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Maybe there was a breakthrough, the sort the makes one pause and wonder if it should have been done? Or an application of their current models that crossed hard ethical lines?

Anecdotal sample of one here: since starting the treatment a year ago, I have hardly set foot in a fast food restaurant, and my visits to other food establishments have been reduced by 75% at minimum. Grocery shopping has been more mindful and smaller in size. The impact on my desire or even ability to consume food beyond the base metabolic necessity is real.

Nobody is using nuclear weapons, or everyone is using them and exit the human race. They’re political tools more than effective weapon systems now.

My concern here is that if these testimonies can’t be linked to evidence, the entire subject will be once again be discredited, goodwill from legislators will evaporate and the status quo will remain - that being UAPs being genuine alien devices or no.

The part that never adds up to me is the complete lack of concrete evidence in the open (when there is ubiquitous technology for detection in the hands of the public), or the implied astonishing competence of governments and agencies cooperating internationally to keep alien intelligence hidden. We couldn't prevent a pandemic, have lost nuclear weapons and are watching the planet die due to carbon emissions… yet somehow the alien-intelligence-suppression-network works?

Somewhat tangential, but I started to read Baudolino by Umberto Eco last night, and the first chapter at least takes place during the (it seems) the last siege of Constantinople. So far it has been a wonderful read.

You’re not alone! I had developed a habit of cleaning downloads and files since storage was somewhat scarce when I started using PCs in the 90s. Now it’s so cheap that I will simply delete very large files, then name the folder yyyy-mm-dump and place it with others in a backup folder somewhere. If I ever have to recove disk space I will glance over and delete it then, but more often it has been more valuable to dig up some meme or image.

I apologize that I can’t read all threads and responses, but this sounds like Altman and OpenAI have realized they have a viable path to capture most of the AÍ market value and now they’re pulling the ladder behind them.

In many cases this isn’t viable. On my car for for instance - a 2016 Subaru - removing the telematics module also disables all front speakers because the audio signal is routed through it.

Excel tricked me into getting a SAFe certification.

I've read this short story about the singularity years ago, written by a scientist from UW-Madison and although the writing isn't great, it has always stayed with me. Recent developments made me think of it, and the premise is precisely that - the group that develops AGI uses it to control the markets and drives everyone else insane through economic disruption, while staying entirely opaque.

https://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/g/mcnrsts.html

Sony had a similar product a decade ago, but on flat screens - PlayStation Home. It was a virtual space where PlayStation users could create an avatar, visit shared spaces and have their private ones as well. A key difference is that is was running on a platform people already had, and most of the users already had a common interest in using it. I wonder if it was made today, with VR compatibility, the popularity and longevity would be different.

I’m warming up to the idea, so I’m watching the new models with interest.

I should hope Tesla will use the opportunity to improve their build quality and QA processes during the retooling. It was understandable as a new manufacturer in the recent past appealing to a customer base of early adopters willing to overlook those issues for the tech advancements elsewhere in the cars. Now there is no plausible excuse.

Civ V had such beautiful presentation, with art deco visual themes, wonders presented as beautiful paintings and wonderful music. I’d like to see that again.

It would be great to see some of the recent advances in AI text generation enrich the game. It would make the games more varied.

Is there any automation technology that hasn’t further entrenched capitalism and served to enrich the few at the top that own and control it?

I’m a product designer with an art background - I’ve used it to give me short prompts to create a piece, or a short story to illustrate and expand upon. Il considering a subscription too, but I need to justify it with more daily usage. I’m here for what the community has to add.

I don’t think so. The rivalry between Brazil and Argentina is nowhere remotely intense as the media likes to portray (and profit from) - with the exception toxic fans on both sides.

Happy holidays to all. I can sincerely say that even though I’m not precisely on the target demographic for HN, it is by far the most valuable and pleasant community in the internet. Cheers to all.

I find it amazing that he is publicly expressing surprise at this. He telegraphed disruptive changes to the company that may reduce the user base and introduce undesirable content on the platform… and somehow it’s a surprise that advertisers are taking precaution? Not to mention possible conflicts of interest with automakers.

The Better Everyday channel has a 3-part visit at the Kodak facility, it’s a fascinating look at the process of film manufacturing:

https://youtu.be/HQKy1KJpSVc

The Tesla Robot was underwhelming. I appreciate the engineers on stage highlighting their work, but it all felt a generation behind Boston Dynamic’s efforts.

Thanks for this, it looks absolutely brilliant.

To the author - this is beautiful. If I could, it would be awesome to have a version that simulates the title of the film: the code forms up a name or a simple sentence.

You know who should be celebrating? Sketch and InVision. Sketch has signaled a desire to go multi platform, which has been a problem for large corporate customers with mixed platforms.

InVision failed to standup their own UI design tool, but the collaboration suite is still good and they were starting to death spiral. This would be an immense opportunity for both to become the only viable immediate alternatives to the Adobe threat.

It is not the responsibility if the Brazilian people to give up their sovereignty in order to save the world, particularly after other nations have burned their way to the top of the development scale. You seem to be oblivious to reality.

I would also argue that there is a relative lack of bad software because unqualified or bad actors have to go through these same hoops.

I just completed a game successfully (3rd row success) and it seems to be pt-br.

You just detonated a nostalgia cobalt bomb, this was my favourite as well. So well crafted in it’s thoughtful details.

Coping with aging and the narrowing of opportunities that it entails.

As a designer in a similar industry, I can confirm that I despise half my peers for their lack of competence and general ability to bullshit their way to a paycheck. The design industry has been irrevocably infested by people that speak a lot but can’t execute anything.

Also note they Microsoft mismanaged the Halo property royally. The most recent failure the delay of Halo Infinite, that allegedly has been in development for over 4 years and will miss the launch of the new Xbox console due to poor quality. Microsoft also run Rare almost into irrelevancy after the acquisition. Not the greatest track record there.

One aspect of the original novel: Frank Herbert is rather terse on his descriptions of the environment, world and universe, leaving a lot for the reader to imagine. He excels at world building without being prescriptive, I think it’s a strength in the novel and allows for a certain timelessness.

Lynch’s film production design was pulled out of nowhere and it isn’t any more accurate than Villeneuve’s. It just has a more direct relation between the subject - a future space feudal society - which most people correlate with pomp and elaborate visual motifs.

In fact, if you consider the only visual work based on Dune that Herbert himself endorsed, it recalls the the newer film more than the baroque aesthetics of the former - the work of John Schoenherr for an illustrated edition of the novel: http://ski-ffy.blogspot.com/2010/08/illustrated-dune.html