »

theultdev wrote: post #201
ceejayoz wrote: post #200

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I appreciate your answering your own question; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48750787 . > Hunter was a crackhead being paid in diamonds by a corrupt oil company. Not the same is it? For sure. Kushner/Trump's corruption is far more lucrative.

I'm glad you can at least admit that the Biden's were corrupt.

And Trump's corruption is orders of magnitude worse.

Hunter Biden is not in office, is not running for office. I wouldn't support a campaign from him because "whose crotches were involved in your creation" is not a qualifying factor for much of anything besides assigning a last name.

Trump is in office, and is actively, brazenly corrupt. And you're OK with it for...reasons?

Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by theultdev »

sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #202
theultdev wrote: post #201

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I'm glad you can at least admit that the Biden's were corrupt.

And Trump's corruption is orders of magnitude worse. Hunter Biden is not in office, is not running for office. I wouldn't support a campaign from him because "whose crotches were involved in your creation" is not a qualifying factor for much of anything besides assigning a last name. Trump is in office, and is actively, brazenly corrupt. And you're OK with it for...reasons?

He wasn't, but his dad was at the time. That's the point.

My criticism is not of Hunter, but of Joe Biden. The last D president. The most popular D (by votes) in history.

It's worse for people to entirely to benefit purely based on if their dad is in charge. That's nepotism.

However Kushner is in office, he does work on peace deals in the middle east. He has an official title and does work with many countries and many people. It makes sense for him to make connections over there.

It's not unreal to believe he met people in SA and they all wanted to make a business deal on their own. That's individuals making their own decisions at noone's expense. No demands (like firing a prosecutor). Not quid pro quo.

It's unreal to believe Hunter had any knowledge about Ukrainian oil and being paid in diamonds was legit, plus his business partner outed him. And all while his dad was handling relations with that country, and while he bragged about getting the prosecutor fired that was investigating the company. That's quid pro quo. That's nepotism. That's corruption.

Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by sjsdaiuasgdia »

theultdev wrote: post #203
sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And Trump's corruption is orders of magnitude worse. Hunter Biden is not in office, is not running for office. I wouldn't support a campaign from him because "whose crotches were involved in your creation" is not a qualifying factor for much of anything besides assigning a last name. Trump is in office, and is actively, brazenly corrupt. And you're OK with it for...reasons?

He wasn't, but his dad was at the time. That's the point. My criticism is not of Hunter, but of Joe Biden. The last D president. The most popular D (by votes) in history. It's worse for people to entirely to benefit purely based on if their dad is in charge. That's nepotism. However Kushner is in office, he does work on peace deals in the middle east. He has an official title and does work with many countries and man…

> However Kushner is in office, he does work on peace deals in the middle east. He has an official title and does work with many countries and many people.

Actually, that's part of the problem. Jared Kushner did have a formal government job during Trump's first admin. He does not have one in the 2nd term. He's not even a "special government employee" like they made Musk.

He's a "volunteer" who is then given substantial foreign policy influence in a region where he is also a substantial financial player. And it all happens with him having no formal duty to the United States, no particular rules of the road for what's allowed and what's not, because he's (quite intentionally, IMO) existing in a gray area.

Some questions for you to ponder on -

What purpose does Trump Crypto serve?

Why was CZ pardoned?

Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by beepbooptheory »

chatmasta wrote: post #147
beepbooptheory wrote: post #145

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Why is that desirable, or how is that faster, for something where you are just moving the shapes around visually anyway? Kinda feel like I could drag the blue pill to center of the rectangle faster than typing out the instruction..

Because the interface sucks. It previews in an embedded viewer, exports to pptx, imports into Google Slides, then I can edit it there but if I want to make further edits on other slides, I’m basically stuck because Claude can’t export from Google Slides back to pptx. Technically cowork writes python scripts to do all the diagram positioning so if I go and make manual edits it’s not easy for Claude to change those bac…

Ah gotcha. Well, whatever you are working on sounds like absolute hell. Sorry for that.

Can one not export pptx from google drive anymore? That's a bummer. I remember it working quite well in the past.

Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by chatmasta »

beepbooptheory wrote: post #205
chatmasta wrote: post #147

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Because the interface sucks. It previews in an embedded viewer, exports to pptx, imports into Google Slides, then I can edit it there but if I want to make further edits on other slides, I’m basically stuck because Claude can’t export from Google Slides back to pptx. Technically cowork writes python scripts to do all the diagram positioning so if I go and make manual edits it’s not easy for Claude to change those bac…

Ah gotcha. Well, whatever you are working on sounds like absolute hell. Sorry for that. Can one not export pptx from google drive anymore? That's a bummer. I remember it working quite well in the past.

