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dntrkvon Meta Llama 3

I think that part of his bet is that AI is a key component of getting the metaverse to take off. E.g. generating content for the metaverse via AI

dntrkvon How to found a company in Germany: 14 "easy" steps and lots of pain

> But for what do a drivers license database, social security numbers exist?

To keep bad drivers off the road? To suspend privileges when you kill someone with your car?

Social security numbers were originally created for linking people to their social security accounts but has now become our national ID because there is an inherit need for one in the modern world. The problem with SSNs is that they were never designed for their current use-case.

> And why should a country/state know your bank account number(s)?

A state will always have access to and the capability of seizing your account funds. This is a necessity for a multitude of reasons that I can list out, but I'll let you use your imagination.

Take a look around the world. Take a look at history. Autocrats don't need an efficient ID system to take control of their citizens. People willingly give up their freedoms and align themselves with autocrats when they use the same propaganda and fear-mongering tactics that have been used for centuries. It has nothing to do with the government amassing a database of their population. Once the autocrats are in control, they will create whatever system they require.

The only way to avoid tyranny is to fight for liberal values at the ballot box. Anything else is bullshit. Your guns won't do shit when your local militia is aligned with the autocrat in control.

dntrkvon How to found a company in Germany: 14 "easy" steps and lots of pain

So having a health database, drivers license database, social security, banking etc are all ok but creating a proper national ID system would somehow push it over the edge to where an authoritarian government can come about and take control of our lives?

Your argument boils down to “let’s purposely make our government inefficient because it might one day turn on us”

Which, judging from other countries, is actually the opposite of what happens.

The worst offenders of human rights and government overreach are the ones that don’t have their shit together.

dntrkvon GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

It's hilarious just how bad OEM car software is. One of those many moments in my day to day that I realize how bad 90% of software we interact with is absolute trash.

ATM machines, credit card readers, parking meters, TVs, microwaves, ovens (really any appliances), phone trees, any kiosks, etc.

If the device registers my touch within 500ms that's usually enough to impress me at this point.

dntrkvon GM says it's dropping Apple CarPlay and Android Auto because they're unsafe

The problem is that you need to architect, build, and maintain that system for years, or decades, to come. That requires an in-house software team that knows what it's doing. Building that first version that "works" is easy. Building that first version that actually works and supports everything you need it to, is quite a bit more difficult.

Building and then maintaining that software, year after year, without slowing to a crawl because of all the tech debt that's piled on (especially so since you have subpar engineers or you're contracting out to cheap workers abroad), is even harder.

And if you want to provide a user experience comparable to what the top software companies in the world are capable of, that's just not gonna happen at these car companies.

Tesla was born from the software industry, that's why they're the only ones that can compete.

dntrkvon Ultra-white ceramic cools buildings with high reflectivity

The glass panels lean against the side of the house. It was built in the 80s and wasn't all that well implemented.

dntrkvon Ultra-white ceramic cools buildings with high reflectivity

I recently bought a property that has a cooling system similar to this. The difference in my case is that there are tunnels underneath the foundation containing rocks. Once the temp inside the house reaches a certain point, there are fans that blow the accumulated hot air in the “greenhouse” through those tunnels. It works, but I’m tearing it all out. It’s an eyesore and I rather have proper temp control.

dntrkvon Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

Most laptops don't have GPS or accelerometer / gyroscope. Would be useless for turn-by-turn without those.

dntrkvon Giving up the iPad-only travel dream

Get TSA PreCheck. Just the fact that I don't have to pull my devices out of my bags makes it worth the cost.

dntrkvon The Silicon Valley elite who want to build a city from scratch

Has there ever been a successful city built from scratch? I feel like organic growth is the only way, unless you can force people to move there.

This example always jumps to mind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_City,_California

dntrkvon New York City’s AI hiring law takes effect

The problem is that the modern tech interview process was created by large companies like Google. They needed an “unbiased”, scalable process to hire thousands of engineers with the main goal of reducing false-positives.

Most companies don’t operate anywhere close to this scale and should not imitate this same hiring process.

dntrkvon China solar module prices keep diving

There are 100W folding panels for under $100. As you get into the range of smaller panels, you see less savings due to overhead, demand, etc.

dntrkvon Reddit announces plan to lay off 90 workers as subreddits plan mass protest

Reddit was crazy understaffed in its first 10 years or so. They could barely keep the site up, let alone develop new functionality. Reddit gold was born from that situation. Condé Nast didn’t give a single fuck about them.

