It's pretty insane to see remote detonation technology
used and implemented in 1996, considering cell phones looked like Nokia bricks and the RF hardware needed to implement this needs to fit in a pretty tight space in the phone.
I've always liked the SRE approach, where you can alleviate software engineers to build new features without burdening the team with 24/7 on call duties.
To be fair, the Kindle is primarily used for reading books and doesn't require a fast refresh rate. It also lasts for weeks (months?) without charging.
>"it's quite likely that much of what we're seeing is the work of foreign and domestic* adversaries"
I think it's naive to assume the same weapons and tools used abroad won't be used at home. We've already found American police forces using IMSI catchers to surveil protestors in their own country.
It's a pretty great redundancy design though. Imagine someone driving or doing a life-critical task (augmented surgery?) on the Vision Pro and losing passthrough at a critical moment. And yes, there are already videos of people driving their car while wearing their headset (https://twitter.com/lentinidante/status/1753549370568368224_).
Not all coastal areas have the same strict building code. Homes not built with concrete exteriors and hurricane tie down anchors have a strong risk of being demolished in strong hurricanes. South Florida revamped their building codes after Hurricane Andrew wiped many of the homes and infrastructure in the 90s. However, not all coastal houses in northern Florida or on the gulf are built with concrete or on stilt foundations.
A secondary threat is prolonged flooding which can submerge entire homes with salt water for weeks at a time. That's very costly and not preventable with existing homes in flood zones.
You could build or purchase a prefabricated shed-style office (with AC, power, etc) in your backyard without a permit (<120 sq. ft for CA) in most areas.
The biggest advantage of a bunker would be the first year of survival. You can comfortably wait while the population resolves itself, and later emerge with a group of trusted people (agriculturists, scientists, doctors) who are much healthier, loaded with weapons, and available to start a new society.
It was strange seeing how many people with genuine intentions of advancing AI for good were blindly threatening to join MSFT, a company with much less genuine reputation. I think OpenAI's board is even more controversial than ever now.
If you wanted to wear a foil hat, you might think this internal fighting was started from someone connected to TPTB subverting the rest of the board to gain a board seat, and thus more power and influence, over AGI.
The hush-hush nature of the board providing zero explanation for why sama was fired (and what started it) certainly doesn't pass the smell test.
I don’t see any verbiage that implies Microsoft had no idea. If Microsoft was the aggressor, of course they would play dumb and disclose as little as possible.
Sam strikes me as the type of founder who would never sell out or accept an acquisition. With $10 billion already invested, what's to stop Microsoft from trying to acquire them?
There was a rumor about ChatGPT using libgen for training data, if true, I find it hard to believe Google's legal team would touch that with a long stick.
Probably school districts in close proximity to prestigious schools (Boston/Harvard) who can hire new grads who want to stay within the university bubble.
Remote work seems like a bigger liability for a company which is expecting future legal battles and anti-trust cases, especially since all communications will be entered into discovery. It's easier for VPs to discuss AI ethics in hallways and unrecorded meetings rooms.
I really appreciate creators who add chapters to their YouTube videos, especially their sponsorship advertisements, since you can easily skip over them.
The first thing I do for any credit card is enroll in autopay. You can always make additional payments and pay off in full, but late fees and late payments are arguably more disastrous for your long-term credit than accruing interest for a cycle.
Cybersecurity and internet crime laws are notoriously outdated (created in the 80s). I could see a bad lawyer arguing that cURLing an API repeatedly is “hacking”.
The scale of Apple’s notification service must be pretty large. Granted, most notifications don’t have strong SLA guarantees but I don’t remember it having any downtime either.
I wish Apple would return to pre-COVID live keynotes. But that would mean demos would fail, wifi networks would be crowded, audible boos and gasps from price announcements. Yeah, Apple isn't going back anytime soon.
I hope Square has some insurance in place to fund merchants any lost revenue. It would be nice to deposit a percentage of average tx revenue per business.
I've met many incredibly talented eastern European engineers, who seem to overwhelmingly enjoy low-level programming (compilers, database internals, etc.). I don't see the concern.