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josfredo··on OpenAI to buy AI startup from Jony Ive
People below the poverty line are real. But are they really “very, very” real?
josfredo··on Middle-aged man trading cards go viral in rural Japan town
I share your sentiment, I don’t believe that important women don’t exist there. Surely there has been some kind of bias here. Does anyone else agree?
josfredo··on Using fake deadlines without driving your engineers crazy
I think the pragmatic consensus is: feel guilty about it; then do it anyways.
josfredo··on Everyone knows all the apps on your phone
I think it’s completely justifiable, since it illustrates the core of the idea. Also, HN users, unlike voters, can see through the framing. If anything, it’s a great way to spark a debate.
josfredo··on Threads of God
I think your observation applies to most cultural legacies.
josfredo··on Klarna CEO: Company stopped hiring because AI 'can do all of the jobs'
That’s what I say! Most companies think like this but say otherwise and receive praise or at least neutral stares. It’s almost like honesty is punished and deceiving is not.
josfredo··on YaFSDP: a sharded data parallelism framework, faster for pre-training LLMs
This is true. Some of them could also be good persons, just like absolutely anywhere else in the world. Generalization is the great cow’s middle state.
josfredo··on Claude 3 beats GPT-4 on Aider's code editing benchmark
Today I learned!
josfredo··on Show HN: Let's Build AI
Yes, this is a must! A newbies-focused roadmap would differentiate it from other linksites. Newbies would benefit tremendously if they can grasp every keyword, and not get overwhelmed. This site could really be the starter platform of every AI enthusiast.
josfredo··on Steve Wozniak and Stuart Brand Discuss Control of IP (1984) [video]
I think this is a general rule. Everything we do today, regardless of the short-term benefits they may achieve, will eventually “turn to the other side”, effectively balancing things out.

My take is that it is far more valuable to do things just for the joy of it.

josfredo··on Enough with the dead butterflies (2017)
I bet no one at Bluesky is aware of this.
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