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For one, they could have could have not massively scaled back consumer memory manufacturing as a matter of duty to customers. But money and greed must prevail.

Seriously. We’re supposed to believe this AI boomer rhetoric that it won’t take jobs. In order for companies to pay for it, it must take out jobs.

Don’t forget about the public transit system continent-wide is vastly better than the US as well.

It’s frighteningly common for startups to hire 501 of the best of the best, exactly one of those will be a systems/network engineer, the other 500 will be software engineers.

A lot of times, it’s the battery age causing this issue though. Once the total battery capacity drops below 80% performance just collapses. Luckily, battery replacements aren’t totally crazy expensive and end up being worth it a lot of the time.

Ah, so eloquently stated.

Cool and all but I don’t think I’ll see this below $20-50k any time soon.

Yeah, I don’t know how to fix this but all the people I’ve heard who think we should have zero concern for AI fall into three categories: the people who stand to gain significant money/fame/power, politicians who have little idea how these things work, and the average people who parrot the first two.

You could argue that there is significant overlap between the first two but I think politicians are worth distinguishing because a) how ignorant they tend to be and b) they have significantly more influence.

People really need to start listening to the people who built these things and don’t stand to gain monetarily. It’s like ignoring climate change but potentially somehow worse.

Geoffrey Hinton himself perhaps?

It’s so well known that Oracle is such a hostile and predatory company, it’s sooo hard for me to look at this objectively.

iPhone 13 pro almost exactly 5 years old. Had the battery replaced once under warranty. I feel like all iphones these days are built like tanks. The waterproofing helps a ton.

LG washers and dryers have consistently been one of the most reliable appliances I have owned.

Other than minor design flaws like lettering that wipes off if laundry detergent contacts it (older models), that was the only issue I’ve had in 11 years.

“Super intelligence, your first task is to evaluate the leader of the free world’s intelligence.”

We may be off to a bad start. This is obviously more of a marketing/world dominance/posturing play than anything materially “Super.”

I doubt they won’t make this mistake again, and by mistake I mean not having an appropriate accountability sink in place to take the fall.

Mostly true but there is largely a massive amount of negligence in the tech industry, with a particular emphasis on shops that prioritize shipping “features.”

For every engineer that takes security seriously, there are 99 engineers that don’t. It’s an uphill battle.

Source: 25 years of experience.

All completely true statements; How long do you think before this comment gets flagged?

Not sure why this was downvoted. AstroTurf?

Anyway, this was really what I was looking for anyway. Thanks.

Where does Monsanto stand now? It’s been many years since HackerNews was AstroTurfed by them.

An ever-increasingly rare drop in my total subscription costs is a nice good will gesture. Will this mean a significant price increase in icloud+ is coming down the road? Only time will tell.

There are grounds legally if shareholders can prove that the "long-term risk reduction" argument is a lie, they can sue under the Duty of Loyalty. In reality, yes, this amounts nuisance lawsuits, large settlements and disruption at the board level. In practice, this and the executive pay structures almost always incentivizes short-term decisions and these risks become problems “for the next person.”

I wish I could any of the content in this ‘study’ is surprising. It’s obviously nothing but bad for everyone involved other than the Ellison regime. Is there a Kalshi event for whether this goes through or not? My money would be on 100% yes.

As an American, I identify more with European culture compared to 10 years ago.

I think it might be closer to this:

https://www.debtdefaultclock.us/

We’re standing at a table and there’s an apple and orange there. You pick up the apple, take a bite and say “This orange tastes great.” We all know what you’re trying to say but you’re still wrong.

Next headline: Flock declares Hacker News a terrorist organization.

Totally agree, we already know Flock is inept and lies about obvious truths. I want to know more about this.

I believe this is a new accounting method called “phantasmagorical accounting.”

“They all look the same to me”

Belief in science is a prerequisite.

Two things can be true.