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dnemmers··on A Terrarium iPhone Case That Houses Actual Growing Plants and Moss
One thing I didn't note from the article, was how much sunlight is required to keep things going.
dnemmers··on DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses'
I'm guessing if 'surveillance camera' meant people they don't know, obviously recording their every motion from close by...they may have a different response.

It almost seems like personal Paparazzi.

dnemmers··on If You're over 40, You're Ready to Use A.I
If it's only safe for people over 40, it's probably better to just say it isn't safe for anyone.
dnemmers··on Skateboarding Forum on Wood Quality
Is this a situation where all the world's skateboards are made by a handful of companies, with labels slapped on?
dnemmers··on Jimothy the raccoon has a rare spinal condition. Here's what that means
If you haven't seen it yet, 'How to Drive In Ballard' is a great watch from Almost Live:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KBgIvH0tu6Y

dnemmers··on Trump announces 2028 presidential bid
I'm not saying I agree with the sentiment, or think during the current discourse it isn't a very touchy subject to try and pull humor out of...but if there's any event to take the President's words at the highest chance of being a 'joke', this is that event.
dnemmers··on Lawsuits hours after new tariffs take effect, experts say tariffs may not hold
Something to distract away from both the Iran war, and lack of Epstein releases.
dnemmers··on Ask HN: How would you harden AI changes to a 1M-line legacy SaaS before review?
In the past, problems like these were solved with software engineers. Those trained through schooling and experience to be able to read through and understand obscure code conventions and programming quirks.

Their kind has almost gone extinct in this universe...

dnemmers··on Elon Musk's Boring Company Eyes $20B Valuation in New Funding Round
I'm waiting for their 'pivot' to AI, and subsequent absorption into SpaceX.
dnemmers··on Trump announces 2028 presidential bid
I think, in this case, being present at a 'comedy' event, this specifically might be taken as 'humor'
dnemmers··on Lucky 13 Starship sends out satellites and stays intact
Looking at the return trajectory for the space shuttle helps you understand the difficulties in combining aero-flight with rocketry using the same control surfaces.
dnemmers··on Polymarket paid creators to stage fake winning bets to lure U.S. users
Priming the pump, so to speak?
dnemmers··on SpaceX at $100 Would Imply Zero AI Value, Morgan Stanley Says
Renting data center capacity to AI providers might be the best business model out there, currently related to AI. Surpassed possibly by hardware manufacturers.
dnemmers··on ChatGPT medical advice brought man 'to brink of death', lawsuit alleges
I'm sure they could try.
dnemmers··on Build a 3 Month Food Supply: Family Guide
They say you should have 360 gallons of water storage, but nothing about what kind of container, storage protocol, or rotation.

Are they imagining a water tower on every house?

dnemmers··on Men That Don't Fit In (1911)
I mean, humans are definitely animals.

I'm not sure the society of 'man' has evolved the same way you propose.

Looking back at thousands of years of history, Modern Man is frantically trying to find a niche to call his own.

With no armies needed, no game to harvest, no wild animals to protect from, and no household to build....unfortunatley the currently model might simply be antiquated.

dnemmers··on Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample
The problem is that you have no idea of what you're being taught is actually correct.
dnemmers··on Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample
Absolutely right. First gen models are trained on 'virgin' non-LLM output. Subsequent models are tainted by ingesting AI replies. Rinse and repeat, and all you end up with is AI copies of AI replies, and the noise will completely overtake the signal.
dnemmers··on Tesla's profits slide despite growing revenue as it pivots to robotics and AI
I'm guessing further profit slides mean a higher likelyhood of takeover by SpaceX?
dnemmers··on Ask HN: How can I reliably/safely sell my high cost item (M3 Ultra 512 GB)?
Any local computer shops willing to consignment sell for a percentage?
dnemmers··on Monte Kali
I'm a little surprised that there haven't been reclamation efforts to use the Sodium Chloride they're pulling out of the ground, repurposed for industry.

I'm guessing the $$ just don't make sense.

dnemmers··on OpenAI says its AI technology acted on its own in an 'unprecedented' hack
"ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Tuesday that its artificial intelligence system hacked into another AI company on its own in what the company called an “unprecedented cyber incident.”"

Oddly, this seems like exactly what people have been warning about.

dnemmers··on On Being a Conservative
It seems like many takes presented do not match up with modern Conservatism, unsure if that was the point.

"“Unlike the rationalism of the French Revolution, true liberalism has no quarrel with religion, and I can only deplore the militant and essentially illiberal antireligionism which animated so much of nineteenth-century Continental liberalism."

dnemmers··on OpenAI Says Model Broke Out of Sandbox
I'm sure as more and more models grow in power and exposure, greater and more expensive 'outbreaks' are sure to occur.
dnemmers··on That post never existed. Stop listening to that thing
I'm not sure if this is your take, but it feels an aweful lot like an AI "Good enough is good enough" handwave.
dnemmers··on Why Microsoft's $80B Xbox Bet Backfired
A good take on where Microsoft is with Xbox currently:

https://youtu.be/medfVq5nJ0k?is=P5vfElSsTQJHvKa7

dnemmers··on Major AI models are likely to refuse criticizing restrictive leaders or govts
"showing that major AI systems, including those built in the U.S., are more likely to refuse to criticize restrictive leaders or governments. It raises concerns that the large language models powering chatbots and AI agents could be regurgitating and spreading government influence over online speech as the technology is increasingly adopted worldwide."

This seems bad for any semblance of 'free speech'

Once everything is churned through LLM 'black boxes' enough; no one will be able to tell fact from fiction.

dnemmers··on I'm Done with Mullvad
I'd hate to use my own voice to discuss my own views...because someone could think they came from me!
dnemmers··on AI advice made people less accurate but more confident – sudy
Old AI is so bad it should be disregarded, but new AI is so good, you don't even have to verify its output....

Is that what you're selling us?

So in 18 months, we'll just rinse and repeat?

dnemmers··on US gas prices hit an average of $4 a gallon again
I believe semi-trucks are more like 7-9 mpg, but diesel and gasoline have different energy levels, so it's not an exact comparison.
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