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the_real_cher··on Would you choose £50k over the chance of £1M?
The expected value of the 50/50 is $500,000.

It's mathematically the best choice.

the_real_cher··on New US homeownership measure puts people first
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the_real_cher··on The Trump administration's Threat to Scientific Research
Ive worked in federally funded instituions.

The places I worked were essentially white collar welfare.

One could do nothing and collect a paycheck.

Not saying all federally finded places are like this but this system is ripe for abuse and I dont know how you elimiate the abuse while still giving the deserving scientists the funding they need.

the_real_cher··on LLMs aren't remotely like compilers or power tools
This person is taking things too literally.

By power tool we simply mean speeds up work.

And by that definition LLMs are absolutely a power tool of epic proprtions!

If you ever coded before LLMs existed its like night and day.

the_real_cher··on The US grocery slowdown is real
i think they were being sarcastic with a very valid point ;)
the_real_cher··on AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion
Your right! My misteak!
the_real_cher··on The human-in-the-loop is tired
It would be cool if they forked one of these big open source projects and just merged all of the unsolicited AI generated PRs into the fork just to see what kind of monster that would create.
the_real_cher··on AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion
The code base is not gigantic enough they need AI to generate massively more lines of code.
the_real_cher··on The Death of the Creator Middle Class
I have no proof of this but I suspect that when rent is cheap enough the middle and lower classes can work a single job or a part time job with roommates, they will have enough time pursue their artistic passions, you get great art and technology breakthroughs.

Look at Seattle in the 90's, NYC, early San Fran, etc., the before real estate prices skyrocketed or 17th and 18th century enlightenment post-plague, when massive amounts of the rich died and the wealth became more evenly distributed.

I feel like real estate prices, inequality, and inflation truly squander the intellectual wealth of the poor and middle classes and it hurts the human race as a whole.

the_real_cher··on America's Latest Weapon Against Iran: Sea Drones
Its like a torpedo or missile just slower and visible.
the_real_cher··on Volkswagen planning to cut up to 100.000 jobs globally
2027 is going to change this sitnificantly.

Toyota is releasing a full EV highlander, Honda is releasing the 0 series, Kia has some new EVs coming out.

Next year is going to be a huge EV shift.

Tesla is screwed.

the_real_cher··on LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire
the account is 3 karma, 5 months old, 1 other comment besides these flock comments

Most likely Flock astroturfing.

the_real_cher··on LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire
This doesnt make sense.

Your neoghborhood cameras did not stop the thieves but the Flock cameras did? Is Tren De Iguana that up to speed on camera company specifics?

the_real_cher··on LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire
Also used by repo men to track people behind on payments
the_real_cher··on LAPD lets contract with surveillance giant Flock expire
Im not sure I agree that a two party system for 400 million people allows us to choose what our taxes are spent on.
the_real_cher··on The Graph That Should Be Front-Page News
Apparently El Nino reduces Gulf of Mexico hurricanes.

So being in New Orleans is a mixed bag for me.

the_real_cher··on A graph that should be front-page news
Does any country care? Isnt China far worse thsn the US?
the_real_cher··on Punk, or why I don't stream anymore
To be fair I think he's more of a hardware guy.
the_real_cher··on Punk, or why I don't stream anymore
I don't really know what to say other than what absolutely amazing article that articulates our new post-industrialism world really well.
the_real_cher··on Show HN: What if your personal website was ChatGPT?
I typed in a query and it just sat there for 30 seconds until i left the page
the_real_cher··on Mark Zuckerberg's biggest legal nightmare yet could cost Meta $1.4T
I feel like everyone implicitly knows the algorithm is designed to be addictive.

Its like smoking. At some point were going to look back and wonder why we let kids do that.

Its more insidious than smoking though because it has arguably positive benefits.

the_real_cher··on OpenScience: Workbench for scientific research using custom LLMs
can any scientist comment on the usefulness of this?
the_real_cher··on Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty (2025)
If your money is in private crypto or offshore you have nothing to worry about.
the_real_cher··on Amazon has enough satellites to launch its Starlink competitor
Wired cable is such a monopoly that even Google fiber couldnt compete.

Its the only innovation in the space (literally and metaphorically.)

the_real_cher··on Goodebye Forever Probably: Why I’m leaving developer relations
How come theres no x-relations in other jobs?

You never hear about Nurse Relations or Mechanic Relations.

the_real_cher··on 30-year sentence for transporting zines is a five-alarm fire for free speech
Are there wars where one party isnt protesting?
the_real_cher··on 30-year sentence for transporting zines is a five-alarm fire for free speech
America shot a bunch of people in the 1700s protesting the King of England
the_real_cher··on Doing a masters while working in Spain
Thank! Best of luck to you!
the_real_cher··on I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI
To the consumer! Haha just kidding. We all know where they'll go.
the_real_cher··on Doing a masters while working in Spain
Where?
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