Sprotch

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by Sprotch 7d ago
The first iPhone did not have 3G when it came out, no GPS either, and no App Store - you were stuck with all the stock apps. It was definitely far behind its peers in several key aspects Here’s a flashback: https://www.cnet.com&#
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by Sprotch 12d ago
Thanks - that makes sense. On that basis the article’s thesis is totally wrong - it would be like a computer program rating its ability based on how well it predicts moves played by grandmasters in the past. It’s not inventing new moves.
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by Sprotch 12d ago
I understand how a computer can know that a chess move is more likely to lead to a win, and therefore “correct”, but I don’t understand how it can know that a token is correct. Can someone explain?
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by Sprotch 1mo ago
You can feel his love for her. Heartbreaking.
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by Sprotch 3mo ago
I’d say everyone got on the internet, and it turned into the equivalent of your local bar for discussions
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by Sprotch 4mo ago
Exactly - I am a lawyer and we are told to use dedicated AI products as much and however we want. There will be errors made
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by Sprotch 5mo ago
And when it comes, people will use it for porn, memes, and to argue with each other in bad faith
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by Sprotch 6mo ago
What stuffy traditional practices does the UK have?
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by Sprotch 6mo ago
It’s not western etiquette and makes no sense to me
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by Sprotch 6mo ago
Tinder was launched in 2012 though
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by Sprotch 8mo ago
I admire your patience when faced with someone who clearly has not read the article but still wants to be right no matter what...
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by Sprotch 8mo ago
Thank you - it is indeed €120k minimum capital Then I suggest they make noise to lower it to €1 - much easier than creating a new legal structure
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by Sprotch 8mo ago
How is this different from an SE, which has been existing since 2004? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Societas_Europaea
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by Sprotch 8mo ago
I suggest you read the article, it states the exact opposite and agrees with you
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by Sprotch 8mo ago
How effective is AI at pulling out relatively niche data from a document? Like - tell me which of these contracts has an arbitration clause?
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by Sprotch 8mo ago
I don’t think they were following Tesla. It’s a trend that affects everything, including washing machines. Tesla is a mere symptom
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
It’s not politics over competence. It’s getting things done in the real world
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
I think there’s a nuance. Chasing the low millions, and therefore financial security and comfort, is not the same as chasing billions, which would be Gatsby territory
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
Thanks for this - Graham hits the nail on the head
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
Indeed. And I see no evidence for the premise or the article. I read the book at school, and we all understood the not very subtle point about the illusion of money and how it does not bring happiness. The hopeless romantic aspect does get
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
You are going to love Honore de Balzac and Emile Zola.
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
This has nothing to do with JFK - it was put in place in 1945
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
If only this were about eliminating a nasty despot…
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
The institutions work if all countries abide by their rulings. The US doing this sort for things is destroying the institutions we have, chief of all the UN and the ICJ, put in place at the end of World War 2 to avoid a repeat. We have not
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
He was awful from the start, sending political opponents to prison and transferring oil money to himself and his croneys, but he claimed to be taking from the rich to give to the poor, so the Western left lapped it all up. It took them year
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
How exactly will the US run the country? They have just one guy
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
Article I of the Constitution, Section 8: only Congress has the power to declare war. International law exists - it’s the very purpose of the International Court of Justice
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
Yep - Reddit is unfortunately now where the simpletons hang out. This is far better, you can have intelligent debates
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
Exactly. And worse, it’s violating international law just because you can. This will be used by Putin and China etc to justify ever worse actions
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by Sprotch 9mo ago
Gas prices would have plummeted in any case, we have an over supply of LNG that is scheduled to get exponentially worse in the next 5 years

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