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I'm sorry for your loss. Very similar story amongst my friend group as well. It's tragic

This would be a great thing for all of the AI companies to devote some energy towards. Especially with their reputations in decline. Surely there must be some patterns the AIs could find if we had enough data about the people who died from cancer.

Seems like someone needs to invent a rack that can easily change size based on the plane being loaded

"The festivities were streamed live from the Peacock Theater in L.A. across more than 30 platforms including YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, TikTok Live, X (Twitter), Steam, WeChat, Bilibili, Huya, DouYu, Xiaohongshu and Instagram Live"

Their head of alignment just resigned https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40391299

Plugin hybrid is the best.

The main goal isn't to reduce the amount of overall plastic created its to reduce the amount of plastic trash that ends up on the streets, beaches, rivers, etc.

Why doesn't Microsoft just hire Sam and Greg and put them in charge of AI?

I wish there was a way to see exactly what its planning on doing before it does it when you say something like "save it to my desktop".

The elephant in the room here is that these LLM's still have problems with hallucinations. Even its only 1% or even 0.1% of the time thats still a huge problem. You could have someone go their whole lives believing something they were confidently taught by an AI which is completely wrong.

Teachers should be very careful using a vanilla LLM for education without some kinds of extra guardrails or extra verification.

The reason they're having success in Montana is because Montana's constitution says "The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for present and future generations"

It would be nice if we could amend the US constitution with something similar.

Well if "no" becomes the default then I'm sure engineers would switch over to testing that path more frequently instead

With help from gpt4:

"As a concerned citizen and advocate for the technology sector in our great nation, I am writing to express my strong support for S.866, the American Innovation and Jobs Act. I believe this legislation is crucial for fixing the unfair tax treatment faced by startups, technology companies, and software engineers, which together form the backbone of innovation and economic growth in the United States.

The bill will make it easier for startups and small businesses to thrive, create jobs, and compete in the global market. Additionally, the legislation will also make it more attractive for talented software engineers to choose careers in this vital industry.

Our nation's ability to maintain its competitive edge in the global market depends heavily on the health and vibrancy of our technology sector. By passing S.866, we can ensure that our startups and tech companies have the resources they need to innovate, create jobs, and contribute to the economy. Furthermore, this legislation will help attract and retain top-tier talent in software engineering, an essential component of our country's continued success in the tech industry.

As your constituent, I kindly urge you to support and vote in favor of the American Innovation and Jobs Act, S.866. This bill is a vital investment in our nation's future, and its passage will undoubtedly lead to continued growth and prosperity for the United States in the competitive global market.

Thank you for your attention to this important issue, and I appreciate your dedication to representing the best interests of our community and the nation as a whole."

Because of the pandemic which caused people to desire more space. Maybe they were living with their parents or roommates and want their own place, maybe they had kids during the pandemic, maybe they need a home office.

Sure if you raise rates enough to cause a recession and massive job loss that would eventually push home prices down but it seems like building more housing would be a simpler, kinder solution.

My understanding is that a large portion of this "CPI index that excludes food and energy" is housing. Which might explain the seasonality mentioned in this blog post (people tend to move more in the warmer months).

I don't see how raising interest rates will help when the core issue with housing is the lack of supply. If anything higher rates will make it harder to add more supply.

I'm seeing similar stuff. Phind seems to be hallucinating more and coming up with stranger answers than ChatGPT Pro.

Pretty cool. It looks like ChatGPT currently has better syntax highlighting/coloring for JS/HTML, could you guys improve that please?

On top of the security concerns it's also not "fair trade" if US social media companies cannot operate in China while theirs are allowed to operate here. There are plenty of alternatives to TikTok now, banning them is a no brainer.

Whats with all of these RSS stories suddenly on the front page today? Feels like exactly what PG was talking about in The Submarine[1] but who would be behind pushing RSS feeds all of a sudden? Is there a Big RSS lobby I don't know about?

1. http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram already provide alternatives that are nearly identical in functionality.

Please don't spread misinformation. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02054-z

"their mere interest in something doesn’t disqualify it" - It certainly raises suspicions though. It really feels like certain groups have gotten good at turning particular news events or ideas into memes and sharing them as widely as possible in order to push a narrative that manipulates the markets. Which is probably why this story is now on the front page of HN. We certainly saw this with crypto and now it feels to me at least like those same tactics are being applied more and more to the larger stock market.

Maybe I'm being overly nostalgic but I miss the days when startups ruled and when it was all about building cool stuff. Nowadays tech feels so insanely corporate it's all about how to get a job at one of the biggest companies and how to play the corporate game to get more power and prestige.

There's so many good alternatives now: YouTube's shorts, Instagram's Reels, Snapchat's Spotlight

Why does this 10x meme exist about software engineers and no other profession? It's because the CEOs and VCs who spread this are preying on tech bro macho-ness so they can squeeze as much labor and "productivity" out of us as possible.

Let's stop with this juvenile dick measuring contest. We are not machines that have a speed that can be so easily measured like a new CPU in the bosses computer.

Why didn't they just give them RSUs instead of doing this super complicated risky thing?

We should stop growing corn for ethanol since it's worse for the climate than gasoline[1] and instead use all that land and machinery to grow wheat instead.

1. https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/us-corn-based-e...