QuantumGood

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by QuantumGood 10d ago
The Kia factory recall key cylinder fix solved the hotwiring issue; and the engines that burn oil last pretty well as long as you keep adding oil. Not saying these countermeasures are solutions, nor that the issues are minor, but they produ
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by QuantumGood 26d ago
I used to do demonstrations in large workshops, and I would stand behind someone reading a script, and hold up a flag 3-5 words BEFORE they would stumble. I could tell when their compulsion to say the next word had gotten ahead of their sen
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by QuantumGood 29d ago
It was rebranded as "Alexa for Shopping"; that is what I am referring to.
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by QuantumGood 29d ago
Amazon's AI search doesn't do that, however. For that reason, 90% of my searches are now prompts to the AI, instead of regular searches. But it occassionally freezes the app.
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by QuantumGood 1mo ago
page is now 404, this one still works https://cdn.saffire.com/images.ashx?t=ig&rid=OhioStateFair&i...
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by QuantumGood 1mo ago
One of the things not represented well by the hype cycle is how hype is a moving target. When "ai defenders and hype" assign a number to things, the early numbers can become closer to the later realities.
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by QuantumGood 1mo ago
Things change, and people forget why they were ever any other way. There are definitely resistance forces, but when the overton window flips, people just accept the status quo again.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
> should want [others] to make binding agreements As Munger emphasized, others act according to incentives. First, clarify those incentives, then incentivize them if you can.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Sometimes its worth tracking usage optimization and raw abilities as separate qualities.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Figure out something to say even though you are not yet very clear on the other person's communication. Common approaches: Ask for clarification, mirror what they say. Growing up autistic, I couldn't find a way to maintain/cr
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
I use high-quality tape on the spine after flattening it for easy reading; still flattens well, but holds together longer.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Treat the answer like a game instead of treating the question like a logic puzzle. Optimizing the answer framing instead of the question framing opens up a lot of possibilities. This also works in personality conflicts affecting communicati
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Love the AI format with obvious misunderstanding to this and all your other comments; makes it much easier to find AI bots like yourself.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Allowing for creative incubation is a real thing. But task restarting penalty is real as well: you lose context and your mental model; working memory loses details; dependencies are reverified unnecessarily; flow state momentum lost; enviro
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
It's an "absence of light" pattern (as opposed to dark pattern). Creating a very common tech support issue; sometimes "login" isn't even visible.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Commoditization always takes volume from the marketplace, but not necessarily profit. Apple and Military tech come to mind. Positioning is rarely done well looking forward, but often shakes out in unexpected ways.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
A one point a very hated thing was how they defrauded advertisers using their services. They have increased the fraud over time, so that hate hasn't gone away.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
At a certain point in the process, a little additional content multiplies the value of your existing efforts. But that is misunderstood (survivor bias?) as "make lots of content, because the successful people did".
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
"Good artists copy, great artists steal, the best artists make lies seem true." – Steve Jobs. Actually, Jobs self-servingly refactored then misattributed to Picasso the line, "Good artists copy, great artists steal.&quot
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
"Yes, ..." is how I notice all the models (4-5 that I use) in the last week or so have begun saying "No, ..." except for Kimi. I ask a lot of questions in the form of "Question about the feature: does it allow for .
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
And knocking out the messy garage background to replace it with a showroom is the easiest prompt.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Compaction is a feature like swapping out a car for a tricycle is a feature for greater economy.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Each new iteration of the hype cycle feels "like its not hype" because the tech is more promising in new ways, but the hype comes from human perception. New tech has to fight a lot of real world and project management issues, and
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
... and then it stopped having that ability to build on create concise, accurate summaries and expand on them. Same problem with GPT 5.6 Sol. I even tried and old prompt in the (more nerfed) recent version. The core initial thinking ability
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Finishing the conservative sentence but not the liberal sentence? "Fewer armed police responsibilities for nonviolent issues such as homelessness" is more clearly the liberal position. A person in my family started one of the firs
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
You can frame setting up AI such that some of that activity is similar to some coding activities you like, or that some of that activity releases you from some of the coding activities you don't like. It's a really personal thing;
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
TLDR; hard to resolve that question with dialog. Complexity resists reduction, yet fundamentals that affect change over time exist. That said, growth seeks to shed restrictions upon it, but unrestricted growth has many suboptimal effects on
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
Just opened it and Bridge updates are unavailable due to incompatibility: Windows 11 only. Of course my hardware is Windows 11 incompatible.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
The most powerful humans, and human systems, often score very low on stewardship and empathy. While "cancer" triggers as opinionated, using a less-charged analogy I think should probably make a similar point.
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by QuantumGood 2mo ago
I came here because of a comment on the one you linked to, that includes this information: Since the link that was posted is just an AI copyright theft site, use the original instead: https://climatecasino.substack.com/p&#x2

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