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wordpad25··on Taking my diabetes treatment into my own hands
People in high risk categories are warranted to go further than that
wordpad25··on Unconditional Cash Study: first findings available
isn't that just inflation with extra steps?
wordpad25··on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops
> Do you have a better hypothesis that would explain the extreme valuations of those stocks?

This isn't crypto, these are real, well run companies with good fundamentals.

The trade may be a bet that they are able to corner the market and extract more value. Maybe, it's wrong, but doesn't mean it's just empty hype.

wordpad25··on Solving Path of Exile Item Crafting with Reinforcement Learning
Chess also has a huge search space and allows cycles, still, wouldn't a better approach be refining a scoring function and then doing a deep search and suggest an action and min maxes your odds of victory?
wordpad25··on AT&T says criminals stole phone records of 'nearly all' customers in data breach
your phone number is PII and everybody you ever called or texted is VERY VERY PII
wordpad25··on Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity
If you're CEO at a $100MM company, your peers ARE executives at FAANG
wordpad25··on Silicon Valley's best kept secret: Founder liquidity
They also probably worked many 100 hour weeks while they could've earned more and worked a lot less with less stress
wordpad25··on Show HN: ChatGPT UI for rabbit holes
How does it work?

Are hyperlinks generated as part of original prompt or you do post processing on a response with another LLM?

wordpad25··on Show HN: An online billboard I built in 2 weeks
you must be young, ever heard of a million dollar page?
wordpad25··on Richest Americans Now Pay Less Tax Than Working Class in Historical First
This is deceptive by using percentages...

Top 1% of earners pay like 50% of all taxes

Top 10% pay 80% of all taxes

Bottom 50% pay 0% or negative amount of taxes after benefit transfers.

wordpad25··on 44% Unicorn Startups in the US were founded by foreign workers
countries with fewer barriers to immigrations have fewer reasons to immigrate in the first place
wordpad25··on Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans
As with any productivity boost - if you need 100x fewer IT jobs, it doesn't mean you will cut your IT by 100x, you will instead increase just grow your IT department 100x or however much until you hit a growth bottleneck on the business side, then some jobs will shift there.

Just like my raw materials/energy cost example before, if you something becomes cheap - you don't consume less of it, you try to do more with it. Maybe, so much more that you can now do things which were completely impossible/unaffordable before!

It's very possible we will have MORE IT jobs due to new opportunities and efficiencies.

A decent software developer costs $40/hr. Let's say you can make your small iPhone app idea in 100 hours, that's $4,000. If developer with 100x as productive, now that costs only $40. That doesn't only mean more people can afford to build their ideas, but you could build BIGGER ideas, on a $4,000 budget you could now build $400,000 worth of an application! Think of all the opportunities for everyone!

wordpad25··on Show HN: Wonkypedia - Wikipedia from an Alternate Timeline
Seeing how gpt is excellent at generating articles, you could probably easily do that by building a crawler which follows all hyperlinks to/from the page and update them accordingly.

Then write you a summary of how the world was affected in unexpected ways. Butterfly effect.

wordpad25··on Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans
All of that money is working as part of the economy, paying salaries and such. It's not at all obvious that it's less efficient in an economic sense (although obvious not ideal from social sense)
wordpad25··on Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans
wages stagnated, not total compensation which continued to grow employee preferred form of compensation has just shifted towards other benefits
wordpad25··on Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans
Poor countries have with little physical or financial infrastructure have high unemployment. You'd think there would be more jobs because there is a lot more opportunity to grow, but no, it's the opposite, there few jobs and they are bad jobs. Because there is little opportunity to create actual VALUE, in economic sense.

Technology brings efficiency and brings jobs. Say entire tech sector, software developers and IT get fully automated - well, now all the VALUABLE services those companies provide are much much cheaper. All the savings are passed on to their customers (B2b and B2c) who will now spend those savings doing things they couldn't afford to before - and THOSE industries are where jobs will move to.

For a more simplistic example, imagine cost of electricity (or some raw materials) dropped 10x, would it lead to fewer jobs or more jobs? Of course more jobs, since you'll be able to do a lot more now.

wordpad25··on Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans
I gotcha!
wordpad25··on Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans
That's an impossible scenario in a democracy which is ruled by majority. Wealthy class have hugely outsized influence, sure, but it's not limitless.

Consider, for example, that every politician lives and dies by his constituents employment metrics.

If population is genuinely unhappy with arrangement they DO vote for change. If they are extremely unhappy - they vote for drastic change.

wordpad25··on Amazon grows to over 750k robots, replacing 100k humans
Ford was a ruthless capitalist and antisemite. He never cared for workers affording his cars, only that they bought them. His union busting gangs were some of the worst.

