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I’ve been suffering from this for a long time(and occasionally still do), but have started leaving my phone farther away and it has significantly improved.
A part of me still feels that the sense of control and freedom which you get during the night is unparalleled.
It was always a bit strange that he never had a share nor took salary from OpenAI, but then what about his vision(and dream from childhood)to achieve AGI and all?
It’s definitely an expensive hobby considering the price of film, processing and high quality scanning - but still I love the process. Maybe since it is slow and you can still easily make mistakes shooting film. Makes me think a lot more about them somehow, very wholesome hobby to have.
- Designing Data Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann; comprehensive study on data models.
- 9 Pints by Rose George; it’s 9 stories/anecdotes about blood. Supremely enjoyable non-fiction writing.
I saw it this week and was baffled by the insight and the scale of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFOsw1Vccac&list=PLUl4u3cNGP...
edit: Added link
See below entry for more details https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28748203
But there are movies/stories where it adds a whole different layer upon leaving that decision to the viewer.
For me the final scene in Inception is a really good example of using the above said ambiguity.
Refer this video from computerphile for more details. Start watching from 5:24. https://youtu.be/Q0_lcKrUdWg
But doesn’t this violate GDPR? Correct me if I’m wrong but I thought asking the user to share data or leave service was illegal under it.
Also the same under iOS 14, again I have almost zero knowledge regarding the app store policies but I thought it had the same condition that an app should be functional without the user accepting data sharing policies.
From Assignments being shared by teachers on school classroom groups to now payments via WhatsApp.
It’s almost like I’m compromising my most personal data for access to essential services and don’t know whether we can call the customer a “king” in this scenario.
This puts me personally in a very bad state as I can never stop using WhatsApp because of its popularity here(ref. Fax machine problem). It’s almost like essential service.
Works fine once you log out.
More power to ourworldindata.org and everyone working on the research.
Absolutely loved Chiang's short story collection "Exhalation". I didn't quite see SF as essential reading before reading this book.