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amusedcyclist··on The withering dream of a cheap American electric car
Both parties are in the wrong on this. Americans (and others) would be wealthier and the world would decarbonize faster if the tariffs on China were lifted but it is what the people want
amusedcyclist··on Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton [pdf]
Yeah this is absolutely disgusting tbh, revising my opinion of all previous nobels way down now
amusedcyclist··on I Am Tired of AI
They really aren't better than humans at math or logic, they are good at the benchmarks because they are hyper optimized for the benchmarks lol. But if you ask LLMs simple logical questions they still get them wrong all the time
amusedcyclist··on I Am Tired of AI
You are mentally ill and you do not understand LLMs, seek help and stop pontificating
amusedcyclist··on AI and globalisation are shaking up software developers' world
I don't doubt that an executive requires a certain temperament that lots of people don't have and that the people who become executives are generally intelligent and capable. What I'm saying is that it is not a "trade" or "profession" that has specific teachable skills, knowledge bases and responsibilities like "engineer" or "lawyer" or "plumber"
amusedcyclist··on AI and globalisation are shaking up software developers' world
SaaS type software has been so easy to build for so long and the margins have remained strong. I think the reason for that is that the SaaS software is an artifact of defining exactly what is needed for a particular function and that remains valuable and expensive
amusedcyclist··on AI and globalisation are shaking up software developers' world
Executive isn't a "job", its a status, its not a skill, its just a position in the hierarchy, so no they will not have commoditized themselves
amusedcyclist··on Ask HN: Why are people paying so much for Vercel?
No one knows how to write code anymore, which is great news for those of us that do
amusedcyclist··on 17 Years, $700M Wasted: The Collapse of New York's Traffic Moonshot
Something has to give, American politics cannot be stuck between the party of pure evil and the party of pure incompetence forever
amusedcyclist··on What Extropic is building
^ How to spot a sucker
amusedcyclist··on Why I Left Rust
Good engineers and funding ?
amusedcyclist··on Tech jobs remain a good bet despite mass layoffs in Silicon Valley
When people say "easily", they don't mean "everybody gets to it". They mean "The chances are better than elsewhere". Which is true. And also fyi if you actually enjoy learning and growing you wouldn't sound so bitter about not making stupid amounts of money
amusedcyclist··on At Stanford law school, the dean takes a stand for free speech. will it work?
The government is obligated to let you speak, no private citizen or organization is obligated to let you speak without interruption
amusedcyclist··on At Stanford law school, the dean takes a stand for free speech. will it work?
Nobody is obligated to let people spew propaganda
amusedcyclist··on Nvidia Speeds Key Chipmaking Computation by 40x
No, AI rendering is crazy slow and will remain that way for a very long time.
amusedcyclist··on GOOD Meat gets green light from FDA for cultivated meat
Factory farming is infinitely more repulsive. Lots of us actually care about other living things
amusedcyclist··on GOOD Meat gets green light from FDA for cultivated meat
Factory farming is truly satanic.
amusedcyclist··on GOOD Meat gets green light from FDA for cultivated meat
Yeah we can also ban factory farming, like we ban murder.
amusedcyclist··on Llama.cpp: Port of Facebook's LLaMA model in C/C++, with Apple Silicon support
You're right I overestimated how fast we talk!
amusedcyclist··on Llama.cpp: Port of Facebook's LLaMA model in C/C++, with Apple Silicon support
4 words a second doesn't seem fast enough for a voice assistant ?
amusedcyclist··on Ask HN: Has anyone worked at the US National Labs before?
Its really not, have you ever spent any actual time in academia ?
amusedcyclist··on Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job
Yes, SWE's require Computer Science, if you don't think so you've never done any real SWE work. Business majors do not teach you the problem solving ability required for even basic SWE work.
amusedcyclist··on Hard truths I learned when I got laid off from my SWE job
Who said anything about memorizing
amusedcyclist··on Tell HN: Tired of Hearing about ChatGPT
Its so predictable at this point. SV is just such a BS hype machine. There was 1 truly great revolution (the internet + smart phones) and everyone's trying to replicate it to make the big $$$. Its not going to happen. We are now in the steady state till the next truly big thing hits.
amusedcyclist··on Neuralink faces federal probe, employee backlash over animal tests
He's such a horrible guy. Really weird to see people so desperate to defend him
amusedcyclist··on Tech Talent Is Flooding the Job Market
what do you mean by that lol
amusedcyclist··on Hungary used citizens’ Covid data to help the ruling party
Some forms of conservatism are definitely a societal disease and Orban represents exactly that type of conservatism.
amusedcyclist··on Hungary used citizens’ Covid data to help the ruling party
If any of you were looking to spew a bunch of pseudo intellectual nonsense while distracting from the point at hand. This is a fine example of how to do it
amusedcyclist··on Hungary used citizens’ Covid data to help the ruling party
Uh when the motives are clearly bad it's less neutral to disallow calling it out
amusedcyclist··on Tech Talent Is Flooding the Job Market
They're pretty closely tied together. If you have a strong background in algorithms you should be able to understand ISA's and compilers more easily. In the end its just algorithms all the way down
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