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throwaway50606on The grid isn’t ready for 300M EVs by 2030

Where? I haven't seen anyone upgrading all the powerlines and power stations around my home... I haven't even seen any plans to do so. The local power distribution monopoly says it can't be done unless they raise prices 5x - which nobody wants to pay.

Also, power generation - if everyone wants to charge at night, we need to completely change the concept and stop the move to solar energy in favor of nuclear.

throwaway50606on Hands of Gods

Synthetic/bioprinted biological muscles are right around the corner (commercialization within 10 years). There are working proofs of concept today. There's also significant leap forward in soft robotics (not based on biology) - check out Keplinger Research Group.

I wouldn't bet on hands saving humans their jobs. My bet is on stuff that is "better" with the human touch - not objectively, but people just feel like that about some things. Mostly luxury items/services, and some classes of art.

throwaway50606on It looks like GPT-4-32k is rolling out

You pay for Plus and don't have it? Maybe try canceling and subscribing on another account. I got it immediately after I subscribed.

throwaway50606on I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough

So, it'd be preferable to move it to the US where it can have better oversight and there's a potential of regulatory-driven change.

throwaway50606on Desulfovibrio bacteria are probable causes of Parkinson's disease: study

My grandfather had Parkinson's and definitely had antibiotics many times after his diagnosis, didn't help at all. After one particularly nasty infection+strong antibiotics, he got much worse overall.

I am very likely to have Parkinson's too, had antibiotics many times. Didn't change a thing about my tremor.

throwaway50606on Never Give Artificial Intelligence the Nuclear Codes

Hopefully, have an army of their own ready on-site.

throwaway50606on I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough

Do you really think the situation in Russia is better?

throwaway50606on I’m in Wyoming to celebrate the next nuclear breakthrough

America's energy independence [from fossil fuels] - yeah indeed it does. Also, what stops America from producing its own?

throwaway50606on Ask HN: What laptop would you recommend for running LLM models locally?

I have the Air too. It's thermal throttled. Try someone's M1 Pro, or the Mac Mini. Also make sure you're using the GPU (I'm not sure but AFAIK these models can run on CPU too?).

People at my employer use maxxed out Macbook Pro M2 for their ML research needs and say you can't get better performance for that price (in a laptop).