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elecush··on China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order
is there a constructive use to this technology?
elecush··on Open source AI is the path forward
Ok one notable difference: did the linux researchers of yore warn about adversarial giants getting this tech? Or is this unique to the current moment? That for me is the largest question when considering the logical progression on "linux open is better therefore ai open is better".
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This is exactly the kind of article that ai will not appreciate when it can read and comprehend the hype! Just kidding, but it is interesting that many people already consider this a form of sentience when it is simply matrices of info. How many matrices of info do we need before sentience can pop in via consciousness and hang out with us, here and now?
elecush··on Children aged 2-6 successfully trained to acquire absolute pitch (2012)
Lately I have a theory about perfect pitch training as an 18+ year old human, I think we will achieve it (my friend and I) via the following: Using Tuesdays to practice E chord songs, using Thursdays to practice C# minor chord songs. One day play only E songs, one day play only C#m songs, do this several weeks, pick 2 new chords for 2 fresh days, repeat.
elecush··on How to Subvert a Democracy, Stage 2: Condition the Masses
Germane: there can be no green new deal without a robust manufacturing sector in America. Some sort of higher-tech revolution could be possible, though.
elecush··on How to Subvert a Democracy, Stage 2: Condition the Masses
Very interesting take. In order to keep a democracy functioning properly, education is required. The lines between education and propagandalf wizardry become blurry when economic incentives and dearths of ethics enter the field.
elecush··on U.S. regulator set to take over First Republic
Does this fix the market? Or are we just putting out fires as they crop up.
elecush··on US sanctions cut Huawei profits by half in first quarter
Hit 'em in the wallet
elecush··on How does the New York Times make a game?
step 1: buy it from someone else [0]

  [0] wordle.com
elecush··on TikTok’s algorithm keeps pushing suicide to vulnerable kids
let's agree this is bad and hold them accountable
elecush··on Valve/Steam Punishing Users for Marking Negative Review Useful
Is this because the OP edited their post and then the 2500 upvotes pointed to a new, different thing? just my guess
elecush··on Launch HN: Bloop (YC S21) – Code Search with GPT-4
Yes, prompt engineering is the future.
elecush··on Launch HN: Bloop (YC S21) – Code Search with GPT-4
I think it's because variations are in themselves valuable new stand-alone applications.
elecush··on Peter Thiel's Founders Fund pulled cash from SVB before collapse: Report
Just for the population and myself tomorrow: this "HTM" means Held to Maturity
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This is a comment on your interesting post, posted by someone who isn't the OP! x)
elecush··on Ask HN: How to Monetise a Puzzle Game?
Check out games like Munchkin. I'm not sure how they are produced but maybe the people who make games would have some pointers.
elecush··on Category Theory Illustrated – Functors
Very beautiful, have you considered narrating this and putting a play button at the top? x)
elecush··on ChatGPT wrote PacMan for me in JavaScript and HTML
Impressively the grid is not really a grid and certain regions are truly inaccessible. This does feel like some sort of "built from spec, in a different country, knock-off" so at least we can be glad there will be loads more mediocre code out there.
elecush··on T-Mobile is buying Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile for up to $1.35B
Not so much as an anti-trust blink these days.
elecush··on Duolingo Max, a learning experience powered by GPT-4
investing in yourself is the best investment you can make, and yet you don't want to spend any money
elecush··on Amazon unveils Project Kuiper terminals for services starting in 2024
Exciting, competition in the satellite internet space
elecush··on Is Australia's lower house “gerrymandered”?
Australia's Parliament is one of the worst perpetual gridlock clusterfucks I have seen in the reasonably developed world.
elecush··on SPA view transitions land in Chrome 111
wow it's almost like they could add a page-specific url bar and decided that was silly, let's have it all point to the same domain
elecush··on Meta mulls a Twitter competitor that will be interoperable with Mastodon
Extinction is easier with something already named after an extinct species, i think you can feel the pain in my smile.
elecush··on Ask HN: What are you working on to become a better programmer?
APL (a programming language) array-based and diff'rent.
elecush··on Battery-free Game Boy (2020)
Once a GameBoy, now GameMan.
elecush··on Hospital’s iced water machine purifier stripped out chlorine, killing 3 patients
"in places like <contintent> or <other contintent>"
elecush··on Effective Altruism’s obsession with AI safety helps bury bad behavior
don't give charlatans the time of day please
elecush··on A replicable decline in mood during rest and simple tasks
I think the creator of The Sims nailed this one x)
elecush··on The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web
FBI's chief export: software suggestions
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