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This article, while probably true an accurate, seems designed to make SBF the fall guy by portraying him as a uniquely bad actor in the crypto space. In reality, the crypto space is full of fraud that is probably criminal and he is just the latest example. That doesn't excuse his behavior and he should probably go to prison for this but it would be a shame if people get taken in by thinking of him as just a bad apple.

What an embarrassing article to publish. I can't believe someone was paid for writing this many words about this particular topic. Regardless of if you agree with his politics, there is nothing opulent about having a net worth of $2 million at his age with his level of success. Much of his money was made through writing a book and you know he would be willing to pay the increased taxes himself. Just stupid.

Fitting that in a world where all the same old labor fights that were settled in the past are happening again that someone would un-ironically invent a new form of indentured servitude.

Makes me laugh at people who think that non STEM subjects have no value. Perhaps opening a book in one of those non STEM fields once in a while would help you avoid reinventing things consigned to the dust bin of history without realizing it.

Nearly but not quite as rich as when ride-sharing companies accidentally invent the city bus.

The man truly is his own worst enemy. Seemed clear that something was up with him when he called that cave diver a "pedo" for no apparent reason. I hope that being held accountable for his actions deflates his head a little bit. Smart guy who is working on some good stuff that most people support and he doesn't need to keep lying about it.

> "Private by design"

Lol

It's me, the company that hoards your personal data and just got hacked in a huge way, please put a camera in your house that I control which I _swear_ won't be used to spy on you.

Sort of hilariously tone deaf that they launch this right after they just got hacked.

Best news from them in months. I wish Instagram would do the same. The "smart" ordering of tweets and photos just makes my experience with both the apps worse.

I didn't downvote you :(

> Some analysis is better than no analysis.

I don't agree with that. Doing some analysis on a limited and possibly skewed data set can lull you into a false sense of understanding. It makes your ideas seems objective when they can in fact be completely baseless.

He doesn't seem to have done well on a lot of these predictions. These are slated to happen in the early 2000s:

> Translating telephones allow people to speak to each other in different languages.

This is sort of possible, but not fluently really.

> Machines designed to transcribe speech into computer text allow deaf people to understand spoken words.

This one basically exists.

> Exoskeletal, robotic leg prostheses allow the paraplegic to walk.

I think there are some prototypes of this type of stuff but nothing in widespread use.

> Telephone calls are routinely screened by intelligent answering machines that ask questions to determine the call's nature and priority.

Not really, we have IVRs but they are in no sense "smart"

> "Cybernetic chauffeurs" can drive cars for humans and can be retrofitted into existing cars. They work by communicating with other vehicles and with sensors embedded along the roads.

Not even close

Seems like Ray Kurzweil might not be the best predictor of what is actually going to happen in the future. Seems like a bit of a snake oil salesman to me.

Szilard features prominently in Richard Rhodes' "The Making of the Atomic Bomb." Definitely worth the read if you have an interest in early nuclear science. Really filled in a lot of details about scientists that I remember learning about in school but never knew much about personally. Highly recommend it!

Really great visualization here, kudos to the author. Really makes is clear what's going on. Made me think that things like this could be useful in textbooks as well if they were more digital. Maybe in the next few years there will be a better way to integrate this kind of stuff into courses, I guess today they could always happen in lectures.

I suspect this will be a fairly regular story in the next few months/years. Self-driving tech seems to be a lot further off than people think so a lot of companies that were formerly very exciting will not be able to deliver and will need to close up shop. I think there's some possibility that it will go the way of flying cars at least for now.

Fortunately a lot of the tech that does work can find a second life as progressive enhancement for human drivers. Blind spot detection, auto lane following, and smart cruise control are great features that ease some of the burden in driving and I think it's good to see them being more widely distributed in newer cars.

If you believe that a company whose whole purpose is to use data on you to sell ads won't use data on you that it collects to sell ads then I have a bridge to sell you.

Funny that people complained so much about GDPR being bad for business and then get upset when things like this happen. It's almost like the two are related or something...

Was really hoping that "No Reservations" was the Anthony Bourdain show rather than the movie. Somehow I don't think so though.