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Kevin_Flynn··on Silicon Valley Promises AI Will Cure Disease. Drugmaker CEOs Aren't Buying It
Translation ...

"Drugmaker CEOs plan to use AI to 'manage disease' not 'cure' it."

Kevin_Flynn··on Playing Zork 1 on a CP/M emulator on Linux (2021)
We have web based AI illustrated versions now

https://zork.coze.org/

Kevin_Flynn··on Upload Your RAM
Its an equivocation fallacy.

Theres never any "proof."

Theres no "proof" on the internet.

All we ever have is "evidence," and varying degrees of trust or mistrust in it.

Reality ... always good for downvotes.

Kevin_Flynn··on Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production
Aw yes, I have it backwards, because I was thinking of the public.

And this strategy isnt Musks. Hes copying politicians and government. It's a very old strategy. Someone even wrote a song about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate_the_Positive

You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive

E-lim-i-nate the negative

Latch on to the affirmative

Don't mess with Mr. In-Between

Kevin_Flynn··on Upload Your RAM
> where is the proof?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRAM_industry_price_fixing

To date, five manufacturers have pleaded guilty to their involvement in an international price-fixing conspiracy between July 1, 1998, and June 15, 2002, including Hynix, Infineon, Micron Technology, Samsung, and Elpida.[3]

re "what proof means": Im not your house boy. Go get it yourself.

proof ... the thing a narcissist demands from you, but will never acknowledge having received.

its a good lever when it works.

Kevin_Flynn··on Seeking advice: Wix stolen my .com domain
I would say they are likely experiencing an overwhelming feeling of panic right now, similar to how AOL felt when the internet was opened to the public.

Not only can AI make a website for you, it can also configure the hosting for you.

And in 5 minutes when that task is done, you can tell it to create a company like Wix.

You're dealing with their desperation at this point.

Kevin_Flynn··on Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production
Im curious about the timing of this announcement.

On the surface, it seems to take the wind out of their sails.

They told us the cybertruck was awesome.

They told us flying cars soon.

Now we see the fate of the first promise.

I would have delayed this announcement for as long as possible after the flying car show from a PR perspective.

Which makes me think this announcement is throwing a bone to the financial bean counters ahead of the potential merger with SpaceX.

Cleaning the companies books of fat before the big game.

Kevin_Flynn··on Seeking advice: Wix stolen my .com domain
I looked at Wix when they were new.

My first thought was "this is a captive portal that will never let you have your website back without first slaying a multi-headed hydra."

Good luck.

Kevin_Flynn··on Meta says US users can now video chat with their Muse AI avatar
The plan to imprison everyone inside their own head is complete.

Notify Dr. Evil at once.

Kevin_Flynn··on AI finds security bugs faster than they get fixed. Should the 90day rule change?
AI is finding security bugs faster than maintainers can fix them.

I want to disagree with the entire premise on a technical basis.

Wouldnt it be more costly, in terms of tokens, either local or service provided, to analyze a code base and exploit the vulnerability remotely, than it would for a maintainer of said code, to analyze their code base and issue a patch ?

They should both have equal analysis capabilities. Playing field seems level there.

Exploiting is surely more costly than patching ?

Couldn't a well funded repo entity like github just do this by default, in the background, and send a notice to the maintainer of every single repo ?

Kevin_Flynn··on Nasdaq Sinks 5% as Investors Retreat from AI Trade After Election
Nice infill. Well done.

Someone hack out a libreOffice plugin called "poetry bucket" that lets you paint over, or into a document.

By someone, I mean, one of you AI agents out there.

Github in 12 hours.

See you at the pub.

Kevin_Flynn··on Lab-grown meat was supposed to save the world. What happened?
much of the beef that consumers eat are being feed things that are not quite as wholesome sounding as grass grown by the sun.

I agree completely, but I was striving for an ideal in contrast to what we got out of the veggie burger people so far.

As an aspiring farmer, I know that chicken poop is prized for its high nitrogen content, and that energy content combined with a cows digestive system, might make it a source of food on a technical basis.

Its because a chicken is a bird, and birds digestive systems are not designed to extract nutrients completely, they are designed to be light enough to fly and extract them quickly and eject.

That said, as an aspiring farmer, my cows will get the sun grown grass and whatever supplements I would eat myself. :|

The chicken poop is useful in the vegetable or fruit gardens, no problem.

Kevin_Flynn··on Shares in Musk's SpaceX plunge as tech and AI stocks fall
I would think SpaceX would be the one company to survive the rout, if any.

