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Re:An open letter to Dario: if you mean it, open the weights
on Saturday September 12, 2026 @04:40PM (#49676958)
You are joking, right?
Training VLM for Computer Use
How do you know what a PhD is telling you is truth?
Unlike the PhD, the AI model has benchmark scores on truthfulness. Right now, they're looking pretty good.
Re:Neurodivergents Will Inherit the Earth
on Sunday January 01, 2023 @06:25PM (#34212250)
I fail to see how furries are culturally important. Please enlighten me
Ask HN: Dev trends in 2023?
Hi HN,With deep learning on a meteoric rise and eating up a large chunk of the attention space, what other dev trends to look out for in 2023? What will be the next beat after RL?Some developers claim to write up to 80% of their code with Co-Pilot. How will this impact more tedious SWE tasks? Frontend developers?What new specializations might open up, and what old paradigms might fall?I’ve...
Re:Coworkers Are Less Ambitious; Bosses Adjust to the New Order (WSJ)
on Sunday January 01, 2023 @06:02PM (#34212037)
This is post-modernity. Object level reality and symbols exist independently. Tesla is a signifier without a signified.
Re:Coworkers Are Less Ambitious; Bosses Adjust to the New Order (WSJ)
on Sunday January 01, 2023 @12:27PM (#34208418)
I do think counter-signalling explains part of why pure status symbols are not among Gen Z. Taste, or aesthetic sensibility, is also an explanation. An expensive watch, such as a Patek Philippe, is still status. It's a durable thing – something which can be passed on to the next generation. A Mercedes? Not so much.
I also agree on your last point. Most young people today are unable to afford a home, or even pay off college debt – and a debt-financed car is inauthentic. Wealth distribution is increasingly fat-tailed.
Re:Coworkers Are Less Ambitious; Bosses Adjust to the New Order (WSJ)
on Sunday January 01, 2023 @10:28AM (#34207030)
It’s difficult to articulate but something as pure symbol of status as Mercedes is actually low status. Tesla, which is also an environmentalist symbol, is high status. This is an example of a pattern.
Re:The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant
on Sunday January 01, 2023 @10:25AM (#34207000)
I love this one. I can also recommend Letter from Utopia.