Hacker News: KarlKemp

New comment by KarlKemp in "Hello OLMo: A truly open LLM"

KarlKemp — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 06:47:43 +0000

In this case, both ethics and the law are murky.

Pretty excellent alignment, for once?

New comment by KarlKemp in "Inside the failed attempt to backdoor SSH globally that got caught by chance"

KarlKemp — Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:13:16 +0000

Let’s add a clause to all OSS licenses:

“…comes as-is, without warranties and without any commitment for future work. Complaints will get your feature request deprioritised, may get you banned, and will look silly to any potential employer googling your name”.

Also, let’s make it a meme to call out unreasonable behaviour: stop Jigar-Kumaring!

New comment by KarlKemp in "Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment"

KarlKemp — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:16:10 +0000

It’s not “luck”. They specifically look for such a donor.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Man in remission from blood cancer and HIV after remarkable treatment"

KarlKemp — Wed, 28 Feb 2024 20:15:19 +0000

This procedure was first used about a decade ago in Germany.

New comment by KarlKemp in "A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McDonald's"

KarlKemp — Sat, 13 Jan 2024 16:59:41 +0000

Prices have little to do with costs, and absolutely nothing to do with a minor issue such as local regulations of architectural standards.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Linoleic acid–good or bad for the brain? (2020)"

KarlKemp — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 21:11:34 +0000

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

(https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t...)

New comment by KarlKemp in "Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee – alleged killer also worked in tech"

KarlKemp — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:16:28 +0000

No, they’re just making stuff up.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Leader of Online Group Where Secret Documents Leaked Is Air National Guardsman"

KarlKemp — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 16:11:04 +0000

The New York Times figuring this out faster than the FBI is quite impressive.

New comment by KarlKemp in "The average American has the same life expectancy as the worst part of England"

KarlKemp — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:33:00 +0000

This is incredibly drastic data.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm"

KarlKemp — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:29:18 +0000

Please read something. Preferably section 230, which is short. Alternatively something entirely different, as long as that keeps you occupied.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm"

KarlKemp — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:25:34 +0000

There is absolutely no reason to believe there was another Single user getting this treatment before. The Elon-case was just copy & pasted as an ego-stroking hack.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Twitter's Recommendation Algorithm"

KarlKemp — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 22:21:53 +0000

Well, technically they are looking for relative changes, not equal total exposures.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Credit Suisse’s $17B of Risky Bonds Are Now Worthless"

KarlKemp — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 23:15:09 +0000

Well don’t keep us guessing! What’s the secret cabal owning the financial system, according to your research, and how do they manage to own both the „serious“ business and the funny pages?

New comment by KarlKemp in "Nations reach accord to protect marine life on high seas"

KarlKemp — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 22:39:37 +0000

That’s just mindless contrarianism. There are plenty of successes of international cooperation. Of the top of my head: protection of the arctic and Antarctic, restrictions in the trade of ivory, tropical woods, big-game hunting (and trophies) etc. Lots of fishery agreements, nuclear testing ban, standards for offshore oil drilling, double-hull tankers etc.

That’s just the tip of the iceberg and only wrt the environment. EU and NAFTA are also international agreements that have teeth, as is the Berne convention on copyright (even if you don’t like it). Unicode is the UN in action as is the boat that will pick you up if you happen to get stranded on a deserted island (and have the necessary, and standardized, beacon). If you’re a Mongolian in a Mexican jail or a Mexican in a Mongolian jail, your embassy will be informed and allowed to render legal support, thanks to an international agreement to that effect. If you’re being subjected to cluster munitions, your foe is one of the few people on earth that wouldn’t enjoy a trip to the Netherlands. If you find yourself being extradited to The Hague, the plane you’re traveling on will conform to internationally agreed safety standards. A kilogram, meter, second, or joule is the same as your trading partners‘, thanks ISO, and the T in NATO seems to be some mighty piece of paper, considering how it manages to scare the shirtless man shitless.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Students of BloomTech, FKA Lambda School, file class-action lawsuit"

KarlKemp — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 07:09:41 +0000

Well I recently read about this so-called „Lambda School“ which was kinda fraud(ish), apparently? But I guess truth is a liberal, sorry: bourgeois, concept.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules out bailout"

KarlKemp — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:45:50 +0000

The difference is how the bank’s investors fare.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Intelligence Suggests Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines"

KarlKemp — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:19:27 +0000

It could also be some Russian opponent of Putin, maybe in business or someone like Nawalny.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Intelligence Suggests Pro-Ukrainian Group Sabotaged Pipelines"

KarlKemp — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:17:52 +0000

This article is extremely cautious, nuanced, and open in its attributions. Their mentioning of „unnamed sources“ in regards to Hersch also doesn’t include any judgement how that piece of information should change your judgement—that step is happening entirely in your brain.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Twitter was down"

KarlKemp — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 17:21:47 +0000

Yeah, they stopped paying for API access because it got insanely expensive.

New comment by KarlKemp in "Google Search Is Dying (2022)"

KarlKemp — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:37:05 +0000

No, the reason they won't is that trackers and ads have little to do with the value of the content.

As long as there are any ads, the incentives stay the same. You're saying an internet completely free of monetary incentives would be better. I doubt that's true but it really doesn't matter, because it won't be happening.