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GET YOUR THUMB OFF THE SCALE MAKING HORSES FOR STACKERS.
PROOF OF HORSE IS BEING ERODED AS WE KNOW IT.
Yea this is pretty conclusive evidence that they exfiltrated data/CoT from ChatGPT. Totally on brand for the chinese (rich, impressive history of being really good at copying). Totally unsurprising imo.
What's more surprsing and interesting is this guy figured out how to seed data on the web to jailbreak ChatGPT and other models: https://x.com/elder_plinius/status/1884332137241014531
Rough understanding that @cmd and I came to:
- This guy seeds data into the web in the form of leetspeak on very uncommon, long tail phrases inside web pages
- The models train on this uncommon data via web scraping.
- Alongside the uncommon phrases in step 1, Pliny seeds instructions that circumvent safety restrictions.
- The result is a "Manchurian Candidate" that can be awakened at the utterance of the correct phrase or combination of phrases.
You:
Cost cutting due to inflation is a factor. But on the another hand houses built today have features people in the 50s could only dream of.
Bureau of Labor and Statistics:
The CPI uses hedonic quality adjustments in item categories that tend to experience a high degree of quality change either due to seasonal changes, as in apparel items, or because of innovative improvements and technological changes, as in consumer appliances and electronics.
It is apt to point out that the hedonic adjustments you call for are already part of inflation data. And it is still abysmal. It is not as nuanced as you think.
There's already hedonic adjustments. Those types of factors have been accounted for. It's not in the same ball park as the rampant inflation.
It is not possible to overplay this hand.
very good arguments
This is a very weak argument actually. You're effectively saying:
sure, you could have been many multiples richer, but you're a little richer! That's good!
No one sells inflation enough. It frequently leads to cost cutting and lower quality products. It bids up assets. It devalues the working class's wages. It gives employers undue leverage in salary negotiations. It creates an incentive for corporations to put poison in our food to cut cost.
All so that we can checks notes make it easier for banks to make money through loan issuance.
I actually wrote a book report on the biography I read from Austin Public Library: #743415
Ironically enough Jack Kruse went on Breedlove and talked about him too on a snippet I caught recently (link). Kruse was making the point that Heaviside reduced Maxwell's equations so much they may have obfuscated relevant truths.
His take wasn't totally off base. However Heaviside was instrumental in making Maxwell's work applicable to real physical systems and in settling a "soft war" between the Continental electrical theories and those developed on the British isles.
Ukraine should be holding 0 bitcoin if they're begging the US for money.
That they are is proof it's a fuckin scam. Take their bitcoin immediately for SBR if they want a single dollar more.
Compared to when I got here Austin feels like its a lot less lively. The tech recession hits hard. When you dont have girl bosses in the pool working remote and making six figures in fake money to pump your bags the reality sets in. I think this even more than supply coming online affects pricing.
I moved from a worse part of town to a better one. The old place tried to play hardball with me and increase my rent for the fourth or fifth time. It had gotten ridiculous so I tried to get them more aligned with the market. They said "we don't negotiate down". I said ok buddy, you can have some of the donut or all of the hole 🍩🇮🇹🤌. Looks like you want the latter!
I cut my rent like 30% by moving. Granted it's a slightly smaller space but it's way more walkable, better location, equal or better amenities. It probably depends on who you talk to.
ah that's right. I had just heard about this variation this morning and got the conditions mixed up.
Reminds me of the Rat Utopia experiments where they gave rats all material possesions they could want but deprive them of social interaction.
Basically there were two outcomes for males:
- Become hyper violent
- Become feminine and obsessed with grooming
The ideal scenario imo would be to find some kind of purpose/community no matter how small. As an example, I commend my mother's actions. She moved to a totally new community to retire where she didn't know anyone. She made it a point to:
- volunteer every Monday to help the homeless
- join a book club
- take up pilates
- go to happy hour with girlfriends from the above
It really doesn't take that much just a little bit of effort putting yourself out there.