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New comment by aeetes in "Beam: Reflection's 501B open-weight model"

aeetes — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:48:06 +0000

the performance chart puts the better open source models behind the fold making it seem like it outperforms them... but it doesn't! all for open source models but this announcement is misleading

New comment by aeetes in "I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer"

aeetes — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 13:34:04 +0000

> will wipe any individual out. I am at peace with that, for we need to make space for the next generation (only adding people to planet earth would not be sustainable, as resources are scarce - imagine nobody would ever die). Being on this planet for a limited time period makes it more important to make the right choices, because we have only one life.

This common claim that "we need to die to make room for other people" is not obviously true, good discussion here: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ufjFuHmJoysXrKXYQ/what-exact...

Also, don't be so quick to accept death as a good thing: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Aud7CL7uhz55KL8jG/transhuman.... It's basically the worst thing that can happen.

New comment by aeetes in "Tyler Cowen: The Coming Shock That Will Transform the U.S. Economy"

aeetes — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 15:59:22 +0000

I think his argument is that this is the first time remote work has gone from some sort of fringe concept to a widely accepted concept. So it's a cultural shift.

Tyler Cowen: The Coming Shock That Will Transform the U.S. Economy

aeetes — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 15:35:04 +0000

Article URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20211105145337/https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-11-04/the-coming-teleshock-will-transform-the-u-s-economy

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29120770

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