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georgeplusplus··on Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United States
It’s disingenuous to consider one’s total income when weighing the fairness of a tax like sales tax. The thought that a sales tax is somehow benefiting one group over the other is ridiculous far left extreme thinking.

You pay for a service and that service has a rate. To think that the only good kind of taxation are those that are progressive is the dumbest thing I ever heard.

georgeplusplus··on AI is propping up the US economy
I can already see the campaign message for the Donald trump of 2125,

Make teachers great again.

georgeplusplus··on AI is propping up the US economy
What percentage of that capacity is being put towards useful things and what is being put towards entertainment? The products main selling point is to make us more efficient at our job and if it’s being primarily used as entertainment which everyone I know who uses an LLM besides programmers falls into that category, then I’d say the expected profit from them is a bubble.
georgeplusplus··on AI is propping up the US economy
It seems AI or AGI has become the divider between technology that is needed, vs a nice to have.

I can’t think of one reason anyone really wants this right now. I prefer to deal with a human in 99% of my interactions.

georgeplusplus··on Teacher AI use is already out of control and it's not ok
Normal product release cycles bring testable quality measures before the product is released. Do LLMs go through such tests?

If there are serious societal issues that it can cause at the moment I wonder why it was released before being perfected, but then, what does perfected even look like? The product is darn good at the moment.

georgeplusplus··on Are we witnessing the final days of Mozilla?
“They are now a “global crew of activists” focused on Marxist causes.”

What Marxist causes are the people at Firefox supporting? Maybe stop using the money for these causes to support your product.

georgeplusplus··on I'm betting against AI agents, despite building them
For instance cyber security toolsets like mde capture a lot of data. That data is made meaningless unless someone is looking through it, at my org there isn’t enough manpower to do that, so one solution is using an agent to help characterize that network log data into suspicious or what’s worthy of a human to follow up on.
georgeplusplus··on The current hype around autonomous agents, and what actually works in production
Maybe you are in a job where it’s not a good use case but there are fields that are handling massive amounts of data or have a huge amount of time waiting for processing data before moving to the next step that I think handing it off to an AI agent to solve then a human puts the pieces together based on its own logic and experiences would work quite nice.
georgeplusplus··on U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat
>>>In my first week on the job, I was told, explicitly, that if I shared Classified or Controlled Unclassified information over unapproved channels, I would be reprimanded—likely fired, or less likely, prosecuted.

Now, I’m not replying to you about the morality of what happened or to tell my opinion of what is right and what is wrong.

But do you honestly believe the president is held to the same standard as you?

Would it shock you that they aren’t?

georgeplusplus··on Show HN: I made a live multiplayer Minesweeper game
Looks and plays awesome. I would love to do something similar. Do you have anything to share that documents your accomplishment that could help myself and others to get started into multiplayer gaming?
georgeplusplus··on Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem
>>> That line of thinking doesn't get us towards no gum on the floor

Sure it does.

We can collectively shame people who spit gum on the floor. We could also enact something like singapore that carries hefty penalities.

georgeplusplus··on Mark Klein, AT&T whistleblower who revealed NSA mass spying, has died
So glad you pointed this out. people are numb to these sort of news now a days.

Reminds me of George Carlins words, “ It’s never gonna get any better. Don’t look for it. Be happy with what you got.”

georgeplusplus··on U.S. pauses all military aid to Ukraine
I dont want to have ww3 for ukraine joining nato.

Im glad tbe adults are in charge.

georgeplusplus··on "Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies" – Executive Order
I still don’t see how this changes anything.

I think trumps legal strategy is basically, putting the quiet part into writing. It’s as you already said, what has been the norm

If trump doesn’t like how the departments are executing his policy he has the power to steer it. It makes sense he is the ultimate authority for the executive branch.

Blame congress for ceding their oversight duties to departments. Which IMO is the root of the issue.

georgeplusplus··on Show HN: Mandarin Word Segmenter with Translation
Have you used the app Pleco?

That app has been invaluable as someone learning Chinese.

that app breaks down mandarin sentences into individual characters. I believe it’s made by a Taiwanese developer too.

