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Comment · 21 days ago
Internet decentralized the data. Now, AI has decentralized software. Next, we need decentralized AI.
Comment · 1 month ago
Bumblebees shouldn’t be able to fly; they do anyways.
Comment · 1 year ago
The article in context is not just about Chrome, but the various avatars it has manifested into.
Comment · 1 year ago
So no. Same menu/web-pages; but served differently as per individual needs.
Comment · 1 year ago
Who's taking the baton?
Comment · 2 years ago
System Design Interview I and II - Alex Xu. Take one of the topics and do it practically.
Comment · 2 years ago
The same though goes into working with languages.

I was a fan of Python’s list compressions, C#’s LINQ expressions, ORMs and functional/object-oriented abstractions.

Now, I have started appreciating simple procedural languages like Golang.

Comment · 2 years ago
China didn't look like a competitor until they were miles ahead.

"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak" - Sun Tzu

Comment · 2 years ago
They are definitely not on the cloud.
Comment · 2 years ago
People who crave karma points will continue do so. The game isn't for the faint hearted. SO still has the best gamification model and there isn't any competitor.
Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
Wrong. As per the article - a part of our brain is a prediction machine. A human body is more than the sum of its parts.
Comment · 2 years ago
On the current state of AI - do you believe it has "intelligence" or is the underlying system a "prediction machine"?

What signs do you see that make you believe that the next level (biological intelligence) is on the horizon?

Comment · 2 years ago
Not really, you first have to catch up the vehicle ahead, before you start overtaking. At present, they are miles behind.
Comment · 2 years ago
1. With the recent developments at CockroachDB one may like to bundle it along with MSSQL and Oracle.

2. Like the author, I will like to understand "Why not MariaDB? (a free variant of MySql)".

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