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1,819karma·417submissions·March 30, 2011
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// Sublime Text Settings {"font_face": "Comic Mono"} :)
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The article does briefly mention a strong example of this in Switzerland: > "Several European governments considered it their responsibility to provide safe hiding places for their citizens. N…
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I know this doesn't directly get at profitability, but your question had me thinking. From Uber's latest 10-Q [1], we know that their "gross bookings per trip" is ~$15/trip. I…
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Accompanying working paper that demonstrates 85% accuracy of GPT-4 in replicating 70 social science experiment results: https://docsend.com/view/qeeccuggec56k9hd …
2y ago·view thread
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I agree that a key underlying component of ND thinking is greater abstraction (i.e. "systematizing"), which is the thrust of better pairing with LLMs (but concede also that NTs may also exhi…
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Whoa, interesting. What did you mean by the 'notebook tab'? Also, if I understood correctly, your workflow is to basically just transiently cohabitate in the "dream-state" of the L…
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Why was this flagged? The intention of my post was to have a discussion on user interaction with emerging cognitive interfaces. Variations in cognitive style could impact how these technologies evolve…
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Yes, you fully understood me! Thank you for further explaining what I'm getting at. I find myself able to 'co-navigate' a question or idea with the LLM, better than most other people ar…
2y ago·view thread
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Do the hardened InfoSec folks here on HN have an opinion on how the new Apple/iCloud Passwords setup will make one vulnerable to a SIM swapping attack, per this anecdote [1]: > apple sherlocke…
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How much of this is a long-term bet that the US DOJ's antitrust case against Apple (at least the iMessage-specific argument) will result in the forced opening up of the platform, such that Beeper…
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Is there a large market for this?
2y ago·view thread
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One word: privacy
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> This project was not in my plans for the weekend. I’m not going to put that work in right now—so “SQLite C extension for vector similarity” will be added to my ever-growing list of half-baked ide…
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