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New comment by s1artibartfast in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:19:11 +0000

AI planned a european honeymoon for the wife and I and it was fantastic, one our the best vacations. I hate internet travel research. We told it our interests and gave it feedback.

I also discovered the best way to go to an art museum is to walk through with AI, taking pictures of each piece of art. It will tell you the historical context of its creation, a 1 page summary of the most facinating facts. It is like having a team of 100 art history professors in your pocket.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:14:36 +0000

I a cook not paying attention or messing up and accurate recipe is overwhelmingly more likely.

IF someone is to the point of worrying about AI recipe risk for chicken, they should have already rejected any food made by amateur or professional cooks due to excessive risk.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:49:04 +0000

Why? What if you found out a human was involved in creating it?

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:47:10 +0000

there is almost nothing seriously dangerous about food, particularly everyday food.There are a handful of niche things that are seriously dangerous, like cooking Fugu or Poison mushrooms with special preperation.

I think this says more about how neurotic and paranoid people are.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Molotov cocktail is hurled at home of Sam Altman"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 22:41:25 +0000

Someone once try to feed me dinner from a recipie they found on the internet. I punched their lights out and then called the cops.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Many African families spend fortunes burying their dead"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:21:08 +0000

big question is who pays

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

s1artibartfast — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:15:49 +0000

That is all orthogonal to my point. It is fit for purpose and effective, but isn't cold fusion.

US manufacturers dont make cheap effective solutions because there is little profit in it when they can upsell expensive options.

The US has little motivation to optimize.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "We intercepted the White House app's network traffic"

s1artibartfast — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 14:32:50 +0000

That is a reassertion of the same claim. What is the reason why?

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Why the US Navy won't blast the Iranians and 'open' Strait of Hormuz"

s1artibartfast — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:54:26 +0000

I think there's very little to be learned from Ukrainian technology. They dont have unprecedented servos, software, or manufacturing.

What they have is a dire situation that drives efficient and pragmatic proucurement. This is much harder to export.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "How the AI Bubble Bursts"

s1artibartfast — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:51:08 +0000

I'm not saying they are great. I am pointing out the difference between absolute and relative performance.

You can have a shitty product as long as you are better than the next guy.

My fortune 50 company is migrating to microsoft because they dont like their current tools

New comment by s1artibartfast in "How the AI Bubble Bursts"

s1artibartfast — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:01:10 +0000

your comment sums up the conflict.

I dont know if you noticed, but there was a shifting of the goal post from "sub-par" to something wrong/sub-optimal.

The best helicopter you can buy may in fact crash into trees sometimes.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "How the AI Bubble Bursts"

s1artibartfast — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:45:03 +0000

Seems natural to me too. ARR is understood as the current rate. It would be more misleading to say 5b ARR.

Its like asking how fast a car is moving.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "How the AI Bubble Bursts"

s1artibartfast — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:34:27 +0000

I think the relevant question to define the counterfactual is what would happen if they stopped training.

If you can simply not remodel your restaurant and keep making money, then yeah, it makes sense to call it profitable.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Private equity turned vulnerable elderly people into human ATMs"

s1artibartfast — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 06:23:14 +0000

What was the standard of care that the government used to provide for elderly nursing in the good old days?

It seems like you are remembering a history that never existed

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 22:19:29 +0000

So you dont think actions and signals can mean different things to different people?

A dress or lipstick might mean there is also a vagina to one person, but not another person.

This is a testable prediction. One where the correct answer depends on what people are actually doing.

If you think a dress means vaginas and people stop doing that, you simply become wrong.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:14:15 +0000

> I have nothing to say about your observations, though I will continue to wear my "I'm here for the women's race" t-shirt whenever I can.

Yet you would hapilly abolish them and think the world a better place? Im genuinely confused.

Would you wear a "division 2" or "slow bracket" shirt with similar gusto?

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 19:00:57 +0000

Because it isn't an argument. It is an assertion

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:50:02 +0000

What does "being the same" mean to you. A thought or expectation is not a chromosome.

Gender having been derived from real sex historically and even predominantly today does not stop some people from redefining it otherwise.

New comment by s1artibartfast in "Olympic Committee bars transgender athletes from women’s events"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:02:00 +0000

However, the point is not to group by advantage. It is to create a separate category for women to compete in where women can win. Any grouping that failed at this purpose misses the mark

New comment by s1artibartfast in "US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says"

s1artibartfast — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:50:32 +0000

I think the idea is that you'd have to switch less often.

People can scam you and jerk you around because you don't have options.

If you had options, they might be less inclined