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Re:Astra for Law on Thursday September 17, 2026 @06:04PM (#49747278)
this essay details how law firms became sweatshops from 80s. They charge hundreds of dollars to do make busy work by the junior most staff. LLM will kill the goldengoose of the law industry.

https://aeon.co/essays/what-made-law-into-a-white-collar-swe...

110 news related to flock submitted last one month! above is my first comment related to flock and calling flock bot.
Well coordinated PR blitz by well funded non profits!
https://x.com/USLaborIG/status/2092719692741755140 Ankit Gupta thinks hiring Americans first—in America—is “DEI.”

No, Ankit. It’s called putting your own citizens first.

American companies. American jobs. American workers first.

If that offends you, the problem isn’t America. It’s your sense of entitlement.

Long essay reitrating the problem but not providing any solution to the problem!
It's not just BT audio. In windows PC, if aliexpress is opened in one tab in chrome, and switching to a tab with youtube opened, audio don't play in this tab if you start playing youtube.
because they are considered cheap labor and replacing american citizens who needs to be paid more.
Re:The 'Father of the Internet' is finally retiring on Thursday July 09, 2026 @09:14PM (#48854609)
He made millions last 20 years at Google without doing much and just being a honorary post, not sure what he feels about BS jobs like this
Law is one field where AI can easily replace juniors who do menial work. But then how will law firms bill $$$ for the hours they used to do!
Re:DeepSeek v4 on Friday April 24, 2026 @01:40PM (#47893445)
DeepSeek is planning to use Huawei extensively for inference

“Due to constraints in high-end compute capacity, the current service capacity for Pro is very limited. After the 950 supernodes are launched at scale in the second half of this year, the price of Pro is expected to be reduced significantly.”

https://x.com/jukan05/status/2047516566149816627

Re:What Happened to Fry's Electronics on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @11:50PM (#47147459)
Most of the employees of Frys were from Bangladesh. Now the connection is clear-> Ausaf Umar Siddiqui
Re:Sub-$200 Lidar Could Reshuffle Auto Sensor Economics on Monday February 23, 2026 @02:26PM (#47127447)
Instead of betting on RADAR and LIDAR HW getting better and cost going down, they went with vision only approach. Everybody in this field knows the strengths and weakness of each system. Multi-modal sensor fusion is the way to go for L4 autonomy. There is no other way to reduce the risk. Vision only will never be able to achieve L4 in all the weather conditions. Tesla may try to demonstrate L4 in limited geography and in good weather conditions but it won't scale.
Forget not having degree, to get even an interview call, you need to be T20 alumni! Shows how execs are out of touch day to day operations of big companies.
As part of a broad investigation into the risks of electric door handles, Bloomberg attempted to quantify for the first time the number of fatal crashes in the US in which door functionality played a role. This reporting turned up at least 15 deaths in a dozen incidents over the past decade in which occupants or rescuers were unable to open the doors of a Tesla that had crashed and caught fire.
Re:Overconsumption is a spiritual problem on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @10:08AM (#46289437)
Covid times provied that people can live without 50% of what they usually spend and majority of jobs will disappear if people do that. Most jobs are catering to people's overspending.
During the presentation, Rivian speaker specifically said it is safe for your camera sensors. Check the youtube video of their presentation
Re:Rivian Gen 3 Autonomy on Thursday December 11, 2025 @01:13PM (#46234879)
Gen 3 autonomy platform will include 11 cameras, 5 radars and a front-facing LiDAR. It will be powered by RAP1—our in-house silicon. Gen 3 Autonomy Computer powered by RAP1 hits a peak of 1600 sparse INT8 TOPS and can process 5 billion pixels of sensor data. Every second.
Re:Leaving Intel on Saturday December 06, 2025 @10:01AM (#46173840)
measuring number of meetings seems deflection of actual output!
why are you and YC still sponsering H1-B visas when there is 10% unemployment in software engineers?
Following the Airbus A320 emergency airworthiness action, everyone will be talking about the ELAC (Elevator Aileron Computer) manufactured by Thales, which caused a sudden pitch-down without pilot input on JetBlue 1230 back in October.

So here’s everything you need to know about ELAC.

The ELAC System in the Airbus A320: The Brains Behind Pitch and Roll Control https://x.com/Turbinetraveler/status/1994498724513345637

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