And the safety-focused AI lab ends up being the most dystopian one. Is that irony? Scary future, where we'll all end up increasingly dependent on AI models, but those models will hide knowledge and refuse to help with…
California has 10% income tax vs 0 in Texas. Austin property tax is 2% vs Palo Alto at 1.4%. Salary of $150k in Austin requires $282k in San Francisco to be equivalent. Source:…
This comment seems like 15 years outdated to me. I'm curious what you think "normal" pay and "startup" pay are. Or maybe how early you're drawing the line for defining "startup". Being in the first handful of…
> I guess I just don't get it Imagine you liked something, then realized that thing was bad and you didn't want to do it anymore. Then somebody offered you an alternative without the ethical problems. I ate meat for…
> US instantly becomes a pariah state Aren't we already? The current administration has torched relationships with essentially every allied country except Israel. From Toronto to Taipei, and across NATO and BRICS,…
Payroll taxes on $160k salary are $12,240. Employer contribution to health insurance is maybe $6k - $20k. Retirement maybe $5k. Still under $200k. Heck of a lot of "support cost" to get to $670k
Surveillance capitalism is going to swing around to full communism. Airfare, hotel rooms, now even groceries will have their price adjusted based on ability to pay. Getting a raise will have no impact on one's life, as…
I'd imagine that most couples would still want to be able to close a door when they're on the toilet. I'd rather sleep in a shared room at a hostel and use a toilet in a stall in a communal bathroom than in a hotel room…
You've got your cause and effect flipped. They don't sound like AI. AI sounds like them, because this is exactly the type of content that the LLMs were trained on and tuned to replicate.
8h on zoom is far more desirable than 8 hours in person shuffling from meeting room to meeting room for me. I can have the call in the background while looking at something else without it being impolite. I can eat,…
> housing that is income or means tested Hasn't means tested social welfare basically been proven to be bad in every way, regardless of political or economic belief system used to analyze it? There are lots of positive…
> the audience understands that it's a caricature with a lot of truth and a bit of simplification I suspect a whole lot of TV fails both parts of this test. The audience doesn't understand and there is only a little bit…
No one is risking multi-year commitments of millions or billions of dollars to build a factory in America when the tariffs change week to week. If you want to incentive domestic reindustrialization, you do it with…
HFCS is a sugar. The difference between HFCS and standard cane sugar is relatively minor - a 5% difference in the ratio of fructose to glucose. There's some evidence HFCS is worse than sucrose (standard refined cane…
Frustratingly problematic headline, I'd expect better from Popular Mechanics. The title "Oops, Scientists May Have Severely Miscalculated How Many Humans Are on Earth" is entirely misleading- it's not "scientists" who…
> Insurance fees are not high because the insurance companies are making huge profits. United Healthcare alone made $23,000,000,000 in profit in 2023. Health insurance companies have collectively made $371 billion in…
> For whatever reason we don’t as a society let “tech” markets mature. We demand growth long after everyone is satisfied. The reason is tax law and it applies to all companies not just tech. Removing the double-taxation…
> if you're eliminating meat why are you trying to mimic meat food Because it's tasty, convenient, familiar and versatile. Beyond burgers and sausages taste good, are high-protein and can be cooked quickly and easily at…
Copyright has always allowed for educational usage. Writers read other author's books. Artists study other painters and sculptors. Actors and directors watch other movies. Musicians learn to play other artists songs…
Is comp below market? There are many people "on the market" who are either A) employed but looking for something better or B) not interested in taking a lower salary than their previous job. Salaries skyrocketed in 2021…
I've been a bit disappointed by the podcast. I read the newsletter daily, and the podcast often feels redundant to things previously covered in the newsletter during the week.
