Hacker News: TerrifiedMouse

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "OpenAI didn’t copy Scarlett Johansson’s voice for ChatGPT, records show"

TerrifiedMouse — Thu, 23 May 2024 14:11:56 +0000

Right of publicity. Profiting of their image without their permission will get you sued. Even if you use an impersonator. If there is a chance the public will connect it with them, you are probably screwed.

e.g.

Vanna White vs Samsung - https://w.wiki/AAUR

Crispin Glover Back to the Future 2 lawsuit - https://w.wiki/AAUT#Back_to_the_Future_Part_II_lawsuit

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "A Road to Common Lisp (2018)"

TerrifiedMouse — Wed, 22 May 2024 15:24:12 +0000

> If Lisp is so good, why isn’t its use more widespread?

The Lisp Curse: http://winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commission"

TerrifiedMouse — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 08:05:09 +0000

I feel the App Store is one thing differentiating Apple from Android phone manufacturers.

Money from the App Store gets reinvested in the entire iPhone supply chain. Whereas in the case of Android, App Store money goes to Google only.

It also encourages Apple to support their phones long term as its preferred that you stay on your aging iPhone and keep spending at the App Store then risking you leaving the Apple ecosystem because Apple allows their older phones to become obsolete. Android manufacturers on the other hand have every incentive to obsolete your phone ASAP because you buying a new phone is the only way they make money.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says"

TerrifiedMouse — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 06:36:56 +0000

If you resort to violence so will they to protect their property.

If AGI becomes a thing, without political intervention, a lot of people will effectively be left out of the economy.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Pixar to undergo 20% layoffs in 2024"

TerrifiedMouse — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 01:07:32 +0000

There are quite a few numbers on the breakeven point but a quick google says it’s usually 2.5x-3x the budget - due to marketing cost and distribution fees.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Pixar to undergo 20% layoffs in 2024"

TerrifiedMouse — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 01:05:19 +0000

A quick google says the general consensus is you need 2.5x the budget of the movie to breakeven.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Pixar to undergo 20% layoffs in 2024"

TerrifiedMouse — Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:59:32 +0000

> money isn’t cheap anymore

I know nothing about economics but I wonder if it’s time to ease up on the interest rates. Inflation might not be due to too much money in the system but rather supply simply drying up as China economy circles the drain. Maybe it’s a good idea to let money be cheap again so people could quickly set up alternative non-China suppliers to relieve the supply pressure. But then again I know anything about economics so add salt as required.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions"

TerrifiedMouse — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:32:20 +0000

> This line of thought leads people to naturally adopt the exact same sort optimization (exploitation) strategies businesses (your employer) does with the same justifications they use.

But that’s exactly the kind of relationship it is. Instead of maintaining some fantasy, you should call a duck, a duck.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Netflix never used its $1M algorithm (2012)"

TerrifiedMouse — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:27:47 +0000

There are 2 versions of the PS5: base and digital. The base version comes with a Blu-ray drive that can play Ultra HD Blu-ray discs.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "X Bans and Then Unbans Journalists and Podcasters in Latest Free Speech Massacre"

TerrifiedMouse — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 20:15:45 +0000

I think he can’t STFU. He needs constant public validation and praise. Frankly, I think he never will. 20 years from now, if he is still alive and wealthy, we will still be hearing from him - long after his peers have gone into quiet retirements.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Scotia, California is owned by a New York investment firm"

TerrifiedMouse — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 09:46:45 +0000

Quite sure there was plenty of exploitation in communist countries.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "SpaceX Illegally Fired Workers Critical of Musk, Federal Agency Says"

TerrifiedMouse — Thu, 04 Jan 2024 06:01:07 +0000

I would hardly consider this as “take those disagreements public”. It’s not like they talked to the press. This letter was circulated internally using internal employee communications channels. Ironically, we would never have heard of it if they didn’t fire these employees in retaliation resulting in this lawsuit.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Nvidia AI Lead: We are ~3 years from the ChatGPT moment for physical AI agents"

TerrifiedMouse — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 05:30:42 +0000

> Most physical world thiigs have immediate feedback of incorrectness.

We might not want it to enter such circumstances where there is such feedback - e.g. car has run over a child. We generally aren’t interested in what the AI does in response to such feedback as such feedback should never ever occur.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Maersk ship hit by missile in the Red Sea"

TerrifiedMouse — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 04:06:20 +0000

> And now the Houthi rebels have become battle-hardened guerillas and insurgents, capable of projecting force into the vital shipping lanes of the Red Sea.

Their ability to attack the red sea has nothing to do with being "battle-hardened". They can only do so because Iran decides to supply them with missiles.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Japan to crack down on Apple and Google app store monopolies"

TerrifiedMouse — Thu, 28 Dec 2023 01:00:15 +0000

I made the jump from Android fairly early on when I realized that phones are terrible general purpose computers and that I mostly just use it as a phone - i.e. use almost exclusively the restricted subset of features that’s typical of smartphones. I lose nothing moving to the iPhone and gain a better UX (no crap installed by carriers or anyone else for the matter) and get better post sales care (long term updates and quick security patches).

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Study: TikTok Global Platform Anomalies Align with CCP Geostrategic Objectives [pdf]"

TerrifiedMouse — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:12:01 +0000

China rhetoric is very concerning. As the old saying goes, when people tell you who they are, believe them.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Study: TikTok Global Platform Anomalies Align with CCP Geostrategic Objectives [pdf]"

TerrifiedMouse — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 23:09:21 +0000

I think it’s preferred that the “competition” aren’t the country’s geopolitical rivals who would love to see the country weaken if not destroyed.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Intel's CEO says Moore's Law is slowing to a three-year cadence but not dead yet"

TerrifiedMouse — Sun, 24 Dec 2023 22:57:19 +0000

> You've got Nvidia, Apple, AMD, Broadcom all ahead of them.

None of them do any fabrication which is what’s Moore’s Law applies to.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Intel plans spinoff of FPGA unit"

TerrifiedMouse — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:49:40 +0000

> Yes and even within that they are risk averse, no need to look beyond 10nm and their reluctance to EUV.

Actually from what I heard, their failures with their Intel 7 was partly due to trying too many unproven technologies - i.e. they pulled a Zumwalt. With their current Intel 4 & 3 I heard they were more conservative.

New comment by TerrifiedMouse in "Intel plans spinoff of FPGA unit"

TerrifiedMouse — Fri, 22 Dec 2023 09:45:42 +0000

The billions Biden threw their way isn’t really that much when their fabs cost billions to build. Don’t think the grants cover the full cost of their new fabs - it was 50 billion total right divided among all the corporations including TSMC, IIRC.