As far as finding value in the new website, I think it’s way better except for the ways that they purposefully degrade the experience in order to push you to their native apps.

dntrkvon Motorbike crashes: highside and lowside crashes explained

Also gearing and turning radius. Putting along at 3mph is much harder on a liter bike.

dntrkvon Motorbike crashes: highside and lowside crashes explained

Maneuvering at low speeds is all in the rear brake. It smooths out the power delivery and reduces latency when you need more/less power. I took the test on an SV650 and barely passed. Years later, once I learned to use the rear brake, I did it on my 848 easily.

dntrkvon Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech

There are a few spots in soma open way later than that.

dntrkvon Americans lost a record $10.3B to online scammers last year, FBI says

What utility company is gonna request a payment through Zelle?

dntrkvon French workers protest plan to increase retirement age

Removing the cap would not fix the system, it would only buy us additional time.

dntrkvon US military shoots down object over Lake Huron

One of these stories just happened to gain traction. The media latches on to it. So then the gov has to do something about it. Now all eyes are on these phenomena. So every event like this gets reported on and the government has to do something.

dntrkvon GitHub to lay off 10% and close all offices

That's not really extravagant. I'm assuming it's just a meeting/work room with an oval office theme. It's a very cheap imitation of the oval office. They would have had to buy a lot of the same furniture pieces either way. They just had some fun with it.

dntrkvon Microsoft announces new Bing and Edge browser powered by upgraded ChatGPT AI

I don't really get how it would be easier for this.

If you need a standard Webpack config that supports X, Y, and Z. There are tools that do this already much better than ChaptGPT (the Webpack CLI will do it for you).

If you need some esoteric config for your highly custom setup, I highly doubt that ChatGPT would be useful in anyway.

dntrkvon MDMA and psilocybin are approved as medicines in Australia

5 grams? Most people would absolutely lose their shit on that. Even an eighth of good mushrooms is enough to obliterate most people. Like complete ego death.

How long do these sessions last? What are the logistics? I’m very curious.

dntrkvon Builder's Remedy goes into effect in many California cities tomorrow

I've lived in many homes and a couple high-rises. The noise isolation in the high-rises was miles ahead of that in the homes. I'm guessing the concrete construction is a pretty big factor in this.

dntrkvon Ask HN: What are we even chasing?

Is your comment really necessary?

Psychiatrists (and meds) have saved a lot of people’s lives, both figuratively and literally.

Not sure why you would even mention therapists. Having a trained third party listen and help you navigate things in your life has been a god send for many people I know, including myself.

dntrkvon Ask HN: What are we even chasing?

https://youtu.be/DYvhC_RdIwQ

OP if you watch this, don’t take it too seriously (it is a joke, but with kernel of truth). But generally if you’re feeling that way it might be time to step back and focus on other parts of your life (family, friends, hobbies, mental and physical health, travel, etc).

dntrkvon GPT is all you need for the back end

That should be the default assumption, unless you can prove that our current approaches are on the right track... Which I don't think anyone actually believes.

dntrkvon Musicians wage war against evil robots (2012)

Except nobody plays or watches sports for the refs. They are a necessity because that’s been the only possible way to enforce rules.

I play a sport at a pretty competitive level and would love it if we didn’t have a human ref. Refs can be assholes and they make bad calls all the time. It can really ruin a game. Having a machine make the calls removes a lot of the bias (and genuine mistakes) in those calls.

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This is a really pathetic attempt at an attack. The person behind that Twitter thread needs to get a life.

“He’s standing in front of a blackboard but he’s not even that smart” is what this boils down to.

dntrkvon Twitter has banned Mastodon links in name and bio for being “malware”

I think that’s a reasonable and charitable interpretation (which is not a bad thing imo). I haven’t been much of a Musk fan for a while now, but I still think it’s important to recognize that he’s still human and he’s definitely going through some shit.

dntrkvon For many widows, the hardest part is mealtime (2019)

You don’t have to do any of that. Rentals provide a huge value to society. There is a large portion of the population in any given city that would prefer renting over buying.

To fix our housing issues we just need to make it easier to build homes. That is it.