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I don't disagree that Musk probably isn't doing Tesla any favors lately, but even absent Musk, does the company actually know how to directly compete against established car makers in the same market segment? Tesla benefited a lot from being first with the "electric cars are cool now" approach, and they've been able to ride that early momentum pretty far as the other automakers struggled to catch up.

Now all the other companies are coming out with competing EVs, it's not obvious Tesla as a company has moved beyond a strategy based on being your only nice EV option to actually being better than the competition. The Cybertruck is an absolute joke for the truck market compared to competitor vehicles, which also have the advantage of being products you can actually purchase.

But even beyond the Cybertruck, the rest of the Tesla product lineup isn't the obvious choice it was even a few years ago. You can get a lot of nice EVs these days made by companies that also have a long history of being good at building cars in general and that you're fairly confident will be around for decades to come. Early on, the basic argument for Tesla was obvious...they were basically the only option for a cool, upscale EV. What's their marketing pitch in 2023?
Porsche and Range Rover are popular in the SUV space. But please explain the thought process.

That if a company is popular and profitable they should always build an entirely different product for each country. Makes you wonder why tiny companies like Apple and Nike don't follow this brilliant idea.
ChemCrow: Augmenting large-language models with chemistry tools
You care enough about what some random Joe down at the lumberyard might think of you to base your car purchase decision on that? What if the guys there will laugh at any electric vehicle? Better stick with gas, or better yet diesel, and be a real man. And don't even think of bringing anything with a bed less than 80" in there.
That was in California, plus we know at least one crash tested, and here's one in Texas in a wind tunnel - so at least 3 .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lOtH-ao7b8

Seriously you think this is vaporware? They're building an entire factory for something else?
StackOverflow has been sold to a private equity company in 2021. I doubt they care about community building, just using the community for their own profits: https://techcrunch.com/2021/06/02/stack-overflow-acquired-by...
You have it in any unlockable Android phone.

In short - write the manufacturer public key in ROM and a fuse selects if signature check is enforce.
Interestingly Germany has a similar law (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Enforcement_Act). Based on a cursory read the Indian counterpart seems quite similar.
> If all you need is machines then there is still a massive benefit in using the cloud.

“massive” is an overstatement. “some” would be more accurate. And your example is correct, which is why I said “generally” in my post rather than “always” or “never”. In fact my current project is using AWS in exactly the way you described.

> If you have never racked machines

I have done. Many times. :)

And there are ways you can get machines at short notice without going down the AWS route. In fact it’s actually pretty easy and used to be really common. I used to use all sorts of different VPS and dedicated hosting for personal projects (while managing on prem stuff professionally). These days a lot of those bigger companies are now just wrapped up as part of “cloud services” but there are still some smaller providers out there doing things old school. In fact I have a few GFX cards for machine learning in a London data centre managed by one such independent provider.

> And if you need a 1000 machines for x years which otherwise you'd put in your own data center you can absolutely go to AWS, GCP, OCI and bid them down against each other.

You’re now talking about cost optimisation and commitment-based discounts, which is a whole other tangent.

Anyways, my point wasn’t that the cloud is more or less expensive than on prem. it was that designing your cloud architecture to be cloud agnostic is more expensive and rarely worthwhile compared with making use of the services offered by whichever cloud provider you’re using.
I feel the HN crowd vastly overestimates both Meta's willingness to abandon the App Store and the average user's ability to "follow the instructions."
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Prompt iterations are fn amazing:

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Going through crash testing?

Are you referring to the viral April fools video they released a couple weeks ago showing "crash testing" without any crash? Which was presumably just very slow driving with the video sped up, because they didn't want to damage their prototype?

If you were doing real crash testing you wanted to show off, you wouldn't skip the actual crash... It was a joke.
> If we cannot trust the judgement of the common folk, why have a democracy at all?

The fact that people are irrational is why we do not have a direct democracy. Representative democracy, and the existence of constraints in the form of constitution-type documents and term limits, are designed to limit the impact of temporal individual stupidity and crowd stupidity on global outcomes, by constraining the scope of immediate democracy.

> people defend censoring "misinformation" because people (supposedly) cannot discern it from "real" information.

