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maximus-decimus··on The AI bubble isn't like the internet bubble
You mean that after multiple years, 30% of teens haven't even ever used an LLM? Those kids probably don't even know what an LLM means since using google is now using an LLM.
maximus-decimus··on I want to live like Costco people
Isn't it also because white rice is more shelf stable?
maximus-decimus··on Oil at $150 will trigger global recession, says boss of financial BlackRock
Or it will accelerate the switch to evs.
maximus-decimus··on The Age Verification Trap: Verifying age undermines everyone's data protection
So you want porn on every web site and have kids prove that they're kids by issuing their school card (because they won't have a real id yet) so the porn get hidden for them or so they get entirely banned from the system?

Nobody's ever gonna show an id to get banned from a website.

maximus-decimus··on I found a vulnerability. they found a lawyer
Every single time I order from KFC, I get an e-mail by a hot girl in my area. You think I can sue them for free chicken wing buckets?
maximus-decimus··on We're no longer attracting top talent: the brain drain killing American science
And his point is that's a false dichotomy.
maximus-decimus··on Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
> are now worthless once the batteries are dead

13 years old dead luxury cars are worthless, yes, especially when the tech is quickly evolving. That doesn't say anything about how long it takes for them to die or how reliable the tech is.

maximus-decimus··on Adoption of EVs tied to real-world reductions in air pollution: study
The Tesla Model S has been out for almost 13 years, so you can already see it.

Your phone doesn't have liquid cooling temp management and is probably recharged daily. With a car that has 300 miles range, a lot of people probably only do a full cycle every week.

maximus-decimus··on Danish pension fund divesting US Treasuries
VEQT is made of what, 4 underlying ETFS? You could just buy the 3 index funds that don't follow an american index and balance yourself once a year.
maximus-decimus··on Landlords are using automated services to monitor tenant promotions
Costco has to be the most well loved stores, it's a strange one to pick to make arguments against grocery stores.
maximus-decimus··on Org Mode syntax is one of the most reasonable markup languages for text (2017)
org-mode is just much more complicated to implement though and just contains so much. it's also a todo app. It also lets you run code like a python notebook. it can show you your tasks in a calendar.

I've used "org-mode" todo apps on android, but people complain they can't really use it because it doesn't implement everything.

The advantage of the core markdown syntax is that you know it works everywhere and it works everywhere because it's small and easy to implement.

maximus-decimus··on Landlords are using automated services to monitor tenant promotions
Even grocery stores fit your definition of scalpers.

But this is even more different because they don't even sell the housing to you, they rent it to you. The service they offer is that you don't have to have capital to buy a house and you don't have to maintain it and if you move, you don't have to sell it and pay sales taxes.

maximus-decimus··on BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal
The stock market is forward looking. If people already expected that BYD would sell 4.6M vehicles in 2025, it was already accounted for in the stock valuation. For the stock to go up in price, they need to do even better than people expect.
maximus-decimus··on BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal
If that's really the goal, would it make sense for the government to subsidize cars with military money? Because otherwise, car buyers are basically subsidizing national defense by buying overpriced cars.
maximus-decimus··on Researchers achieved 1,270 Wh/L in an anode-free lithium metal battery
Going down 10 times faster seems like a really bad trade off for 2 times the capacity. That means your battery will only lst 1/5 or 20% as long.
maximus-decimus··on Stellantis Is Spamming Owners' Screens with Pop-Up Ads for New Car Discounts
I imagine it means a normal hybrid, in contrast to plug-in hybrids.

Normal hybrid will at least regain charge when you brake (and maybe from the gas engine?). You don't actively recharge it.

maximus-decimus··on Stellantis Is Spamming Owners' Screens with Pop-Up Ads for New Car Discounts
Nissans have a disclaimer that they spy on your sex life : https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/nissan-kia-collect-data-about-...
maximus-decimus··on Are consumers just tech debt to Microsoft?
I like WSL, but their search bars have gotten worse which really kills any good will I have towards them.

On my work computer, the search bar can't even find Intellij which is installed in a totally normal way. It's even in the same folder as clion in the program files and it can find that one. I also had a problem where the file explorer couldn't find a file by name and it made me look like an idiot.

You know what feature my menu bar has though? I tells me when the s&p 500 goes down in value to try to make me panic sell. That's a feature I really want in my work computer's os menu /s.

Also when I clicked on the time, it used to show me a calendar, but now it shows me a pomodoro app?

I don't want more features in notepad, what I want is the os to do basic stuff, like finding my programs and files or show me the time, right.

maximus-decimus··on Boom, bubble, bust, boom. Why should AI be different?
I interpret it more that they're losing money on it and are trying to limit the bleeding.
maximus-decimus··on Boom, bubble, bust, boom. Why should AI be different?
You even have to time the market twice : when it'll go down so you sell just before and when it'll go up so you don't lose on the gains.
maximus-decimus··on Some people can't see mental images
How will you remember this comment in 2 hours? Will you visually see the words? You don't need to visually see something that happened to remember it happened or the idea of it. I don't need to visualize Harry Potter in my head to remember the fact he has a lightning bolt shaped scar on his forehead. I just remember the fact.
maximus-decimus··on Bear-Sized Giant Beavers Once Roamed North America
and 3rd question : does beaver tail taste anywhere close to beaver tail (the pastry) https://beavertails.com/products
maximus-decimus··on Proton joins suit against Apple for practices that harm developers and consumers
If every other teenager only uses the iMessage app, it does prevent you to purchase any other device since you'll be excluded otherwise.
maximus-decimus··on Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket
It sounds a lot like a smart cow problem. : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_cow_problem

"The smart cow problem is the idea that a technically difficult task may only need to be solved once, by one person, for less technically proficient group members to accomplish the task using an easily repeatable method. "

maximus-decimus··on U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites
Okay so assuming the U.S. is 100% responsible for Iran wishing death on them, what do you think the U.S. should do? Let Iran make a nuclear weapon and nuke the U.S.? Or are you arguing Iran is harmless despite openly wishing death on the U.S.?
maximus-decimus··on BYD begins testing solid-state EV batteries in the Seal
I don't understand your point. EV batteries won't cost multiple thousands of times more for the exact same battery that would go in a phone. If you pay 1000 times more for 1000 times more battery, I don't see the problem. If anything, they probably want 1000 times more demand so they can gain economies of scale.
maximus-decimus··on Why we still can't stop plagiarism in undergraduate computer science (2018)
It's related in the sense I think stopping cheating should take priority over taking students by the hand.

But I guess I let through that yes, I don't think we should take students by the hand at all and you're right that's a whole different debate.

maximus-decimus··on Why we still can't stop plagiarism in undergraduate computer science (2018)
You were saying that assignments are needed otherwise students won't do them and then fail the exam. That's what I was answering to. And it's relevant to cheating on assignments because the thread was about not grading assignments to avoid people cheating on assignments.

I don't understand your second question. Currently, university assignments are graded to hold students by the hand. I'm saying they shouldn't do that.

maximus-decimus··on Why we still can't stop plagiarism in undergraduate computer science (2018)
> I’ve heard multiple stories of professors for undergrads who tried making homework optional, but the number of students failing exams increased dramatically because fewer people did the homework.

Just let them fail.

maximus-decimus··on Why we still can't stop plagiarism in undergraduate computer science (2018)
At the university level, should you really take students by the hand like that and trick them into learning? You have to learn to learn at some point.
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