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herunan commented on Let's be honest, Generative AI isn't going all that well   garymarcus.substack.com/p... · Posted by u/7777777phil
herunan · a month ago
First of all, popping in a few screenshots of articles and papers is not proper analysis.

Second of all, GenAI is going well or not depending on how we frame it.

In terms of saving time, money and effort when coding, writing, analysing, researching, etc. It’s extremely successful.

In terms of leading us to AGI… GenAI alone won’t reach that. Current ROI is plateauing, and we need to start investing more somewhere else.

herunan commented on France targets Australia-style social media ban for children next year   theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/belter
herunan · a month ago
This is just cop out legislation. I wanna see laws targeting addictive design systems and harmful content. Social media is only part of the problem.

There’s so much that falls out of the social media definition. And regardless, kids are not stupid… VPNs, proxies, etc are easy to circumvent with.

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herunan commented on Kidnapped by Deutsche Bahn   theocharis.dev/blog/kidna... · Posted by u/JeremyTheo
herunan · a month ago
You got Deutsche Bahned. IF anyone watches Jet Lag The Game on YouTube, they play hide and seek games around Europe, and whenever they're on a Deutsche Bahn something almost always goes awry.
herunan commented on Show HN: Pulse 2.0 – Live co-listening rooms where anyone can be a DJ   473999.net/pulse... · Posted by u/473999
herunan · 2 months ago
This is cool! Just hosted a stream but there were a few bugs/issues.

1. Streamed via Blackhole and music was constantly slowing down for me, not sure if listeners had similar experience. 2. Couldn't unmute my mic so you could hear me breathing in the bg at times. 3. If I refreshed the page I couldn't go back to hosting my room. How can I do this? 4. If I blocked my mic all music stopped and re-adding it wouldn't go back to streaming.

herunan commented on What you can get for the price of a Netflix subscription   nmil.dev/what-you-can-get... · Posted by u/nmil
silisili · 3 months ago
It's weird. When Netflix came about, I was excited to dump all the bespoke pirating stuff that it replaced. I didn't mind paying for content, in fact, I was glad to.

Fast forward a while, and now Netflix seems to be an undiscoverable mess of old and foreign content while charging twice as much. Each IP owner felt it necessary to make their own way worse clone, and still, after paying more than a hundred a month, there are things just not available on any of them. And now, more than ever, the high seas seem so enticing again.

I'll never really understand how they ruined the opportunity presented, but they really soured people on their value proposition.

herunan · 3 months ago
It was inevitable. Netflix rose thanks to studios and distributors selling them rights to content for peanuts. Streaming wasn’t taken seriously as it wasn’t a main source of revenue. Some years later and it’s a completely different story. Demand for streaming sky-rocketed, digital rights value increased and now every studio wants to create their own walled gardens.
herunan commented on Meta replaces WhatsApp for Windows with web wrapper   windowslatest.com/2025/11... · Posted by u/DearAll
herunan · 3 months ago
Complacency is the enemy of innovation. So many other chat clients are way better, yet WhatsApp is irreplaceable because it enjoys the competitive advantage of network effects.
herunan commented on Australian Parliament bans social media for under-16s   apnews.com/article/austra... · Posted by u/asah
herunan · a year ago
Rather than banning social media, we should be forcing social media companies to make their apps less addictive and promote more positive interactions. This only stigmatises social media more and gives them a ‘free pass’ to keep being a net negative contributor to society. It’s such a lazy legislation. Besides, what counts as social media? Texting? Gaming? The internet is inherently social.
herunan commented on Crossing the USA by Train   blinry.org/coast-to-coast... · Posted by u/chmaynard
herunan · a year ago
Am I the only one who finds it surreal to see long distance trains in the US? Don’t get me wrong - I know they exist. It’s just that I feel like they never get depicted anywhere in the media. I also don’t think I know a single American who has gone to another US city by train.
herunan commented on A subtle change to the iPhone’s contact-sharing permissions   nytimes.com/2024/10/02/te... · Posted by u/2OEH8eoCRo0
herunan · a year ago
I’m honestly surprised to see this quality of writing at NYT. Clickbaity headline, ragebaity angle to the story. Of course it’s good to give more options to consumers!

In all honesty, I don’t think many people will select a handful of contacts to share with apps. They’re just gonna share all and that’s it. People don’t have the time nor energy to think and select what contacts to share among hundreds in their address book. It’s such a hassle!

u/herunan

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