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Is the era of Apple exceptionalism over? Has it been over for a while now?

GoT got so bad that I don't really have any desire to watch any of the seasons ever again. Killed rewatchability.

Honest question: What could a hardware device do that your phone can't do already?

TIL the phrase remontada -- thank you :)

Slang term for comeback

Ads are already appearing in Google search AI overviews [1]. AI overviews have 2 billion users at the moment.

[1] https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/16297775?hl=en

Maybe ChatGPT is sticky enough that people won't switch. But since we're talking about something as old as Google Video, we could also talk about AltaVista, which was "good enough" until people discovered a better and more useful alternative.

A lot of "normal people" are learning fast about ChatGPT alternatives now. Gemini in particular is getting a lot of mainstream buzz. Things like this [1] with 14k likes are happening everyday on social. Marc Benioff's love for Gemini broke through into the mainstream also.

[1] https://x.com/kimmonismus/status/1995900344224907500 [2] https://x.com/Benioff/status/1992726929204760661

I couldn't even get ChatGPT to let me download code it claimed to program for me. It kept saying the files were ready but refused to let me access or download anything. It was the most basic use case and it totally bombed. I gave up on ChatGPT right then and there.

It's amazing how different people have wildly varying experiences with the same product.

Google trains its own AI with TPU's, which are designed in house. Google doesn't have to pay retail rates for Nvidia GPUs, like other hyperscalers in the AI rat race. Therefore, Google trains its AI for cheaper than everyone else. I think everyone else "loses big" other than Google.

Supposedly this is the model card. Very impressive results.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G6CFG6jXAAA1p0I?format=jpg&name=...

Also, the full document:

https://archive.org/details/gemini-3-pro-model-card/page/n3/...

Jumped into the discord, thanks!

Installed it. Thought it might be cool to ask it how to improve my site UI. It thought for about 2 minutes, supposedly made changes. It says it created a "searchable, filterable grid layout" but I don't see any difference on the page. I wonder what's up.

Indeed, captcha vs captcha bot solvers has been an ongoing war for a long time. Considering all the cybercrime and ubiquitous online fraud today, it's pretty impressive that captchas have held the line as long as they have.

Unfortunately Gemini isn't the only culprit here. I've had major problems with ChatGPT reliability myself.

What was the experimentation? Can you share with us so we can see how "bizarrely uncompetitive" it is?

What nutrition advice is it trained on? What are the sources? Is it traditional info from reputable folks or quackery? No way of telling from that homepage. Also, what are you doing with my personal data? I'd never use this.

Something is wrong.

I entered this Perun video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9HTJ5gncaY) "Russia's Cooling War Economy" and it spit out a proposed book called "Mastering Personal Productivity: Unlock Your Full Potential" with a bunch of productivity chapters.

China's last real war was the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War. They don't really have any experience in modern wars. How will they perform when real bullets are flying? Will the internal corruption prove to make them ineffective as the Russian military? Remains to be seen.

Cute game! Needs an easy way to maximize the picture so you can see it full screen (on laptop).

Seems like this needs to be updated. Lots of newer models not on their list.

Glad to hear it!

Fair enough. It's more a passion project than anything. I do enjoy it and have learned a lot about things like imagemagick and such in the process.

Thanks!

I would love to! I haven't thought about the best way to approach it yet but would love to have collaborators.

Good call, thanks for the feedback. I'll update that.

Thanks! The site uses a heavily modified Pixelarity template: https://pixelarity.com/

One of the best subscriptions I've ever signed up for.

Can anyone comment on the claims about DDG in this article? I see this pop up from time to time:

http://techrights.org/2020/07/02/ddg-privacy-abuser-in-disgu...

I'd say Craigslist did more to demolish newspaper classified ads than Google.

Tell me a problem Instagram solves. It's just a fancy Myspace.

Tell me a problem WhatsApp solves. It's just a fancy SMS.

Tell me a problem X solves. It's just a fancy Y.

Etc etc

The market defines behind "ahead/behind" by market value. None of the top 5 market caps in Europe are in tech. They are Nestle, Roche, Total SA, Novartis, and LVMH. They are tiny in comparison to the US tech giants.

All the anecdotal evidence you provide is nice, but is not represented in the market.

An example you give, Nordic Semiconductor, has a market cap of $3B.

Here's a good list of the worlds largest tech companies. The first European entry is #14, ASML:

https://companiesmarketcap.com/tech/largest-tech-companies-b...

Serious question: Why is the EU so far behind in tech company influence/leadership compared to the US and Asia? Europe has successful tech enterprises, but surely is capable of so much more on a global scale.