nyc_data_geek1

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by nyc_data_geek1 20d ago
Money is not speech, no matter what the courts say.
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by nyc_data_geek1 21d ago
"Underground tunnels are immune to surface weather conditions (subways are a good example), so it wouldn’t matter to Hyperloop if a hurricane was raging on the surface. You wouldn’t even notice." Musk, Twitter, 2022 This is, on it
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by nyc_data_geek1 2mo ago
You can't eat AI slop
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by nyc_data_geek1 2mo ago
Taste changes. Teslas now feel like janky, shoddily assembled, cheaply sourced ipad cases with wheels and a passenger compartment. Novelty wears off.
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by nyc_data_geek1 3mo ago
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't theft.
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by nyc_data_geek1 3mo ago
This particular technology has been trained by explicitly ripping off a lot of peoples' friends, though.
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by nyc_data_geek1 3mo ago
Understood, apologize for my misconception of your assertion. Mass media, of course, is only too happy to cultivate such misconceptions on the part of the public.
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by nyc_data_geek1 3mo ago
Maybe don't be so dismissive of that which you lack a thorough understanding. Recommend reading "Against the State" by James Stout, wherein he describes history of various Anarchist societies, including Barcelona during Spani
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by nyc_data_geek1 3mo ago
If we need to check everything AI produces, every reference and factual assertion, where is the value in what it's producing? Why should we spend the money on producing this, and the time reviewing it, when I can just do it right the
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by nyc_data_geek1 4mo ago
Equities are underlying collateral. Prediction markets are literally just betting on an outcome, no underlying asset exists.
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by nyc_data_geek1 4mo ago
He could be right, or he could just be a phone company CEO trying to get you to buy a new phone, or he could be both.
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by nyc_data_geek1 4mo ago
Take it a step further. Words, in the financial world are largely used for obfuscation, marketing, concealing of the truth by financially motivated actors. Thus, financial literacy is looking at the numbers, market conditions and geopolit
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by nyc_data_geek1 4mo ago
The whole idea that pushing back against resource exhaustion and planned obsolescence is inherently apolitical is bunk, in fact. Politics are only "extra" and "bolted on" when you are comfortably benefiting from the sta
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by nyc_data_geek1 4mo ago
Absolutely, and exactly my point. This boils down to wasteful make-work again. As the bard said, brevity is the soul of wit.
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by nyc_data_geek1 4mo ago
And they are generating the longer version with AI, that you are then using AI to summarize. This is not adding value for anyone except people whose function is to look busy, and people trying to avoid their busy work.
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
UnusualWhales begs to differ
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
Because your fear is their marketing, is their valuation. There, saved you a click.
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
“The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as “Your Plastic Pal Who’s Fun to Be With.” The Hitchhiker’
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
Many people struggle to differentiate between illusion and reality, these days. There's a sucker born every minute, after all.
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
Who's going to enforce antitrust laws in this environment, pray tell?
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
It's like low-background radiation steel. There's a finite amount of information out there that's not ai garbage, and the percentage of scrapeable information that isn't tainted grows smaller by the moment. I imagine th
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
This is not creating widgets or lines of code, not creating a product for consumption, this is fostering the development of inquisitive minds, hopefully encouraging them to become critical thinkers and ultimately the next generation of lead
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
Corroborates that zero-trust until now has been largely marketing gibberish. Security by design means incorporating concepts such as these to not assume that your upstream providers will not be utterly owned in a supply chain attack.
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
I will sell you hotdog default swaps. Even if I lose, I win.
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
I’m the CEO of a hot dog company. I’ve worked on hot dogs for 10 years. And I wasn’t prepared for what I’ve just seen. Your life is about to change. So what can you do? Buy as many hot dogs as you can. Buy stock in hot dog companies.
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
Very cool that these companies can scrape basically all extant human knowledge, utterly disregard IP/copyright/etc, and they cry foul when the tables turn.
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by nyc_data_geek1 5mo ago
Cool story, bro!
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by nyc_data_geek1 6mo ago
Significant crop price increases, which tends to be bad news for anyone who eats food.
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by nyc_data_geek1 6mo ago
>>or lint traps stuffing and toilet cloggings will happen. Thank you for your service
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by nyc_data_geek1 6mo ago
Without Qatari helium, there's a massive global semiconductor crunch. The fertilizer crunch and food scarcity too. It's wild to me how oblivious ostensibly intelligent people on this site regularly manage to be.

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