robbzimmerman.bsky.social
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1312, i guess.
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these kinds of people implicitly accept and endorse the fundamental conservative conceit that laws protect and do not bind white folks and patriarchy, and while they wish it weren’t true, that laws bind and do not protect people of color, non-normative gender and sexuality.
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how droll. another silicon valley TESCREList who thinks he ca. outrun the clock. bored sigh.
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that’s, like, the whole point. the law which protects and does not bind the wealthy, and which binds and does not protect the marginalized. racist white folks *want* undocumented people to pay taxes to punish them for being poor and not white.
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i wish it came with alternatives that help de-amazon. i honestly don’t know how to know who uses AWS.
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i think it’s also worth noting that all kinds of non-amazon e-commerce runs on AWS or used amazon logistics. so even if you’re not using amazon dot com, there’s a good chance you’re still using amazon.
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wernher von braun was a nazi and pioneer of the US space program in huntsville, AL.
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worst case scenario is that you’re basically a religious zealot with a messianic god-complex who doesn’t care what you destroy in your quest for power and domination.
hope this help.
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*we* would keep living our lives as if nothing had ever happened. HOWEVA, a very small number of people would not become fabulously wealthy, which seems like a tragedy to them.
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mitch hedberg once joked, “if i’m in bed and think of a joke, i have to get a pen and paper and write it down, so i don’t forget it. or i have to convince myself that what i thought of wasn’t funny.”
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i mean, that’s all fine, but it’s a weird argument to make in sum: LLMs are really useful for everyday repetitive tasks that i have developed no expertise in over 30 years. it’s totally legit to pay someone else to do my job for me.
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2 critiques that may not have currency with you (and that’s ok).
1. massive power consumption of building and training a model, let alone what it takes to inference.
2. the process of discovery builds sustainable wisdom, which is partly why human results can be variable or inefficient *at first*.
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ok? not to get argumentative, but that’s a task that can easily be done algorithmically, using a simple script.
which, like, more power to you (literally), i hope your day is perfectly streamlined and maximally productive. i waste more time figuring out lunch than i save with automation like this.
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i disagree, but what’s the actual number, then?
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i hope this isn’t taken as pejorative, but are you sure you don’t mean ML models or AI generally instead of LLMs? there’s all kinds of legitimate uses for AI, and LLMs largely aren’t it. even when it comes to “everyday” tasks like summaries and transcription, which are LLMs’ most useful purpose.
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LLMs are, “genuinely useful,” in the same way EPCOT is an, “international experience.”
ask anyone deploying LLMs as part of their apps, and they’ll talk about ground truth evasively.
and then realize you’re using 1000x power of algorithmic search, or, like, reading and understanding for yourself.
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so there’s way less money to be made, but they still think throwing big money after unproven concepts is smart and will eventually hit. there’s enough dumb money that some people get
fabulously rich. and they’re universally the most colossal, gaping assholes imaginable.
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silicon valley VCs were always gambling, they just happened to be doing so on a bunch of ideas that were also useful, so they thought they were all super smart. now big tech and non-silicon valley startups dominate the useful tech market.
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our son used to spend money as soon as he got it, and we have kept
giving him $10 per week. and now, at nearly 14, he finally has blown through enough cash that buying stuff just to but it isn’t fun. he’s saving for long term, knowing that he can’t spend it all when something big comes along.
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i really enjoyed this episode. both guests brought expertise and insight that were totally different from, but still reinforced, each other.
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@dieworkwear.bsky.social derek, please pillory this ridiculous suit.
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*vast majority
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considering every search engine has some version of AI plug-in whether it’s an in-house model or openAI, i imagine the badt majority of AI usage by people over 30 is not by seeking out AI, but having it handed into them whether they realize it or not.
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so my dad was right, like 20 years ago, not to trust online shopping.
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don’t *need* to know, but, man, i really want to know. also, what constitutes normal for the purposes of this conversation?
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counterpoint: it’s propaganda for the NFL, one of the most corrupt organizations in the US. it’s a racist, misogynistic, anti-competitive and tax exempt club for billionaires.
AND, this numb nuts gets paid for this movie:
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EVs are here to save the auto industry, not the earth.
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we knew that was the case when the black panthers armed themselves and it was a HUGE PROBLEM.
the so-called absolutists were always about the one thing, and not a broader base of liberal rights.
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followed!
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that’s definitely part of the long term project. we need a coherent vision for american unity in a post-white supremacist order.
more immediately democrats can learn from their self-own in 2024 by acknowledging that normal people are struggling, and that it’s a result of policy that can be fixed.
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i agree in the sense that the messaging should be focused on acknowledging how it is increasingly hard for normal people to pay rent, eat at restaurants occasionally, and save to buy a house. i would add it’s because of greedflation, and it’s unique to the US.
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2. is especially pertinent. who’s to say they won’t change immediately from, “eggs are too expensive!” to, “we live too lavishly?”
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oh, interesting. i had always assumed that they’re driven by a desire to be accepted. with all this money they still don’t feel like people truly love and adore them, so maybe the problem is they need more control. then people will understand how great they are.
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also, he looks and sounds like tom waits engaged in sexual congress with an organic, unsulphured fruit roll-up.
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it’s linguistic lost cause mythology. it only works when you ignore the history white people using the n-word and why someone might use it today, including the case he cites of shiloh hendrix.
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it’s even worse than that. “because i can’t use the n-word without social opprobrium, i don’t think anyone else should be able to, either.”
he says it’s not fair unless he gets equal treatment, which is curious for a person who positively believes men and women definitely shouldn’t be equal.
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maybe we’re saying the same thing. i think yarvin is thiel’s useful idiot. he says the toxic things out loud that thiel thinks he can’t or shouldn’t. but i don’t think for a second that yarvin is the philosopher influencing the paypal south african mafia.
or maybe i’m being conspiratorial.
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i think thiel is the brains of the operation, and yarvin is his front.
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dude, i used to work in the kitchen at eastern market. i was there every day. so, yes, AND i got to see the lasting effects and how people still persevered despite it.
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the embedded maps in the article don’t work, but they can be found here:
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