soniman

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China tests largest superconducting fusion magnets ever built(theprint.in)
8 points by soniman 2mo ago|1 comments
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by soniman 1y ago
Those cities don't want to be associated with crime. The show is not exactly flattering to Memphis, Atlanta, etc
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by soniman 2y ago
HN just had a "Whoops we undercounted plant C02 absorption by 40% for the last 40 years" post so I would say the errors mostly go in one direction.
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by soniman 2y ago
38 seems young to quit. Is there another story here?
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by soniman 2y ago
It's the marginal dollar that contributes profit so the marginal employees are actually the most profitable.
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by soniman 2y ago
They're complaining because they run human written sites but they've been deranked because Google can no longer tell human content from AI. Google is now privileging sites like Forbes, USA Today and Reddit. Google wants to rank th
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by soniman 2y ago
Wow. I didn't think anyone was actually doing it but now I think it must be going on.
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by soniman 2y ago
Maybe "ad targeting info" is more accurate https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-learned-targeted-ad...
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by soniman 2y ago
Wouldn't it be easier to get mobile tracking info about M&A bankers and figure out which companies and websites they're visiting?
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by soniman 2y ago
If you are going to make a video about how comedy works you have to begin it with a joke and then use your theory to explain that joke. I don't want to hear your theory unless you give me something to think about first.
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by soniman 2y ago
Brownlee is such a mystery to me. The #1 rule of Youtube is show energy, show enthusiasm. Brownlee is like if Urkel were given a sedative and told to review the latest iPhone
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by soniman 2y ago
Of course it does. Do you think Nvidia likes being dependent on TSMC?
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by soniman 2y ago
Microsoft bought shares of Apple when it was on its knees. The foundry business doesn't compete with Nvidia.
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by soniman 2y ago
If Intel is critical to the US industrial base, why aren't Nvidia and Apple stepping up to support Intel? What is the point of $3T national champions like Apple and Nvidia if they ship the industrial base overseas.
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by soniman 2y ago
Does anyone else use a cheap MP3 player and RSS feeds or am I the last dinosaur?
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by soniman 2y ago
The wikipedia article for enshittification is only about platforms because the word applies specifically to how networks grow and are monetized. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
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Don't use "enshittification" use "platform decay"
9 points by soniman 2y ago|16 comments
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by soniman 2y ago
Platform decay is more accurate becasue it's not about general worsification, it's about platforms specifically. I realise that "platform decay" doesn't sell books but it's perfectly usable in ordinary speech .
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by soniman 2y ago
THe NK developer will think, wait, I'm making a fraction of what I'm actually earning, I will smuggle in a Starlink receiver and set up a bank account in China and work for myself. This is how Communist regimes end.
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by soniman 2y ago
How much faster / smaller is this than a minimal Linux distro like Xubuntu?
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by soniman 2y ago
A Grok phone would be cheap to develop, would generate lots of data for his AI, and would fit with his strategy at X (everything app). It's not that far fetched.
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Elon Teases Tesla Telephone After Apple AI Announcement(twitter.com)
6 points by soniman 2y ago|8 comments
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Red Hat Layoffs(twitter.com)
3 points by soniman 2y ago|0 comments
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by soniman 3y ago
Is the DOD buying these? I can see soldiers using these as enhanced night vision goggles. No need to look at a map with a flashlight or bring a computer.
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by soniman 3y ago
If you want to listen https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/in-practise/aldi-cultur...
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by soniman 3y ago
It could mean the astronauts are currently dropping the bag, which is not true. The ambiguity would be resolved by using past tense.
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by soniman 3y ago
I know what the historical present is but its use here is confusing. Just use "dropped." If the headline needs the present use "leave".
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by soniman 3y ago
What is a good level of PCIe NVMe bandwidth?
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by soniman 3y ago
One guest jokes with him that most of history is gaps without any philosophy.
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by soniman 3y ago
FTX Anthropic worth a lot now or has it been diluted ?

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