Wasn’t that also influenced by their discounted compute with SpaceX? I was under the impression the cash flow positive news was highly dependent on a lot of limited-time discounting that wouldn’t last.
I think the parent take is valid if you disqualify people managers/leaders rather than ICs. I think that's also valid to disqualify those takes because they aren't in the trenches every day. They may have points…
Ah, my bad. I got those confused. Yeah, from M1 Max to M4 Max has been noticeable, but M5 seemed to improve even more in a single generation beyond M3 to M4. In any case, having 128GB of memory (before memory prices…
I had an M1 Max machine with 32GB of memory and upgraded it to an M4 Max machine with 128GB of memory for local AI model experimentation. It's sad that M5 (and M6) are so much faster at prefilling and other LLM-related…
Following this logic, AI is actually worse for the industry as it lowers the barrier for implementation even further. So despite being able to build anything even faster than before, the most valuable folks are the ones…
I've also heard folks suggest that much of these "side effects" may be from eating incomplete diets (i.e. malnutrition) now that their appetites have subsided. The reporting is bad because the science reports on the…
I'm curious for folks who use multiplexers: I've tried tmux and Zellij and if I used a multiplexer, it would be Zellij. However, I can't stand losing terminal real estate, but I don't know why that is. How do you deal…
For at least half that time period between world wars, there was significant economic depression. It might simply be the economy. The vibes are bad and have been bad since the late 70s because wealth distribution is…
First job I had was a pair-programming shop that outfitted each station with a 27" iMac and a 27" Cinema display (along with two sets of mice and keyboards). Second job was remote, so I outfitted my own home office. I…
I'd be interested to see more concerted research into contagious/self-replicable vaccines that are self-replicating and spreadable to a wider swath of people. That seems like a step forward in public health prevention…
I don't fully agree. If the only way information and cross-pollination is through in-office water-cooler conversation, that's an organizational smell. If you have most of the work and conversation is done in public,…
Yeah, it's certainly a departure from the Prius-style hybrid powertrain. I'll watch that video as I haven't come across it yet! Also, I love how my 4th gen Tacoma drives! So glad I got a long-bed Trailhunter last year.
If they cleaved off xAI and let it die, they'd be in much better shape!
I now have a hybrid Toyota truck (Tacoma i-Force MAX), so it's not like the classical EV/BEV powertrain, from my understanding. Instead, the motor is between the engine and the transmission, so it gives an initial kick…
I had my breakup with them when I realized that I always install vim keybindings for every editor I use and that Neovim plus plugins gives me the typical workflow I use. It became a no-brainer to lean into the LSP…
> except that no one has been able to articulate what "new work" might emerge I think it's worse than that. The frontier labs are purporting that there won't be any "new work" required in the future—starting with…
At some point, because these models are trained on existing data, you cease significant technological advancement--at least in tech (as it relates to programming languages, paradigms, etc). You also deskill an entire…
Yeah, I agree with this. I think age-related content moderation is a losing fight and one that will create more contempt for laws, more surveillance, and much more PII surface area that will be exploited. There are…
And even if you could be made whole via insurance, the TSA agent not facing repercussions and the system not having a feedback loop to improve is the actual problem.
I think this, or calmer heads prevailing and Powell retaining soft power/influence are the most likely outcomes. Without being able to dismiss board members at will, Trump won't have the influence he wants over the Fed.
Even still, over more than two decades, only a ten percentage point increase is still somewhat mind-blowing. As someone who grew up upper middle class in a wealthier suburban area, I lived in a bubble where the vast…
I find that rent control is a good idea in theory, but leads to a lot of deadweight loss. As a former renter, what I really wanted was a predictable cap on rent increases. For folks who are long-term renters, without…
I wish we would see more WebKit browsers just for more variety. I personally use Safari as my primary browser on my Mac. Ora is interesting as it's an Arc-like spin using WebKit, but still early days for it.
I believe that Battlefield 4 was the last good Battlefield game. Biggest asset was fully self-hostable servers that provided progression, community control, and allowed gaming clans/organizations to actually…
For me, it’s an under-desk walking pad. I’m not super consistent with that yet, but I’ve been infrequently doing something like: - 3-5 mile run, 5 days a week (one long day at 6+) - 5 days of lifting (upper/lower, PPL…
Wasn’t that also influenced by their discounted compute with SpaceX? I was under the impression the cash flow positive news was highly dependent on a lot of limited-time discounting that wouldn’t last.
