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neilc commented on Kiki – Accountability monster for people who are easily distracted   kiki.computer/... · Posted by u/pikseladam
amelius · a month ago
What if Kiki misunderstands you, and now you have to complete an impossible task before you can use your PC again?
neilc · a month ago
Does the task description influence the blocking behavior? That wasn’t clear to me— it might be that you manually configure the allow/block list and the task description is just for the user.
neilc commented on Amazon closing its Fresh and Go stores   finance.yahoo.com/news/am... · Posted by u/trenning
Cornbilly · 2 months ago
Their initial advertising claimed near full automation by their "AI" system when, in reality, they had people manually handling around 70% of the transactions.

I get that this is a message board for YC, so lying about your company's tech is considered almost a virtue but that is an unreasonably big lie to tell without getting your hand-slapped by some regulatory body or investor backlash.

neilc · 2 months ago
I don’t remember Amazon claiming “near-full automation” by AI. They said that you can checkout automatically and that AI/computer vision is somehow involved.
neilc commented on Apple and Meta fined millions for breaching EU law   ca.finance.yahoo.com/news... · Posted by u/Aldipower
socalgal2 · a year ago
That really depends on the store. If Value made a Steam store, or Nintendo made a Nintendo store with Nintendo exclusives I'd expect millions of installs.
neilc · a year ago
Maybe but that is also not within Apple's control.
neilc commented on Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers   apnews.com/article/trump-... · Posted by u/tedsanders
bdangubic · a year ago
We definitely agree to disagree… I am trying to understand your point of view but failing - if they understood the loan and still took on it does that mean that they are just being irrational? or stupid (I don’t mean to sound mean here but lacking a more PC word here…)?
neilc · a year ago
They absolutely understood the terms of the loan. I think they do it anyway because: (1) everyone else is doing it and they don’t have a good alternative (2) career optimism. If you end up becoming a lawyer/consultant/accountant or otherwise have a good corporate job, in the medium-term your student loan debt doesn’t really have a significant impact on your life.

It’s really only a problem if you (1) choose a private college and don’t stay in-state, (2) get a degree which doesn’t have a lot of practical value, and (3) then want to pursue a low-paying field or get a not-useful graduate degree. For example, a friend of mine did her undergrad in art history, master’s in museum studies, and works for a non-profit. She’s not rich but she’s able to survive reasonably comfortably. She’s not dumb or financially illiterate, and she knew what she was getting in for.

neilc commented on Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers   apnews.com/article/trump-... · Posted by u/tedsanders
bdangubic · a year ago
Basically all college-bound 18-year olds understand what debt is

not to sound snarky but seldom do I read here something more wrong... if they did they would NEVER take on the kind of debt they are taking on in droves to get that paper. "debt" is one thing, you probably understand "debt" when you are a kid... understanding loans however - is an entirely different thing from general concept of "debt"

neilc · a year ago
I suppose we’ll have to agree to disagree. I know lots of liberal arts majors who still have a lot of student loan debt in their late 20s and 30s. They knew what they were doing when they enrolled in college and chose their major, it wasn’t like cost of tuition or what an “interest rate” is was somehow obscured from them or too difficult for them to comprehend. In some cases they regret the choices they made earlier but that’s a different matter, those choices were not made in ignorance of the basic situation they were entering into.
neilc commented on Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers   apnews.com/article/trump-... · Posted by u/tedsanders
bdangubic · a year ago
99.65% of 18-year olds 100% do not. or compound interest. the system is rigged against them to not be taught any of basic finacial literacy
neilc · a year ago
Basically all college-bound 18-year olds understand what debt is — you’re infantilizing them to a ridiculous degree if you think otherwise. A lot of them choose to proceed with college due to career optimism and following the herd, not because “debt” is some magical concept that they don’t understand.
neilc commented on Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 people   twitter.com/DanPriceSeatt... · Posted by u/ZuckMusk
neilc · 2 years ago
It wasn't "good" when Google hired a ton of people during Covid, and it isn't "evil" when they have subsequently let some people go. The people who are being laid off are generally given very generous severance packages, and I think it would be hard to argue that Google treats its employees poorly in general.

Google should employ a workforce that they think meets their needs as a business, and when that involves letting some people go, they should do their best to treat those people fairly, which AFAIK they generally do.

neilc commented on Google gave investors a $70B buyback,and laid off 12,000 people   twitter.com/DanPriceSeatt... · Posted by u/ZuckMusk
richrichie · 2 years ago
Google actually works for government. It came about from DoD funding FYI and continues to make a fuck ton of money from government contracts.
neilc · 2 years ago
Google makes a very small percentage of their revenue from government contracts.
neilc commented on A living replacement knee to be tested in clinical trials within five years   engineering.columbia.edu/... · Posted by u/geox
teaearlgraycold · 2 years ago
For people doomed to this fate like myself, please try cycling. My mom has had numerous knee surgeries due to lack of proper exercise and being overweight. My knee issues started at 15, so presumably it’s genetic. When I started cycling regularly at 24 the problems receded almost entirely. I doubt this will completely prevent the need for surgery later in life, but I’m glad I’m doing what I can.
neilc · 2 years ago
Cycling is good. I've also found boswellia and curcumin supplements to be surprisingly effective for the arthritis symptoms.
neilc commented on A hacked Microsoft test account was assigned admin privileges   arstechnica.com/security/... · Posted by u/taimurkazmi
chihuahua · 2 years ago
I sometimes wonder what percentage of people from certain countries are posing as regular MS employees, but are actually working on behalf of their country's security service.

Is it 0%? Or more than 0? How much more?

neilc · 2 years ago
It is definitely a thing that happens: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/former-twitter-employe...

Hard to say how often / what fraction of occurrences are never caught, or caught but never publicized.

u/neilc

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