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chatterhead··on FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Attempts to Raise Fresh Cash Despite Bankruptcy
Alternative headline: SBF tries to save his own ass with other peoples money.
chatterhead··on Vivaldi Social, your new federated social-networking home
I've been using Vivaldi for a little over a year now and I love it! The best browser (except for their tiny bookmarking popup) and this only makes it better. Looking forward to seeing how this grows!
chatterhead··on I record myself on audio 24x7 and use an AI to process the information
This is awesome! I've been recording myself (video/audio) for the last couple years on and off (thousands of hours) and have no efficient way of processing the info. Was not aware of Whisper and what he's done is exactly what I'm looking to pull off.

The GPT-3 idea is scary and most certainly the future. I can't stand the world of never ending 'Moviefone' menus and chatbots, but when it's me that gets to be the machine response the future doesn't seem so annoying. Would be nice to have my own GPT-3 model that I can use to "get to a real person" when calling places.

chatterhead··on Pussy Galore
Seems like something Alotta Fagina would post.
chatterhead··on Google settles “Location History” lawsuit with 40 states, will pay $392M
“For years, Google prioritized profit over the privacy of people who use Google products and services. Consumers thought they had turned ‘off’ their location tracking features on Google, but the company continued to secretly record their movements and use that information for advertisers.”

Cool story, bro. How much of that $392M is going to consumers who were actually harmed? Likely, zero. These kinds of breaches need to be criminal not civil penalties otherwise there need to be actual claimants not just Attorney Generals looking for a pay day.

chatterhead··on Elon Musk says he fired engineer who corrected him on Twitter
The fact these people don't realize this kind of behavior is unacceptable is ironic considering they've been censoring everyone else's for years.

As long as you know it's unacceptable then it makes standing up an act of bravery. If you think it's dunk-on-the-man time because of groupthink and collective disdain then you'll likely be surprised by the consequences.

chatterhead··on Ask HN: What is a real life use case for Blockchain?
https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/blockchain-for...
chatterhead··on People Born After 1997–Are They Just Better?
It wasn't a definition it was a clarification on a limit. Your bad faith engagement is just argumentative.

If you truly think the 2 year exclusion of 1998 and 1999 is necessary for Zoomers to be properly categorized then you'll have to provide more than simply the argument that some Millennials were past puberty. The youngest Gen Xers will still graduating high school in 1997. Please stop being argumentative because you see an opportunity to confront someone using sarcasm.

chatterhead··on A sleuth’s guide to the coming wave of corporate fraud
Just more scamming that will be overlooked cause the right people get paid. It's always that way.

The economy must be separated from the government the same way religion was if we are to ever have true economic freedom and self-determination.

chatterhead··on People Born After 1997–Are They Just Better?
Of course I do. Mine. That's how subjective delineations work. But, you're welcome to simply accept what "Millennial" implies instead of just allow yourself to be spoon fed some idea that a 2 year difference is necessary in defining Millennials from Zoomers.
chatterhead··on People Born After 1997–Are They Just Better?
"Most folks" - no. Most folks take the plain meaning for what a Millennial is and don't give a damn what the media is trying to corrupt in our cultural conscious.
chatterhead··on People Born After 1997–Are They Just Better?
Yes, I'm well aware of what the "sources" are saying and it's bullshit mindfucking on a grand scale. Another, as I said, incongruency to create cultural confusion.

Generations are subjective. Gen Z is only 22 years old at this point. That's it.

chatterhead··on People Born After 1997–Are They Just Better?
Gen Z are born after the Millennium. Millennials are born before the turn of the .... wait for it... Millennium.

Not sure what editors and publishing houses are trying to push this Gen Z narrative, but it's just not true.

Not a single Gen Z is in Congress yet. Generations are subjective and we can't let these people cement a fucked up incongruency into our culture cause they think it's politically beneficial.

chatterhead··on Sam Bankman-Fried’s ‘Effective’ Altruism Blew Up FTX
Effective Altruism is basically modern chivalry and it's advocates want to be the new Nobility.
chatterhead··on The Hunger Plan
Interesting how the contemporary publications cited were authored during WW2 yet only a few years earlier Russia intentionally perpetuated the Holodomor. The Hunger Plan sounds more like Russian propaganda spun by assets in the West.