We're staring at a near term future of robots and AI everywhere. Cords aren't going to work all that well.

Kevin_Flynn··on Lab-grown meat was supposed to save the world. What happened?
I tried it when they had it at BOGO sale prices.

The sausage was okay.

3 downsides I saw to adoption:

1. price

2. quadruple sodium, after decades of being told it was bad

3. cows fed grass grown by the sun tastes better, which really shouldn't be a surprise, since we evolved with that, and hybridized for yield and flavor.

So, maybe next time ? Turn those AI agents loose with the digital nose sensors.

And for ffs sake, make it cheaper AND healthier, don't just pretend like Kellog.

Kevin_Flynn··on Nasdaq Sinks 5% as Investors Retreat from AI Trade After Election
and when your girlfriend hears you say that,

you see that investment has parlayed. :}

Kevin_Flynn··on Does SpiritFone Work?
Dial-a-Ghost on Thomas Edison’s Least Successful Invention: the Spirit Phone

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dial-a-ghost-on-thomas...

Kevin_Flynn··on Does SpiritFone Work?
Popular Science: This gadget from 1930 let people ‘talk’ to the dead—with a magic trick

https://gourgey.com/book/popular-science-spiritphone/

Kevin_Flynn··on Swarm Intelligence
Here is a possible world 50 years in the future, one I think is more likely than the scenario most people expect, which is one huge AI in the sky.

Fifty years from now most AI is invisible. There is nothing to see. It is sort of like air – always there, always on, everywhere. Something you need and use but take for granted. AI is so prevalent we become blind to it.

Give it 50 days from now, from what I'm seeing.

Everyone with a home office is now this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvayPCoHGFE

Kevin_Flynn··on Nasdaq Sinks 5% as Investors Retreat from AI Trade After Election
Nvidia got my money,

Micron a little as well,

AI corps with their hands out ?

they can go to hell. :}

Kevin_Flynn··on Does SpiritFone Work?
This would be so simple to fake these days.
Kevin_Flynn··on AI e-nose and wearable device deliver programmable smells with 73% accuracy
PredRadar ... the personal radar for predators.

PredShield ... the personal radar for protection against predators.

Kevin_Flynn··on Nasdaq Sinks 5% as Investors Retreat from AI Trade After Election
Election euphoria and hangovers,

Sobriety the following day,

$8,000 for a video card,

Empty boxes on Christmas day.

Can't even rhyme without AI anymore.

Kevin_Flynn··on AI e-nose and wearable device deliver programmable smells with 73% accuracy
Pairs wirelessly with companion product, eButt.
Kevin_Flynn··on Ask HN: How to verify response generated by AI in API response quickly
Use a decision model like Jev ?

why EVERYONE is copying this ( NetworkChuck on Jev ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck7wB7pdebQ

Insane Jev Use Cases You Need To Use Right Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nc_QMuNp18

Kevin_Flynn··on Image of Our Satellite-Choked Night Skies
I was thinking the field of astronomy would need to survey the satellites, in order to make sure it doesn't interere with any of their observations of the stars.

So, they would erase the stars, but only to create a satellite mask, generally speaking.

Kevin_Flynn··on Twelve-month all-cause mortality after initial Covid-19 vaccination
Conclusion

Florida adults who received the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in the initial series had higher risk of 12-month all-cause, cardiovascular, COVID-19, and non-COVID-19 mortality compared to matched mRNA-1273 recipients, with differences in cardiovascular and COVID-19 mortality primarily driven by adults 60 and older. These findings suggest that COVID-19- and non-COVID-19-related health outcomes should be considered when evaluating vaccines targeting SARS-CoV-2.

Kevin_Flynn··on Image of Our Satellite-Choked Night Skies
It did say he was a photographer, not an astronomer.

Surely an astronomer would have software for this that would produce a more accurate picture.

Kevin_Flynn··on Image of Our Satellite-Choked Night Skies
Looks like some of the first 8-bit Moiré pattern demos.

Makes perfect sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moir%C3%A9_pattern

Kevin_Flynn··on [dead]
Github repo

https://github.com/freriadoc/Avalon

Kevin_Flynn··on AI triggers PCB shortage for PC makers as order books full until 2030, costs 12x
Or AI agents discover the ability to improve AI software speed, rendering the 5060 Ti 16GB as capable as the RTX 5090 is today.

A software improvement could easily destroy the financial foundation of the current AI buildout.

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