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by speak_plainly 7d ago
Coincidentally, a tweet from OpenAI's Tibo yesterday: https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2097746417012166816
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by speak_plainly 7d ago
I think you're right. We're at the point where Apple is sort of out of steam in terms of hardware and software and their products are mature and the company has become more risk averse. They need gimmicks to get people to upgrade
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by speak_plainly 10d ago
Pre-IPO positioning … or how a charity dedicated to saving humanity from the apocalypse realized the most responsible thing to do was float 15% of the apocalypse on the NASDAQ.
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by speak_plainly 14d ago
I guess they're trying to overcompensate for years of brutal child slavery with kids working in textile mills, tobacco processing, agriculture, mines, and factories. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/hiring-
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by speak_plainly 15d ago
After struggling with Gemini for months, I think the trick to getting the most out of the model is writing a really solid personal intelligence/instructions prompt. The results are night and day in terms of performance.
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by speak_plainly 15d ago
A percentage chart does not always have to start at zero. Scaling the y-axis to the range of the data is commonly used to make within-chart trends easier to see. I don't think this is evidence of a nefarious motive... it looks more lik
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by speak_plainly 18d ago
The cognitive debt accusation is dumb. Implying there is some sort of cognitive deterioration when it is merely a label used by the authors to describe lower cognitive engagement while using AI and some persistence of that lower engagement
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by speak_plainly 18d ago
This also seems to be spilling into the real world. Because of this internet addiction, it’s almost guaranteed that everyone has a relatively expensive computer in their pocket. This has turned into an increasing number of real-world scams,
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by speak_plainly 20d ago
Google, Apple, etc.: impose this renaming on Canadian maps at your own reputational risk. You will invite a backlash.
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by speak_plainly 20d ago
Sad to see the mascot going in March. Apparently this entire brand reset is tied to something JR East is calling 'Suica Renaissance,' which is about a ten-year effort to turn Suica into a lifestyle brand. Whitepaper: https:/
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by speak_plainly 22d ago
That OSS has become too entangled with political activism and ideological gatekeeping, when it should be about making great software, giving people control over their computers, and rediscovering the joy of computing. I don't think Oma
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by speak_plainly 26d ago
I too would like my Kindle to do one single thing well. Sadly, we seem to be waiting for that future to arrive.
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by speak_plainly 27d ago
I'm glad PC manufacturers are taking snack drawers seriously. A shot of the IO would be nice and is the computer in the keyboard or in the snack box?
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by speak_plainly 28d ago
Those buttons are the menu. The idea of menus on watches is a modern ux extravagance. I don’t have the satisfying answer as to why they dedicated a button to 12/24 hour time but my guess is that it’s simply a cool digital feature and s
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by speak_plainly 29d ago
They would have more accurately labelled it as the 'Seal of Solomon' in the context of religious, magical, and protective contexts.
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by speak_plainly 29d ago
This is like the pinnacle of Reddit scholarship.
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
I agree with Sacks. Amodei's conception of regulation is difficult to distinguish economically from some form of regulatory capture, protectionism, or rent-seeking in the face of limited infrastructure and resources and intense region
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
I totally agree, and I think this is why using a traditional, Deming-style Quality Assurance framework is so valuable. Data is useful, but only to a point. A process-first approach (guided by clearly defined quality characteristics) is goin
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
A license plate is already publicly displayed information (and is in most jurisdictions not private property), and you're operating in a public space. I know it's unpopular but I went from not supporting these sorts of systems to
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
I think there are two things going on. After launch, there was an exuberant group of users who believed the purpose or aim of Bluesky was to be a recreation of Twitter in terms of user base and impact. They were lead on by the icon a bit an
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
I would have anxiety if I was a first year student who wanted to transfer out to another school or program and not know if my 'pass' would be sufficient to get prior recognition of learning or advanced standing.
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
The stated reason for doing this seems suspicious. A pass/fail dynamic would likely maintain student anxiety, if not increase it. What I think is more likely is that this move will help them hire less qualified teachers and reduce admi
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
Other than the NHK World documentary series, The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness was quite good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24wViGZKVu8
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
It's not exactly hostility, it's a paralyzing fear about public perception of battery life, especially given the form factors they want to maintain.
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
The next few upgrade cycles for Apple will be about enabling AI functionality through an increase in ram. So if people want AI, they’ll have to get a new phone.
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
We're on the path to putting Augustine's City of God theory of population to the test.
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
The Daily: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260807/dq260...
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
The college scorecard Lisa Gelobter lead is really useful: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/search/
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
I'm purging my brain of all the useless knowledge I've accumulated over the years and extending my cognition as far as it can go by relying on AI, and I've gained enough weight to survive the first round of famines. But I pro
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by speak_plainly 1mo ago
People are definitely taking things too far, even here with the random and often baseless ‘this is AI’ comments. With that said though, I won’t order food off a delivery app if I see even a single AI-generated food image.

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