solaarphunk

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by solaarphunk 1mo ago
What about quality of care tradeoffs? In Canada, for example, you are forced to use the government system, and if it doesn't deem you important enough, there is no private option.
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by solaarphunk 5mo ago
Counterpoint: vehicle related crime is way down in SF. Which is great.
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by solaarphunk 5mo ago
Like I said, very confused.
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by solaarphunk 5mo ago
This is just a version of individualism vs the state. Much of western society has become increasingly confused about what violence is acceptable, let alone who should be allowed to commit violence, or have a monopoly on violence. If we can&
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by solaarphunk 5mo ago
Brussels appears to be extremely tone deaf to the basic needs of ordinary people, and taking further steps in a direction to centralize power is just going to push more people to the far right. For example, the fact that right-wing governme
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by solaarphunk 8mo ago
I've been building something similar (GPU-native OS research project) and wanted to share a mental model shift that unlocked things for me. The question "why run CPU code on GPU when GPU cores are slower?" assumes you're
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by solaarphunk 10mo ago
Seattle is the type of economy that is heavily threatened by AI. Desk jobs that Claude basically already knows how to do, and just needs to be integrated into the existing systems to have impact. Most people in Seattle "tech" are
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Manus AI: Agentic work toolkit that beats OpenAI Deep Research on GAIA(manus.im)
8 points by solaarphunk 2y ago|0 comments
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
Economic superpower perhaps - just take a look at their relative GDP over time.
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
I'm always unbelievably pissed off when I reserve a premium tier of car at SFO for a business trip, and Hertz tries to stick me with a Tesla, as if it is a premium car (horrible interior build quality), and with the assumption I have t
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
Google did everything right in terms of local execution to get all the required licensure and top talent, and then Sergey threw it away.
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
I agree, but they have clearly not met the standard for what China needs. I mean Zuck literally was jogging around Beijing 10 years ago trying to build goodwill to get in, and it was Google that made the decision to exit the market.
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
Just like US companies are beholden to national security letters that can compel them to spy on non-US persons who may be users of their product?
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
They are blocked because they don’t censor content. If they did agree to, they would be allowed - just like Microsoft, Bing, Apple, and a handful of other digital products are not blocked in China. Edit: for those downvoting me, Google li
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
Americans can definitely invest into most Chinese tech companies- the exception is direct investments into non-tech, licensed companies, that require a VIE structure, which enables Americans to still invest.
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
Are you paying yourself with securities lending revenue?
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
All your base
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Harmonic: Mathematical Reasoning by Vlad Tenev and Tudor Achim(nytimes.com)
8 points by solaarphunk 2y ago|0 comments
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
Can also be used to generate Google calendar links!
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
SIPC is also a thing…
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
F
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
There is an equilibrium function that is basically unyielding. On one side, target IRR and thus valuations are fixed for the investor by their LPs On the other side, runway and thus survival rate are fixed by local market prices for founder
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by solaarphunk 2y ago
“Europe” is not a thing I tell most people trying to expand. It’s just a bunch of countries. Yes, some things are unified but it really doesn’t matter. It’s fragmented, extra work, and it’s bullshit compared to just building for a unified m
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by solaarphunk 3y ago
What’s more interesting is that if you get into a car now, there are OBD tools that just let you program a new key and drive off, which is wildly insecure.
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by solaarphunk 3y ago
If you care about battery life, I haven’t found a better option than these little guys.
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by solaarphunk 3y ago
Bright line isn’t HSR. The average speed is something like 65mph
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by solaarphunk 3y ago
Wouldn't it mean that their entire organization is broken, if they can't effectively identify productive and talented people? This seems like a huge problem! I agree that Google benefits from monopolizing headcount, even if the em
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by solaarphunk 3y ago
As a shareholder, I'm curious why others aren't more furious to hear that this is how things are run at Google. It's common knowledge how bureaucratic and political the company has become; these stories are everywhere. If I w
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by solaarphunk 3y ago
Walmart and Sam’s club China are reasonably significant. Not just a North American thing.
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Drake AI: An AI Generated Drake and Weeknd Song(soundcloud.com)
2 points by solaarphunk 3y ago|1 comments

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