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seafoam··on How An AI math breakthrough ignited a controversy
Agree all. And as the revenues become questionable, the frontier labs practices will necessarily become (more) questionable. Vicious cycle.

To avert that dynamic, the frontier labs must deflect and otherwise act to prevent this controversy from breaking through. Both to the general public, but also more specifically to the firms' decision-makers. All of whom are generally aware of the IP issues, and some of whom are aware of what happened with Cursor and Figma, but with few exceptions have not yet themselves acted to protect their property.

seafoam··on Anthropic revenue reportedly jumps to more than $11.5B in second quarter
Anthropic would publish audited financial statements, if they saw it to be in their interest.
seafoam··on Kimi-K3 on HuggingFace
My monthly bills are similar to this, near Arkansas.

Last one was $212 for 2,146 kwh between June 8 - July 6 (28 Days)

seafoam··on Denmark to raise retirement age to 70
Whereas in the US, where I live, everything that has been mostly socialized (housing, health & education) has become wildly unaffordable.
seafoam··on Are electric cars that much cheaper to operate?
Is this a PG&E thing or a California thing ?

Put differently, where in California can one top out at 14c/kwh for electricity ?

seafoam··on Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay?
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.html
seafoam··on Carmakers Will Give Your Location to Police Without a Warrant, Senators Say
Emissions requirements create this same result in many parts of the US.
seafoam··on HP Disables Printer Functionality Until You Install the HP Smart App
Yes.
seafoam··on A Mountain of Used Clothes Appeared in Chile's Desert. Then It Went Up in Flames
That depends on whether one lives in a politically diverse state.
seafoam··on World Trying to Quit Fossil Fuels Gets Flood of Gas Instead
There are a billion people in Asia who want but do not have air conditioning and cars.
seafoam··on $10M AI Mathematical Olympiad Prize
Is XTX good for the $10M ?

There are a lot of people who got burnt by FTX grants and prizes ...

seafoam··on New Entry-Level Lucid Air Pure RWD Starts at $78,675, Still with 410-Mile Range
Hard pass. These will all get bricked if Taiwan gets hot.
seafoam··on Starlink at the moment of Cruise Missile/Sea drone attack on Black Sea fleet
> It probably will not look great

Freedom of speech ... peace ... yeah, who does this guy think he is ?

seafoam··on NASA says distant exoplanet could have rare water ocean, possible hint of life
In principle yes, it is enough time, however it is important not to underestimate our novel hostility to doing anything both meaningful and new.
seafoam··on X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions
It is not a question of what California wants. California is attempting to coerce. X is arguing that CA's coercion violates both the 1st amendment and Section 230. Glad to engage further if you or others want to address the merits of those arguments. No need to impugn intent onto specific individuals.
seafoam··on Maui residents who disobeyed barricades survived fires
Yes, reading this article reminded me of Steward Brand, who drives around with earthquake tools in the trunk of his car.
seafoam··on Four billionaire techno-oligarchs–Are creating an alternate, autocratic reality
Are you aware that the Editor-in-Chief of VF lives in a $10 million Brooklyn brownstone ?
seafoam··on Pollution cuts have diminished “ship track” clouds, adding to global warming
First we start with our policy agenda. Then we co-opt institutions. From there, some of us get rich, others famous, and then there is the narrative. You see the narrative tells us we have to do. When we start to pursue the agenda, the problem becomes worse. Since we have co-opted the institutions, the consensus is that it is because we are not doing enough. Which means we really should be doing more. Not different, oh no, remember the agenda, but do not talk about the agenda. We talk about the narrative.
seafoam··on Trees Across the U.S. Are Sprouting Leaves Earlier Than Usual This Year
For anyone not in Brooklyn this morning, it is snowing here right now.
seafoam··on Girl who died of bird flu did not have widely-circulating variant (H5N1)
Humans have always been part of the natural ecosystem alongside wildlife.

What is new is the virus gets on a plane and goes 500 mph.

seafoam··on Less than half of California students read or do math at grade level
That is summer gaps. Now how about lockdowns?
seafoam··on The dystopian underworld of South Africa’s illegal gold mines
Paul Rusesabagina could not be reached for comment.
seafoam··on Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment
Yeah, I used to do that.

Then I realized that it is always a conspiracy theory until it is too late.

If you are potentially impacted, you have to do your own homework, and learn from your mistakes.

seafoam··on 1min high-intensity exercise 3x a week improves fitness as much as 3x aerobics (2016)
the specificity of running close to a race pace marathon every week

Suspect that this is also for neurological reasons

seafoam··on When paper beats the screen
>Do children still have this experience?

Our children do.

Son designed a seal to stamp on paper this week. Learned that it reverses the image, and that ink dries out.

seafoam··on Griffin vs. IRS [pdf]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ken-griffin-sues-irs-over-tax-p...
seafoam··on What You (Want to)* Want
It is simple.

In this case he is just trying to figure out how to write the macro the expansion of which is motivation.

seafoam··on The Nobel Peace Prize 2022
Yes, if the committee declined to award it most years, and only gave it to the truly worthy, it would be much more impactful.
seafoam··on Character.ai
Sshh, not in front of the VCs
seafoam··on Character.ai
Reminds me of search before Google
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