@Gaëtan Perrault
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A great one from Quora.
Question:
How long will it take America to recover after Trump is gone?
Answer (Franklin Veaux):
About as long as it took Germany to recover after WWII: basically, two generations.
But we will never, ever recover the power and influence we once had, just like Germany didn’t. That will never happen. That is gone and it will not come back.
The next hundred years will be the age of China, not America.
I don't think America has really come to terms with this yet, but that's where we are. I think the age of China will be closer to 50 or 60 years because of demographics. But it's already their era, people are still catching up about how far behind they are.
Question:
How long will it take America to recover after Trump is gone?
Answer (Franklin Veaux):
About as long as it took Germany to recover after WWII: basically, two generations.
But we will never, ever recover the power and influence we once had, just like Germany didn’t. That will never happen. That is gone and it will not come back.
The next hundred years will be the age of China, not America.
I don't think America has really come to terms with this yet, but that's where we are. I think the age of China will be closer to 50 or 60 years because of demographics. But it's already their era, people are still catching up about how far behind they are.
Behold a seven-segment clock display ...
... that runs pneumatically
it alternately sucks in and then releases the segments, so they appear as divots in a rubbery surface
very organic!
item #6 in ...
@nprofile1q... wait, you just discovered PowerToys?! Congratulations!
And thanks as always for so many great reads!
And thanks as always for so many great reads!
OMG this whole “patriots“ #solar generator marketing is pure evil genius, but for the common good.
i see these #ads during baseball games and they really go out of their way to hit all the MAGA ...
@nprofile1q... I keep coming back to this video from Technology Connections https://youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM?si=DRU9nV5Ny2VZpPeK
Solar + Battery is every independent, conservative, prepper 's dream. ☀️➕🔋
Don't want a government telling you what you can do with your energy? Rationing your access? ☀️➕🔋
Want to build and own something that lasts for a really long time? Want to invest in your future sovereignty? ☀️➕🔋
☀️➕🔋 Is the number one freedom tool of any property owner. Plant it around your crops and use it to power your harvesters. Now the price of diesel won't screw you over. Hook it up to your HVAC system so the animals stay cool when the sun gets hot.
The failure of conservatives to embrace and promote this money-saving independence tool is kind of mind-blowing. It's like they don't actually want to save money or achieve Independence.
Solar + Battery is every independent, conservative, prepper 's dream. ☀️➕🔋
Don't want a government telling you what you can do with your energy? Rationing your access? ☀️➕🔋
Want to build and own something that lasts for a really long time? Want to invest in your future sovereignty? ☀️➕🔋
☀️➕🔋 Is the number one freedom tool of any property owner. Plant it around your crops and use it to power your harvesters. Now the price of diesel won't screw you over. Hook it up to your HVAC system so the animals stay cool when the sun gets hot.
The failure of conservatives to embrace and promote this money-saving independence tool is kind of mind-blowing. It's like they don't actually want to save money or achieve Independence.
IndexedDB disappointed me. I was expecting the full set of SQLite features.
It's very much not that. Why did they screw that up too?
@LisPi huh?
IndexedDB has always been a more advanced form of Local storage.
If you want SQLite in a DB, they have that.
https://sqlite.org/wasm/doc/trunk/index.md
IndexedDB has always been a more advanced form of Local storage.
If you want SQLite in a DB, they have that.
https://sqlite.org/wasm/doc/trunk/index.md
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@LisPi back before we were public, the books were pretty transparent... that system ran on a small percentage of Roblox's infra.
We spent 100x the resources on the servers for hosting games. It was so cheap to operate, nobody noticed. I was the senior tech lead on the team, not once did anyone wave a bill in front of me or ask me to justify costs.
And all of this stuff is cheaper now because we have better GPUs for even less money.
You have a vision of cost, but I don't know where it comes from?
We spent 100x the resources on the servers for hosting games. It was so cheap to operate, nobody noticed. I was the senior tech lead on the team, not once did anyone wave a bill in front of me or ask me to justify costs.
And all of this stuff is cheaper now because we have better GPUs for even less money.
You have a vision of cost, but I don't know where it comes from?
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@LisPi So you're operating under two technological assumptions. Number one, the AI technology works poorly. Number two, the AI technology is prohibitively expensive to develop and operate.
I used to work at Roblox, on the trust and safety team. We are basically an authoritarian regime on what you are allowed to say on the platform. Particularly for people under 13.
We used LLM technology for years before ChatGPT was available. It was not only affordable, it performed text interpretation and redaction that was literally impossible for humans to complete. It was able to escalate particularly dangerous text up to moderators for further review. It supported multiple languages. It interpreted weird utf-8 characters in multiple ways to prevent people bypassing the filter system with emoji or weird characters.
