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freilanzer··on The Nerd Reich – Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
> some of his companies have made substantial contributions to pushing the frontier of technology (reusable landing, high launch cadence, electric cars, energy).

People he hired for these companies made contributions.

freilanzer··on ReMarkable Paper Pro Move
I have one, and I used the ipad alternative that a friend has, and the ipad is just better. I haven't used the RM2 in over a year, since the functionality is just lacking compared to even a paper notebook - which is a ridiculous comparison.
freilanzer··on ReMarkable Paper Pro Move
The RM2 also fails at organizing: no text search in PDFs and not in notes, if you don't convert every handwritten note into text on a new page; only tags, which means if you don't add tags everywhere, you can't find anything by searching; etc. It's extremely expensive for the functionality it offers.
freilanzer··on ReMarkable Paper Pro Move
Don't, it's just an expensive replacement for pen and paper, and the best overall pro is that you have your notes in one place. That's it. No text search, etc. make it so much less useful than it could be.
freilanzer··on ReMarkable Paper Pro Move
> only a scratch paper replacement. But it’s not as economical if limited to this.

That's exactly the use case though. It's a replacement for pen and paper, and the lack of functionality is seen as a feature.

freilanzer··on ReMarkable Paper Pro Move
My pen is misaligned with the point on the paper by about 1-2 mm often, and no amount of swiping the side of the pen, etc. could fix it so far.
freilanzer··on China is eating the world
Qwen scores very high in the MTEB: https://huggingface.co/spaces/mteb/leaderboard
freilanzer··on China is eating the world
Qwen3-Embedding is really good, imo. It allows me to release a global feature that would have been extremely difficult otherwise.
freilanzer··on China is eating the world
"My ignorance and stupidity is just as good as your logic and facts!"
freilanzer··on A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in
Not at all.
freilanzer··on A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in
No, cars have these in addition to seatbelts, not to protect drivers who unbuckle themselves.
freilanzer··on A teen was suicidal. ChatGPT was the friend he confided in
So, you want an LLM to act as a psychiatrist and diagnose users whether they're allowed to use it or not?
freilanzer··on YouTube made AI enhancements to videos without warning or permission
> It's most glaringly obvious in TV shows. Scenes from The Big Bang Theory look like someone clumsily tries to paint over the scenes with oil paint. It's as if the actors are wearing an inch thick layer of poorly applied makeup.

This might be the uploaders doing to avoid copyright strikes.

freilanzer··on Scientists No Longer Find X Professionally Useful, and Have Switched to Bluesky
Same with Mastodon for me. It's good, and the app is well done, but there's just no reason for me to use it.
freilanzer··on 'Ad Blocking Is Not Piracy' Decision Overturned by Top German Court
That's a very good point.
freilanzer··on Croatian freediver held breath for 29 minutes
Training and genetics.
freilanzer··on Leeches and the legitimizing of folk-medicine
Yes, it is. People have gotten better after having been told by someone in a labcoat that what they're taking is a placebo.
freilanzer··on Why Nim?
It's patronizing.
freilanzer··on Lördagsgodis (Saturday Sweets)
> ... patients of Vipeholm Hospital for the intellectually disabled in Lund, Sweden, were unknowingly fed large amounts of sweets to see whether a high-sugar diet would cause tooth decay.

Nice.

freilanzer··on Flock Now Using AI to Report to Police If Our Movement Patterns Are "Suspicious"
> People are still free to criticize Trump all they want. The First Amendment is pretty clear on this.

In theory.

freilanzer··on Ask HN: With all the AI hype, how are software engineers feeling?
> I had to verify everything it said

Letting it condense something like a paper and checking it afterwards might be a good learning exercise.

freilanzer··on Teacher AI use is already out of control and it's not ok
But now you seem to be checking all of the homework, so you should still do it. OT: what are your math credentials?
freilanzer··on Build Your Own Lisp
That sounds horrible. What are better resources?
freilanzer··on I know when you're vibe coding
The learning is in the model versions.
freilanzer··on The EU could be scanning your chats by October 2025
This is exactly the point that specific things cannot reasonably be discussed without a certain side screaming about "xenophobia".
freilanzer··on The EU could be scanning your chats by October 2025
If only.
freilanzer··on The EU could be scanning your chats by October 2025
German politicians love surveillance. I guarantee the CDU and AfD would immediately support this.
freilanzer··on The EU could be scanning your chats by October 2025
So, let's not talk about it, so that people are informed.
freilanzer··on Games Look Bad: HDR and Tone Mapping
I cannot be the only who barely notices this in games.
freilanzer··on Scientists may have found a way to eliminate chromosome linked to Down syndrome
It sounds like your situation is anecdotal proof.
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