as always… any ban of this type is lazy virtue signalling.
it’s proving unsuccessful in australia and it’ll be unsuccessful in the uk. it’s way too easy to circumvent with vpns and social media is not going to prevent it because it’s not in their interest.
governments should put their thinking cap on and regulate the addicting ux patterns that social media uses…
The people pushing the “AI is heavily subsidised” narrative don’t realise it actually flatters Anthropic and OpenAI more than the alternative.
If it is subsidised, fine – the incumbents absorb the losses, or lean on hyperscalers like Google or Microsoft who can cross-subsidise across other revenue streams. But if it isn’t, that’s the worse outcome for them: inference is just cheap, competition kicks in, prices crater, end users win.
Either way, local models win. If the incumbents are forced to turn a profit, pricing goes up and as local compute gets good enough to handle most use cases, people flock to it. And if inference is just cheap, that means the compute requirements are lower than we thought, and local hardware gets there even faster.
Bullish on local either way. We’ll find out once the Anthropic S-1 drops.
You got Deutsche Bahned. IF anyone watches Jet Lag The Game on YouTube, they play hide and seek games around Europe, and whenever they're on a Deutsche Bahn something almost always goes awry.
This is cool! Just hosted a stream but there were a few bugs/issues.
1. Streamed via Blackhole and music was constantly slowing down for me, not sure if listeners had similar experience.
2. Couldn't unmute my mic so you could hear me breathing in the bg at times.
3. If I refreshed the page I couldn't go back to hosting my room. How can I do this?
4. If I blocked my mic all music stopped and re-adding it wouldn't go back to streaming.
It was inevitable. Netflix rose thanks to studios and distributors selling them rights to content for peanuts. Streaming wasn’t taken seriously as it wasn’t a main source of revenue. Some years later and it’s a completely different story. Demand for streaming sky-rocketed, digital rights value increased and now every studio wants to create their own walled gardens.
Complacency is the enemy of innovation. So many other chat clients are way better, yet WhatsApp is irreplaceable because it enjoys the competitive advantage of network effects.
Rather than banning social media, we should be forcing social media companies to make their apps less addictive and promote more positive interactions. This only stigmatises social media more and gives them a ‘free pass’ to keep being a net negative contributor to society. It’s such a lazy legislation. Besides, what counts as social media? Texting? Gaming? The internet is inherently social.
Am I the only one who finds it surreal to see long distance trains in the US? Don’t get me wrong - I know they exist. It’s just that I feel like they never get depicted anywhere in the media. I also don’t think I know a single American who has gone to another US city by train.
I’m honestly surprised to see this quality of writing at NYT. Clickbaity headline, ragebaity angle to the story. Of course it’s good to give more options to consumers!
In all honesty, I don’t think many people will select a handful of contacts to share with apps. They’re just gonna share all and that’s it. People don’t have the time nor energy to think and select what contacts to share among hundreds in their address book. It’s such a hassle!
This is such a fun way of visualising your everyday life. Of course, being data-driven may not always be the right answer for everything, but it will at least help you make more conscious decisions.
I can guarantee I have a blazer or two in my wardrobe with a much higher Cost Per Wear than the author's ones due to lack of use.
> "Over the last several years, the company's financial position has been severely impacted by the challenging macroeconomic environment," Tupperware's chief executive Laurie Ann Goldman said in a statement to investors, external.
I agree that their food storage products, which is what Tupperware is most known for, have suffered from the abundance of next best alternatives in the market. However, I just went on their website and all their products and product lines feel so uninspired.
I would blame their decline in demand due to lack of innovation as a way to stay relevant. They could’ve ventured into other areas that capitalise on their ‘airtight’ applications. That’s what made Tupperware unique when it was founded.
For example, a consumer product line of waterproof bags or cases for electronic devices and other important items. Due to brand awareness and trust, they could’ve really leveraged the ‘Tupperware’ brand there in a way that other brands couldn’t.
Or highly invest in R&D for more industrial and scientific applications that require airtight solutions or vacuum spaces. This would’ve created highly lucrative partnerships that would’ve kept them afloat even if sales for their consumer products dwindled.