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jonny_eh

11,906 karma · joined January 21, 2011

- Software Engineer

- Retro games and pinball fan

- https://twitter.com/JonathanAbrams

- http://github.com/JonAbrams

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jonny_eh··on The most underreported story in AI is that scaling has failed to produce AGI
I think it's fair to say though that if your results may vary, and be wrong, then they're not reliable enough for many use-cases. I'd have to see his full argument though to see if that's what he was claiming. I'm just trying to be charitable here.
jonny_eh··on The most underreported story in AI is that scaling has failed to produce AGI
Can you be specific?
jonny_eh··on Why is Warner Bros. Discovery putting old movies on YouTube?
It's only the largest streaming platform. I think people just take it for granted. Like indoor plumbing.
jonny_eh··on Why is Warner Bros. Discovery putting old movies on YouTube?
Also YouTube has been somewhat profitable.
jonny_eh··on Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js–now it wants that ignored
Hear me out: TypeScript
jonny_eh··on Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js–now it wants that ignored
I saw someone recommend the JS rebrand years ago, so I just started using it. Everyone knows what I mean when I mention "JS", I never have to explain.
jonny_eh··on Oracle justified its JavaScript trademark with Node.js–now it wants that ignored
It's good that Oracle doesn't own the trademark to SQL.
jonny_eh··on WikiTok
Fun idea, but TikTok works because you don't need to leave the feed. Try to find a way to provide the wiki's content in the feed itself.
jonny_eh··on Elon Musk's DOGE reportedly gained "full access" to the federal payment system
I cannot believe so many morons voted for this corruption.
jonny_eh··on Elon Musk's DOGE reportedly gained "full access" to the federal payment system
Who will even know?
jonny_eh··on TikTok Shut Down: Data Shows 85% Drop in US Access (and Surge to Alternatives)
Why not 100%?
jonny_eh··on TikTok goes dark in the US
I don't see it in the law. [0]

If you mean section 2.1.a.2.a, it just allows the president to add additional apps to the ban list, not to lift TikTok, which is "hardcoded" into the law.

[0] https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7521...

jonny_eh··on TikTok goes dark in the US
China banned Youtube in 2009. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
jonny_eh··on Cuttle – a MTG like game using a standard 52 card deck
Looks fun, but all the special effects seem like they'd be hard to remember. I wonder if there's a simpler variation that requires fewer rules to remember.
jonny_eh··on Show HN: Tramway SDK – The Unholy Union Between Half-Life and Morrowind Engines
> Btw, the name is probably temporary

It's announced, and the name is fine, so it'll stick :)

jonny_eh··on Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram
Who's Matt?
jonny_eh··on Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram
Michael Sayman?
jonny_eh··on Meta Wants More AI Bots on Facebook and Instagram
The creator of that app got re-hired by Meta. Looks from the outside like an pseudo-acquisition.
jonny_eh··on Measuring and Understanding LLM Identity Confusion
They don't understand their identity, because they don't understand the world. They only understand language, and some of the underlying connections that allow the language to be strung together. In other words, they may have something that seems like a world model, but it's a 2nd order construct that grows out of language, and is therefore quite weak.
jonny_eh··on Disney's Animatronics: A Living History [video]
Half of the video is an in depth look into the surprisingly deep history of animatronics. Worth checking out even if you couldn't care less about Disneyland.
jonny_eh··on What happened to the world's largest tube TV? [video]
The negativity struck me as jealousy. I honestly don't get it though. The YouTuber went through significant effort to save a very cool artifact, and then shared it with the world via a well made video. Bravo I say!
jonny_eh··on Court of Milan orders Cloudflare to block ‘piracy shield’ domains, IP addresses
CF's customers may not like that.
jonny_eh··on Court of Milan orders Cloudflare to block ‘piracy shield’ domains, IP addresses
And yet it still has competitors.
jonny_eh··on OpenAI O3 breakthrough high score on ARC-AGI-PUB
> “I’ll know it when I see it” isn’t a compelling argument.

It feels compelling to me.

jonny_eh··on 1-800-ChatGPT
That's what I was thinking of. Ironically, no amount of googling surfaced it for me, so I thought I imagined it.
jonny_eh··on 1-800-ChatGPT
Feels like something Google would do in the early days, but not now.
jonny_eh··on Updates to H-1B
Global competition exists. If US companies can't hire the best, others will. I hope you don't assume that all the best workers/researchers are born within US borders.
jonny_eh··on Updates to H-1B
Regardless, these are good changes, I hope they stick around.
jonny_eh··on After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code
> when we figure out what AI is good at and what it is not

We know. It's good at making stuff up. It's bad at facts or for generating things that withstand scrutiny.

jonny_eh··on PeerTube mobile app: discover videos while caring for your attention
> you can choose an instance

I'm out

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