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  • Agreed - 8b has enough magic to hold a conversation and do small tasks, such as breaking up a large task or picking out key details, which can then be fed into more small models (maybe even more narrowly fine-tuned ones)

    180b isn't enough to replace all the other pieces of a system that you need for autonomous action or memory

    I think 8b models are enough to make AGI possible if we stack them just right. They're enough to fill in most of the gaps to make practical things too, and they're not that far off for everything else

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    Donald Trump's lawyers urge New York appeals court to overturn 'egregious' civil fraud verdict
  • Can he though?

    He might never have been a billionaire at any point, he's always been leveraged to the gills and bleeding money. Plus the fraud, making up fake names to call up Forbes to be declared a billionaire, and the fact he is constantly hustling (while campaigning and terminally old) for a few more million

    Most of all, there's the fact that billionaires are only billionaires on paper. Their wealth would shrink massively if they can't time the sell-offs at the right time, most commonly known billionaires could keep the title selling for 10 cents on the dollar, but Trump isn't near that level no matter how you slice it

    Mar a Lago is estimated at like 200-300m, his apartment is worth tens of millions, and pretty much everything else he only owns a partial stake in and is likely leveraged even if it could be cleanly sold. And who knows what other debt factors in - he's had a lot of failed projects and a lot of unpaid invoices

    None of them are proof, but altogether it doesn't paint the picture of a billionaire - a billion dollars is a truly unthinkable amount of money, and I can't see a showoff like him not collecting things to brag about

    I don't think he has it, or if he does it'd be a close thing

    And to leave you with a final thought - Trump owns 3 guns, one of which he risked his freedom to hide away. What kind of billionaire both cares about guns enough to break parole (even if the prison risk was very unlikely), but also doesn't have a small armory professionally decorated just to show off?

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    Kamala Harris, endorsed by Biden to replace him, is left of the president on health care
  • No, that's pretty accurate

    Conservatives are the people selling myths like the morality of enlightened self interest, and liberals are the ones trying to make the current system fair

    Leftists are the ones saying "holy fuck, come on guys, this is clearly insane. We grow way more than enough food for everyone, can we please start from deciding no one will starve and work backwards from there?"

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    $45 Million *Per Month*, As One Does
  • No, he should throw a bag of money at a deaf proctologist who doesn't use social media.

    If he had a say over the operation, after 3-5 years they'd end up shoving a robotic arm up there so he could tweet faster

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    LOCK EM UP
  • Aside from not being Trump (which is a great trait), I know next to nothing about Harris. I know she's a former prosecutor, and might be able to identify her if she showed up at my door

    What else should I know about her (and should I be hopeful of her pushing any meaningful progressive policies)?

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    People should direct their anger towards capitalism, rather than being upset with artificial intelligence
  • Because AI is amazing.

    My friend wanted a scorecard to rate Rick and Morty episodes to determine if it's falling off - I could spend a few hours and maybe come up with something, but I wouldn't. My little assistant did it in a few seconds, with results good enough to motivate me and more of my friend group to join in

    I was about to go back to my boss to tell him my task was impossible and could have killed the entire idea, but then I expressed my frustrations just to vent. To my surprise, it offered a very specific and relevant solution, despite having no access to anything beyond our chat logs - it wasn't quite right, but it got me on the right track, and 5 minutes later I found a solution

    This shit is miracle technology. I'm running a very simple system I built myself, and it's still good enough to make my life measurably better. This needs to be in the hands of everyone asap, not through some service, but running under their own control

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    Sanders Says US Gaza Aid Airdrops 'No Substitute for Sustained Ground Deliveries'
  • There's one fact I like to drop on people before discussing my views on Gaza

    The average age is roughly 18.

    Just let the sink in... It doesn't mean there's no one older, but 1 60 year old would offset 3 infants, more than 6 10 year olds, or a whole classroom of teenagers. Humans frequently live to that age without medical care and living in terrible conditions, if you die earlier then that, there's probably a specific cause you can point to

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    This is a major Life Pro Tip
  • Nope, it's cetirizine, the other one you mentioned doesn't work, and Benadryl makes me sleepy. Looking at the bottle, it doesn't even list rashes or anything - just seasonal allergies lol

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    Biden calls for 'immediate ceasefire' in Gaza
  • Or he could do what most of the county wants, and give us meaningful change. That's what has been drawing voters since Obama, that's why Trump won in the first place - Hillary is the status quo incarnate

    But we've been strung along for way too long, he needs to take a stand and make some enemies

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    This is a major Life Pro Tip
  • I have allergy meds on me at all times, because sometimes I break out in hives for no reason.

    One day, I'm sneezing like crazy from seasonal allergies, and my coworker asked if I tried any medicine. I suddenly realized allergy medicine works for allergies

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    As a male have you ever actually felt the difference when having intercourse with a vagina with a larger than normal circumference?
  • Yes. Every vagina is different, and some are both less textured and larger. Usually the texture makes it not much of a big deal, and other factors matter more

    One girl where it stood out to me (my first time actually). She was also very very wet, and the three aspects together made for a much less stimulating experience. It was incredibly soft and smooth, but it was almost like a silk pillow... I'd push in at an angle and it would feel great, but then just give and slide me back into a loose grip

    I think kegles could easily overcome that though... There's a lot of muscles there that can make a lot of difference. Not only does it feel better, if you develop those muscles they can twitch involuntarily when the right buttons are pushed (which is a huge turn on), and the occasional squeeze is another layer to interact on

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  • John Oliver even did a thing on this, people don't care about "metadata", but ask them if they should be able to see your dick pics and people care a lot more

    Well, apparently they're seeing your dick pics

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    "What do we do now?" - LMG's response to the recent controversies
  • Madison, a former employee, basically described a terrible working environment. She was bait and switched on several aspects of the role, and only found out after giving up her US visa and moving to Canada. She was constantly berated, sexually harassed in many ways, made to manage an only-fans despite making her discomfort known, the expectations of releases were unreasonable and her coworkers sabotaged her by knowingly setting her up to release videos with incorrect facts. Taking any of this to HR, or even Linus himself, ended with her being laughed off or told to stop being a tattle tale

    All this is alleged and there's a lot more, but the kicker to me is the fact she cut her leg bad enough to need staples, because going to the ER was the only way she felt she could get badly needed time off.

    That's what seals it for me - either she's a borderline nightmare, or the working situation is far beyond the pale. Add in the fact the pressure to release, inaccuracies, and public glimpses of Linus's attitude, and I'm inclined to believe it's more true than false

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    Twitter is throttling traffic to websites Elon dislikes
  • Is it really whack a mole if within minutes of federating, a simple automated tool could add them to the list with no human involvement?

    I wouldn't say so, at that point it's a trivial technical challenge

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    Twitter is throttling traffic to websites Elon dislikes
  • Why? It's easy to get a list of federated servers, in JSON no less. In an afternoon I could build a tool to block them as they come, testing included

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