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> He could spend his enormous wealth on supporting real research and proper studies on real diseases that hurt lots of people

There we go again. There's always that one guy in the crowd, who knows better what you should be spending your money on. Also, that guy has the moral right to tell you. He is a really good person, you know! So you should listen! You should also thank him.

> He deserves to be mocked.

Just look how good this guy is.

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Quite often they will also learn languages that are very similar (French, Spanish, and Italian), count that as 3 and believe it's always this easy.

> if I dislike what e.g. the department of labour is doing with information it's collecting, I can vote for various representatives up and down the hierarchy of power

How has that been going? Did you manage to elect someone, who made a positive change? Let's be charitable - you can pick an example from your life that goes back up to 50 years.

I am a European. I don't even remember when was the last time I had a conversation about race with someone who isn't American. And with Americans, it was mostly about how I supposedly owe something to other people because my skin is white.

> The finger-pointing by the US about lack of aircon in europe is just a stupid republican talking point.

No, it isn't. It's appalling, that a Philippino riverside shack that's on the verge of falling apart has functioning A/C while a high end home in pick-a-European-country does not. It's a cultural thing. Even now during a brutal heatwave, when I mention to friends in Europe, that things would be better if they had aircon at home, they start talking about planting trees and other "measures". Sometimes I wonder if they know how long does it take for a tree to grow.

> Not going to even mention the obscene difference in racism OR the language barrier, both of which are enormous factors.

Language wise, absolutely. Racism-wise, I think you underestimate how wildly racist the US is. As a European, I am still quite shocked. Everything in that country is viewed through the lens of skin color.

Likely not a problem, especially in Academia. A family member is doing a Phd in Poland, everyone is English speaking and they have lots of students from all over the world. Could be worse in places like France, where English proficiency is historically lower, but I doubt it would be a factor in higher education.

You are right: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?location...

> Russia is well on its way.

Including the warmongering angry midget next to the US, EU, and China is funny. Russia's economy, before they decided to shoot themselves in the face, was the size of the Netherlands. Whether they are in a recession or not is irrelevant to anyone but them.

> Zuck is a world class operator.

I think his recent fumbles ironically prove your point. How many people could afford to fail so many times in a row (Remember their crypto coin? VR? Now LLMs?) and still be in the big leagues?

It establishes a clear pattern of embedding US security apparatus within US businesses. I know the quote does not say "Anthropic" or "OpenAI", but I trust you can extrapolate the pattern.

> "Permanent Record" talks about the mass surveillance that he released in 2013. it makes no mention of AI companies sending data to the government. unless you can quote the exact language you're talking about in the book, I call BS on that.

  "Just after I arrived in Japan, Perot Systems was bought by Dell, the personal computer maker, which was trying to expand its business into IT support and corporate and government services. Overnight, my ID badges and paystubs changed, and I became a Dell employee. This meant that the US government was paying Dell for my services, and Dell was taking a cut of that money and passing the rest along to me."

> The likelihood that they work with the government hand in glove is pretty high

It's the same in the US, read Snowden's book.

They were clearly being sarcastic

Californian Communist Party?

> the moment I'm using these tools I feel great and powerful, writing features in a span of hours that would've taken me weeks to write by hand. But inevitably some time later I will look at the code and notice all the subtle cracks and inconsistencies the tool introduced, and despair a bit at the mess.

Very relatable. I wasted 2 weeks of full time effort earlier this year building a helper library with Sonnet. It was the first (and the last) time I vibe coded something. Once I was satisfied with it, I began using the library and within 2 days I was certain it was all for nothing. I will never get those 2 weeks back, but a lesson has been learnt.

I appreciate they added thinking. Sonnet used to think in the actual response, leading to a lot of unnecessary burden for me. "This thing is X, no wait, it's actually Y. Therefore..." - now it's hidden in the thinking trail, so I don't have to read it unless I want to.

The Germany fetish still going strong I see.

That's a good argument. Centrally planned economy is not something I would support. Lots of negative examples from history. However, if the government is doing something (which all governments do, even in capitalist countries), then it would be nice if they were as efficient and reliable as the Chinese one.

I think the argument isn't that local is cheaper - it's that local is doable and delivers unparalleled privacy.

An amusing comment. Thanks. On a website, where every mention of China must be annotated with a disclaimer about how brutal and authoritarian they are, a comment that just states an opinion without it sure looks like "glazing". Let me know if it's safe to talk truthfully about George Floyd yet, free-man.

China is showing the world how it's done. Check out how many nuclear reactors they have built in the last 10 years. Turns out having a government that plans long term and actually delivers what they said they would makes a huge difference.

Thanks for posting the tweet, it was a very interesting read. A bit amusing knowing what's up with MS and Azure these days, but that's not the point!

Agreed. This gets worse in cultures in which Doctors have no habit or haven't been trained that educating the patient is part of the job. Whenever I am back to my birth country, I specifically avoid doctors that are older than mid 30s, because they all have the same, terrible bed manner. They might be good at diagnosing and treating, but they never, ever explain anything, even when asked. Some even have "helpful pamphlets" to hand to the patient - anything to avoid explaining. It seems that in their view their job is not helping the patient, but completing a task - running a scan, performing a procedure, administering medicine etc. The human, that is subject of the task, is invisible.

No one cares about this, especially those who believe the machine. It's just there for the provider to avoid responsibility.

> There will always be bonus points available, even if they're awarded to "conservative"-leaning feel-good attributes like veteran-owned sponsor businesses.

Why are you singling out "conservative" causes?

I only use it sporadically, but I am always irked by it saying things like "I personally like to..." or "I prefer...". It does it so often, that I am convinced it's part of the system prompt.

I found the first paragraph amusing.

  > Since artificial intelligence went mainstream a few years ago, it has done double duty as a political personality test: tell me what you think about AI, and I’ll tell you who you are.

Ok, let's see what has the author noted.

  > Those worried about climate change focus on energy consumption.

Climate change, a left-wing policy issue.

  > Those who denounce late capitalism see it as the ultimate example of corporate monopoly.

"Late capitalism" is a marxist term, so another left-wing point.

  > Those concerned about racism have warned about AI biases.

This is a toss up between left-wing identity politics and American obsession with race.

  > Those studying the effects of colonialism see it as yet another form of exploitation.

Colonialism. Another left-wing talking point.

  > And those tending toward doom have seen ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok as the four riders of the apocalypse.

And we get neuroticism. As the last point. So the "political personality test" can diagnose a person as a left-winger, American, or someone neurotic. Those are my options? :)

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