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

chatterhead··on FTX faces potential hack, sees mysterious outflows totaling more than $600M
Absolutely bullshit. Fried's parents are helping him build a defense against jail time for breach of fiduciary duty and embezzlement while his team coincidentally gets "hacked". Hacks are quickly becoming strategic fail-safes against corporate incompetence and useful as backroom data sales.

The promise of cryptographic currency was that we have the power. These exchanges by design sap that power for a promise that now seems illusionary at best and a massive liability at worst.

FINRA and the SEC need to charge Fried and his executive team immediately and begin the process of tearing apart that exchange.

chatterhead··on Sam Bankman-Fried Reaches Out to Elon Musk
How about read-only free; comment-cost? Would that be fair? That way truth can permeate their world, but shaping it requires payment?
chatterhead··on Why is every layoff 10-15%?
"Now is a time for CEOs and their teams to give themselves permission to toss out old assumptions about their company, mode of operating, growth targets, team, culture and mission. There will be few opportunities to make big changes like in the current environment."

Good luck. If you think CEO's give a damn about success you really don't know what the job of executives is for.

chatterhead··on Sam Bankman-Fried Reaches Out to Elon Musk
No. It's not. Why would you think it would be?
chatterhead··on Internet Archive launches Mastodon server at archive.org
Those who pretend conspiracy doesn't define the human experience actually do.
chatterhead··on Sam Bankman-Fried Reaches Out to Elon Musk
Elon is wrong about blockchain Twitter.

IPFS + Blockchain + Starlink + Twitter = censorship-proof Web3.0.

I could be wrong.

chatterhead··on Demystifying financial leverage
Leverage is and has always been stealing from Peter to pay Paul. People can justify it however they want and do, but the fact remains profit is supposed to be the signal that an operation is a viable going concern. Leverage masks this and trades the long-term for the short-term.

Most companies use leverage so their c-suite can make more while producing less. That's the truth. It's bullshit and should be outlawed. Corporations need to compete based on inputs and outputs.

Labor creates value. Leverage creates a mirage. Feel free to disagree. Enjoy your business cycles.

chatterhead··on Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit
Which services will people flock to? Mastodon and the Fediverse? Matrix? WhatsApp? Back to Facebook?

I think you seriously overestimate how easily people change. Likely, because you aren't afraid of it. Most are and would pay to keep from having to do it; especially if you incentivize it with an improved experience.

I'd agree people will switch to free platforms if too many changes take place at once as it would basically be the same thing as finding something new. I.E. Payments + Verification + Everything X whatever app crap. etc.

chatterhead··on Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit
I'm speaking specifically about social media; like the one Google shut down because it wasn't viable. Facebook/Meta still don't make money for most their clients they simply promise returns and marketing depts have to utilize them because everyone else is and it's mostly fueled by leverage.

In my experience, advertising isn't worth it if you aren't a large corp. with access to debt and require a presence and even then it's mostly a loss leader.

chatterhead··on Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit
Every user on Twitter should be paying a monthly fee with one-time service fees for those who want additional verification and services.

The fact Netflix/Disney/Hulu/Amazon/Apple make as much as they do is crazy compared to how much people use Twitter for free.

Advertising models are absolute dogshit that never really worked. People will pay for access if you improve the experience - like no ads from the get go.

chatterhead··on Ask HN: How do you focus on work for long periods of time?
I found using an inhaler helped me to breath during periods of chest tightness and more easily during exercise do you think I'm asthmatic?

Go get tested for ADHD, man.

chatterhead··on We should have Markdown-rendered websites
Wasn't this the whole point of the XHTML push back in like 2009?
chatterhead··on A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto (1993)
Thank you, HTF.
chatterhead··on Wrist-mounted camera captures entire body in 3D
You mean the guy whose grandfather helped build the internet and who supplies the majority of US intel agencies with cloud computing, storage and access might be testing government technology in the public sector to not raise suspicion?

>Soldier tracking >Prisoner tracking >Student tracking >Smartwatches

chatterhead··on FTX tapped into customer accounts to fund risky bets, setting up its downfall
Countdown to Fried fleeing to Israel begins...
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