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guantanamo_bob··on DeepSeek-v4.1-Flash-1017
Their strategy is regulatory capture.
guantanamo_bob··on The Alan Turing Institute has failed to develop modern AI in the UK
Going forward the top AI chips will not be available in every country — particularly China.
guantanamo_bob··on PagerDuty CEO Quotes Martin Luther King Jr. In Worst Layoff Email Ever
The beautiful irony of quoting MLK while commending their great leadership is that it shows her complete obliviousness to many of things MLK advocated for, particularly in his later speeches.
guantanamo_bob··on Tesla devs at Twitter misunderstand Slack privacy; leak fire lists based on LOC
Don’t be surprised if Elon sets a precedent that is soon followed by the other tech companies that are struggling to generate profit.
guantanamo_bob··on I asked GPT-NeoX-20B a hundred arithmetic questions
Must :clap: have :clap: learned :clap: that :clap: from :clap: all :clap: the :clap: clapping :clap: that :clap: goes :clap: on :clap:.
guantanamo_bob··on Making Emacs Popular Again (2020)
Try spacemacs, much more comfortable.
guantanamo_bob··on Making Emacs Popular Again (2020)
I recently switched from emacs to spacemacs. I love the key bindings, but the Emacs GUI with spacemacs is so slow it’s unusable, keeps my laptop running burning full speed.
guantanamo_bob··on These are the 2021 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies
1. Robinhood - Wall Street’s frenemy 2. Stripe - The GDP of the Internet 3. Discord - The Internet chat room, re-imagined 4. SentinelOne - A SolarWinds saving grace 5. Didi Chuxing - Your $100 billion IPO is on the way
guantanamo_bob··on Raspberry Pi for Kill Mosquitoes by Laser
Wow I didn’t know about this, but it looks like more than just an old wives tale. Is there a connection between killing mosquito larva and why we like to throw coins in a fountain for ‘good luck’?
guantanamo_bob··on Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungs
When temperatures drop quickly I find that I need to do a few nose-only breathing workouts (low intensity, HR between 60-70% of max) in order to acclimate like this.
guantanamo_bob··on Why winter exercise can be especially hard on the lungs
This may be more common with high volume workouts. I don’t get it on short runs, but distance skiing for 2-3+ hours will take a toll. This isn’t something that happens when I cycle or rollerski for an equivalent workout.
guantanamo_bob··on 2020 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter [pdf]
Automobiles and airlines have always had slim margins and are slow to grow. It shouldn’t take a Warren Buffett to see the differences between this old technology advancement and more recent ones (from an investment perspective).
guantanamo_bob··on We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google
Deeper and more critical sure (likely due to the platform, not necessarily the users).

On Twitter I can choose to follow POC, women, experts inside/outside this field and hear their opinion—-which I’d argue provides a more diverse representation than anonymous posts by a largely white male message board.

I also trust the opinion of someone willing to share their identity, it forces you to think more carefully about the stand you’re taking when your reputation is on the line.

guantanamo_bob··on We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google
It’s classic tokenism: invite a minority to the table but don’t let them speak.
guantanamo_bob··on About Google's approach to research publication – Jeff Dean
This debate over whether she was fired or resigned is distracting from the real issue. Why isn’t Google willing to listen and work with Timnit? What are the issues she’s raising? These are more important questions, fired/resigned is just an easy thing to be outraged or give leeway over.
guantanamo_bob··on Zuckerberg defends not suspending ex-Trump aide Bannon from Facebook: recording
I don’t understand how they still hire talented people (who have plenty of employment options). I will think very carefully before hiring someone who previously worked at FB.
guantanamo_bob··on Joe Hruska, founder and CEO of RescueTime (YC W08), has died
Even though I never knew Joe, it's sad to hear of his passing. RescueTime is one of the most eye-opening products I've ever used, and has improved my life considerably the last few years.
guantanamo_bob··on Are women exiting engineering because men get the challenging assignments?
That's a fair point, but in an interview she's also assessing you. If she sees no other women working there, then it could be a red flag.

From her perspective no other women could signal that all the other women left, or all other women interviewing noticed something bad that she missed.

guantanamo_bob··on This University Teaches You No Skills – Just a New Way to Think
You're missing the point. Learning to to code in Python is fairly easy, you could teach yourself. Can you teach yourself to think critically or be a better communicator? Unlikely.