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New comment by chucke1992 in "DeepSeek-R1"

chucke1992 — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:29:56 +0000

Open source is about standards. If for example USA uses chinese algorithms or whatever, if China discovered some drawbacks in it and did not disclose it originally - it can be used as a weapon.

New comment by chucke1992 in "DeepSeek-R1"

chucke1992 — Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:28:04 +0000

when they started they already had everything that was created. before them and they have no moat.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Goodbye, Rust. I wish you success but I'm back to C++ (sorry, it is a rant)"

chucke1992 — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:30:42 +0000

C++ has much more bigger inertia. It is like the "default" for all the areas where it is being used. So when learning a language people would rather go to C++ first and then to Rust, if they are really planning to work in corresponding area (game dev etc.). Or even go to C.

Rust will probably replace C++ in some areas where it is a legacy app (or part of the app) that is not changed frequently anymore.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Canada Competition Bureau sues Google for anti-competitive conduct in online ads"

chucke1992 — Fri, 29 Nov 2024 14:26:09 +0000

I think Google will be broken up during the next couple of years.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Mercedes spends $8bn/year on R&D"

chucke1992 — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:23:22 +0000

I wonder how much of it goes into "pension funds".

As long as Mercedes (and any other old car companies) as not cutting their staff and pipelines, they will never be competitive with Tesla or Chinese companies. They have a lot of inertia but their development processes are too outdated at this point.

New comment by chucke1992 in "DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome"

chucke1992 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 17:35:06 +0000

No, but with big market share comes big responsibility.

Video streaming is extremely unprofitable sure, but in its care it tries to leverage its market share with Chrome browser to benefit. And you are not allowed to do that when your market share is big.

New comment by chucke1992 in "DOJ proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships with Anthropic"

chucke1992 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:54:18 +0000

It also does not help that Google is often seen together with various left leaning initiatives - like Google is one of the big proponents. Plus there was some backlash on Twitter over Youtube hiding Joe Rogan video and so on.

New comment by chucke1992 in "DOJ proposal would require Google to divest from AI partnerships with Anthropic"

chucke1992 — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 16:52:03 +0000

I think with Trump's administration Google will have a tough time.

New comment by chucke1992 in "DOJ will push Google to sell off Chrome"

chucke1992 — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:10:33 +0000

Google has to be dismantled in parts one way or another - too much control over search and Youtube to the point where they are able to enforce Chrome standards that prevent adblocks from working.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Maybe Bluesky has "won""

chucke1992 — Sat, 16 Nov 2024 12:52:13 +0000

Twitter algorithmic feeds are designed to promote engagement even if you don'like something. It is important because more engagement with various content, means more clicks, more reactions and so on.

You get something you like, you get something don't like, click bait, then begin to argue etc. It is basically like a flea market with ads floating around and retailers promoting their stuff. All for the engagement.

But BlueSky creates isolated tables - like in a cafe. Sure they have more than 5 chairs, but it does promote engagement and closer to weekly clubs.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Maybe Bluesky has "won""

chucke1992 — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:42:38 +0000

I see BlueSky getting some traction regarding some specialized discussions (akin Discord?), but Twitter will continue to be the public space to go.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Maybe Bluesky has "won""

chucke1992 — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:34:39 +0000

All these advantages are only due to the fact that it has less users and thus it is cheaper to run it and less need to monetize it.

New comment by chucke1992 in "1M people have joined Bluesky in the last day"

chucke1992 — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:27:06 +0000

I am personally curious into what Linked will devolve eventually.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

chucke1992 — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:46:25 +0000

happiness ends when your economy goes down the drain.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

chucke1992 — Thu, 07 Nov 2024 12:45:36 +0000

I am not talking about the legacy. The legacy will live one - I mean technically the world has changed post 2016 and it has not gone back since then. And it won't. With 2024 it might change the landscape more.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

chucke1992 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:56:43 +0000

due to amount of regulations it is hard to start business in europe and thus they mainly have old business (like BMW etc.) that are in decline. but innovation happens in other places.

There are two exceptions though - France (partially) and Sweden.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

chucke1992 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:21:31 +0000

Yeah, well essentially republican went through 2 transformations over the last 8 years.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

chucke1992 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:20:57 +0000

Trump is too old at this point.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

chucke1992 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:07:17 +0000

Considering how Google was suppressing the stuff related to elections - not showing Rogan's video, not showing directions (and was called out multiple times by Twitter and Musk) to voting locations etc. I don't think the new admistration will be nice to Google.

New comment by chucke1992 in "Trump wins presidency for second time"

chucke1992 — Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:05:58 +0000

they will probably merge FTC back into DOJ