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Linux killed proprietary UNIX; open source models will kill proprietary AI.

> To be fair, raising money takes connections, that few people possess; and in many cases, it’s essential for a startup to even exist.

FTFY

I don't believe it's really that, but the fact that Apple 1) is profitable 2) holds a lot of cash, and 3) has a proven capability to execute new products.

So by not attempting to enter market niches, they could be potentially leaving a lot of money on the table, while the downside of the product failing to get traction doesn't really kill them.

I guess a foldable phone that unfolds to be that large kind of competes/kills the market for iPad, so this kind of user probably expects to store the device in a bag instead of pocket, and use bluetooth / smartwatch / siri to interact hands free instead of pulling the phone out all the time.

Such is everything: at first, painstakingly crafted; later, mass produced.

Lovely. These React components are the new spam mail.

The lscpu from Linux doesn't support Macs, and sysctl output format isn't as human readable, so I've created this small utility.

Good job – but the article seems to introduce new lingo ("sync engine"?) to describe a well known pattern: optimistic user interface.

The fact PHP finally has the features of other mature languages is just table stakes I guess?

IMO the article failed articulating what is PHP's unique selling point.

That’s exactly what AI companies want, needing an AI to fix what an AI built is the ultimate vendor lock-in that would justify their valuatuons.

There are two different crowds using "AI":

- One crowd is using to research algorithms, libraries, write boilerplate code, write test harnesses, introspect and integrate with APIs, do hands-off refactoring, and automating what would otherwise be boring tasks. They still think about architecture, best practices, understanding things in detail and the general shape of the solution is in their hands.

- Another crowd is curating prompts, setting up autonomous agents, creating tooling and guardrails around it, anything else but getting actually involved in how the sausage is made. They are working on meta tasks around the problem, in the hope the solution will write itself.

These two crowds are currently living in very different worlds, and getting very different results. We'll see what survives soon.

JIS screwdrivers are 100% necessary. It may seem PH fit at first, but it's _a tiny bit off_ enough to cause damage. The point of JIS is shorter and squared.

… and you’ll have to look up the syntax every year.

Tip: to get LN cache sizes on mac, the commmand is

    $ sysctl -a | grep "l.*cachesize" | gnumfmt --field=2 --to=si
    hw.perflevel1.l1icachesize:   132k
    hw.perflevel1.l1dcachesize:   66k
    hw.perflevel1.l2cachesize:    4,2M
    hw.perflevel0.l1icachesize:   197k
    hw.perflevel0.l1dcachesize:   132k
    hw.perflevel0.l2cachesize:      13M
    hw.l1icachesize:   132k
    hw.l1dcachesize:   66k
    hw.l2cachesize:    4,2M

And the equivalent to LEVEL1_DCACHE_LINESIZE is

    $ sysctl -a | grep hw.cachelinesize
    hw.cachelinesize: 128

Maybe read TFA. It has supporting evidence for the actual causes, not imaginary ones.

"Idiocracy (2006)" wasn't supposed to be a documentary!

> Programming language syntax scarcely matters.

Clojure brings more than syntax though... there's an opinionated take on making all data structures immutable (as in, structural sharing [1]) by default. That's a huge difference in how you architect the program and debug it.

[1] https://softwarepatternslexicon.com/clojure/core-concepts-of...

I've also noticed Gmail spam filter became useless for anything but the most obvious scam/phishing, it seems any mass marketing gets thru as long as they follow some "best practices".

I've been using iCloud email with a custom domain for a while, and it has been super conveninent, stable and spam-free. I also trust Apple more than Google in terms of privacy rn. So if you already pay for iCloud, give it a try.

It doesn’t seem Berkshire is that much in the market right now.

You're right Moore's law has been holding up, but will hit a hard limit on process node size, so all scaling will be based on multiple cores. OTH, computing per watt spent has been plateauing. If the future bottlenecks are energy and cooling, that will require infrastructure-scale solutions. My bet is this is going to be real AI company moat.

https://www.riq.net.br/pub/computing-scaling/

That’s clever — am I right to think it’s the intermediate solution between locks and full STM, implemented at the kernel level, and with zero abstraction cost?

That's impressive, too bad modern web requires more than 2000x the transistor density to run JS at decent speed. We really f*** up.

Welcome to the future of fast-food software. Taste of deep frying and preservatives.

I see, the issue is those parcels are mailed directly, not from a logistics operation already inside EU borders.

In my country the government is pushing those companies to have local warehouses. So if items are bulk imported by the marketplace, in theory it should be easier to inspect.

Isn't there some kind of law to disallow imports without a CE / RoHS / etc label? Why allow it to enter the EU, and then fine the seller afterwards?

The design language is a departure from usual Ferrari design, but I actually enjoyed the "smooth pebble" aerodynamic design of the exterior. It will certainly stand out in the sea of exaggerated angular shaped designs in the road. Maybe it would have been better received if it retained some elements of Ferrari design, like the headlights – it would be more recognizable.

I find the interior quite adequate for an EV, not too minimal neither gaudy. It does look like an interior designed by the iPhone designer, though. It would be a great interior in any car.

It seems this will be one of those divisive designs, because it totally broke with the Ferrari tradition.

Javascript was a mistake.

“Spread democracy” means “manipulate public opinion to submit to USA”.

That includes censoring content that threatens puppet governments.

> I hope the speech isn't something dumb like "remember only humans have souls" because I think that's really premature and pretty obvious that AIs are not people at this point.

I hope it is, because we already have the likes of Dawkins spilling opinions like “machines are conscious”.

So here we have a figure of authority saying humans are soulless but machines are conscious, furthering the argument that it’s okay to exploit humans, there’s nothing special about them if we can replace them with a machine.

That's just the experience any executive with a secretary or personal assistant is used to having.

If AI allows more people to have such a premium experience, that's a use of technology that makes a lot more sense than all the "AI will take over your job" scaremongering.