b3kart

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by b3kart 2mo ago
I think significantly fewer people would have an issue with this if the profit was socialized. The fact that a company took all of humanity’s data and is profiting from _is_ the issue.
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by b3kart 3mo ago
What’s written into law is just “contract”, not “social contract”. Your argument is basically “if it’s not illegal it’s not wrong”.
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by b3kart 3mo ago
Ah, yes, the Economist, a famously government-controlled media outlet.
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by b3kart 3mo ago
It shows the irony of trolling the UK's "authoritarianism" in a thread on a release of a model by a US company, given the US is arguably _more_ authoritarian. (Poland is more of a fun tidbit, as they are indeed tied in the Ec
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by b3kart 3mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon-class_submarine vibes
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by b3kart 3mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index Probably tongue-in-cheek, but UK 18th, US joint 34th with Poland
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by b3kart 4mo ago
you know what they say about planting a tree. buy a domain name, set up a forward from gmail, and set a reminder to migrate 1 account per day to your new email address. 1 year later you’ll be in a much better position in case google decides
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by b3kart 4mo ago
“education” is not the same as “job training”. there’s more to education than learning skills you can apply at your job. it’s learning how to think critically, study literature, problem solve, collaborate with others, etc. etc. skills that
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by b3kart 4mo ago
so universities become trade schools? one concern is where does one get theoretical knowledge required for e.g. going to graduate school and then doing research to push the state of the art. that's one of the reasons universities empha
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by b3kart 7mo ago
Don’t you think that’s because Google was objectively a head above everyone other search engine for a long time?
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by b3kart 8mo ago
It’s funny that perfect capitalism (no payroll expenses) means nobody has money to actually buy any of the goods produced by AI. Re cancer: I wonder how significant is the cost of reading the results vs. the logistics of actually running th
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by b3kart 8mo ago
If this were so, we wouldn’t be seeing such reactions from open source maintainers. The reality is AI makes it cheap to create large PRs with little substance.
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by b3kart 8mo ago
That's what I am saying: if you had a better search/rec engine than Google, good luck making it useful without Google's search index, acquired to a large extent thanks to their dominant market position. This doesn't soun
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by b3kart 8mo ago
This doesn't work in the age of AI where producing crappy results is much cheaper than verifying them. While this is the case, metadata will be important to understand if you should even bother verifying the results.
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by b3kart 8mo ago
I think you’re proving the monopoly argument yourself: if they only way to compete with Google is an innovation that generations of scientists have been working towards, it does paint a grim picture of competition in this space. Besides, ar
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by b3kart 8mo ago
…without having advertiser interests to cater to.
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by b3kart 8mo ago
> Meanwhile, users pay a premium to pretend they're not using Google My searches can’t be tied to me by Google for their ad targeting: this is worth paying a premium for, and I am glad Kagi are providing this service. You seem to ha
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by b3kart 8mo ago
> you didn't like this product, you can just choose to not use it This is an over-simplification. I might like the product, but not be aware of the various ways it violates my privacy. Having laws that make it more risky for compani
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by b3kart 9mo ago
> Conversely, we ignored brilliant people simply because they couldn't articulate their complex ideas effectively. If you can't articulate your complex idea to a human, what's the reason to believe an LLM would understand
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by b3kart 9mo ago
Not necessarily: assuming I've been following Nik for a while, I have reasons to trust his summary more than an LLMs summary. I would understand Nik's biases, and understand why he would focus on one thing over another. Nik would
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by b3kart 9mo ago
The problem is it’s imperfect in very unpredictable ways. Meaning you always need to keep it on a short leash for anything serious, which puts a limit on the productivity boost. And that’s fine, but does this match the level of investment a
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by b3kart 1y ago
Better for whom?
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by b3kart 1y ago
Sounds like you’re describing how things are, while the author is describing how things are ought to be. It’s fine to be obsessed and sacrifice the rest of your life for a job if that’s your choice. If that’s the only option to succeed, how
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by b3kart 1y ago
True depth of thought is often achieved through exposing your ideas to others. It’s scary and uncomfortable, but ultimately you might spend months refining an argument that the first other person to look at will find a flaw in. We don’t see
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by b3kart 1y ago
> solution is have a shorter commute and live closer to the office With a short commute, a private office, and environment conducive to both focused work and collaboration as required, I imagine a lot more folks would be happy to RTO. Ho
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by b3kart 2y ago
Why would you leave a Kindle untouched with the light on for 3 days?
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by b3kart 2y ago
Any advice on starting out in woodworking?
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by b3kart 2y ago
It depends on the type of therapy, I suppose, but I am not sure it’s reasonable to expect the therapist to have experienced all of the circumstances/problems you’re coming to them with. In my view, a good therapist should have the skil
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by b3kart 2y ago
> make sure the counselor has their own kids I sense a hint of prejudice, the “you’ll understand once you have kids” trope. Surely counsellors training is more important than their personal situation?
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by b3kart 2y ago
> if you separate your ambition from your identity and sense of self-worth If you can do this and stay ambitious, I'd like to buy your course. I don't know if generally people can stay hyper-motivated and hyper-ambitious unless

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