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thefounder··on The Codex App
I already have multiple projects that I manage in full-screen via vscode. I just move from one to the other using “cmd” + “->” . You should be aware that the Claude Code extension for vscode is way better than codex extension so perhaps you should work a bit on that as well. Even if the agents do 80% of work I still need to check what they do and a familiar IDE seems the first choice of existing/old school developer
thefounder··on The Codex App
Any reason to switch from vscode with codex to this app? To me it looks like this app is more for non-developers but maybe I’m missing something
thefounder··on The Codex App
How is this better than vscode with the codex extension?
thefounder··on Tesla ending Models S and X production
The market for that exist but the execution to get that product is beyond hard. Compare full self driving after all these years where are we? It’s still not a real thing. It’s still just a limited experiment. The cars have only speed and steering angle to manage. What do you think about “full self driving robots”? There is a business case for them but in the near term you cannot make one good enough for the tasks you want. Safety is a big issue on top of making the robot useful. You don’t want it hurt anyone.
thefounder··on Tesla ending Models S and X production
I think the technology is just not there to make the business case for humanoid robots. It’s like the VR. Everyone would like to use VR but the tech is just not good enough. Same with FSD. The robots may be 10-20 years away from actual being good enough. If Elon can trick people for 20 years like he did with FSD then he may have a business case for humanoid robots
thefounder··on Tesla ending Models S and X production
Well, check Hyundai as well. They do more than cars as well including robots(Boston Dynamics). Tesla is not doing anything special. It was the only EV someone could use but it’s no longer the case. Now it tries to go the robots way but it’s not the same as the EV was. There are tones of humanoid robot companies, some more advanced than whatever Tesla is cooking
thefounder··on Cloudflare CEO on the Italy fines
>> If there is disinformation, the solution is to counter it with actual information

So what you argue is that we should build good bots to counter the bad bots right? and all this in a "secret" to avoid suspension by the tech companies. This looks like playing stupid games.

The disinformation in this era can basically shadow any kind of legitimate "counter-disinformation". To make the game fair we would first need lockdown the internet content on citizen ID authorization so that we can identify if the free speach spread is actually published by a real person or some chinese bot pretending to be a single European mom with 3 kids.

This is not something anyone wants so I think the current trade off of court orders to take down content is legitimate and the best approach. Cloudflare, the tech companies and US government likes the absolute free speech like everything else (i.e. free market) as long as it serves their interests. I wouldn't be surprised to see Cloudflare proudly repelling some "chinese propaganda attacks" and frame it like a cyber security win instead of anti-free speech action.

thefounder··on China built its 'Manhattan Project' to rival the West in AI chips
well...Europe already has it (aka ASML) and that's the whole point of the article(China may get it too)
thefounder··on Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux
Over HDMI I’ve got a no-signal error. I think I’ve tried display port or something else and got very bad ghosting and a kind of very bad contrast issue. You couldn’t really read text(unlike what I’ve seen on YouTube videos). Tried different kinds of settings still couldn’t get it into a working state. Like it needs a special driver or something like that.
thefounder··on Using e-ink tablet as monitor for Linux
I couldn’t make it work on macOS (I.e Mac Studio 2).
thefounder··on PHP 8.5
I think php should have stopped at php4 or php5 and maybe just develop a new/sane standard library.

And a new language could have been developed , call it hack or whatever Facebook tried. Anyway I remember php coding gave me headaches. Tried it again 2 years ago and found out the same kind of issues(outdated /inexistent documentation, different ways to do the same thing that actually didn’t work and stuff like that). Try to connect to sql database using ssl and see what I mean.

I see no reason to learn PHP anymore or start up your company using php. We live in a vps/docker age. The advantage of php hosts everywhere has been lost.

thefounder··on Anthropic’s paper smells like bullshit
I've seen attributions to state actors for so many times...let's not get into this. I think most companies try to play this card to save themselves from the embarrassment of being pwed by some script kiddies.
thefounder··on New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair
>> I feel like I've been reading this exact same article for the last 15 years..

You must be new

thefounder··on Apple M5 chip
Is my M2 Ultra studio with 128GB of ram just “dead weight” now? Wish I would have got just a Mac mini or Mac Pro….
thefounder··on Personal care products disrupt the human oxidation field
I think there are no long terms and that’s the case for food as well
thefounder··on More on Apple's Trust-Eroding 'F1 the Movie' Wallet Ad
This is the reason why anti-trust agencies don’t like this. Apple (with its App Store) is a gatekeeper and in Europe at least it should not favor its own apps over the others(i.e maps, payments, AI integrations etc). It should play fair.
thefounder··on Only Teslas exempt from new auto tariffs thanks to 85% domestic content rule
Maybe it is just a coincidence
thefounder··on Secret Deals, Foreign Investments: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm
People voted Trump for different reasons. Not understanding their reasons does not make you smarter. They were not all low IQ. Ignoring a big chunk of the population because they are "racist", "bigots" and "single-digit IQ yokels" will make you loose the next election to whoever decides to listen to them instead to lecture them.

