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twitter.com 1y ago

Figma says we can't use the word "dev mode" in lovable

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twitter.com 3y ago

Substack is (not) now powered by Ghost

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atproto.com 3y ago

The AT Protocol

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news.shopify.com 4y ago

Shopify to Acquire Delivrr for $2.1B

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www.youtube.com 4y ago

How close is nuclear fusion power?

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www.theguardian.com 5y ago

Microsoft Irish subsidiary paid zero corporate tax on £220bn profit last year

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www.bbc.co.uk 5y ago

Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use in UK

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www.theguardian.com 5y ago

UK chipmaker Graphcore valued at $2.8bn after it raises $222m

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www.gatesnotes.com 5y ago

A few details about my new climate book

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youtu.be 5y ago

PS5 Teardown

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poto.app 5y ago

Show HN: Poto – leave Facebook, keep in touch with your friends and family

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www.theguardian.com 7y ago

Alan Rusbridger: who broke the news?

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news.ycombinator.com 8y ago

Ask HN: Are there any valid psychometric tests used in recruitment?

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arstechnica.co.uk 9y ago

Firefox 54 goes multi-process, eight years after work began

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www.theguardian.com 9y ago

I'm an ex-Facebook exec: don't believe what they tell you about ads

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arstechnica.co.uk 9y ago

Tesla recalls 53,000 Model S and Model X EVs over faulty parking brake

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www.theguardian.com 9y ago

Uber is '5,000 times worse than Google's Waymo at self-driving cars'

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arstechnica.co.uk 9y ago

Senate votes to let US ISPs sell Web browsing history to advertisers

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www.theverge.com 9y ago

Prepare to be amazed by this 340-year-old smart lock

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arstechnica.co.uk 9y ago

IBM will sell 50-qubit universal quantum computer “in the next few years”

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arstechnica.co.uk 9y ago

Want to minimise your home’s carbon footprint? Go for solar, forget the battery

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www.theverge.com 9y ago

Mercedes will give Tesla's Autopilot its first real competition this year

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hacks.mozilla.org 9y ago

CSS Grid and Grid Highlighter Now in Firefox Developer Edition

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www.theguardian.com 9y ago

Theory challenging Einstein's view on speed of light could soon be tested

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medium.com 9y ago

A Quantum Leap for the Web (Mozilla)

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datamo.io 9y ago

Show HN: Datamo – upload data, create graphs, share

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www.theguardian.com 9y ago

Scientists testing HIV cure report 'remarkable' progress

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www.theguardian.com 9y ago

iPhone 7 review: how good can a phone be if the battery doesn't last even a day?

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arstechnica.co.uk 9y ago

Building a new Tor that can resist next-generation state surveillance

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www.bbc.co.uk 9y ago

Why do some people think Twitter is shutting down in 2017?

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I love panoramic sunroofs.

Natural light makes the driving (and passenger) experience much more pleasant for me.

I did this for a few years and would recommend 1 (smallish) suitcase + 1 backpack.

As mentioned in the article, it’s better (financially and socially) to stay in locations for a medium length of time. If you do this, then the overhead of a single suitcase is very minimal, and you get far more flexibility with clothing - particularly if you’re staying in colder areas. E.g. NYC in winter.

The value will be in the utility of the stablecoins. These will be high trust, 1-1 backed, and fully audited. i.e. Much more than just a db with multiple hosts.

If you want to be censorship resistant, stick to decentralized blockchains (ethereum + bitcoin). There's still value in Tempo vs traditional payment rails - (much) lower fees, faster + 24/7 transactions.

I don't see anyone in the real world using blockchains at all.

Many companies are using stablecoins for cross border transactions, and for payouts in countries with volatile currencies. There's clear value for these use-cases.

Not to mention lower fees and 24/7 availability.

This wasn't a result of regulator scrutiny. The issue was that MS (owner of Copilot) was demanding access to the IP (due to their existing agreement with OpenAI), and OpenAI was resisting. In addition, Claude blocked access to Windsurf, which also damaged them as an acquisition target.

Nothing to do with regulators.

I think this is to do with the ‘assisted’ component. I.e. When people need help from others to die.

If the law didn’t cover this, then people who provided assistance would be open to criminal prosecution.

GPT-4o 2 years ago

They mentioned an announcement about a new frontier model coming soon. Presumably this will be exclusive to paid users.

I don't understand how alternative research makes you a crackpot. If she was presenting her theories as fact without evidence then perhaps, but I haven't seen her doing that.

Overall, she comes across as a very clear communicator with criticisms (rightly or wrongly) of some current research.

This is something I’ve pondered, and for what it’s worth, I don’t think any of the responses so far clearly explain the flaw in your rationale.

That’s not to say Cantor was wrong - much more likely we’re missing something, however I think the issue is more subtle than people realise.

I think there's good evidence here: Teslas consistently have high review scores, and are selling in huge numbers. E.g. The Model Y was the top selling car in the world for Q1 this year.

Edit. The 'top selling car' figure is contested (see below) and depends on how you define single model. However multiple news sites (including reuters/The Verge etc) have reported this story without retraction. We also have more recent stories saying the Model Y is the highest selling car in Europe for H1. Whatever way you look at it, these cars are selling very well.

I'm not sure I follow your public transport argument. Both Tokyo and London have had many decades of significant government investment and support into their transport infrastructure. E.g. The billions from the taxpayer for the recent Elizabeth Line in London. Neither system would exist without very large gov support.

Yep, it's possible, but hard in practice for lots of places.

London has historical parks/commons which are fantastic, but for cities which don't have many large parks, it's hard to retrofit them.

I don't hate right-wing bloggers, in fact I follow many and respect their opinions. However I think the debate around housing often lacks nuance, and a pure free market approach feels like it comes more from dogmatism than practical policy making.

It's possible that the bloggers I follow fit in my filter bubble, which is based around the California/London regions so there's likely selection bias.

There's a certain group think among right wing bloggers that the answer to the housing crisis is to completely liberalise zoning/planning rules, however all these people (as far as I can tell), choose to live in areas with highly regulated planning restrictions.

I am sympathetic to making it easier to build, but we have to be honest about the trade-offs that have been made in some of these hyper dense asian cities. Namely, ugly buildings, and lack of green space.

It's also worth noting that these places rely on significant, long-term, investment in public transport infrastructure of the kind that they don't make in the US. This is something that's often missing from the debate.

Edit, I think people are misunderstanding my comment a bit. Personally, I'm favour of making it easier to build housing - I don't own property because it's too expensive and would love it to be cheaper.

I'm merely saying that I've seen a strand of thought amongst the right/wing VC crowd who believe in very aggressive liberalisation (pretty much build anything anywhere), which I don't think is practical or politically feasible.