This is overly flippant and strawman-like (conflating government censorship with private company moderation, for example) to what is a massive problem in the age of social media. Vaccine hesitancy, leading to hundreds of thousands of additional dead people, is due to misinformation. There are literal dead people as the end result of this misinformation. Now I for one would prefer that private companies do not censor misinformation, and instead focused on altering the viral dynamics. But this is not a topic to brush under the rug with denialism that misinformation is an actual thing.
Isn't the guy speaking part of the hacker quality radio crue?
>extremely safe

Do you care about the safety of others, or only yourself? You listed safety second in your list of positives, but I'm curious if you're considering things like pedestrian safety or just driver/passenger safety.
Consider Tesla did not copy existing manufacturers. They built their own markets (S->X->3->Y). People complain online loudly about the touchscreen, quality, but I'll be damned, these units get moved regardless (well on our way to almost 3M/year [1]). For example, Harley can't woo younger riders to the brand because their attempt to acquire them turns off older Harley fans who are slowly dying out. Tesla doesn't have to attract legacy truck owners (Ford, Ram, Chevy), they're targeting young buyers and then locking them into the brand [2]. Buying a car is an emotional purchase [3], they're not going to convert older folks, they're going entrench themselves in youth purchasers as older, sticky auto buyers age out with their legacy preferences.

Cybertruck doesn't have to sell well, it just has to have greater demand than supply globally. Global pickup truck market is ~4M/units annually, so Tesla should do just fine carving out some of that for itself.

[1] https://cleantechnica.com/2023/01/03/tesla-sales-up-40-to-re...

[2] https://electrek.co/2023/02/27/tesla-dominates-brand-loyalty...

[3] https://martecgroup.com/emotional-car-buying-journey/
I think it's a pretty clear-cut view forward from the turkish position: deny Sweden's ascension to NATO unless they give up all PKK members, which should be feasible since they (only) recently declared it to be the terrorist organization it is. It's really shameful that they did not do this until recently, so Turkey denying them previously is not surprising and actually understandable.
What i want to add is that this position is gonna be taken by turkey regardless of whether Erdogan wins the next elections, which i'm very doubtful of ( remember he campaigned on earthquake preventions, which given recent events will hurt him politically).

Sweden will do what i've mentioned because they cannot afford not to.
This is a cool change. I am a bit disappointed at the prominent 'Follow' button on the embed though. That button won't do what users think it will, because it opens the linked account on its home server, which is not the place where you can take the follow action.
I'm with you that I believe it would sell well if they released it, but I do not accept the number of reservations as being firm proof of that. I don't think it's controversial to say there is a lot of hype around Tesla product announcements, especially that one. Hype can drive reservations without necessarily driving sales. It's something we'd just have to wait and see about.
Credit unions, by law, must have restrictions on who can join. Often times they're gated by where you live, what city you worship in, where you work. I'm a member of a large California based credit union and while the low/no fees are nice, their general incompetence is awful.
The reservations were $99 and refundable, so I don’t think they prove that much.
I'm a student of good animation myself (know the 12 principles of animation by heart, got a copy of The Illusion of Life right next to my desk, etc.) and have great respect for what professional animators can do.

And while I (maybe more than anyone else) am highly aware of all the ways this tool doesn't create high-quality animation, I'm okay with it. The point here isn't to create animations that rival those of professional animators; it's to lower the barrier-to-entry to the point where almost anyone can animate their own character.

And if a tiny number of users become more interested in animation through this tool, learn how to do it the proper way, and create animations your father would approve of... well I think that would be a phenomenal outcome.
I've owned cars for almost 30 years and I have never once "maintained" my paint. Where do you live that this is a thing?
The syntax of zone files originally came from JEEVES, not BIND. It’s implemented by most other DNS software, and is not at all specific to BIND. Same for AXFR and other parts of the DNS protocol.
Thank you for the insightful breakdown. Cheers!
Where in the tax filing process does it tell you what you are getting in exchange?
With the increasing number of cyber attacks on web applications, security has become a top priority for businesses. Web application security involves protecting sensitive data from unauthorized access and ensuring that the application is free from vulnerabilities.
It might attract a new segment of the market that wouldn't otherwise buy a truck. e.g. My partner, she has no interest in a normal pickup truck, for some reason I still can't fathom wants one in bright orange.
> Bad cultures exist and we dont need to celebrate them. Bad culture drags everyone down and makes society worse.

We need to ask why those bad cultures exist and take steps to remediate the underlying problems.

In Seattle, one of the richest cities in one of the richest countries in all of human history, some of the public schools still have leaded drinking pipes that "may be safe" for kids to drink from.

For the vast majority of working adults in America, a job means unreliable shifts, being treated with outright cruelty by management, and pay that isn't enough to cover health insurance premiums.

Given that, why is anyone surprised that kids don't "apply themselves"? What are their parents going to say? "Work hard and you to can be in debt and barely afford to pay rent!"
This kind of attitude is why car culture is killing so many and traffic deaths continue to rise.
Asked ChatGPT by posting the Video transcript. Reply: "The message you submitted was too long, please reload the conversation and submit something shorter."

