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Tokenmaxxing: Brute-Forcing AGI by Scaling Usage

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Startups Can Beat Big AI Labs

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twitter.com 5y ago

El Salvador President: 1% of BTC invested would increase GDP by 25%

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Ph/CS 219A Quantum Computation – John Preskill [video]

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Joe Rogan Experience #1470 – Elon Musk

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Geometric Unity: A First Look

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Apple Lets Some Video Apps Sell Shows Without Taking 30% Cut

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www.stitcher.com 6y ago

Eric and Bret Weinstein: The Prediction and the DISC [audio]

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First Pre-Installed Qubes OS 4.0 Certified Laptop

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Haus raises $7.1M to finance home purchases by co-investing for equity

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Cryptocurrency, AI, and Education Theses

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Ask HN: What is the most brutal and thorough refutation you have ever seen?

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ljc.io 8y ago

X on the Blockchain

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2018 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: Artificial Intelligence

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The Blockchain Could Launch This African Nation to the Top

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humaniq.co 9y ago

Humaniq – Etherium-Based Bio-ID Mobile Banking

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20,000 UC Berkeley Lectures Made Illegal, So We Irrevocably Mirrored Them

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Give up your New Years resolution

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ljc.io 9y ago

4 Suggestions for Facebook's Fake News Program

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news.ycombinator.com 10y ago

Ask HN: What are the best arguments in favor of a UBI?

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fantasypollster.com 10y ago

Show HN: FantasyPollster – “DraftKings for Political Elections”

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This is an opportunity for personal evolution. Think about what you did wrong to get yourself here?

The version of you that failed has been shattered. It’s painful, but this is your opportunity to move on to become a wholly stronger person.

You tested part of your personality in an extreme situation and you found it did not hold up. This is a great insight that will serve you well for the rest of your life (much more lies ahead than behind).

We need to draw the line somewhere. Maybe this is ok. But where does it end? What if we have a Neuralink-like device? Is there ever a line too far?

Last time I read up on LTSE I noticed that the exchange doesn’t operate differently than a traditional stock exchange. Instead the companies in LTSE adopt specific language in their bylaws that orients them toward the long-term. Is this a correct understanding?

If you aren’t implementing any exchange-level mechanisms, why does this need to be an exchange at all? Why not just create a template for corporate bylaws that you can certify, like a B-Corp? An LT-Corp, if you will.

That was not what I meant to imply.

He is saying that Google not investing their capital reserves in R&D implies that they have run out of good research ideas.

If you haven’t watched the clip I recommend it.

I am a fan of Open AI, but is this not an admission that they raised more capital than they know how to deploy on research?

Similarly, Peter Thiel once made a case that if Google ever paid a dividend it would be an admission that they are no longer a technology company and are instead a bet again innovation in search. [0]

[0] https://youtu.be/2Q26XIKtwXQ

I know very little, so perhaps someone could enlighten me. But I am curious how Apple Silicon will be for machine learning.

When Apple releases a MacBook Pro with 64GB of unified memory (assuming they will) — won’t that be amazing for machine learning? I am under the impression that GPU memory is a huge factor in performance. Also, is there any way that the neural engine can accelerate training — or is it just for executing trained models faster?

Why not just create a template for corporate bylaws that you can certify, like a B-Corp? An LT-Corp, if you will.

If you aren’t implementing any exchange-level mechanisms, why does this need to be an exchange at all?

That’s interesting. Even if I look at current state of the art graphics today I don’t think for a second that it’s anything close to indistinguishable from reality (not to say it’s not good or impressive).

Game Devs: Is Unreal Engine the premiere game engine at this point? UE has been a popular engine for a long time and with the recent massive success of Epic Games, I have a hard time imagining Unity or even in-house engines are able to match the engineering that goes into this. That said, I am not familiar with this at all — which is why I’m asking.

I’m not doubting you, but I don’t see where in the App Store rules it forbids JIT, other than the prohibition of running third-party code. Emulation and interpretation are allowed — if the code is first- or second- party.

Educational apps are an interesting exception, but as I quoted in my patent comment, JavaScript is the other major one.

So I wonder if JIT compilation and execution is possible under the rules in JavaScript? (Again, is that even feasible?)

This may be a dumb question...

To my knowledge, the reason no “real” terminal exists for iOS is because it violates the App Store rules. It is prohibited to download and execute arbitrary code, with a few exceptions.

One exception is JavaScript, which must be run inside of JavaScript Core [1]. What if someone simulated x86 and Linux _in JavaScript_ and then built a terminal and file system on top of it? Would that be in accordance with the App Store rules (since it would be sandboxed in Apple’s JS core)? Would it even be technically feasible? Or too slow for any serious usage?

[1] from the App Store rules:

4.7 HTML5 Games, Bots, etc. Apps may contain or run code that is not embedded in the binary (e.g. HTML5-based games, bots, etc.), as long as code distribution isn’t the main purpose of the app, the code is not offered in a store or store-like interface, and provided that the software (1) is free or purchased using in-app purchase; (2) only uses capabilities available in a standard WebKit view (e.g. it must open and run natively in Safari without modifications or additional software); your app must use WebKit and JavaScript Core to run third-party software and should not attempt to extend or expose native platform APIs to third-party software; (3) is offered by developers that have joined the Apple Developer Program and signed the Apple Developer Program License Agreement; (4) does not provide access to real money gaming, lotteries, or charitable donations; (5) adheres to the terms of these App Review Guidelines (e.g. does not include objectionable content); and (6) does not offer digital goods or services for sale. Upon request, you must provide an index of software and metadata available in your app. It must include Apple Developer Program Team IDs for the providers of the software along with a URL which App Review can use to confirm that the software complies with the requirements above.

This is a fair point. Part of the reason I would not make this bet in the first place is because I wouldn’t want the put myself into a situation where I either lose lots of money or risk causing financial hardship on another person. It’s lose-lose, in my opinion (I don’t think it’s worth $500k).

I understand how people can reasonably disagree about this and I take back calling him a jerk (although I hope I would not behave the same way in his circumstance). I also lack information about the specifics of what happened.

If the roles were reversed, I would have a similar criticism of the other guy. Clearly, the loser didn’t want to pay because he contested it in court — and the victor could have forgiven the debt.

I wouldn’t even make my friend pay me back for lunch if they forgot their wallet — let alone put them through financial hardship for such a trivial, low-effort event as a game of RPS.

You are definitely right for CEOs of large companies. But for small (aka most) businesses, including startups, you might be surprised. It’s also important to note that some business owners don’t have the luxury of being able to cut their own salaries (because they are already living at subsistence levels) and sometimes don’t even take any salary to begin with. By paying himself nothing, he shows he already has resources accumulated (which is not a bad thing!). This is a luxury some business owners have and others do not.