Ford offering higher pay and better working hours were for employee retention which was important at the time.

wordpad25··on Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right
it's impressive that this was shot 10 years ago but now meta Raybands do that
wordpad25··on Social learning: Collaborative learning with large language models
this is solving engagement problem, not readability

try it with a mindlessly boring topic you can barely get through a paragraph of, not something you're actively trying to read

wordpad25··on Satoshi – Sirius emails 2009-2011
Ughh, it's somewhat important to national security who's behind a multi-trillion dollar shadow market larger than most national economies
wordpad25··on How to write stuff no one else can
Wanted to give it a try. I didn't even consider many of these and doubt I would've come up with such a good list even if I had a lot of time. Much less than 1 second it took to generate the response.

In a world where magic exists, laws and the legislative system would likely undergo significant adaptations to address the unique capabilities and risks presented by magic. Here are several ways in which these systems might be different, based on various assumptions about the nature and scope of magic:

1. *Regulation of Magical Practices*: Just as with professions and practices in our world, there would be regulations governing who can practice magic, how it can be learned, and where it can be used. Licenses or permits might be required for practicing certain types of magic, similar to medical licenses or driving licenses.

2. *Magic-Related Offenses*: New categories of crimes would exist, such as unauthorized enchantments, illegal curses, magical fraud (using illusions or mind control for deceit), and unlicensed necromancy. Laws would specify what constitutes a magical assault versus a non-magical one, with potentially different penalties.

3. *Enforcement and Jurisdiction*: Special law enforcement units trained in counter-magic or magical defense would be necessary to handle crimes involving magic. The jurisdiction might depend on the nature of the magic used; for example, cross-dimensional or time-altering magic could involve a higher authority or international magical council.

4. *Evidence and Investigation*: The collection of evidence might include magical means, such as truth spells, scrying (viewing distant or future events), or reviewing memories directly. However, there would also need to be laws protecting individuals against invasive magical investigations.

5. *Rights and Protections*: There would be laws to protect non-magical beings from discrimination or harm by magical individuals or entities. Similarly, sentient magical creatures or beings might have their own rights, leading to more complex legal considerations regarding interspecies interactions.

6. *Ethical Use of Magic*: Legislation would likely address the ethical implications of spellcasting, summoning, and other magical practices, including the use of magic on unwilling subjects or creating sentient beings. Regulations might prevent or restrict the use of magic that can alter someone's will, memories, or identity.

7. *Magical Contracts and Agreements*: The legal system would need to address the binding nature of magical contracts, which could have irrevocable consequences. Laws might specify how such contracts can be fairly negotiated and what remedies exist for breaking a magical contract.

8. *Intellectual Property*: In a world where spells, potions, and magical items are created, there would be intellectual property laws protecting the creators of magical inventions. This could include patents on spell formulas, copyright on magical texts, or trademarks on magical item designs.

9. *International Relations and Security*: On a larger scale, there might be international laws governing the use of magic, especially in conflicts or espionage. Treaties could limit the use of particularly destructive spells or ban the creation of magical weapons of mass destruction.

10. *Education and Public Safety*: Laws would govern the education and training of individuals with magical abilities, possibly requiring mandatory schooling to ensure that magic is used safely and responsibly. Public safety regulations would address the storage of magical materials and the construction of magically protected buildings.

In this magical world, the legal and legislative system would need to be flexible and innovative, capable of addressing the ever-evolving nature of magic and its impact on society. It would be a blend of traditional legal principles and new rules designed to manage the unique challenges posed by the existence of magic.

wordpad25··on How to write stuff no one else can
AI so much much more than retrieval since it knows how to correctly apply exist concepts to previously unexplored areas.

You can ask ChatGPT how one might implement and enforce laws in a world where magic exists. Or time travel. Or whatever. Because it knows laws and it knows common fiction tropes and can reason well enough to surmise how to apply them together.

wordpad25··on A rent-stabilized 1 bedroom apartment for $1,100 In NYC? broker's fee is $15K
You could make the same argument about any law.

Why don't we just make murder and rape also legal to better track it?

wordpad25··on Relativistic Spaceship
Except we can't get to edge of the galaxy quickly.

I guess Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy building space highways destroying everything in the way could be more than a gag after all.

wordpad25··on Ask HN: How many of you are self employed?
How do you find clients? Rather, how did you find your first clients?
wordpad25··on Ask HN: How many of you are self employed?
Same as finding a job, go through all your contacts - work colleagues, clients or friends
wordpad25··on Ask HN: How many of you are self employed?
Is compensation competitive compared to working for Intel or something? Do you make 150 hourly?
wordpad25··on Show HN: I made an interactive math crossword puzzle with infinite levels
This doesn't even work on mobile, so much for better UX
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