There are still tasks left to be done in the LLM world ;-)
"The porn industry is quite serious about following the letter of the law" and
"This antiporn movement is more about control and censorship than protecting children." are both claims that require evidence to be judged whether true or false.
You severely underestimate how much traffic can a static blog on a VPS running nginx can serve.

A $5 server can easily handle being Slashdotted or HN'd.
Ironically fearmongering that there's an imminent genocide is one of the justifications used by the the Government for internet shutdowns and censorship. Law and order is precarious in most parts of the country and anybody can spark an unrest by sparking rumors and it spreads like forest fire causing riots and loss of life.
Sounds to me like the best criminals become nations.
Everything else aside, this is pretty sci-fi
Google caught flat-footed again.

First LLMs, now this. This is absolutely revolutionary technology, and it's no surprise that it originated from a $2.6T company with an absolute army of the smartest engineers on the planet. The technology preview is VERY impressive. Apparently you can take some of your money, and escrow it with Apple, who will then pay you interest on the balance. Absolutely insane space age technology.

2023 is such a wild year in big tech, with all these revolutionary inventions like "savings accounts", but it's disappointing that Google didn't get there first. Sundar really needs to launch a Manhattan Project style effort to get ahead of this. I heard a rumor that Microsoft is working on this crazy stealth project with OpenAI called "checking accounts", where not only can you deposit money, but you can ALSO draw against it with a 100% carbon-neutral device called a "check".

If there's any truth to this rumor, buy MSFT and sell GOOG. It's pretty funny that even Kurzweil didn't anticipate this level of ridiculous technological achievement. The Singularity is here, baby!
It's even younger than that; women couldn't nationally until 1920 in the US. And in practice, many black people couldn't vote until the voting acts right of 1965.
this is not new. AWS support would always help with this.
I think it's good that there's a standard for zone files. I've migrated from one dns server to another and being able to just carry over the same zone files has been useful. I also for some time had a master using one dns software and slaves using different software (as part of a mirgariton keeping a known good server using the old software and moving others to the new software and testing to ensure both were producing the same responses). Had zone transfers not been standardised I would not have been able to do this. I agree that perhaps the easy path of just adoptong the BIND implementation should not have happened but I would argue having a standard is better than just leaving it to hoping the implementation detail remains compatible between different software.
Other flaws aside, the "look" seems much more practical than the F150 et al.

It's got large flat surfaces made of stainless steel, you'll be able to weld or bolt modifications (e.g. toolboxes) directly to the body.
Yeah I’ve been considering removing this and replacing its with the french article instead
I see so a vaporware product and a product with immense resources going into it, but not yet released are equal in your eyes.

You remind me of the people who laughed about reusable rockets, starlink, private crew, and every tesla model.

They laugh right up to the point it is released, and then they move the goal posts to the next product.
heh, I think it's your worldview that's limiting, in that it presumes that your perspective is the right one, and seeks to impose it on other people. It's much less limiting to consider the vast plurality of perspectives out there in regards to how society should be structured, and who is entitled to what. In this spirit, what leads you to conclude that people's inherent genetic/biological traits are anything but fundamentally theirs?
It’s the usual protocol of astroturfing. Accuse the whistleblower of something vague and discard them with name calling. Straight out of playbook of authoritarian governments. Nothing new.

I searched the name Nupur Sharma and it gave me this article which explains everything.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-61716241.amp

It says that the fact checker shared a video of what she said.
H-1Bs actually tend to get paid higher wages than their American counterparts as per this 2017 Glassdoor study: https://www.glassdoor.com/research/h1b-workers/
Customers would catch on very quickly. Maybe the sinking ship could float for a little while, but not for long. There are ring effects to consider.
> I'm curious if you're considering things like pedestrian safety or just driver/passenger safety.

I'm sure some people do hold this view, but I've never met someone who's buying a vehicle and looks into how well it deals with people outside of the vehicle as part of safety considerations. While pictures of lifted trucks and high-bumper vehicles are fairly common posts on Twitter, usually for dunks, people still buy SUVs and crossovers that are known to be unsafe to those outside of them. Often this is disguised as "but I need it to go skiing once a year" or "what if I need to drive the entire soccer team home?"

The mindset of drivers, and especially Tesla's corporate view of it, channels Lord Farquaad. "Some of you [pedestrians] may die and that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make."
The author has a fascinating video (part of a wider effort of many science YouTubers) that tries to clarify all that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vrhk5OjBP8

I’m actually not sure if that makes his explanation more accurate because it’s informed by that, or more regrettably forced metaphor. But the whole series of videos from different creators is worth watching if you want to understand the whole “electrons are moving” thing.
Why is it necessarily always better that an American has a job in the US vs a non-American?
Do you have a source for this? I don’t see the cost-savings in a stainless-steel paneled vehicle like this. Not to mention that if does dent, you’ll have a harder time popping it out.

