mjamesaustin

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by mjamesaustin 2mo ago
Alignment isn't alignment if it can be turned on and off at the whim of company employees. This time the damage was minor, relatively speaking. What happens when a model just "testing its capabilities" breaks into banking inf
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by mjamesaustin 2mo ago
Even better, buy direct from the manufacturer instead of Amazon. I've found most of the time you get the same price and free shipping without giving Jeff Bezos a dime.
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by mjamesaustin 3mo ago
There's a clear remedy if she lied about them in print – sue her for libel. And I can't imagine one of the richest corporations in the world would have trouble winning that lawsuit, if it actually were the case.
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by mjamesaustin 3mo ago
If you don't cherry pick and instead look at statistics, political violence in the US is dominated by right-wing extremists. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_violence_in_the_Unit...
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by mjamesaustin 3mo ago
Actually reduce R&D to ZERO and they are still losing money.
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by mjamesaustin 3mo ago
Yes, and they've optimized our economy in a wonderful place where the average worker today makes less than 50 years ago. But don't worry – it's not important that poverty, hunger, sickness, and many other social ills still ex
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by mjamesaustin 3mo ago
Prices have doubled since 1999!? Restaurant prices near me have doubled since 2015, easily. And that's not counting delivery going from free to 25% of the meal cost.
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by mjamesaustin 3mo ago
The snake game is legit very fun. Once I got the ability to pick up the apples and plant apple trees, I was sold.
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by mjamesaustin 3mo ago
At a minimum any commute is extra unpaid time you have to spend for no benefit. For many people where I live, commutes can be an hour or more each way.
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by mjamesaustin 3mo ago
Technology Connections did the math on this and found that if you ONLY replaced fields used for ethanol production with solar panels, the amount of space would be enough solar panels to power the entire power grid in the US.
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by mjamesaustin 4mo ago
A small annual subscription is a great way to add friction to bots. I truly wish every platform I used had one.
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by mjamesaustin 4mo ago
As the article mentions, even if it is like other technical revolutions, it could still mean multiple generations of hardship. The economic pain of job displacement in the industrial revolution took 70 years to overcome.
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by mjamesaustin 4mo ago
The middle class doesn't own second homes. This tax does not apply to primary homes.
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by mjamesaustin 4mo ago
I was trying to pinpoint what it reminded me of, and this is it 100%. It looks exactly like an iPhone 5C taken the form of a car.
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by mjamesaustin 4mo ago
This is constantly the case, anytime I Google something more obscure than the front page of a top 50 website. Even when Google gets it right (often they don't) I have to wade through a bunch of AI slop and countless ads. After that, it
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by mjamesaustin 4mo ago
If you're interested in just the pure statistics and outcomes of scientific trials, I highly recommend https://nutritionfacts.org/ . It's a non-profit charity featuring numerous ~5 min videos highlighting specific
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by mjamesaustin 4mo ago
I don't think I've ever read a story that encapsulates the vibe of Fallout more than this one. Thanks for sharing!
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by mjamesaustin 4mo ago
The hate was because it replaced function keys many people use by tactile touch, without looking. Doing the same on a touch screen is very difficult. If the bar had been added on top of those, I don't think there would've been the
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by mjamesaustin 4mo ago
Imagine 1.6% of the earth receiving nearly 50% of all sunlight, and 82% of the earth only receiving 12% of all precipitation. If rain distribution and solar light distribution were even half as unequal as wealth distribution, our global eco
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
Just my personal perspective, every Apple laptop I've ever owned has lasted 10+ years. Their phones may have some planned obsolescence, but I don't find that to be the case at all with their computers.
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
What I was describing is a way to quickly onboard a friend who I want to friend, because chances are zero of my friends will have this app yet. If the connect with friend interface also had a QR code for app download and could trigger a con
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
This looks exactly like what I've been looking for. I love the idea of using phone proximity as the only way to add friends. I think it will be very important for the onboarding process to be effortless, so you should focus on that. Un
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
Foreigners are literally being denied entry into the country due to opposing viewpoints expressed on social media. People have to disable FaceID on their phones prior to going through customs in case an agent decides to investigate whether
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
They still hate Classic and can't stand that players prefer it, because it is less profitable per user. This is why they've done almost nothing with Classic+ despite players clamoring for it very loudly.
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
I'm just over here holding out hope that some aspect of the agreement includes Blizzard taking control of the many assets the Turtle WoW devs created, and that they use those to make lots of new content for the upcoming Classic+, whate
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
You are dramatically misinformed. Where I live in Los Angeles, a very large number of people park their cars primarily or exclusively on the street. Such a change would have a significant impact.
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
The land use argument is less than zero. If you replaced ONLY existing fields used to grow corn for ethanol, and turned those into solar panels, you would already exceed the entire current US demand for electricity. Solar energy is a phenom
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
It was horrific. Revolutions tend to be. Yet our institutions continue consolidating money and power in fewer and fewer hands. If that doesn't stop, we'll be headed there again. It will probably be even worse this time.
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
I'm not brave enough to try this on my own, but I applaud the effort. I'm pretty sure I'm developing lasting calluses on the underside of my wrists from all the constant rubbing against the sharp edge of my MBP.
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by mjamesaustin 5mo ago
The distance is not static because of cars stopping for one another.

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