I tried your app with a few sentences and it works really well!

georgeplusplus··on Google scraps diversity-based hiring targets
The counter argument I’ve seen presented is that merit based systems favor a white centric system because they have more access to resources like higher education and thus it’s easier for them to compete at a higher level and misrepresent the actual competition.

Vivek Ramiswamy debated Mark Cuban on YouTube and they spoke about this and that was my takeaway.

Couldn’t find the original so here is a snippet it’s a good debate.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IHTeDbIjTbQ

Cuban also mentioned that what they lack in aptitude for the job they provide other value through there experiences.

georgeplusplus··on I Will Fucking Haymaker You If You Mention Agile Again (2023)
getting my attention came at the cost of starting with a very low value opinion of the author based on how utterly classless the title was and if your goal is to inform or change minds of readers that’s not a good way to go about it.
georgeplusplus··on DHS removes all members of cyber security advisory boards, halts investigations
Came to say exactly this. Headline is extremely disingenuous and meant to provoke a reaction.
georgeplusplus··on Ross Ulbricht granted a full pardon
I don’t believe that’s true. A pardon does not excuse a crime.
georgeplusplus··on Apple says it's following the law by removing TikTok from the App Store
How comfortable will the normie iphone user to load custom apps from .ipa files though.
georgeplusplus··on Is the world becoming uninsurable?
it used to be reported that Venice is sinking into the water but now the climate nut jobs have flipped it to it’s actually because it’s rising. I guess it’s all relative
georgeplusplus··on Everything you need to know about Xiaohongshu
My thoughts exactly.
georgeplusplus··on Nobody Cares
Japanese culture might have the impression of caring but if you get to spend more time there it’s all a face act. On the surface they pretend to care but well, People are people and they don’t care. The magical city the author wants is something you need to create and fight to maintain. It’s not out there waiting for you. The smaller the town the easier it is to accomplish. You aren’t gonna change Seattle and certainly not New York City.
georgeplusplus··on Nobody Cares
Japanese culture might have the impression of caring but if you get to spend more time there it’s all a face . People are people and they don’t care. The magical city the author wants is something you need to create and fight to maintain. It’s not out there waiting for you. The smaller the town the easier it is to accomplish. You aren’t gonna change Seattle and certainly not New York City.
georgeplusplus··on I am rich and have no idea what to do
Great post this helps me reflect with my own insecurities about freedom vs agency. I think what you’re experiencing is very human. Finding meaning in life is in fact the most human thing I can think of. The answer is not clear but the beauty in the answer is it’s very open ended.

Thank you to the author. I hope you find what you’re looking for.

georgeplusplus··on Google's Results Are Infested, Open AI Is Using Their Playbook from the 2000s
I think I’ve had such a bad experience with openAIs charGPT answering a question falsely and sounding very convincing that I skip the AI overview or double check to confirm it’s correct. Am I mad?
georgeplusplus··on Bill requiring US agencies to share source code with each other becomes law
>>> it’s very likely any given startup will not be attacked by nation state backed hackers.

On what assumption do you base this? Startups that have high research value don’t hit your radar as a target?

And Really? Any given startup? Also the OP used Facebook.

I am baffled at your sense of security in nation state activity. Read the 2012 annual report to Congress about China. They collect everything.

georgeplusplus··on Bill requiring US agencies to share source code with each other becomes law
>>>Your start up will never experience this and the mega corp

You writing this makes me believes you don’t work around or with the IC and speaking out of your lane.

georgeplusplus··on Bill requiring US agencies to share source code with each other becomes law
>>>It's crazy how allergic these agencies are to open-source.

It’s about job protectionism on the greater scale and being the subject matter expert who leverages his code base for promotions on the individual scale. generally agencies do not view each other as working for the same team. It can be very competitive when lobbying for resources from congress for your agency.

I work in gov and speaking from first hand knowledge. The culture is toxic. It’s broken and I can’t wait to see what changes Elon and trumps team propose.

georgeplusplus··on OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment
How could it be published without power.
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