crostlybostly

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by crostlybostly 7d ago
But using the outputs to train would make their statement false, since they are influenced by the inputs
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by crostlybostly 20d ago
That’s a naive take. Generating above market returns on capital is probably the most competitive arena ever. Why do you think CEOs make so much money? They typically are not the ones that own the capital. They are the people the capital own
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by crostlybostly 26d ago
HTML/Javascript would like a word
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by crostlybostly 1mo ago
I think about this too. It would be easy enough to make your own DNS alternative or use the exact same protocol but remap domains as you please.
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by crostlybostly 6mo ago
I dunno, just seems like an okay system to me. We both get richer, I press some buttons on a keyboard then get paid and go hang out with my family. I am sure it could be better, but there is no organization I trust any more than corporation
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by crostlybostly 6mo ago
But if a billionaire pays you $100k and makes $110k in revenue the inequality went down, right? Their wealth went up by 10k and yours went up by 100k.
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by crostlybostly 6mo ago
The reverse is also true though. I am not going to work for you unless you pay me more for my time than it is otherwise worth.
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by crostlybostly 6mo ago
Agreed it’s a multitude of issues. I just think if people want results they should focus on the factors they can control. Changing government policy and industry policy is a slow process and can take decades for results and often has uninte
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by crostlybostly 6mo ago
How much of this is a cultural problem with Americans though? Immigrant families save a higher percentage than Americans even when they make less money. Americans notoriously overconsume and are not big on saving.
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by crostlybostly 6mo ago
There are plenty of inventors that made more money than the capital providers. Nearly every founder (Jobs, Zuck, Musk, Google Guys, Gates) all made more wealth than the investors that bought in along the way.
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by crostlybostly 6mo ago
If you believe in AI hype (which you seem to) you should acknowledge the passive investors are the ones funding the massive data center buildouts, infrastructure investment, and paying for R&D that has not yet proven profitable. This ma