I think the parent take is valid if you disqualify people managers/leaders rather than ICs. I think that's also valid to disqualify those takes because they aren't in the trenches every day. They may have points…
Ah, my bad. I got those confused. Yeah, from M1 Max to M4 Max has been noticeable, but M5 seemed to improve even more in a single generation beyond M3 to M4. In any case, having 128GB of memory (before memory prices…
I had an M1 Max machine with 32GB of memory and upgraded it to an M4 Max machine with 128GB of memory for local AI model experimentation. It's sad that M5 (and M6) are so much faster at prefilling and other LLM-related…
Following this logic, AI is actually worse for the industry as it lowers the barrier for implementation even further. So despite being able to build anything even faster than before, the most valuable folks are the ones…
I've also heard folks suggest that much of these "side effects" may be from eating incomplete diets (i.e. malnutrition) now that their appetites have subsided. The reporting is bad because the science reports on the…
I'm curious for folks who use multiplexers: I've tried tmux and Zellij and if I used a multiplexer, it would be Zellij. However, I can't stand losing terminal real estate, but I don't know why that is. How do you deal…
For at least half that time period between world wars, there was significant economic depression. It might simply be the economy. The vibes are bad and have been bad since the late 70s because wealth distribution is…
First job I had was a pair-programming shop that outfitted each station with a 27" iMac and a 27" Cinema display (along with two sets of mice and keyboards). Second job was remote, so I outfitted my own home office. I…
I'd be interested to see more concerted research into contagious/self-replicable vaccines that are self-replicating and spreadable to a wider swath of people. That seems like a step forward in public health prevention…
I don't fully agree. If the only way information and cross-pollination is through in-office water-cooler conversation, that's an organizational smell. If you have most of the work and conversation is done in public,…
Yeah, it's certainly a departure from the Prius-style hybrid powertrain. I'll watch that video as I haven't come across it yet! Also, I love how my 4th gen Tacoma drives! So glad I got a long-bed Trailhunter last year.
If they cleaved off xAI and let it die, they'd be in much better shape!
I now have a hybrid Toyota truck (Tacoma i-Force MAX), so it's not like the classical EV/BEV powertrain, from my understanding. Instead, the motor is between the engine and the transmission, so it gives an initial kick…
I had my breakup with them when I realized that I always install vim keybindings for every editor I use and that Neovim plus plugins gives me the typical workflow I use. It became a no-brainer to lean into the LSP…
> except that no one has been able to articulate what "new work" might emerge I think it's worse than that. The frontier labs are purporting that there won't be any "new work" required in the future—starting with…
At some point, because these models are trained on existing data, you cease significant technological advancement--at least in tech (as it relates to programming languages, paradigms, etc). You also deskill an entire…
Yeah, I agree with this. I think age-related content moderation is a losing fight and one that will create more contempt for laws, more surveillance, and much more PII surface area that will be exploited. There are…
And even if you could be made whole via insurance, the TSA agent not facing repercussions and the system not having a feedback loop to improve is the actual problem.
I think this, or calmer heads prevailing and Powell retaining soft power/influence are the most likely outcomes. Without being able to dismiss board members at will, Trump won't have the influence he wants over the Fed.
Even still, over more than two decades, only a ten percentage point increase is still somewhat mind-blowing. As someone who grew up upper middle class in a wealthier suburban area, I lived in a bubble where the vast…
I find that rent control is a good idea in theory, but leads to a lot of deadweight loss. As a former renter, what I really wanted was a predictable cap on rent increases. For folks who are long-term renters, without…
I wish we would see more WebKit browsers just for more variety. I personally use Safari as my primary browser on my Mac. Ora is interesting as it's an Arc-like spin using WebKit, but still early days for it.
I believe that Battlefield 4 was the last good Battlefield game. Biggest asset was fully self-hostable servers that provided progression, community control, and allowed gaming clans/organizations to actually…
For me, it’s an under-desk walking pad. I’m not super consistent with that yet, but I’ve been infrequently doing something like: - 3-5 mile run, 5 days a week (one long day at 6+) - 5 days of lifting (upper/lower, PPL…