MegaButts

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by MegaButts 1y ago
> I think people also like the idea that there can be these systems in place for hundreds of years, and an individual can come along and intelligence and hard work, can turn the systems upside down or develop something better. That'
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It seems like you would've mentioned your own success rather than those around you when talking about how feasible it is. It's a lot easier to say something is achievable when you've done it yourself. And again, I think you
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by MegaButts 1y ago
If it's 1000x better than a career and you believe it's achievable, why haven't you done it yet?
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by MegaButts 1y ago
They got the titanium from the Soviet Union, so not exactly an ally. The US just lied about using it for pizza ovens instead of jets.
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by MegaButts 1y ago
Sure, but in reference to the comment "because of the time difference" it seems pretty obvious he was referring to time zones, not the dates the laws took effect. Anyway, it doesn't actually matter. Cheers.
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by MegaButts 1y ago
Wouldn't it be the opposite? 9 AM in Colorado is 8 AM in Washington.
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by MegaButts 1y ago
You're right about that and that's why I'm providing additional context.
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by MegaButts 1y ago
The story I heard before the PR spin that came from Paul Graham later (where he tweeted that he never fired him and asked him to choose between YC and OpenAI) was that he was asked to resign. I don't have an official source, I heard t
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by MegaButts 1y ago
Why do you assume there would be a balance? Maybe YC's reputation has just been going downhill for years. Also, OpenAI isn't part of YC. Sam Altman was fired from YC and it's pretty obvious what he learned from that was to
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by MegaButts 1y ago
3% is 50% more than 2%, so it's nowhere near being within 1% of the target. I'm not trying to be pedantic, but there is an enormous difference between 1% and 50%. https://xkcd.com/985/
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by MegaButts 1y ago
I think his point was even if you bought insanely expensive cameras for tens of thousands of dollars, they would still be worse than the human eye.
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I doubt this would do much to stop kids from looking at porn. It would only intimidate people that are afraid of breaking the rules, not people that just want to find what they're looking for. By this logic kids can't buy alcoho
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by MegaButts 1y ago
> Do you really want to compel selling access to pedo games? > Do you really want to compel selling access to rape games? > Do you really want to compel selling access to incest games? So ban the things you believe are the problem
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by MegaButts 1y ago
> One piece of evidence against this is that the primary source linked above no longer works at OpenAI, and hasn't chosen to blow the whistle on the supposed fraud. Everywhere I worked offered me a significant amount of money to sig
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There are so many reasons to hate Zuck. But bringing up something he said as a teenager in a private conversation is one of the dumbest reasons.
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> Support of free speech requires support of the right to say things I know you didn't mean it this way, but both sides believe this to be true depending on how you define "the right"
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The petrodollar, which largely depends on the US having significant influence over global oil supply, is arguably the main reason why the USD is the global reserve currency and an enormous reason why the US is as wealthy as it is.
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I won't lie, your projection is pretty funny.
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Then why is your original comment about compensation?
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You don't need to work at AMD to buy their stock.
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Self-driving cars are cool but I'd rather have good public transit. These vehicles clearly have utility beyond just public transit, but I'd rather they be an edge case rather than considered a main solution. So yeah, from my per
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And Tesla famously described Edison as an idiot for this very reason. Then Tesla revolutionized the way we use electricity while Edison was busy killing elephants.
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No, this is wrong. VCs regularly bet on companies they expect to fail, and occassionally even know will fail. They sometimes put money into companies knowing they will never get it back. They do not expect a positive return on every inve

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