You're underestimating the reach of Fox News by a couple orders of magnitude. I think you misinterpreted an instantaneous measurement as an annual number. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" was averaging 3.2 million live viewers…
> Monopolies are entirely consistent with free market economics Not in the least. Literally in the first semester, Economics 101 type class that any business/economics/etc student would take, it would be covered clearly…
Two minutes ago you posted "Childcare is a necessity". Parents want their children to be safe, healthy, happy and nurtured. They will pay for services to provide that, and whether we label that service daycare,…
Don't believe the hyperbole from the social media outrage machine. 1 in 3 Texans is either an immigrant themselves or the child of an immigrant. The border issues and illegal immigration are concerning to some in the…
And the safety-focused AI lab ends up being the most dystopian one. Is that irony? Scary future, where we'll all end up increasingly dependent on AI models, but those models will hide knowledge and refuse to help with…
California has 10% income tax vs 0 in Texas. Austin property tax is 2% vs Palo Alto at 1.4%. Salary of $150k in Austin requires $282k in San Francisco to be equivalent. Source:…
This comment seems like 15 years outdated to me. I'm curious what you think "normal" pay and "startup" pay are. Or maybe how early you're drawing the line for defining "startup". Being in the first handful of…
> I guess I just don't get it Imagine you liked something, then realized that thing was bad and you didn't want to do it anymore. Then somebody offered you an alternative without the ethical problems. I ate meat for…
> US instantly becomes a pariah state Aren't we already? The current administration has torched relationships with essentially every allied country except Israel. From Toronto to Taipei, and across NATO and BRICS,…
Payroll taxes on $160k salary are $12,240. Employer contribution to health insurance is maybe $6k - $20k. Retirement maybe $5k. Still under $200k. Heck of a lot of "support cost" to get to $670k
Surveillance capitalism is going to swing around to full communism. Airfare, hotel rooms, now even groceries will have their price adjusted based on ability to pay. Getting a raise will have no impact on one's life, as…
I'd imagine that most couples would still want to be able to close a door when they're on the toilet. I'd rather sleep in a shared room at a hostel and use a toilet in a stall in a communal bathroom than in a hotel room…
You've got your cause and effect flipped. They don't sound like AI. AI sounds like them, because this is exactly the type of content that the LLMs were trained on and tuned to replicate.
8h on zoom is far more desirable than 8 hours in person shuffling from meeting room to meeting room for me. I can have the call in the background while looking at something else without it being impolite. I can eat,…
> housing that is income or means tested Hasn't means tested social welfare basically been proven to be bad in every way, regardless of political or economic belief system used to analyze it? There are lots of positive…
> the audience understands that it's a caricature with a lot of truth and a bit of simplification I suspect a whole lot of TV fails both parts of this test. The audience doesn't understand and there is only a little bit…
No one is risking multi-year commitments of millions or billions of dollars to build a factory in America when the tariffs change week to week. If you want to incentive domestic reindustrialization, you do it with…
HFCS is a sugar. The difference between HFCS and standard cane sugar is relatively minor - a 5% difference in the ratio of fructose to glucose. There's some evidence HFCS is worse than sucrose (standard refined cane…
Frustratingly problematic headline, I'd expect better from Popular Mechanics. The title "Oops, Scientists May Have Severely Miscalculated How Many Humans Are on Earth" is entirely misleading- it's not "scientists" who…
> Insurance fees are not high because the insurance companies are making huge profits. United Healthcare alone made $23,000,000,000 in profit in 2023. Health insurance companies have collectively made $371 billion in…
> For whatever reason we don’t as a society let “tech” markets mature. We demand growth long after everyone is satisfied. The reason is tax law and it applies to all companies not just tech. Removing the double-taxation…
> if you're eliminating meat why are you trying to mimic meat food Because it's tasty, convenient, familiar and versatile. Beyond burgers and sausages taste good, are high-protein and can be cooked quickly and easily at…
Copyright has always allowed for educational usage. Writers read other author's books. Artists study other painters and sculptors. Actors and directors watch other movies. Musicians learn to play other artists songs…
Is comp below market? There are many people "on the market" who are either A) employed but looking for something better or B) not interested in taking a lower salary than their previous job. Salaries skyrocketed in 2021…
I've been a bit disappointed by the podcast. I read the newsletter daily, and the podcast often feels redundant to things previously covered in the newsletter during the week.
You're underestimating the reach of Fox News by a couple orders of magnitude. I think you misinterpreted an instantaneous measurement as an annual number. "Tucker Carlson Tonight" was averaging 3.2 million live viewers…
> Monopolies are entirely consistent with free market economics Not in the least. Literally in the first semester, Economics 101 type class that any business/economics/etc student would take, it would be covered clearly…
Two minutes ago you posted "Childcare is a necessity". Parents want their children to be safe, healthy, happy and nurtured. They will pay for services to provide that, and whether we label that service daycare,…
Don't believe the hyperbole from the social media outrage machine. 1 in 3 Texans is either an immigrant themselves or the child of an immigrant. The border issues and illegal immigration are concerning to some in the…