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FreeRadical··on I’m joining OpenAI
Read his backstory. He’s a high quality software engineer by background.
FreeRadical··on xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B
Tesla Energy existed before Tesla acquired Solar City
FreeRadical··on Grok3 Launch [video]
Success doesn’t imply honesty, good faith or absence of bias. You already know this.
FreeRadical··on Trump wins presidency for second time
But Trump didn’t do any of things you suggested either. In fact he was barely coherent in his ideas most of the time.
FreeRadical··on Taking a closer look at AI's supposed energy apocalypse
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cxee01m5yero.amp
FreeRadical··on Eye exercises for myopia prevention and control: comprehensive systematic review
This may be a silly question but were you spending the time outside with or without your glasses on?
FreeRadical··on Over 2 percent of the US's electricity generation now goes to Bitcoin
Is the existence of Bitcoin limiting BOINC? Did it limit its progress?
FreeRadical··on Advertiser exodus expected to deeply impact X ad revenue, analysis indicates
What would you propose if you were tasked with testing whether the ads are placed next to hateful content or not? Please explain how you would test that paying attention to the test being whether there is ANY such placement at all.
FreeRadical··on Cuba’s Bitcoin Revolution
Direct transaction fees have been $0.05-0.2 for a long while now, mostly being below $0.1

See: https://mempool.space/

FreeRadical··on I'm reading the FT and WSJ from 100 years ago each week leading to 1929
This is a really interesting concept
FreeRadical··on Feynman vs. the Abacus (1985)
1729 was also Ramanujan’s taxi number

https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Hardy-RamanujanNumber.html

FreeRadical··on El Salvador to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender
Essentially it nets off contra positions so they don't have to hit the chain in a gross basis, but only on a net basis.
FreeRadical··on BitClout, a social network with big backers and vocal critics
It’s true, it’s been verified via other sources
FreeRadical··on Facebook to let users turn off political adverts
On Twitter you are able to mute words if that helps in your case
FreeRadical··on How many of you know that the team is working on something that no-one wants?
You need to ask him to define success and failure for the feature. Under what conditions will he accept it has not worked
FreeRadical··on “I'm not sure there is an acceptable solution to the problem we are facing”
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.13.990226v1
FreeRadical··on Tether Says Stablecoin Is Only Backed 74% by Cash, Securities
They would need access to a broker to invest in treasuries and pass KYC/AML. Which treasury broker would onboard them if they struggled to get a bank?
FreeRadical··on Aphantasia: 'My mind's eye is blind'
Do you see dreams at night?
FreeRadical··on Reflecting on My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company
I remember this very well and telling my sibling to use your service
FreeRadical··on Ask HN: Favorite fiction books of 2018?
The trilogy is fantastic
FreeRadical··on Walmart deploys Oculus Go headsets to train its employees
Interesting to see how employees that get motion sickness from VR will be impacted
FreeRadical··on Ask HN: Got a CS degree, but I’m unable to be programmer. What can I do?
You may want to consider something like project management or IT auditing although you may not enjoy these fields either
FreeRadical··on Announcing SegWit support
You may want to look into the Cyprus bank depositor haircuts of early 2013
FreeRadical··on Ask HN: Did anyone here start a PhD in their late 30s or later?
Thank you for your detailed response. I am 37 now and plan to ‘get up to speed’ through private study then start a PhD when I am 40. Did you remain in academia after your PhD?
FreeRadical··on Bitcoin biggest bubble in history, says economist who predicted 2008 crash
Roubini was also advising to stay out of equities following the post crash recovery in 2009...
FreeRadical··on Free Software Foundation Receives $1M Donation from Pineapple Fund
On the link you posted please click for 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. You will see Google there
FreeRadical··on Lab meat to transform meat industry in 2021
Hopefully this will positively impact antibiotic usage.
FreeRadical··on Bitcoin Miners on Track to Use More Electricity Than All of Argentina
PoS: rather than buying mining hardware, let’s pretend we did. Now let’s randomly allocate block rewards amongst us all
FreeRadical··on Bitcoin boom may be a disaster for the environment
Why do you spell it 'Etherium'?
FreeRadical··on Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System (2008) [pdf]
That 1000 number likely includes many exchange wallets
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