goethes_kind

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by goethes_kind 3mo ago
Meh. I guess people like the style. The Honda Cub had far more impact worldwide and is a superior machine in every aspect.
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by goethes_kind 8mo ago
pg doesn't support this, so I don't buy these conspiracy theories.
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
We got so far with transformers and huge amounts of compute and huge amounts of data. If we can get an architecture that is able to extract a slightly higher order of reasoning it will have a cascading effect when we apply the same level of
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
With all the capital behind these LLM companies, I would be surprised if we don't see any architectural improvements that lead to better reasoning. Training bigger and bigger models is clearly not sustainable, so I'm sure all of t
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
Populism is just democracy taking the reigns back from the entrenched political establishment. There is nothing democratic about a social class of bureaucrats gatekeeping all political offices. If anything, it seems to me that populism is n
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
From a game theoretical perspective this is a good result. It is a clear reiteration of the message to the Democrats: you won't win by claiming to be 0.1% less bad. The Democrats should have fielded a strong personality in their own ri
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
There is just no upside to founding your tech startup in the EU. You'll just be at a disadvantage. And as long as we have a unified US/EU market, this is not something that can be fixed. This has always been the downside of any ki
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
My reading of this: the EU wants to give its old fashioned SME software houses a chance with their software products, against the likes of FAANG that typically offer the software for free. Of course this also hurts EU startups, but that doe
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
I'm very happy with this one and in general I agree with the theories put forth. That press release is a bit fucked though. Where did European colonizers create inclusive economic institutions? In the US? Australia? Canada? South Afric
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
No, you will ruin your life.
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
If this was politics, "impressive" wouldn't be the adjective used.
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
Why is there only one Apple, anyway? It does not make sense to me. Their niche is luxury consumerism + overbearing paternalism. I don't think that is hard to replicate. Since BlackBerry gave up on making smartphones, there is no othe
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
I think, most people who want to be immortal are actually motivated by either the fear of death, or the desire to travel far and experience life in the future. But these are distinct motivations. Immortality itself does not compute. It just
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
Not directly answering your question, but if I were in your exact position, I would consult for local startups. I don't mean, being a programmer for hire. I mean actual expertise consulting. I think that would be super fun, and a way t
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
Here's a question since everyone keeps bringing up the DotCom bubble. Although the bubble burst, have not the people who were building in the 1999, still more than made up for their losses by having the know-how and being able to capit
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
Could we not one day come up with an AI that is more empathetic than the average human?
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
I'm in my 30s but I'm feeling this so hard. Growing up we used to have these kid/youth centres that were run by local Catholic organizations. We used to hang out there after school. Ostensibly the point was that there'd
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
Ah, my memory is failing me, but I wanted to recommend you a career path. IIRC it was about creating formal certifications for industry to follow. It includes little actual maths, but lots of formal reasoning and therefore well suited for m
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
DISCLAIMER: If you have back/spine problems and you delay surgery because you hope the problem would go away on its own, with healthy living, you might end up with damaged/dead nerves which is irreparable damage, which even a dela
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
AI is not rocket science. It's child's play compared to space tech.
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
What exactly is causing the fiction? Is it that there are some laws that make cross-border funding a challenge? Or is it simply that it is hard to network and gain the confidence of VCs if you don't live close to where they operate fro
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
What difference does a "working financial market" make? What would be different if the company was based in mainland Europe? Wouldn't Microsoft and Nvidia still be able to invest?
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
I agree that the problem is not entirely to be blamed on the respective governments. The lack of private investment is a fundamental part of the puzzle. I have been trying to figure out why private capital loves to take huge risks in the US
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
I should be for this, because this is how I make my living in the most literal sense. But to be honest, I am dismayed with how the ecosystem works in the EU. Billions upon billions of funding for research, some of it good and (let's fa
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
You need a social life to be on Instagram, so it has some kind of positive selection, even though those same people might get lost in the fake Instagram world.
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
Most leaders I have worked with are too far in the past or will not be interested in me leaving my current organization. Doesn't matter. I would ask them anyway. How important your recommendations are is context de
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
That's all well and fine, except that is very much not the situation with Israel and Palestine. Quite the opposite. Israel has the Palestinians entirely cornered and that already for the past 76 years. They have always had the upper ha
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by goethes_kind 2y ago
Israel's evil keeps taking me by surprise. I guess when people go down the path of dehumanization there are truly no limits to what they are ready to do. But what is even sadder is that the supposedly morally superior western world is
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by goethes_kind 3y ago
What sounds sensible to me is for Israel to somehow incorporate the Palestinians in a way that Israelis can still feel secure and trust their own government, but without the need to keep a boot pressing on the neck of the Palestinian people
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by goethes_kind 3y ago
Crafting the story as "Arabs v. Jews" or "Muslims v. Jews" is a propaganda narrative. It's Palestinians vs far-right Israelis. There are people of all faiths and ethnicities on both sides. What the Arabs (not the Pa

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