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hackable_sand··on Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future
I disagree. It is always easier to make the world a more peaceful, happy place, always.
hackable_sand··on Andreessen Horowitz is investing billions into a bleak future
"I work in tech"
hackable_sand··on Digging the grave of my skills: Hollywood creatives training AI to do their jobs
Why would they?
hackable_sand··on Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down
Heads up, you would want to keep the sword of damocles in that case, no matter how illusory.
hackable_sand··on Ask HN: Just saw a YC25 job posting front page that looks like a 7-day work week
Saw this too.

Their name is Sales Patriot, hiring a "FDE", and they are funded by YC.

That should be enough information by itself.

hackable_sand··on Civic Hygiene – avoid building technologies that could be used by a police state (2013)
If they can't do their job non-violently then I don't want them to do that job.
hackable_sand··on The Amazon tax
Can't you just use it at home like a normal person?
hackable_sand··on Stop Turning every purchase into a tip request
God please yes. That time is better spent on paying customers.
hackable_sand··on Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults (2023)
Health concerns make sense
hackable_sand··on Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults (2023)
Conservative estimate
hackable_sand··on Melatonin impairs morning cognition in healthy young adults (2023)
Better sleep than what?

Humans have been sleeping for at least 400 years

hackable_sand··on Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
Remember. Keep your standards in the basement. We'll dust them off when someone dies.
hackable_sand··on Incentives are for losers
The exchange of labor for money will never outpace its own absurdity to become a natural law.

We literally live in that world

hackable_sand··on Illinois just told every operating system to start reporting your kid's age
Remember. We should do absolutely everything in our power to not hold these companies responsible.
hackable_sand··on Incentives are for losers
I can't imagine having that kind of free time/boredom
hackable_sand··on The AI Apocalypse Is Here
Well no, that just makes one a liar and a coward.
hackable_sand··on The AI Apocalypse Is Here
Well, they are scammers
hackable_sand··on "Coding is solved" misses the point
I think it's easier to explain the anomalous "chess is solved".
hackable_sand··on What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers
I think I understand now.

You see "work" as a transactional unit.

hackable_sand··on Should AI labs be treated like the owners of dangerous animals?
I think they wanted an actual answer
hackable_sand··on Adults over 65 will outnumber children by 2029
A way out of what?
hackable_sand··on Generative "AI": The Guitar Hero of Creativity
There are people here who have been using LLMs for years.

What is that?

Arrested development?

hackable_sand··on Deep-sea vehicles spot 'alien' sharks deep beneath the waves in the Pacific
Conquered
hackable_sand··on French firefighters face 'pyrocumulonimbus' for first time
Nobody said anything about high rises and tofu
hackable_sand··on OverpAId – Fire your CEO. Hire the future
"Talented" is normal "Talent" is abusive
hackable_sand··on The AI hype is a mass psychosis echo chamber of incompetent individuals
If we gauge LLM progress by the analogies they generate then they are still in the wind-up toy car phase.
hackable_sand··on Texas Police Spent $4.5M on Four Chevy Tahoes
Now we're getting somewhere.
hackable_sand··on Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)
Fascinating demonstration of denial
hackable_sand··on 'We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction'
Love this
hackable_sand··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
They don't mean technological advancements.

It's the same neo-liberal aggression couched in rhetorical trickery.

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