ljw1001

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by ljw1001 1y ago
Everyone is less valuable than they think, especially in a tech startup
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by ljw1001 3y ago
We don’t really know how harmful this stuff will be, but we’ll keep on making it more powerful (and keep on bragging about it) until we find out.
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by ljw1001 3y ago
If you don’t consider the difference in kind between a human vulnerability and an automated vulnerability that derives from the essentially unlimited capacity of the latter to scale, your comment makes a lot of sense. If you do consider th
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by ljw1001 3y ago
Exactly. Only an amateur criminal steals from the rich.
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by ljw1001 3y ago
It’s a “full” capability they’re incapable of delivering. It’s really hard to see how your distinction has any meaning.
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by ljw1001 3y ago
You lost me at calling AI an “advance”. I think that’s a speculative statement that has yet to earn the positive bias it entails.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
How many? So many. And that’s not just my opinion; it’s my strongly held opinion
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Everything that matters, including how much money you have, but more importantly when you and the people you love become sick or die accidentally is governed by chance. If you think money gets you a pass, maybe recheck your understanding of
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Given that the mean salary at google is probably driven by people making 7 or 8 figures, I’m going to suggest that laying off 10,000 people will not change that one bit
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by ljw1001 4y ago
What is the average salary at TCI?
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Yeah. Or Ma Bell
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by ljw1001 4y ago
I think the fair comparison is: if you’re living someplace with any given level of economic opportunity (and the other things you mention) would you be happier if it was on the water than if it was not. It seems for you the answer is no, bu
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by ljw1001 4y ago
I suspect it’s because they have a near monopoly in high-quality, next-gen sequencing. They’re trying to grow the market for their machines rather than take business from a competitor.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
What’s your evidence for massive interest in business markets? I use a quest for gaming, but find the idea of interacting with colleagues for corporate stuff to be just hideous.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Thrill of the Fight is one of the best, as long as you’re careful to avoid repetitive stress injuries.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
>To show me things that I want That’s an extraordinarily generous interpretation of Facebook’s motivation.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
The real difference is in scale. Automations can be coordinated to produce self-affirming bullshit at a scale that drives real discussion out of view. You already see this on twitter with troll farms and primitive bots. Now it will be a t
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Only management should be able to impose their will on employees and should be able to do so without competition. On the job, and during their “free-time”. More seriously, imagine where not everyone is required to be in the union and think
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by ljw1001 4y ago
I think your characterization of unions is a propaganda driven falsehood, and your argument ignores the fact that Most people see less and less of the fruits of their labor.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
A less benevolent take is that VC money is primarily used to buy market share by selling below cost until other competitors exit and the company is left with a monopoly.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
A human calling beavers destructive is ironic.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
What is the state of dart for cross-platform development? I looked a few years ago and it seemed like progress was being made for web development and desktop use, if I remember correctly.
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by ljw1001 4y ago
I think this worked well. Instead of conversation about how Elon would use twitter to undermine democracy, civil discourse, whatever, everyone is talking about what’s a fair price to pay him to undermine democracy, civil discourse, whatever
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Unlimited conspiracy theories and Russian trolls - free
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by ljw1001 4y ago
First it was twitter. Then it became mainstream
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Aside from some mistakes, twitter already erred on the side of no moderation: when did they ban trump?. What people don’t like is the idea of the world’s richest child turning it into Hate Central and a megaphone for Putin. That said, his s
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Someday I want to own a company that fails like blockbuster
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by ljw1001 4y ago
In my opinion, Jetbrains IDEA was a better tool ten years ago, before they decided to make versions for every language imaginable. In some ways they’ve improved and occasionally still delight, but in others their Java support is remarkably
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by ljw1001 4y ago
I also had no side effects of the latest booster. Earlier doses have me some arm ache, but that seemed irrelevant vs the benefits. I get a flu shot every year and have no concerns over repeated Covid shots. Also, never had Covid, In part be
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by ljw1001 4y ago
Telling your legislator what you want while being a billionaire is one of the main reasons why we can’t have an actual democracy

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