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ekam··on Comic Mono
If you like spins on Comic Sans, you may also enjoy:https://comicneue.com/
ekam··on Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone (2007)
I agree that the Vision is half baked right now, but the point is they aren't seeking to compete with the VR headsets or market today. Unlike other VR headsets, Apple seeks to augment, eg your home office by replacing your TV, laptop, etc. I haven't used the headset yet as it will be released next year, but first impressions uniformly attest that the headset is concretely able to perform those functions. If the execution is there over the next years, I would expect this to greatly improve every experience that is screen-related, such as having a 3D IMAX screen in your house instead of a TV
ekam··on Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus case law
Your reading comprehension seems to be as good as that of the lawyer here. You asked what this says about the claim that GPT-4 was good enough to pass the bar. I didn't say anything about GPT-4's quality or the legality here, only that we cannot assume this was the output of GPT-4 without evidence it was given that more people overwhelmingly use the default 3.5-turbo.
ekam··on Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone (2007)
Apple isn't there right now, but the ultimate goal appears to replace computers, phones, and monitors, which is why Vision has a laptop card and operates independently. It's not born of the same concept as eg, a Meta quest which is more gaming oriented.
ekam··on Lawyers blame ChatGPT for tricking them into citing bogus case law
The lawyer here was probably not smart enough to distinguish between 3.5 and 4. Haven't seen anything to indicate this was the output of GPT-4
ekam··on Bard is getting better at logic and reasoning
It's definitely davinci level, maybe even gpt-3.5 turbo level. It's nowhere near GPT-4, though. Comparison with GPT-2 doesn't track at all
ekam··on New Tesla Model Y with BYD batteries charges much faster
Not sold in the US
ekam··on A parallel society is developing in parts of Muslim Britain (2021)
What’s wrong with people wearing religious clothing?
ekam··on Meme group on Discord is focus of uproar over leaked Pentagon documents
Guilt by association makes no sense… would this also apply to eg, communists?
ekam··on Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critical of Indian Government
Blocked in US too not just India
ekam··on Pentagon woos Silicon Valley to join ranks of arms makers
China pays personnel way less and a huge chunk of that budget is personnel costs
ekam··on GPT-4 writes an entire 115 page fiction novel
A large GPT-4 generated text like this showcases its repetitiveness well. If you actually read the novel, you’ll see the same recurring features: 4-5 line paragraphs, paragraphs starting with either “as” or the name of a character” etc.
ekam··on India Shut Down Cell Service for 27M During a Manhunt
40 years is nothing. So if you father was assaulted, your mother was harassed, your son was killed, or your daughter was raped, you’d forgive and forget in your lifetime? Every Sikh knows someone that suffered unimaginably and the Indian state police was either the direct perpetrator or knowingly refused to stop it. Those kinds of scars won’t heal quick and anyone that expects them to is hopelessly naive
ekam··on India Shut Down Cell Service for 27M During a Manhunt
Based off this definition George Washington would have been a terrorist
ekam··on India Shut Down Cell Service for 27M During a Manhunt
Article should be replaced with this, which is a balanced and comprehensive read: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3z4e/amritpal-singh-india-...
ekam··on India Shut Down Cell Service for 27M During a Manhunt
The Wikipedia article is biased and naively relies on Indian state media. Singh is not a terrorist which is an easy call since he’s never committed any acts of terrorism. He’s a preacher and most of his sermons are the sort of benign stuff you’d expect (stop doing drugs, be a good member of the community, etc). Definitely a separatist but given the inhumane torture and imprisonment India has inflicted on everyday Sikh activists (see Jaggi Johal) not to mention the genocide in the 80s, separatism is probably the reasonable way out here
ekam··on The vast majority of criminal cases end in plea bargains, a new report finds
Different charges have different standards and language so this makes zero sense
ekam··on Buffett: ESG Investing is a waste of time and money
This is hugely problematic and sorely under discussed
ekam··on Neuropsychiatric researchers rethink what depression might be
Some churches have done evil things, others have immensely benefitted their community. Arguments that uniformly paint independent groups of people with a broad stroke of immorality are usually irrational because people aren't monoliths and don't behave a single way, especially churches which are operated in a decentralized and independent fashion (eg my small city has 50+ churches, all operated by separate groups). OP's comment is just as irrational as the people who say "all women are x, all minorities/white people are y, etc. The fact that some people may subscribe to these irrational beliefs is neither here nor there.
ekam··on Neuropsychiatric researchers rethink what depression might be
Not even a christian but painting all churches as "evil organizations" is super inflammatory and unfair
ekam··on Google calls in help from Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. fight
If it’s that easy why don’t you do it? You’ll be printing money
ekam··on My best techniques for evaluating character
I was with you until the last sentence
ekam··on How transportation technologies shaped empires
British Raj is a great argument for the article, started in 1858 and lasted less than a century, a blip in the historical context, as power projection was a recurring problem.
ekam··on Imagen Video: high definition video generation with diffusion models
After Dalle 2, it looks like the standard prompt is “an astronaut riding a horse”
ekam··on The Koh-i-Noor diamond, and why the British won’t give it back (2017)
The idea that the British left their colonies because they just gave them up is hilariously naive
ekam··on In Supreme Court brief, Yale and peers defend use of race in admissions
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29964/w299...
ekam··on Why do so many brands change their logos and look like everyone else?
Why on earth would asians be uncomfortable with cursive or serif fonts?
ekam··on A 6-foot man earning $62K per year is as desirable as a 5'6“ man who earns $237K
This makes me wonder if short guys were getting more jobs during the pandemic since more job interviews were virtual and height wouldn’t factor in as much
ekam··on Dartmouth Eliminates Student Loans for Undergraduates
Also went to CC but I highly disagree, it was great saving two years of tuition costs
ekam··on All Cal State universities add caste to anti-discrimination policy
Nah it’s actually a real issue, but concentrated among South Asians generally. Nobody cares in the generation born in the US but immigrants still have that mentality unfortunately
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