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maxerickson··on China’s open-weights AI strategy is winning
Talking about their product segments the same way they do is not being pedantic. Insisting on your personal definition is!
maxerickson··on China's open-weights AI strategy is winning
Their data center business is selling gpus. They wrap them in a complete platform, but that's what they are selling.

They do report it separately from consumer and business sales of gpus used in PCs.

maxerickson··on When can a power company take your land for data center infrastructure?
They do vegetation control in larger easements, the power lines/electrcity aren't the only possible factor.
maxerickson··on Who Is America's Homer?
It's at least arguably about storytelling. You don't sit around the fire talking in verse for your entertainment.

For instance, one of Homer's works is in the news due to a film being made of it.

I suppose that suggests the Coen brothers.

maxerickson··on DeKalb deputy charged with Flock camera misuse; more Georgia officers fired
So what's your point?

"Ethics aside" for the person empowered to act on behalf of the state?

maxerickson··on AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making
How did you get that impression?
maxerickson··on ECHR confirms ethical veganism is a protected philosophical belief
Your argument then rests on it being easier to keep cattle than to not keep cattle.
maxerickson··on ECHR confirms ethical veganism is a protected philosophical belief
Your comment demonstrates the uselessness of the concept by doing the thing it is sick of.
maxerickson··on Newly retired couples may lose $16,900/year in Social Security in 2033
Another way to look at it is that people who need the money early have the option. The guessing is just if you agonize about ending with an optimal payout.
maxerickson··on Short sellers notch $8.7B profit as SpaceX shares dip to IPO price
The efficiency of the chips only matters if the orbit is full.

If the orbit isn't full, all they are is additional compute.

maxerickson··on 42% of adults rely on their parents for financial support
Do you think yimby's hate transit and encouraging revitalisation?

They are going to support both for the same reason that they are yimby's...

maxerickson··on 'We used acid to sabotage Microsoft hyperscale data centre construction'
I think there is a good chance that they didn't throw enough balloons to warrant replacing it.

I wonder if they bothered to get high concentration vinegar.

maxerickson··on My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded
"that's not a problem worth thinking about to most people?"

Begs the question.

maxerickson··on SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading
What is your idea of strategic ownership? Musk has voting control, everyone else is along for the ride.
maxerickson··on OnePlus halts operations in USA and Europe
Looks like OnePlus and OPPO are different companies. Shared ownership, but different companies.
maxerickson··on My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded
The US Corolla Cross Hybrid pretty much has the Prius AWD drivetrain.
maxerickson··on My midlife crisis Corolla is fast, furious, and modded
When you say enforcement isn't worth it, you end up letting the most inconsiderate people with some of the worst decision making set the tone for society.

It's also pretty likely that the state violence will be a threat rather than a literal pistol whipping. Harder for the vigilante to make that work.

maxerickson··on House passes bill to enact year-round Daylight Saving Time across the country
Buses here go door to door. Or almost anyway. I guess it's because the school age population has declined.
maxerickson··on How we can reduce traffic congestion
Does the tempo matter?

Like compare changing live routing to publishing a paper map showing alternate routes.

In either case it seems to me that the vehicle operator should be most responsible for the impact of the route that they use.

maxerickson··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
Spectrum here rolled out fiber when other companies did. I'm pretty sure it is because it is the same subsidized last mile fiber and not because they were inspired by competition.
maxerickson··on SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
What's the reasoning? That people won't switch away from the more expensive, slower, less reliable service if you get there a bit later?

Starlink isn't wildly expensive, nor is it unreliable or slow, but it loses the comparisons.

maxerickson··on We charge $10k a week to delete AI-generated code
Internal business tools are not innovative products. The potential edge comes from things like being better aligned with the business process or eliminating tasks from the process.
maxerickson··on StreetComplete: Fixing OpenStreetMap, one tiny quest at a time
They probably aren't really using the OSM data.

For example, if I use Google Maps to drive to a new neighborhood and then take a bunch of notes about the new neighborhood, my notes are not subject to the terms and conditions of Google Maps.

maxerickson··on CoMaps – FOSS Offline Maps
A decent representation of the actual path is usually pretty straightforward. The metadata and topology are more of the work.

In areas where 3dep is recent, you can usually see a trail under forest cover. It's pretty great.

maxerickson··on Organic Maps
The review does not block the data being added, it's more of a request for feedback.

Different maps have different update cycles. The slippy map on osm.org is meant to update as quickly as possible, usually a few minutes, but sometimes there are hiccups. Zoom levels that show larger areas also update a little slower.

As long as what you are adding is up to date/accurate, I wouldn't worry about whether you've captured everything about the features. "This thing is here" is a lot better for the map than no information.

maxerickson··on New serious vulnerabilities spiked around release of Claude Mythos Preview
Yes, "prior to release".
maxerickson··on New serious vulnerabilities spiked around release of Claude Mythos Preview
Wouldn't open source enable review from people with access to the scanners prior to release?

Seems like there is a fair chance that it will mostly be an actual spike, where's a bunch of existing vulnerabilities get cleaned up and then published software mostly has less vulnerabilities going forward.

maxerickson··on Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
Notably, US healthcare is run with this mindset. Perfect planning for exactly the capacity that we need.

Works "great".

maxerickson··on Farmer, marketer at odds over sales of white nectarines
Would you bar a contract for the productivity of a tree for a given period of time, with a clause dictating how excess produce is to be disposed of?
maxerickson··on 45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero
This approach appears to directly reduce energy use (that's what the articles says). The heat would still be going into the local environment, but if there is a reduction in energy use, there should be less of it.
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