keshet

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Comment · 1 month ago
“We can’t have a successful AI industry if the world doesn’t think it’s built or confident that it’s built and deployed safely,” Huang told CNBC on Monday.

So he is going to sell chips which provides the perception of safety. And become the AI gatekeeper while he's at it.

Comment · 2 years ago
And if I drink alcohol then my world also becomes kind of blurry.. then reality also becomes less defined? It sure feels that way. But not to my friend sitting next to me who chose not to drink. We live in separate realities at least as far as our individual experiences are concerned.
Comment · 2 years ago
By using an android tablet they leverage the existing OS/UI/Java ecosystem to write a (fairly simple) app. Recreating that from scratch would require a lot more development.
Comment · 2 years ago
Another +1 for the smartwatch.

Before: Every time a message arrives the phone makes that noise, and a little lamp is lit in my brain which stays lit until I pick up and unlock the phone and look at the message, answer, etc.

After: The phone is in silent mode all the time. When a message arrives I get a little tickle on my wrist - I just glance down and see who it's from and the lamp in my brain has nothing to do anymore. I even sometimes forget to pull out the phone and answer the message later.

It's easier to leave the phone out of reach, I feel less need to have it on me. It's great having a phone which never makes a sound. If a call comes in I see it on the watch and can reject the call from my wrist and optionally send an SMS instead. And podcasts are not interrupted by annoying pings.

It's a Garmin, so only have to charge it once every 10 days or so, and there's not much to do on it.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
git subrepo is what I chose to include a "core" library of functionality in a number of repositories. Works fairly well, the main thing is that git treats all the files in the subrepo the same as any other files, so no surprises.
Comment · 4 years ago
Imagine the world we could live in if there were no weapons. That's the world we would have if nobody built them.

I have heard the line "If I don't build it somebody else will." from an engineer working on multi-million dollar weapons (think F-16).

I can only decide what I do with my time on this earth. Everyone makes that decision for themselves.

Comment · 4 years ago
Somebody is still wrong on the internet
Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 5 years ago
I recently saw an article about reversing fibrosis in mouse studies using an FDA-approved drug, e.g.: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210823170126.h...

If I google "pulmonary fibrosis reversal" a number of things come up although they all appear to still be in the research phase. Never say never.

Comment · 6 years ago
GitAhead works for me
Comment · 9 years ago
All flash-based memory devices have a limited number of write/erase cycles. Internal flash memories have more sophisticated strategies to extend memory life but they all rely on having spare memory available. Try not to go past 80% usage.

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