mattas

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Florida bans Flock cameras and other license plate readers from state highways(nbcnews.com)
8 points by mattas 15d ago|0 comments
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by mattas 2mo ago
Meanwhile, there will be a line of VCs out the door rushing to give this kid a few million dollars. Because of this.
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by mattas 2mo ago
"The Git Platform for Teams."
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by mattas 2mo ago
"Right now, none of the above analysis applies because demand exceeds supply for frontier models, and supply is limited by a lack of compute." It gets particularly hairy because models themselves can tune their "token verbosi
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by mattas 2mo ago
I'd love to be losing like Anthropic.
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by mattas 2mo ago
"Everybody's Weirded Out by AI-Except the People Who Live in Zip Codes Starting with 940, 941, 944, 950 and 951"
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by mattas 2mo ago
The fact investors think (thought) SpaceX is worth more than $2T is another example of how they aren't familiar with rocket launches.
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by mattas 2mo ago
Shareholders lost $50B within a few seconds of the scrub.
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by mattas 2mo ago
A rational person isn't willing to pay more than the present value of future cash flows. Just like how a rational person wouldn't pay $101 for a $100 bill. Where it gets fun is that: (1) we have people selling $100 bills for more
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by mattas 2mo ago
No one forced them to IPO well above the present value of their future cash flows. Or claim their TAM was $28 trillion.
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by mattas 2mo ago
The unlock is probably somewhere in that honest, load-bearing caveat.
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by mattas 2mo ago
Thinking out loud, is productivity the ultimate macro benefit of AI? Should we expect macro AI investment to be a leading indicator of macro productivity gains? For example, did macro investment in factory automation predict future producti
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Stellantis to sell small Fiat Topolino EV for $13,995 in U.S.(cnbc.com)
22 points by mattas 2mo ago|18 comments
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by mattas 2mo ago
Might be more appropriate to add a "not AI" flag at this point.
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by mattas 2mo ago
Palantir has sold their flavor of "consulting" (forward-deployed whatevers) as an alternative to the old-school flavors of consulting (management consultants). Now, Alex Karp is upset because there's a new, new flavor of cons
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China lands reusable rocket for first time, state media says(bbc.com)
4 points by mattas 2mo ago|0 comments
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by mattas 2mo ago
"We dropped out of high school to build AI-powered snail teeth."
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The ChatGPT browser is dead(theverge.com)
3 points by mattas 2mo ago|0 comments
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by mattas 2mo ago
It's like a burgoo [1]. A steaming cauldron of community slop. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgoo
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by mattas 2mo ago
I was describing this exact feeling today. I haven't quite been able to put it into words but I do get slightly physically ill. Almost similar to mild trypophobia?
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by mattas 2mo ago
Why bother learning anything when you can just use AI?
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Why does Chicago use Comic Sans on some elevator inspection certificates?(chicago.suntimes.com)
3 points by mattas 2mo ago|0 comments
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by mattas 2mo ago
Not even close to the manhole cover speed record.
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US Car Payments Hit a Record $777 a Month as Down Payments Drop(bloomberg.com)
4 points by mattas 2mo ago|2 comments
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by mattas 2mo ago
There's a disconnect between measured productivity and "anecdotal" productivity. I love this chart because it also demonstrates one of the most effective ways to increase productivity: simply reducing the workforce. https:&#
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US employers still reluctant to add many jobs as hiring slows in June(apnews.com)
3 points by mattas 3mo ago|0 comments
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by mattas 3mo ago
Not sure how this does anything to alter the laws of physics. But I guess it's a step in the right direction.
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by mattas 3mo ago
There's another guy who I love watching (@MichaelHendriksLIVE) that exploits the heck out of biter mechanics. But it's generally in the context of difficult modded playthroughs.
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by mattas 3mo ago
"We can raise prices in two ways: (1) raise the price per token and (2) increase the number of tokens we generate on your behalf. We promise not to do (2) maliciously. Promise."
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by mattas 3mo ago
Word is just the skin is the load-bearing idea. The real unlock, if you will.

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