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CGMthrowaway··on NYC's wealthiest neighborhood has zero Flock cameras
The correct link, as HN submission form stripped out the URL parameters: https://maps.deflock.org/?lat=40.7816&lng=-73.9578&zoom=10.9...
CGMthrowaway··on Scientists discover Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability on the surface of the Sun
"Qualitative" means that the field had good conceptual theories, but didn't have sufficient observational and computational resolution to determine the detailed numerical values
CGMthrowaway··on Pareto Front
Using the 80/20 rule to plan, is like that other old saw "Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted. The trouble is, I don't know which half"
CGMthrowaway··on Diamond industry misjudged threat of lab-grown gems, says Anglo American CEO
Fun fact, Anglo American is a British company, founded by a German Jew, with a South African CEO. The company name reflects where the startup capital came from.
CGMthrowaway··on Scientists find clearing cholesterol from blood also removes forever chemicals
These apheresis machines are removing microplastics and PFCs, but that is a byproduct of their process. They are not TARGETING these molecules, nor do we have a reliable way of doing so without also filtering every other molecule of similar size
CGMthrowaway··on Everything I Know (1975)
The comic doesn't answer the question "how many energy slaves is 100 horsepower?" but based on the assumptions therein, the answer is 4,706 energy slaves.
CGMthrowaway··on Everything I Know (1975)
Seconding this.

I particularly love how clear his POV on design is. Put simply, he believes good design (and technology) boils down to doing more with less.

Others have written in reply that ephemeralization as he calls it (doing more with less) can help us solve physical problems. But it can also make non-physical problems worse. As systems become more complex and produce more information, the people who maintain them can have more difficulty and stress

CGMthrowaway··on Agent Skill to Force Docs in ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English
Here is the revised post title that follows ASD‑STE100 Simplified Technical English rules:

"Agent Skill to Enforce ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English in Documents"

CGMthrowaway··on New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study
Why did people downvote this? Virginia, Rhode Island, DC and Puerto Rico public schools all mandate the HPV vaccine for kids, regardless of sexual activity. Many people think it's a good idea and this may be a good idea also.
CGMthrowaway··on The Strongest El Niño Ever
Yes, just like cow farts.
CGMthrowaway··on The Strongest El Niño Ever
We are doing a lot. Almost 90% of electricity capacity added last year was renewables. Nearly 1 in 3 cars sold are now EVs. The world is spending over $2 trillion every year on low‑carbon energy investment. Solar and wind have already avoided more than 2 gigatons of C02 being added to the atmosphere. In the US, the IRA will drop emissions 40% to below 2005 levels.

What do you mean we are doing very little?

CGMthrowaway··on Advertise in ChatGPT
That's because many (most?) LLM chatbots were pre-trained by Kenyan ESL people
CGMthrowaway··on Map of the world's great castles and fortresses
Missing one of my favorite in USA which I will not mention here because it is unofficially open to the public and i don't want that to change...
CGMthrowaway··on OverpAId – Fire your CEO. Hire the future
The folly is thinking that getting hiring right is the solution at all.

As has been pointed out a) leaders matter, b) the difference in impact between great and mediocre/poor leadership is massive, c) even if you hire a great leader you can get poor results.

It follows then that spending more effort to find just the right person is not enough. You must also examine your overall organizational culture, your investors culture, your unspoken assumptions about the goals of your organization, etc etc.

And yes great leaders do all of this - of course - it becomes obvious upon reading my comment. But the point is great leaders doing this is not enough. The organization must be on the same page. You can lead a horse to water etc etc. And yes the leader can "Re-organize" but at that point you may find yourself faced with throwing the baby out with the bathwater unavoidably.

Leaders are necessary. And hiring is hard. But there is no one golden calf like "hire the perfect leader" that will solve a problem.

As with most things worth doing: you have to do it. Doing it is hard. And you might still not get the results you want.

CGMthrowaway··on New US homeownership measure puts people first
>this is all downstream of structural incentives

You are mostly right and the structural incentives are more related at root to unsustainable national debt than any legislative choice (unless that's what you were referring to)

CGMthrowaway··on Frank Lloyd Wright’s first home
At age 22, FLW was specially trained, working at the equivalent of a frontier AI lab (the most important architect in Chicago) and in the most booming city at the time (Chicago, especially where construction was concerned- due to the Great Fire rebound)

He's not a random, there are a lot of factors working for him

CGMthrowaway··on How Has Roman Concrete Lasted for Millennia? 1,900-Year-Old Latrine Offers Clues
TLDR, use lime mortar not portland cement. And don't use rebar.

Also- modern concrete is not waterproof... requires sealant

CGMthrowaway··on Frank Lloyd Wright’s first home
FLW created the times
CGMthrowaway··on Decoy Font
> Is it useful? No

Seems like it might have some use thwarting Ring/Flock/etc cameras within a specific proximity.

It's giving major "They Live" vibes.

CGMthrowaway··on Andon (manufacturing)
Salmon canning in Alaska was many people's ticket/gateway to that romantic state. If you were a climbing or ski bum or fishing bum type of guy, it was a great but grueling gig that would grant you access to the best outdoors spots in the world.

Salmon canning was also a gateway to getting on board the crab boats (Deadliest Catch boats), which was another dream for many a young man, and where you could make real money (even more grueling) - and have plenty of leisure to boot.

CGMthrowaway··on Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)
How about

> 10x stronger than the jaw of a dog

> 20x stronger than a human jaw

> as strong as the jaws of a great white shark

?

CGMthrowaway··on Ben Bernanke Joins Anthropic Oversight Trust
If anything he would be for tightening it, but I suspect his role is less about being a vote one way or the other.

The value he brings is in his data, knowledge & analyses - which he surely has from the Fed - on the scope and extent of AI's potential rrisks in capital sustainability, market stability and wage/job displacement

CGMthrowaway··on Is The Economist Always Wrong?
https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/policytools.ht...
CGMthrowaway··on Is The Economist Always Wrong?
Not quite.

"Notably, in 1974, Federal Reserve chair Arthur Burns felt it necessary to make clear that high nominal interest rates would need to continue “for a time” as an anti-inflation measure;"

"A later chair, Paul Volcker, having presided over a period of very restrictive monetary policy, chose in March 1982 to make an explicit indication that nominal interest rates would and should fall in the period ahead."

https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds/files/2021033pap...

CGMthrowaway··on Is The Economist Always Wrong?
Greenspan himself coined the term "Fed speak"
CGMthrowaway··on Is The Economist Always Wrong?
A major reason why the new Fed chair is refusing to provide forward guidance, in a major departure from all(?) previous Fed chairs and will likely require textbooks to be rewritten.
CGMthrowaway··on A System of Systems for the Selection of Optimal Climate Change Decisions
At first blush this seems quite a bit less ham-handed than "net zero by 2030" type of goals, so that could be a good thing.
CGMthrowaway··on Treasury Has an Internal Report Warning About the Dangers of an AI Bubble
I would be more surprised if they DIDN'T have anyone assessing the risk of an AI bubble. The report deals with characterizing how deeply embedded in the broader economy AI companies are, and the risks of heavy infrastructure investment, concentrated market power, reliance on private financing and potential shocks like supply chain disruptions, geopolitical tensions and electricity shortages. What is the issue (if any)?
CGMthrowaway··on Inkfield
What is a splat? What is the significance of this website?
CGMthrowaway··on Every new car sold in the European Union must include a driver monitoring camera
There is a minimum intrusiveness required by law, though. One could even say it's intrusive by design, depending on your perspective
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