davedigerati

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Comcast "offers" to track you in your home(corporate.comcast.com)
2 points by davedigerati 11d ago|3 comments
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by davedigerati 11d ago
I've been reading the theoretical papers on Wi-Fi as a tracking system ( https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000185756 ) but dang now Comcast is actually selling this?!?! And people believe this is a good idea?!?
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by davedigerati 3mo ago
very interesting thought experiment here. I wonder how much it would take in a monthly subscription to offset the money they make in ads? picturing an Instagram without drivel and the crap and the manipulative behavior, that I would pay for
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by davedigerati 4mo ago
very nice response idle_zealot, it's this level of human decency in comments that keeps me coming back to HN
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by davedigerati 4mo ago
I'm gdam sick of hearing about BBEdit updates and new features, I swear it's almost enough to make me buy another Mac just to get this amazing godlike editor back again, fk I miss it so bad... quit torturing me BareBones
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by davedigerati 4mo ago
would be inclined to use it just to flex that name "yeah I built this in Zero Gravity..."
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by davedigerati 5mo ago
srsly tho this looks slick & love the office refs / will go play with it :)
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by davedigerati 5mo ago
why not an Obsidian vault with a plugin?
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by davedigerati 6mo ago
I think this is a great way to frame the conversation and possible solution: reputation. things like accumulated karma or credits and IRL connections (big data will love this) all begin to feel dystopian whereas reputation I believe is some
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by davedigerati 9mo ago
AGI via LLMs: No. The AI will need a natural understanding of the real world (the physics you and I live within) and ability to self-modify it's training (ie learn), so we're working on hybrid AI architectures which may include L
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by davedigerati 9mo ago
chromecast - godsend on long hotel stays. need to dial in through my home (wireguard) so no license issues with streamers and once I connect my GL.iNet GL-MT300N-V2 to hotel wifi instant bubble of safe wifi for all my devices! weighs nothi
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by davedigerati 10mo ago
Excellent reference Tried to name an AI project at work Electric Monk but too 'controversial' Had to change to Electric Mentor....
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by davedigerati 1y ago
With respect to energy balance comments and comparing this to other technologies: both processes of absorption and condensation are happening within the same material passively, meaning you do not need to put energy into it. The heat gaine
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by davedigerati 1y ago
how about Google Buzz? https://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/introducing-google-b...
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by davedigerati 1y ago
I for one am simply happy to see us trying to apply LLMs to something other than replacing call centers... humankind SHOULD be exploring and learning sometimes even when there isn't an ROI.
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by davedigerati 2y ago
blog or self-publish on a platform I can pay you for your time, please keep going! I'm enjoying the premise and would love to read more!