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Arn_Thor commented on 1910: The year the modern world lost its mind   derekthompson.org/p/1910-... · Posted by u/purgator
miroljub · 13 days ago
Bullshit. At list in Germany. Here, the state benefits are so high, that the majority of illegal immigrants and "refugees" can have a comfortable life and procreate without having to think about feeding their offsprings, whereas the domestic population must pay ever increasing taxes to enable their lifestyle.
Arn_Thor · 12 days ago
Don’t believe all the bullshit you read in your racist echo chamber. You look really foolish when you repewt it in public.
Arn_Thor commented on 1910: The year the modern world lost its mind   derekthompson.org/p/1910-... · Posted by u/purgator
LAC-Tech · 13 days ago
And bear in mind, not everyone had electricity, not to speak of central heating. You had lots of chimneys everywhere.

LMAO is this most houses where I live in New Zealand. Smoke coming out of chimneys for people to keep warm, often burning coal. They have electricity of course but it's too expensive to heat their houses.

Arn_Thor · 12 days ago
It’s a matter of degree. It all adds up. Surely you’ve heard of the great smog in London? That’s an extreme example but all major cities had appalling air pollution. Bad air alone killed untold numbers of people every year.
Arn_Thor commented on The Framework Desktop is a beast   world.hey.com/dhh/the-fra... · Posted by u/lemonberry
laweijfmvo · 14 days ago
probably doesn’t make sense as a home server unless you need the massive compute. i have a couple lenovo mini pcs (m75q, various generations, AMD) that I paid a total of $500 for on ebay. they’re so easy to find and handle most tasks swimmingly.
Arn_Thor · 14 days ago
What kind of tasks do you use it for, if I may ask? Does it include local LLM/AI?
Arn_Thor commented on Try and   ygdp.yale.edu/phenomena/t... · Posted by u/treetalker
Sardtok · 14 days ago
It's kind of funny that in Norwegian, people mix up the infinitive "to" and "and", as they are pronounced the same, "o" in IPA. So we have the same thing in Norwegian writing, but if you happen to use "and", you must use the imperative form of the verb for it to be grammatically correct. So, "try to stop me" is "prøv å stoppe meg", and "try and stop me" is "prøv og stopp meg". The latter is much more colloquial.

This isn't a problem in Swedish and Danish, as their infinitive marker is "att/at", which in Norwegian only means "that" in its conjunctive form.

I wonder if there's any relation to the Norwegian here.

Arn_Thor · 14 days ago
First thing I thought of when reading the linked post! You explained it for a non-Norwegian audience better than I could have too!
Arn_Thor commented on The current hype around autonomous agents, and what actually works in production   utkarshkanwat.com/writing... · Posted by u/Dachande663
throwehshdhdy · a month ago
Plenty of tech companies have started using gen AI for live chat support. Off the top of head I know off sonder.com and wealthsimple.com.

If the LLM can’t answer a query it usually forwards the chat to a human support agent.

Arn_Thor · a month ago
Perhaps. But it’s telling that someone whose job is selling those kinds of services wasn’t aware of any personally.
Arn_Thor commented on Replit AI deletes entire database during code freeze, then lies about it   twitter.com/jasonlk/statu... · Posted by u/FiddlerClamp
Arn_Thor · a month ago
This is the funniest thing I’ve seen in months. Maybe years? Incredible stuff
Arn_Thor commented on The current hype around autonomous agents, and what actually works in production   utkarshkanwat.com/writing... · Posted by u/Dachande663
Arn_Thor · a month ago
I spoke with an Amazon AI production engineer who’s talking with prospective clients about implementing AI in our business. When a colleague asked about using generative AI in customer facing chats the engineer said he knows of zero companies who don’t have a human in the loop. All the automatic replies are non-generative “old” tech. Gen AI is just not reliable enough for anyone to stake their reputation on it.
Arn_Thor commented on The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality   english.elpais.com/cultur... · Posted by u/geox
esperent · a month ago
> clothes are unrecognizable after the second wash

What clothes are these? I don't buy any kind of expensive brands. I don't take any care when washing. I don't own a lot of clothes so I wear each item weekly. And my clothes last me for several years at least. The dyes have gotten noticeably better than when I was a child - when was the last time you had colors run in the wash?

Arn_Thor · a month ago
Shein crap falls apart in the first wash
Arn_Thor commented on The bewildering phenomenon of declining quality   english.elpais.com/cultur... · Posted by u/geox
drdec · a month ago
Most of the people on this board are upper middle to lower upper class (thinking American, apologies to my non US friends). Such people can afford products outside the grasp of most Americans.

What naturally happens to such products is that the manufacturers find a way to broaden their customer base. They find ways to bring the price point down so they can sell more.

For most people this is a boon. They can afford a luxury or convenience they otherwise wouldn't be able to. Overall most people are better off when this happens.

For the first group of people however, they are worse off. They cannot get the same product as before. Such is life.

Arn_Thor · a month ago
The parable of boots seems apt here. In the extreme, expensive pair can last for a decade while people who can only afford the cheap pair will have to keep buying a new one every year.

Yes, the fact that any family can afford a new shelving unit is great! But the fact that it’ll last them just a few years is not good; they’ll spend more in the long run

Arn_Thor commented on My experiment living in a tent in Hong Kong's jungle   corentin.trebaol.com/Blog... · Posted by u/5mv2
Arn_Thor · 3 months ago
Hong Kong is such an amazing place. I lived there overlapping with your stay. I miss the food and the weather, but most of all the people.

u/Arn_Thor

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