naming_the_user (u/naming_the_user)

naming_the_user commented on O3 Turns Pro thezvi.substack.com/p/o3-... · Posted by u/jsnider3

plufz · 2 months ago

How do you reason about the energy consumption/climate impact of feeding the same question to three models? Im not saying there is a clear answer here, would just be interesting to hear your thinking.

naming_the_user · 2 months ago

I don’t think about it at all. When they cost money we’ll care more about it.

Until then, the choice is being made by the entities funding all of this.

naming_the_user commented on OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats arstechnica.com/tech-poli... · Posted by u/ColinWright

jrm4 · 3 months ago

Love the spirit of what you say and I practice it myself, literally.

But also, no - Just self-host or it's all your fault is never ever a sufficient answer to the problem.

It's exactly the same as when Exxon says "what are you doing to lower your own carbon footprint?" It's shifting the burden unfairly; companies like OpenAI put themselves out there and thus must ALWAYS be held to task.

naming_the_user · 3 months ago

Anything else is literally impossible, though.

If you send your neighbour nudes then they have your nudes. You can put in as many contracts as you want, maybe they never digitised it but their friend is over for a drink and walks out of the door with the shoebox of film. Do not pass GO, do not collect.

Conceivably we can try to control things like e.g. is your cellphone microphone on at all times, but once someone else, particularly an arbitrary entity (e.g. not a trusted family member or something) has the data, it is silly to treat it as anything other than gone.

naming_the_user commented on U.S. sanctions cloud provider 'Funnull' as top source of 'pig butchering' scams krebsonsecurity.com/2025/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

porridgeraisin · 3 months ago

What would be the threshold beyond which you would be OK with a ban? Because there would always be some people OK just about every single practice.

naming_the_user · 3 months ago

That’s kind of my point.

There is a difference between not being interested or disliking something, and wanting it to literally be illegal.

naming_the_user commented on U.S. sanctions cloud provider 'Funnull' as top source of 'pig butchering' scams krebsonsecurity.com/2025/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

porridgeraisin · 3 months ago

But most laws in democracies pass with just about majority. The president in america was selected with just-about majority. Do you suggest changing elections so that we keep doing them until the vote skews to 100%? 90%? What's the threshold?

naming_the_user · 3 months ago

I suggest not having laws that 50% of people disagree with, e.g. if 49% of people like raspberry jam then the 51% who like strawberry shouldn’t ban it regardless of whether they are in control.

Basically, generally, live and let live.

naming_the_user commented on U.S. sanctions cloud provider 'Funnull' as top source of 'pig butchering' scams krebsonsecurity.com/2025/... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti

porridgeraisin · 3 months ago

So if 57% in a country agree with a law, the remaining 43% should be allowed to circumvent that law through these means?

Of course, the opposite argument is "what about north korea", but it's a package deal is my point.

naming_the_user · 3 months ago

Pretty much, yeah.

If almost half of the population disagree with something then it’s probably a stupid restriction to begin with.

naming_the_user commented on The Who Cares Era dansinker.com/posts/2025-... · Posted by u/NotInOurNames

naming_the_user · 3 months ago

People tend to care when they feel that they are being given a good deal.

In my experience (UK), people are usually more pleasant in smaller towns, and I ascribe that to, well, the cost of living is lower relative to their wage, they probably have a decent flat or a small house at least, maybe a car, etc.

In London if you work in a coffee shop then you either have a well off partner or you are in some shoebox counting your pennies to make the bus fare, your life is just stressful and you don't feel like an equal to the person on the other side of the counter.

naming_the_user commented on DeepSeek’s founder is threatening US dominance in AI race bloomberg.com/news/featur... · Posted by u/blumpy22

ta20240528 · 3 months ago

As they are doing in huge numbers in Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Palestine,…

This is nonsense. Other than the local mafia, almost all extremely successful folk live in extremely affluent markets.

naming_the_user · 3 months ago

I am obviously not talking about failed states, market crashes in developed countries are usually at max a 25-50% setback.

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al_borland · 3 months ago

I’ve always been an advocate of living below one’s means, and well bellow in the case of high earners.

Maybe it’s my impostor syndrome talking, but I’ve always been paranoid about losing my job, so I’ve tried to avoid lifestyle inflation like the plague. I’ll still splurge on things here and there, but they are one time payments, and don’t lock me into anything years or decades of monthly payments that would be a problem for in this kind of scenario. I’m always trying to mitigate risk.

naming_the_user · 3 months ago

Solidly agree with this.

I think that most people, especially above the age of say, 30, should be aiming to spend a percentage of their income, lowering over time.

At the end of the day, the cars get you where you want to go, the roof gives you a safe space, the hiking trip to the local park/reserve gets you relaxation. Over that, it’s novel but you’re always chasing.

naming_the_user commented on DeepSeek’s founder is threatening US dominance in AI race bloomberg.com/news/featur... · Posted by u/blumpy22

plandis · 3 months ago

Its fascinating to me that someone in their early 20s in the 2008 worldwide economic recession to have that much economic success.

The fact that this guy could see that massive data analysis with was a winning investment strategy and then out compete others with way more experience in financial markets is impressive.

I’d be curious in the markets he initially invested in. Was this a market inefficiency specifically in China in the late 2000s?

I’ve always assumed that quantitative analysis requires PhD level knowledge of markets and mathematics but maybe I’m being way too conservative?

naming_the_user · 3 months ago

People generally ascribe far too much importance to general market conditions when it comes to their individual success.

A good market helps you become a bog standard boring wage slave, maybe get a mortgage, etc.

The outsized success folks will go out and get what they need regardless, they aren’t waiting for it to come to them.

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rkangel · 4 months ago

[Answer scope limited to the US]

The problem is that these people want to drive, and don't care about it. They want to drive for sociological reasons - driving is seen as a symbol of American independence and financial stability. Look at the people who get weird reactions because they chose to walk to work, or schools that object on spurious grounds when they walk their kid to school.

The car is seen as an assumption, a bare minimum. And any attempt to replace it is taking away a personal right.

naming_the_user · 4 months ago

I don't think this is limited to the US, I have exactly the same viewpoint as a Brit and so do many people I know.

People like walking to work and like taking the tube after a night out, but ultimately, the car is just vastly more convenient and comfortable for such a large amount of stuff.

You may as well ask me to give up running water because technically I could just carry it from the well.

Realistically if public transport advocates want progress they need to demonstrate that they also understand the utility of cars because otherwise they come across as simply being wilfully ignorant.