Also since it’s Tesla, you’re gonna have to see a certified repair shop for it. Idk this just feels like an internet rumor, I’d love to read something substantial on how the manufacturing process is cheaper.
I've used Mac, Windows 10, and Linux (KDE and Cinnamon). Linux has been an infinitely more pleasant experience.
ING, when they had US retail banking operations, wasn't huge but they also did things differently. For instance they did not offer fixed rate mortgages – it's a lot easier to keep an adjustable loan on the books. They also did tech better than most banks (until the dumpster fire that is Capital One bought them out).
> Do yo see many 55-65 year olds doing technical work at your company? Or any company you’ve been at in the past?

I have. At the last company I worked for, 3/4 of the devs were over 50. At the company I work for now, about half are.

Both companies are doing real cutting-edge stuff requiring skills with modern tools and technologies.
"Altman said there are also physical limits to how many data centers the company can build and how quickly it can build them."

An H100 has 80GB of VRAM. The Highest end system I can find is 8xH100. Is a 640GB model is the biggest model you can run on a single system? Already GPT-4 is throttled and has a waiting list and they haven't even released the image processing or integrations to a wide audience. Maybe they are just unable to do inference in a cost-efficient manner and at an acceptable speed on anything bigger than GPT-4?
> The evidence suggest that whole language fails totally for low SES students.

There's a genetic component there too; my children are adopted and had wildly differing outcomes from the same curricula (and often same teachers). My personal opinion from observation (N=4, plus a few kids of friends) is that some kids will teach themselves phonics even in a whole-language program. Other kids don't. And the kids who don't struggle to read until someone teaches it to them.
The Origins of Creativity
Here he is.

https://torontolife.com/city/this-man-is-the-jeff-bezos-of-t...
What's not clear-cut tho is "who is a PKK member", because you know, terrorist organisations don't have very well organised membership program and an audit.

In Turkey, anyone can be a terrorist. There's even this legal concept of "aiding terrorist organisation without being member of it" and aid can be something simple as writing article which support their cause and the "supporting their cause" definition often can be very broad too because you might be accused of supporting a terrorist organisation due to something like advocating for the right of learning the mother thong in schools. You can easily go to jail for supporting something like that if the Kurdish political movement demands it too(terrorists want it, if you want it too then you are helping the terrorists).

All the issues arise due to the difference of terror definitions between Turkey and more liberal countries. In Sweden you can march with the poster of Abdullah Ocalan, the founder of the terrorist organisation and in Turkey you might be accused of supporting terrorist if you say Mr. Ocalan by mistake(you are expected to parrot something like "baby killer" or at least "head terrorist").

Another problem with the Turkish stance is that it's inconsistent. This terrorist organisation is not formed in a vacuum, it is a response to oppression on the Kurds by the Turkish state and the politicians can dial down the terrorist accusation and talk about "Making mothers stop crying and discussing the issues and finding a violence-free solution" if it fits their current political position.

10 Years ago Erdogan was the champion of the Kurdish rights(the original oppressors are the secular nationalists, in an attempt of nation building. They oppressed islamist too, so at that time Erdogan was a freedom fighter) and was on a brink of Good Friday like resolution on the issue when fractions of the opposition said that he was a traitor and terror supporter. Today the roles are completely reversed, Erdogan is the hardcore nationalist and the opposition wants a resolution and dialog on the Kurdish issues and the PKK associated but pacifist political movement supports the opposition, which is probably why Erdogan is against "Sweden joining NATO unless gives us the PKK terrorists". The elections are in less than a month, Sweden will most likely join NATO once they are no longer useful to the Erdogan's propaganda or the opposition wins the elections.

I hope Sweden never bows to the Turkish demands because that would mean reducing the Swedish freedoms of speech to Turkish level and I promise you, the Turkish freedom of speech sucks.
Is this the documentary where he attacks the journalist who was calmly interviewing him about his political record and changes the subject and blames the media for his own shortcomings? I don’t frighten easily, but that was truly scary.
There was an early 8-bit home computer where you could reprogram the video controller chip to drive the TV/display out of its operating range (timings/video frequencies, etc.) where left too long (how long? I don't know---I'm a software engineer, not hardware or electrical) could damage the TV/display.

Go back further, and you get to harddrive races, back when harddrives were washing machine sized devices, and if you get the heads going back and forth fast enough, they start shaking and could "walk" across the room. That doesn't sound like it's good for the harddrives.
well atm it's set for 4/20.

https://twitter.com/spacex/status/1648092752893313024