This thing did not work poorly, it worked very well. And it did so at an efficiency that was unmatchable by humans. And this was 2021.
I used to work at Roblox, on the trust and safety team. We are basically an authoritarian regime on what you are allowed to say on the platform. Particularly for people under 13.
We used LLM technology for years before ChatGPT was available. It was not only affordable, it performed text interpretation and redaction that was literally impossible for humans to complete. It was able to escalate particularly dangerous text up to moderators for further review. It supported multiple languages. It interpreted weird utf-8 characters in multiple ways to prevent people bypassing the filter system with emoji or weird characters.
This thing did not work poorly, it worked very well. And it did so at an efficiency that was unmatchable by humans. And this was 2021.
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Who cares?
It was literally the thought experiment asked. The fact no one does is ...
@LisPi
It's clear that you and them have very different base level assumptions about the cost and value generation of these systems.
Sure, if I take your cost and values, then none of this makes any sense.
But they're clearly operating from different cost and values. So to them, this makes sense.
They're running the world's most advanced AI-powered surveillance system. Currently pointed at their own people. But they've been running that system for a very long time. Quite successfully, by authoritarian government metrics.
Before ChatGPT was launched, China already had years of experience using LLMs. Years of experience using automated image and facial recognition. At huge scale.
You're operating from the baseline assumption that this is some American grift being pushed by a couple of companies trying to make some money. They are not.
And the only way you're going to understand their perspective is to restart your interaction with this technology from scratch, wearing Chinese glasses instead.
It's clear that you and them have very different base level assumptions about the cost and value generation of these systems.
Sure, if I take your cost and values, then none of this makes any sense.
But they're clearly operating from different cost and values. So to them, this makes sense.
They're running the world's most advanced AI-powered surveillance system. Currently pointed at their own people. But they've been running that system for a very long time. Quite successfully, by authoritarian government metrics.
Before ChatGPT was launched, China already had years of experience using LLMs. Years of experience using automated image and facial recognition. At huge scale.
You're operating from the baseline assumption that this is some American grift being pushed by a couple of companies trying to make some money. They are not.
And the only way you're going to understand their perspective is to restart your interaction with this technology from scratch, wearing Chinese glasses instead.
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@LisPi
"Purging completely uncompromised party members...
Who cares? The purpose isn't to find or purge compromised members, the purpose of having an automated system is to replace the number of party members you actually need to keep the system running. The best way to minimize compromises is that you have less people in the system.
Because it's stupidly unreliable...
I mean, have you met humans?
They lie. They cheat. They steal. They try to undermine your control and authority.
And they don't have built-in control and auditing systems like the robots do. And they're more expensive.
I'm still not understanding your arguments here.
"Purging completely uncompromised party members...
Who cares? The purpose isn't to find or purge compromised members, the purpose of having an automated system is to replace the number of party members you actually need to keep the system running. The best way to minimize compromises is that you have less people in the system.
Because it's stupidly unreliable...
I mean, have you met humans?
They lie. They cheat. They steal. They try to undermine your control and authority.
And they don't have built-in control and auditing systems like the robots do. And they're more expensive.
I'm still not understanding your arguments here.
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So, one thing I'm wondering is why is China hopping in on the "AI" bullshit train anyway?
Are they just that prone to falling for grifts?
@LisPi they have the most advanced human surveillance technology in the world. And this is just the next phase of that technology. Putting this on people's phones and in their houses is like the ultimate in surveillance and control.
Venture capitalists love to talk about the single person billion dollar company. The Chinese Communist Party has 100 million members. If a technology like this can get rid of even a percentage of those, it allows you to tighten your grip as an Autocracy.
The companies building this technology today are all basically State assets. So they get direct access and control without any of the public fights like Anthropic.
So I'll flip this around, why do you think they shouldn't be doing this? What grift do you think they are being subjected to?
Venture capitalists love to talk about the single person billion dollar company. The Chinese Communist Party has 100 million members. If a technology like this can get rid of even a percentage of those, it allows you to tighten your grip as an Autocracy.
The companies building this technology today are all basically State assets. So they get direct access and control without any of the public fights like Anthropic.
So I'll flip this around, why do you think they shouldn't be doing this? What grift do you think they are being subjected to?
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I'm at a concert filled with 40-somethings and 20-somethings. I have seen multiple digital cameras, from the young crowd.
Yes, actual digital cameras are making their comeback! Dedicated devices so that people aren't looking at their phones. It is great to see.
Yes, actual digital cameras are making their comeback! Dedicated devices so that people aren't looking at their phones. It is great to see.