Do that multiple times and you may end-up with a dicator(or at least someone who can become a dictator) sooner or later.

thefounder··on We Have Made No Progress Toward AGI
They seem precisely that: search engines. Instead to give you a list of webpages with possible answers they actually synthesise the results. A more direct analogy is the case where ChatGPT provides you two possible answers. Of course it could provide you more just like search engines provide more links.
thefounder··on We Have Made No Progress Toward AGI
So the “reasoning” text of openAI is no more than old broken Windows “loading” animation.
thefounder··on A university president makes a case against cowardice
Well Hamas’s massacre didn’t buy Palestine any good will/support, did it? I think the approval rate of Hamas was at historic levels after the massacre so that should tell you about the people in Gaza/Palestine(politically speaking of course)

Now Israel can do whatever they want because “nobody” is going to support what seamed like a terrorist state.

They chose violence and violence they get. It didn’t pay off. Not many people want to get involved into Palestine now. Not even the Arab states.

thefounder··on How Airbnb measures listing lifetime value
I think that's more common in other parts of the world. (i.e. getting places that people actually live in).In Europe most/all of the apartments I've stayed in are basically business apartments (more or less).

You don't feel that someone lives there because nobody actually lives there. It's like a long term rental apartment that in best case scenario someone is using as a savings/investment vehicle but on short term. "Worst case" it's part of an apart-hotel.

When I travel as part of a large group(i.e. more than 3 people) a short term apartment is great because we need a big affordable space (i.e. someone may sleep on the couch and we don't want the hotel "greetings & house keeping" experience) but nevertheless I don't want or expect a dirty place in any way, shape or form be it in Cairo or somewhere else. I'm pretty sure there are people living in less than sanitary conditions all over the world including Western Europe and the U.S. That doesn't mean I have interest in experiencing that kind of "living/sleeping".

All that being said I've stopped using Airbnb years ago. It seems a broken system. For short term rentals/apartments Booking.com is the only sane choice(IMHO).

thefounder··on Growing trade deficit is selling the nation out from under us (2003) [pdf]
I think the inequality could be even higher because the rich can simply move the investments aboard while the working people have no real choice but “enjoy” the local economy.
thefounder··on Growing trade deficit is selling the nation out from under us (2003) [pdf]
Of course they don't because they are made in China. Do you think that Ford cars manufactured in Mexico count as U.S export?
thefounder··on Growing trade deficit is selling the nation out from under us (2003) [pdf]
This looks like the end of story is that the US will consume less, "more expensive" and home made. I think it will have disastrous consequences for the U.S IF the rest of the world keeps trading free. There will be more jobs in the U.S but in the end will become a more inefficient market.
thefounder··on Apple ordered by EU antitrust regulators to open up to rivals
>>>It's bad for our products and for our European users. We will continue to work with the European Commission to help them understand our concerns on behalf of our users,

... surely consumers don't like interoperability on hardware or software. They like to get locked in(i.e. use a different charger for each single device and use their devices only with apple services<i.e. iCloud>).

I think Apple should correct that statement into " We will continue to work with the European Commission to help them understand our concerns on behalf of our *shareholders*".

thefounder··on Apple Resumes Advertising on X
Try it yourself and see the result. You get suspended by Reddit.
thefounder··on Apple Resumes Advertising on X
Exactly. Before Elon it was an echo chamber for the previous administration (policy wise) like Reddit and other social media companies. Try to say anything against DEI on Reddit and you get immediately suspended(at least on the technology subreddit)
thefounder··on DOGE's Website Is Just One Big X Ad
It has become a parody indeed but I think part of the reason this extreme situation exists is due the fact many people felt unheard and bombarded with a different kind of propaganda and censorship. It should be a lesson that people are not little kids that you can lecture at every corner about their views and take them for fools/gullible/uneducated etc. It reminds of me the "The Waldo Moment" episode from Black Mirror too.

Blaming the same people for being fascists proves the same ignorance for their social and economic concerns. This may actually turn them into real fascists with the "right" leadership.

thefounder··on E Ink’s color ePaper tech gets supersized for outdoor displays
A real killer for me would be to make them rollable.
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