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Pierre-Yves Baccou
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pyb··on Australia to ban engineered stone
Some stay this is also the case in the United States.
pyb··on Vertical farming company raised $500M, and then it all but disappeared
Yes
pyb··on Ask HN: How is a ML model represented on disk?
Look up the onnx file format.
pyb··on 15 years ago, I helped design Google Maps
Yes, another frustration.
pyb··on 15 years ago, I helped design Google Maps
They probably changed its status from "Bug" to "Feature" ...
pyb··on 15 years ago, I helped design Google Maps
Same problem here. In the UK, Maps often shows the names of every road but the one you're on! The only way to show the missing name is by zooming to the max, very awkward.
pyb··on Reflecting on 18 Years at Google
A 18-year veteran like OP shouldn't be complaining about their manager's lack of vision ; they should have realised by now that it's also their job to enact the vision. He was probably paid too much to behave as a passenger.
pyb··on OpenAI investors keep pushing for Sam Altman’s return
"This also isn’t the first time Altman has been asked to depart a company...."
pyb··on London Is Building Its Own Vegas Sphere
Not sure it makes sense to build this thing so far away from where the tourists normally go
pyb··on Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and others to join Microsoft
Curious to see how long Sam lasts as an employee.
pyb··on Emmett Shear becomes interim OpenAI CEO as Altman talks break down
It's probably because this is a very good time for tech companies to publish bad news, that GM chose to fire Vogt now.
pyb··on OpenAI negotiations to reinstate Altman hit snag over board role
Or, even more likely, Apple.
pyb··on Altman sought billions for AI chip venture before OpenAI ouster
In SV parlance "founder" is a hands-on, full-on role to take the company from 0 to 1.
pyb··on Altman sought billions for AI chip venture before OpenAI ouster
> And it's not rare for capital providers who are there on day #1 to call themselves and be referred to as co-founders.

I believe the opposite, never heard of any hands-off investors calling themselves co-founders.

pyb··on Altman sought billions for AI chip venture before OpenAI ouster
Sounds like a funder rather than a founder. "chairman" is a hands-off role usually.
pyb··on I cancelled my Replit subscription
Thanks, I must've become paranoid about AI
pyb··on I cancelled my Replit subscription
I apologise for my remark then
pyb··on Ask HN: Is my local hacker space unusually dysfunctional?
The last item, homelessness, is unfortunately common at hackerspaces, hence the widely adopted rule : "don't sleep in the space!"

The other dysfunctional nonsense you cite is more specific to your hackerspace in particular.

pyb··on OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
Truce for me, but not for thee.
pyb··on OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
Whoever's nominally responsible for sacking the people who sacked the people who have just been sacked.
pyb··on OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO
"Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, must be sacked."
pyb··on Ousted OpenAI CEO Makes Plans for New Artificial Intelligence Company
Chances are he's just saying that as negociating leverage with OpenAI, so as perhaps getting his job back.
pyb··on Is Delaware the cheapest place to incorporate?
Not sure how incorporating will help with those things. Adding a layer of bureaucracy will not magically create accountability.
pyb··on GraphCast: AI model for weather forecasting
IDK if it's useless, but it's counter-intuitive to me.
pyb··on GraphCast: AI model for weather forecasting
IDK, I wouldn't plan a hike in the mountains based on 10-day predictions.
pyb··on GraphCast: AI model for weather forecasting
Not an expert, but "Up to 10 days in advance" sounds like long-term to me ?
pyb··on GraphCast: AI model for weather forecasting
Curious. How can AI/ML perform on a problem that is, as far as I understand, inherently chaotic / unpredictable ? It sounds like a fundamental contradiction to me.
pyb··on Sam Bankman-Fried Convicted
A self-contradicting statement indeed. We can safely imply from "I can safely say I was the smartest person in the room" that he was not.
pyb··on Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Agostini, Krausz, and L’Huillier
Surprising/doubtful, never heard of AMO physics being marginalised anywhere.
pyb··on 7 of 8 authors of Transformers paper have since left Google
Actually, all 8 have left
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