I used to be a scientist, lived the startup (hardware) dream, now thinking about next moves - world needs housing, right? Maybe reskill to civil engineering?
Surprising thing: hardware startups face so much upfront capital cost that they're almost impossible these days, also, I'm starting to wonder if we maybe have enough Science/Tech and that investment could be better directed to short term material needs of people and the planet
Oh man, I thought they meant Americans felt ambivalent as they wrestled with the promise of the american experiment, held up against the reality of our history and the revealed flaws in our society and system of government. And I was like "yeah, I get it".
They recently said they're going to start selling compute to other LLM companies. This after claiming all the build out was for internal LLM use. Looks to me like you're right and they've given up on devoting their compute to a product
Yeah, it's invasive and predatory and sucks and I hate it. But I also don't understand it. Someone out there is paying for my data (demographics, purchase and browsing history, psychological profile maybe?) how are they making back their money on that purchase?
Seems like either
a) the marginal difference in wealth extraction for the whole population is worth more than the data costs,
b) it isn't and these purchasers are net losing money, or
c) there's some nefarious propaganda goal where the motive is more control than profit
Seriously, even if he didn't fully agree, it's dumb to not take all the votes and excitement you can get if you want to f'ing win. I swear if the Dems manage to screw this up, it'll be really hard to not go 3rd party in 2028
Why limit it to the strait? Let's just embrace piracy and extortion worldwide! If were going to be self-defeating pariah dumbfucks, let's get some return on all that military spending. Why the hell not?
On a serious note, why would Iran care that much if every ship pays multiple tolls as long as they get their share and keep all their power?
When I was a kid, we did cinnamon toast: wonder bread toasted and slathered with margarine, covered in enough sugar to form a slurry with the melt, then sprinkled with cinnamon. More crunch came from the sugar than the toast. I'm kinda fat now
We did no added sugar until our kids were 2. We don't regulate much anymore but it seems like they still love sweet things but don't crave it or overindulge like I used to when I was their age. A lot of neural development happens early on
I used to be a scientist, lived the startup (hardware) dream, now thinking about next moves - world needs housing, right? Maybe reskill to civil engineering?
Surprising thing: hardware startups face so much upfront capital cost that they're almost impossible these days, also, I'm starting to wonder if we maybe have enough Science/Tech and that investment could be better directed to short term material needs of people and the planet