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Comment · 3 days ago
I follow a tax guy on Twitter and he said it is because of regulations.

I just wonder why Intuit can't have some local model and do it within guidelines.

And you can add me to the list of people who ran my tax filings through AI and found mistakes.

Most were the CPAs fault but I forgot to include a local folder when uploading and codex was able to recognize that my CPA did not include those forms.

I would not advocate replacing CPAs with AI but they can definitely fact check the CPA.

Comment · 11 days ago
WSJ reports Calif used 6.1 Sol
Comment · 24 days ago
I have a smart plug that can turn on and off...I have my coffee maker switched on, and it only switches on when my wifi plug is on. So I can have the water heating before I come down stairs. Whether it's better than a smart coffee maker or not I'm not sure - but at least I have a popular device that has more eye. Not sure how many people are looking at niche coffee makers.
Comment · 1 month ago
The person who grows the wheat understands how to grow the wheat. The person who grist the flour understands how to grist the flour.

And I would understand how to bake bread from scratch.

Now in the entire chain, we will get to a point where no one knows anything.

Comment · 1 month ago
That's great but you're not an 8 year old.
Comment · 2 months ago
>we'd already be seeing vibed stuff succeeding everywhere, and pricing out incumbents, but I guess I'm not seeing this? Like at all?

As a small business owner I see this. Random people contacting me to sell a software where I can instantly tell it is vibe coded. Subscription prices half or 1/4th of incumbents. Domain names registered in the last few months.

Comment · 2 months ago
Kind of similar to rabies. If you get bit by a rabid animal in an area with lots of rabies, the doctors know what to do and you get meds immediately for cheap.

In the US it's a few thousand dollars for the treatment.

Comment · 2 months ago
I remember for math tests in high school/college it was easier for me to derive formulas than to remember it.
Comment · 2 months ago
Can we be more specific and say it was Trump who pulled the US out of the Paris Accord, twice.
Comment · 3 months ago
My comment got a lot of traction but for context my kids are early in elementary school, far from their teenage years.

The intention of the iPad was to watch some educational videos, check out books, magazines from the library.

They still have occasional access but only with direct active supervision (i.e we are next to them vs we are making dinner).

As they get older, we will revisit.

Comment · 3 months ago
Fall behind what. How long does it take to learn how to use AI.

I would rather my kids have the intelligence to know when to figure out AI is wrong than to start using Ai at an early age.

Comment · 3 months ago
>children have quickly found workarounds for such measures, such as asking friends to message them links, which can bypass restrictions when opened

I was very surprised of this by my own kids find workarounds like l33t hackers. Apple's restrictions are a joke. The app store is full of things they can mess with. My daughter mentioned some way to get around screen time.

I've ended up just taking the iPads away.

Comment · 4 months ago
I don't listen to Dwarkesh but I'm aware of who is and his influence. I was baffled that he could not understand it...Don't know if he had his own agenda or just not intelligent (which is scarey for someone with influencec), but I sensed the frustration in Jensen Huang for something that is fairly obviously.

The same scenario happens all the time when the US takes away something from China and China doubles down, gets into survival mode and then beats the US.

Comment · 4 months ago
May have an overlap of which political campaign they donate too.
Comment · 4 months ago
Why hack a password when you can get the employee to just tell you.

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