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Comment · 2 years ago
First headline in bold: "Next-Gen Falcon 2 Series launches [...] and is only AI Model with Vision-to-Language Capabilities" ...
Comment · 3 years ago
Can someone more knowledgeable on the subject please clarify if this proposed therapy requires personalization for each patient or if it can be (eventually) mass produced? Thanks!
Comment · 3 years ago
What a (terrible) slashing streak for Amazon: first DPReview, now this...
Comment · 4 years ago
"... 10 aerial color images taken April 19 during Ingenuity’s Flight 26" - I am more excited by the fact Ingenuity continues to operate and has so far collected unique imagery and telemetry on 26 flights!
Comment · 4 years ago
Sorry, but being an engineer is different than knowing your way around "code and stuff". Being an engineer is also different than being a computer scientist or programmer. The authors studied arts and mathematics, but that didn't stop them from starting the post by making it look like its written by engineers:

"Early in our careers as engineers, we’re told to invest in technical skills."

Comment · 5 years ago
I posted the link on facebook and it got flagged as spam and removed..
Comment · 5 years ago
I really don't think being called a Youtuber is meant as negative. I take issue with how the writer chose to present this story. If this was about the intricacies of ad revenue on YouTube for example, great, no need to specify he also has a physics degree. But I'm disappointed to see them paint him as just a guy who "likes to break down funky science" (and made 10k off a physicist) when he is more than that, with relevance to the actual story. For someone who doesn't know his work, he might as well be one of the guys burning snow with lighters a few months ago to prove its fake snow...
Comment · 5 years ago
I see your point, but the title and first paragraphs try to paint the picture of a "funky science" youtuber betting a UCLA physicist $10k and winning (which for me is very different to the truth: UCLA physicist bets another physicist $10k and loses)
Comment · 5 years ago
"A popular YouTuber filmed himself driving a wind-powered vehicle downwind faster than the wind itself. [...] Muller, the creator of the Veritasium YouTube channel, likes to break down funky science concepts for his 9.5 million subscribers."

The "popular YouTuber" is Derek Muller, who studied Engineering Physics and has a PhD in Physics Education Research... It's so frustrating to see how the writer tried so hard to make as much as clickbait-y title as possible...

Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
"compensated fairly for just how much you helped grow the software company’s bottom line" - as others have said: what do you do with all the stuff below the waterline, that DON'T grow the bottom line? Bugfixing, reliability, privacy, security, etc.

PS: Thanks, knew that, the dropdown buttons didn't work. And they still don't.

Comment · 5 years ago
Is this "winter is coming", "the end is near" tone helpful? I'm not necessarily saying it's outright false, but look, there've been past times where the end truly felt near, but we managed to overcome it... Again, we might not this time, but why should we bet against us? Does anyone want to be the lone survivor in the post-apocalypse? Sorry if overreacting.
Comment · 5 years ago
"... and actually drives everyone to compete in how much they can contribute" - because this is what we all need, competing everyday for making someone else more money. Also, this model seems to work reallly well for you: none of the top navigation buttons on your site work for me (using Chrome beta)
Comment · 5 years ago
Honest question: Shouldn't we hedge our bets at this point and also start investing heavily in infrastructure that helps mitigate the worst of the effects? (Flood management, water desalination, cloud seeding, etc.) I feel the race to zero emissions is a trendy topic now in media, but perhaps we are past the "we can still stop bad things from happening" point.

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