You can, and I could probably make Cowork drive the browser to do this (iirc I might have tried and it stopped cus it couldn’t access downloads pane); and I can do it manually.

And aside from minor issues with fidelity loss from back and forth import/export translation… the main issue remains: drift in the pptx compared to the positioning of elements defined in the script Claude writes to generate the slide. It would need to read the new slide and identify the new positions and transpose them to its own positioning system. It’s just more consistent to instruct it on positioning. And frankly it’s easier — I prefer this workflow.

I do manual edits at the very end, but while iterating I don’t mind staying in one interface (the cowork chat), as long as the agent actually follows my instructions. That’s why I like fable… it’s the first model that follows them and creates diagrams of the precision and quality surpassing my own ability (at least in terms of time taken to make them).

And what I’m working on is a self-created hell borne from my own OCD and obsession with incredibly precise technical diagrams, including some that span multiple slides to build up the full diagram, so exact positioning is important :)

Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by taneq »

theultdev wrote: post #178
taneq wrote: post #163

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Do you really think 50% of voters thought this was what they were getting? I think most of them thought “dunno what is going on, but this guy seems confident and says it’ll be good if we vote for him”.

that's what I voted for and I'm happy about it. same for every single person in my circle. you may not understand the other side because of biases but if you just say "oh 50% must be crazy / be stupid" then noone can have an honest debate. but I guess gone are those days.

Thankyou for responding with your view, and I'm sorry that you got downvoted for it. I don't agree that "[people] should be able to do literally anything they want and Buyer Beware is a good way to structure society and commerce" because I feel that a degree of safety from bad actors is part of the social contract in a healthy society, and that the strong and capable have a duty to protect and support those less able. I understand, however, that not everyone feels that way and that I'm not entitled to tell them what to think. That's why we vote on stuff, and it mostly works.

I still think that a large percentage of MAGA red hat voters (who don't necessarily represent all GOP voters) have bought into the populist rhetoric rather than actively understanding and supporting the actual policy but I'm sure there are plenty of people like you out there who are actively choosing this.

Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by port11 »

diordiderot wrote: post #177
NonHyloMorph wrote: post #70

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This type of comment is generally frowned upon on hn. That's what the upvote/downvote feature is for.

“This” is one of the most nonsensical Reddit mannerisms, it’s karma-farming instead of upvoting.

Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by sjsdaiuasgdia »

Ajedi32 wrote: post #179
sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #130

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> just no longer have an appetite to do any kind of proactive enforcement The overturning of the Chevron doctrine removed the ability of the government to do many kinds of proactive enforcement. > Part of me feels like this is intentional and by design It is absolutely intentional and by design. It aligns with other recent changes in the legal landscape, such as ending the ability for lower federal courts to issue na…

> The overturning of the Chevron doctrine removed the ability of the government to do many kinds of proactive enforcement. How does stopping agencies from making up their own interpretation of laws do anything to prevent proactive enforcement? (Do you just mean they're now more limited in their ability to make up new laws and proactively enforce those? I'm pretty sure prohibitions on false advertising are actual laws…

The legislative process (particularly nowadays) moves too slow to react to changes in the real world. The administrative processes provided a gap-fill function that could be somewhat more responsive. That is now lost.

Re: Nano Banana 2 Lite

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Post by Ajedi32 »

sjsdaiuasgdia wrote: post #209
Ajedi32 wrote: post #179

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The overturning of the Chevron doctrine removed the ability of the government to do many kinds of proactive enforcement. How does stopping agencies from making up their own interpretation of laws do anything to prevent proactive enforcement? (Do you just mean they're now more limited in their ability to make up new laws and proactively enforce those? I'm pretty sure prohibitions on false advertising are actual laws…

The legislative process (particularly nowadays) moves too slow to react to changes in the real world. The administrative processes provided a gap-fill function that could be somewhat more responsive. That is now lost.

Okay, if that's what you meant then I don't think it's pertinent to this specific situation, since false advertising laws passed by the legislature already exist. They just need to be enforced.

Speaking more generally beyond the context of this specific situation, I agree representative democracy moves slower than other systems of government, but I personally don't think that's sufficient justification for ceding control of the legislative process to an unelected oligarchy. I think the overturning of cheveron was good push back against that trend.

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