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CabSauce··on US battery manufacturing output continues to break records
I've been hearing about some recent sodium ion developments from CATL and BYD. If price estimates are to be believed, things could get interesting.
CabSauce··on OpenGridWorks: Electricity infrastructure, mapped
Or domestic. I'm shocked this information is this available.
CabSauce··on Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
While true, this is just one pretty small state. There are others.
CabSauce··on OpenAI raises $110B on $730B pre-money valuation
Don't worry, if it all comes down, you'll be able to buy RAM and GPUs by weight.
CabSauce··on Abundance isn't going to happen unless politicians are scared of the status quo
These two gentlemen have been making the rounds on late night and political shows. They seem nice enough and I appreciate their efforts. However, I haven't heard them suggest a single functional/practical change to move toward "abundance".

We have to overturn Citizens United and get unlimited corporate money out of politics. This is far and away the most important barrier to having a government that works for people.

CabSauce··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
You're right. I guess we just shouldn't do anything. And somehow it's virtue signaling and reduces output?
CabSauce··on H.R.25 – Repeal income tax and abolish the Internal Revenue Service
People with lower incomes do spend larger a portion of their money on things that incur sales tax.

Higher income people spend more of their money on investments and other assets.

CabSauce··on H.R.25 – Repeal income tax and abolish the Internal Revenue Service
I believe the most commonly supported tax strategy by economists is an income tax that goes negative below some threshold.

Personally, I'm open to VAT tax because it would be much easier to incorporate the disposal cost into goods and remove externalities (like pollution).

As you've said, it would be ideal to have strategies in place to lessen the burden on people with lower incomes.

This bill doesn't have any of those strategies or objectives.

CabSauce··on H.R.25 – Repeal income tax and abolish the Internal Revenue Service
It shouldn't really need to be mentioned at this point, but sales taxes are extremely regressive. The burden is shouldered by people with lower incomes.

Edit - source: https://taxfoundation.org/taxedu/glossary/regressive-tax/

CabSauce··on Google says AI weather model masters 15-day forecast
But that's the point of a weather forecast. We don't do them for the science. (I'm not arguing against weather research.)
CabSauce··on ChatGPT Pro
They sign business associate agreements. It's good enough for HIPAA compliance.
CabSauce··on ChatGPT Pro
You just hit the chatGPT api for every row of data. Obviously. (Only 70% joking.)
CabSauce··on Trump wins presidency for second time
Ah, yes. Trump won because of his well-known ability for measured and rational speaking.
CabSauce··on 100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born
I think this is the cause of my depression. It's horrendously sad to think about what we could be accomplishing if we were just a little efficient.
CabSauce··on Don't believe ChatGPT – we do not offer a "phone lookup" service
Not quite as alarming as these people most likely trying to stalk someone without their permission.
CabSauce··on Learnings from employing ChatGPT as a ML Engineer for a day
It's trivial to de-identify someone from shockingly limited data. Just by submission to an outside service, they know a date, location, and whatever information was submitted. That's plenty, especially assuming they referenced a procedure or comorbidities.
CabSauce··on Learnings from employing ChatGPT as a ML Engineer for a day
That would require a Business Associate contract between the provider and Open AI.
CabSauce··on Learnings from employing ChatGPT as a ML Engineer for a day
You're sending patient information to a third party without any contractual agreement?
CabSauce··on The new Bing will happily give you citations for a pile of nonsense
Several people I know are using it for sales and customer service writing. As a user, that's not really what I want, but they are finding it to be a useful tool in generating text for them to review and modify.
CabSauce··on Bard and new AI features in Search
That's good for users, potentially. But not good for the sites where google is sourcing the information.
CabSauce··on A startup is deploying armed bodyguards to NYC
I think it's satire? But hard to tell.
CabSauce··on Ask HN: Reject/ghost on all job applications with 8 YoE, what am I doing wrong?
I've participated in hiring for dozens of positions. I don't read cover letters.
CabSauce··on Ask HN: How to Prepare for the AI Apocalypse?
80% of current office tasks could already be automated with a simple script. Tools will only replace jobs when there are people that can understand and implement them. Companies are not efficient.
CabSauce··on How to smooth and spread A* paths for an RTS
The starcraft parlance is Micro vs Macro.
CabSauce··on Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?
It's complicated. There's definitely a genetic component to having hard teeth.
CabSauce··on Ask HN: Something you’ve done your whole life that you realized is wrong?
Don't brush before or after breakfast. Got it! Thanks!
CabSauce··on Ask HN: With recent layoffs, how would you advise new grads entering the market?
I don't know that I really agree with this (based solely on my experiences). I've worked for big, medium and small companies. Big companies may tend to lock you into narrow job roles, outdated technology, and horrible bureaucracy. With medium and smaller companies, you're going to learn a lot more about actually getting things done. Likely in broader areas. But it does depend on what a person is looking for.
CabSauce··on Ask HN: Where to get help with a hardware idea?
This feels like the engineering version of "I have an idea for an app!".
CabSauce··on Kerbal Space Program free on Epic
Scott Manley has some great intro videos that will help.
CabSauce··on U.S. trade deficit shrinks 21% to 26-month low as imports tumble
I still think we're seeing some rubber-banding from the glut of inventories after the pandemic and supply chain issues.

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/business-inventor...

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