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Kodak failed because their CEO refused to go down the digital route. How is that comparable?

bingbingbing777on Why Surrealism Matters: Book review

Reading "Breton" and "TikTok" in the same sentence, my gosh. I wonder how he would feel about Dali's landscapes being mentioned.

bingbingbing777on Multidirectional joint distribution neurons reducing to KAN

It's scary to think that while we have the Transformer and it seems extremely complex, things like this throw it all away and give us a glimpse into what the neural (or even non-neural) networks of the future will be like. Perhaps even just simulating full biological systems as well as a brain-like system.

bingbingbing777on Coronal mass ejection impact imminent, two more earth-directed CMEs

Ozone is not fixed because I will still get extremely burnt in the sun here in Australia. Asteroids is not fixed because what happens when one super massive one is coming straight for us?

bingbingbing777on Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad event was shot on iPhone with Panavision lenses

I feel bad for the Panavision lenses for having been subjected to that

bingbingbing777on Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

That's not an advertisement. Irrelevant.

bingbingbing777on Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

Apple should go back to the ads where the bold statement is generic upbeat envato elements music and the only new feature in their new products: phone colors

bingbingbing777on Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

> The reaction to this ad reflects a pernicious societal descent into relying on emotion

Spoiler alert: humans have emotions. Apple will gladly spit in your face about emissions all while giving you less product (taking chargers out of iPhones) so they can save the environment (more like, their profits). Not everyone wants to see the message of hundreds of years of art history being destroyed all so you can purchase new product to make some soulless AI generated garbage.

bingbingbing777on Apple apologizes for iPad 'Crush' ad that 'missed the mark'

It's not art, it's an advertisement.

bingbingbing777on The most backdoor-looking bug I've ever seen (2021)

I wonder what your thoughts on TikTok are.

bingbingbing777on VideoPrism: A foundational visual encoder for video understanding

Why are you so frustrated that a company decided to not completely release something they have built internally?

bingbingbing777on Tesla is under a federal wire fraud probe for misleading investors

How can you prove that damages were done to you?

bingbingbing777on A Canadian lobby group is promoting "widespread adoption of age verification"

> millennial men, being the first generation with access to seemingly unlimited amounts of porn from a young age, are not a bunch of sexually deranged rapist

It's caused the complete opposite, they aren't having sex at all.

bingbingbing777on xLSTM: Extended Long Short-Term Memory

You should publish a response paper and get them to retract their paper if it has major flaws.

bingbingbing777on Apple introduces M4 chip

So laptops are now edge devices?

bingbingbing777on Apple introduces M4 chip

What AI is Apple scaling?

bingbingbing777on Israel shuts down local Al Jazeera offices

Why does Israel get a free pass?

bingbingbing777on Vera Rubin's primary mirror gets its first reflective coating

It's a full frame equivalent. I don't think anyone is trying to use this on a full frame camera.

bingbingbing777on Wild orangutan seen healing his wound with a plant

I cannot imagine what it would be like to be able to think normally because I have had gut related medical issues my whole life

bingbingbing777on The Vision Pro is a flop

Yes, Apple sells products globally.

bingbingbing777on Getting worried about bird flu

With seeing how people behaved during covid (i.e learnt nothing) I wouldn't be surprised to see another pandemic/huge infection. If it has such a high mortality rate, then maybe we will see a slight shift in some people's behaviours, but I still think most won't change.

bingbingbing777on Suicide Rates Are Now Higher Among Young Adults Than the Middle-Aged

https://youtu.be/kt7zARB_sxc

It's extremely hard to make friends here, our culture is a mixture of abuse (physical and sexual), doing drugs, drinking alcohol and getting drunk and gambling. There's no innovation here, house prices are insane, food is expensive.

bingbingbing777on Understanding and avoiding visually ambiguous characters in IDs

You're free to create your own, or not use theirs.

bingbingbing777on Phi-3 Technical Report

They've been buying AI companies and have nothing to show for it.

bingbingbing777on Fast food is already automated

I just want to buy a mcmuffin and not have to download some spyware on my phone

bingbingbing777on Debugging the Doctor Brain: Who's teaching doctors how to think?

Not sure why you would be taking Paxlovid for long covid.

bingbingbing777on Tesla recalls all cybertrucks for faulty accelerator pedals

A minority of people own Tesla's.

bingbingbing777on Europe gives TikTok 24 hours to explain 'addictive and toxic' new app

> government has absolute control over what is and isn't acceptable for any citizen to have access to

It's so dystopian that people can't access weapons or poison from their local shop, with no limitations.