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\nThat was during my time at Y! Germany! Good times, good times. goes back to staring
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\n👌🏼
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\nVivaldi is quite nice (vivaldi.com), too. I used it for a long time, until it annoyed me too much (death by a 1000 paper cuts) — YMMV!
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\nThanks, Danilo
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\nAs I’ve said earlier, there’s a lot to discuss about the tech and the stuff surrounding it. It’s usefulness isn’t up for debate anymore, that ship has sailed. People still do lazy/stupid/weird things with LLMs, but that’s just the human condition. 😉
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\nWe’re at the beginning of a technology shift bigger than the “personal computer” decades ago, bigger than the invention of the iPhone. I’m not hyping this shit up, I’m looking at it pragmatically, …
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\n(And of course, an ungodly amount of slop.)
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\nThey are certainly not perfect, and there’s still much to discuss about them (as Armin notes), but their usefulness is proven.
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\nBonus tip: it’s another tool installable using mise’s github provider!
\nmise use -g github:johanneskaufmann/html-to-markdown
@hmans.dev What is up
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\nSorry
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\nAn all around cool guy, him.
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\nHOW ARE EUROPEAN COMMISSIONERS USING X NOW? […]
\nIf European Digital Sovereignty is to mean anything, it ought to mean NOT posting on a platform owned and run by a fascist intent on undermining the EU!
\nAnd don’t give me the bullshit you have to be there for “balance” or “reach” - the rules are stacked against you from the outset
\n
\n\nIn other words, we are not watching a bubble expand with blustery vapors. We are watching a planet form from churning magma, and it will solidify into a new framework for society. Denial will only make us unprepared. This is not an AI bubble. This is real.
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I agree with several of his points, but I also take the whole post with a grain of salt, mind. The guy is a computer scientist but also the CEO of a AI company which I suspect colors/ informs his POV and predictions.
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\nThat was an interesting 15 min watch. What I liked a lot was that it briefly touched on massive inequality, too, it didn’t just ignore it – in fact, I think inequality’s very much part of Mr Leyden’s prediction:
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\n
Adding some Vygotsky to my LLM system prompt: zottmann.org
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\n\n\nTiny men with big sticks upend sanity the world ‘round and all you can do is try to find your footing and push back.
\n
From the first missive of his current pop-up newsletter, Between Two Mountains.
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