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harryVic··on Anthropic's Claude AI blocks video game cloning and reverse-engineering
Which is why agents should always run in a sandbox with restricted network access
harryVic··on Novel helmet liner made from carbon nanotubes
Not all of them are athletic.
harryVic··on Chemical reactions fuel crises at LA County's two largest landfills
People that are throwing these in the garbage would just scrape the chip off.
harryVic··on OpenAI Engineers Earning $800k a Year Turn Rare Skillset into Leverage
Low interest? Interest rates are at 5.5%
harryVic··on Ferret: A Multimodal Large Language Model
Can you give an example? I switched to android because i use personal assistant a lot while driving and siri was absolutely horrible.
harryVic··on Vancouver EV owner shares cautionary tale after car deemed 'total loss'
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harryVic··on Beeper – Moving Forward
I guess it is great marketing. I didn't even know they had a bleeper cloud offering.
harryVic··on Charlie Munger has died
It's just a comment, they're not stealing someone's original research. I for one appreciate that they shared the story. Rip charlie munger
harryVic··on Shein Files for U.S. IPO
We need a recycling tax on fast fashion like we do for other electronic goods.
harryVic··on 15 years ago, I helped design Google Maps
It's completely wild to me that the maps org has more than 10,000 people.
harryVic··on OpenAI approached Anthropic about merger
All Sam wanted to do was mine some worldcoin
harryVic··on OpenAI approached Anthropic about merger
Feels like sabotage. Adam, the quora guy runs a chatbot AI company as well and is on the board.
harryVic··on Tech layoffs: Google, Amazon, Snap and Zillow announce new job cuts
I can't find any stats but just from the layoff news it seems like a lot of companies are doing more strategic cuts before the holiday season.
harryVic··on Google ends deal to build 15,000 Bay Area homes due to "market conditions"
Life is too easy in the west and especially in tech. People love to complain about absolutely anything.
harryVic··on Montreal’s new rapid transit line saved millions per mile
Biking there should not take very long if it's only a 7 minute drive
harryVic··on Medically assisted deaths constituted 4.1 per cent of all deaths in Canada
So, life saving medications should be illegal by that logic too?
harryVic··on BP to purchase $100M in Tesla Superchargers
Hedging is always smart
harryVic··on Marc Andreessen's AI manifesto hurts his own cause
Just google what Marc Andreessen looks like and you'll understand why he is such a contrarian.
harryVic··on Elon Fires Half of X's Election Integrity Team, Because a Manager Liked a Tweet
And the trigger for all of this Elon madness was his son coming out as trans.
harryVic··on Insomnia REST client now requires an account
Bro, why is the migrate step behind a signup? How is that not hostile to users? I will make sure my company never buys anything Kong. You have to know you are selling to devs.
harryVic··on Amazon PillPack – Your medication, sorted and delivered
*2018
harryVic··on Chrome now tracks users and shares a “topic” list with advertisers
I think this would actually be bad for their careers. I believe this is all open source and in public and you would get really bad rep for building this. If it was me I would ask for a transfer to a different team.
harryVic··on Tech jobs market normalizing as July unemployment dips
I highly doubt it. I hope I'm wrong but there were far too many companies that raised 100s of millions with no kind of business model during the 2021 bubble. Those companies would have to go out of business before the market can go back to exuberance again. As an example this company https://www.gather.town/ has raised $76 million.
harryVic··on Oregon decriminalized hard drugs – early results aren’t encouraging
Singapore is incredibly diverse and doesn't have any drug problems due to tough laws.
harryVic··on Thousands of subreddits pledge to go dark after the Reddit CEO’s recent remarks
There is no tech secret sauce to reddit. Reddit is a good experience because of unpaid moderators who care a lot. There is a reason quality of content on reddit is higher than similar websites like quora.
harryVic··on Disney cancels plans to relocate 2,000 jobs to Florida
Building floating cities would be expensive. One of Florida's biggest attraction is cheap housing.
harryVic··on Alabama women, 85 and 61, sentenced after feeding stray cats
The food supply is native birds and animals that have not evolved for a non native species like the feral cat.
harryVic··on John Carmack Leaves Meta
It is a fad. No one really wants this. Just like 3d TVs the novelty fades away after a few hours.
harryVic··on Amazon layoffs now expected to mount to 20k, including top managers
How does a team of 30 not measure the usage of their system?
harryVic··on Amazon layoffs now expected to mount to 20k, including top managers
They have a special feature for people who have been laid off to request access.
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