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mocha_nate··on Spotify Killed the Thrill of the Hunt
cool web design btw
mocha_nate··on I’ve joined Anthropic
yikes... jury still out on this one, no?
mocha_nate··on AWS CEO says replacing junior devs with AI is 'one of the dumbest ideas'
and yet...
mocha_nate··on MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies
My prediction: time traveler. Guy goes back in time to prevent an unspeakable tragedy that happened in the future. The simplest solution to alter the course of human history was this attack. We'll never find the killer because as soon as his work was completed, he vaporized into the ether as his timeline was culled.
mocha_nate··on OpenAI signs $38B cloud computing deal with Amazon
i think this shows Amazon filling a need Microsoft couldn't. They probably tried, but decided to use Amazon cloud services after reviewing infrastructure needs.
mocha_nate··on Social anxiety isn't about being liked
lol that’s good
mocha_nate··on Nvidia results show spending on A.I. infrastructure remains robust
i really only started hearing about AI bubble this year. with the housing bubble, people were talking about it in 2005 and it took years for it to finally break. maybe AI bubble is the same
mocha_nate··on ChatGPT's enterprise success against Copilot fuels OpenAI/Microsoft rivalry
same
mocha_nate··on JPMorgan Workers Ponder Union in Wake of Return-to-Office Mandate
The talent abroad is also moving here for higher quality of life.
mocha_nate··on Writing as Transformation
Exactly. In order to say a thought *wasn’t spontaneous* would mean that you thought something BEFORE you thought it.
mocha_nate··on Writing as Transformation
Well said
mocha_nate··on Lonely individuals tend to think and talk in an unusual way, study finds
> Chronic loneliness is linked to mental health issues like depression and anxiety, as well as physical health problems, including weakened immunity, cardiovascular disease, and an increased risk of mortality. Lonely individuals tend to experience lower self-esteem, heightened sensitivity to social rejection, and difficulty forming or maintaining relationships. They may also perceive social interactions more negatively, creating a cycle that reinforces their isolation. In older adults, loneliness is particularly concerning, as it is strongly associated with cognitive decline and dementia. In children and adolescents, it can hinder social development and academic performance.

I think they are trying to learn more about it to see if there is something that can be done in cases where there are negative outcomes. Not where someone is alone and happy.

mocha_nate··on Amazon Paid Almost $1B for Twitch in 2014. It's Still Losing Money
i'm a big fan of twitch. the communities built around games and people contain so much value which don't currently translate to revenue, but I think it will over time. I think twitch has to increase cost of advertising once people realize what kind of social capital that exists over there.

just my opinion.

mocha_nate··on Big Tech says AI is booming. Wall Street is starting to see a bubble
At my job it’s assisting new out-of-the box tools that require configuration. Good example of productivity increase and not replacing work, but instead creating new work.
mocha_nate··on Scientists Find an 'Alphabet' in Whale Songs
Nice. Probably just start with whale twitter and go from there
mocha_nate··on Study: Ultra-processed food consumption association with all cause mortality
I hope you are only reacting to the headline. The study is very impressive - can you imagine doing anything for 30 years straight?! Also, it’s one thing to say “ya know I hear sugar is bad for you” and quite another to say “it can absolutely increase odds of death here’s data:”

Sugar sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages (1.09, 1.07 to 1.12), dairy based desserts (1.07, 1.04 to 1.10), and ultra-processed breakfast food (1.04, 1.02 to 1.07) were also associated with higher all cause mortality.

mocha_nate··on Man who mass-extorted psychotherapy patients gets six years
“After his attempt to extort the company failed, he emailed patients directly, threatening to reveal what they had told their therapists. At least one suicide has been linked to the case, which has shocked the country.“

—black mirror type stuff

mocha_nate··on Tech exec predicts 'AI girlfriends' will create $1B business
Twitch thrives on parasocial. If you can imagine a twitch egirl being replaced by an AI twitch egirl that responds to personal customized messages.. I can easily see that as a big industry. Sad but inevitable
mocha_nate··on Amazon virtually kills efforts to develop Alexa Skills
“dozens”

lol, is this a burn?

mocha_nate··on Twitter's pivot to x.com is a gift to phishers
His first payment company before he merged with PayPal was X.com
mocha_nate··on Swept away: $500k sand dune built to protect US homes disappears in days
hard structures increase erosion around it. maybe its something to do with that.
mocha_nate··on Family Dollar to close almost 1,000 stores
What’s the opposite of the Colbert bump? That’s basically what John Oliver did here

(Joking of course)

mocha_nate··on The existence of a new kind of magnet has been confirmed
The why is not required. It works whether we want it to or not.
mocha_nate··on Arno A. Penzias, 90, Dies; Nobel Physicist Confirmed Big Bang Theory
I agree. Makes me think someone over-spiced the headline
mocha_nate··on Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users
lol
mocha_nate··on YouTube's ban leads to a record number of users uninstalling their ad-blockers
Brave browser works for me on both desktop and iPhone
mocha_nate··on Spain lives in flats: why we have built our cities vertically
> I could dip my bread into my neighbours' soup.

What an expression. I love that

mocha_nate··on Portugal. The Man – Official Website Is a Google Sheets Document
This looks so bad on mobile lol
mocha_nate··on Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted
From an altruist perspective, he will meet so many more people in jail where the Net Opportunity to Max Out moral value is huge. He would never get this opportunity in the real world. Smart move.
mocha_nate··on On not noticing rather too many things
Zero situational awareness. Completely unaware of the disgust being felt by his date seeing a person defecate. Completely unaware a plant has been in the room for two years. The feeling to post this on the internet with a “lessons learned” theme is kind of naively comical.
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