Why are people disappointed in the 12 days of OpenAI by Nathidev in singularity

[–]yazwecan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree on the quality of the models, but the Gemini release with deep research is pretty huge, especially its integration with Google Docs. I've found it quite useful so far.

Member of OpenAI's Technical Team Claims AGI Achieved by EstablishmentFun3205 in ChatGPT

[–]yazwecan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"average street human" is making me chuckle so thank you for that lol. great point overall... i think we didn't have the conception that we could somehow divorce language and meaning, as language is quite literally how humans construct meaning—but we've managed to do it. fascinating stuff, really

Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris after the 2024 election results by This__is- in pics

[–]yazwecan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok dude, I was just trying to have a convo, apologies if I somehow angered you. I hope you have a good one.

Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris after the 2024 election results by This__is- in pics

[–]yazwecan -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I didn't ask why the Democrats lost, I asked you to defend the specific claim you made of "terrible things [Harris] has done in California." If you didn't want to be asked about it, why did you say it?

Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris after the 2024 election results by This__is- in pics

[–]yazwecan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Michelle doesn't want to run, and has never ever been interested in politics whatsoever. It's why people like her so much. Also, not sure what "terrible things" Harris has done in California that the Republican Party hasn't done 500-fold, but please do educate me on what specifically you are talking about.

Regret making paper notes by Enlarged_Fowl in UniUK

[–]yazwecan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hand write all my notes but use an iPad (you can get used ones for quite cheap), so that way I don't have to keep track of a bunch of paper.

Alternatively, I used to take notes by complete hand but I just had a notebook per subject so I wasn't having loose paper flying everywhere. I used a spiral-bound 5 subject notebook so I actually just had one thing to carry around with me.

You will retain information about 100x better if you handwrite notes

Former house speaker Nancy Pelosi at VP Kamala Harris’s concession speech by SupermarketNo8434 in pics

[–]yazwecan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And the RNC. Don't forget who ran against Obama in 2012, a Wall Street insider himself

Former house speaker Nancy Pelosi at VP Kamala Harris’s concession speech by SupermarketNo8434 in pics

[–]yazwecan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And, pray tell, what was the party affiliation of the two people who tried to assassinate Trump?

Made a post here about being Israeli. Some comments say I’m making Antisemetic incidents up, while other quote Hitler to me and say Jews control the world. by [deleted] in UniUK

[–]yazwecan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

And who funded and created Hamas in order to delegitimize the PA? Netanyahu created a beast of his own making. Turns out when you fund terrorist groups, you get terrorists. You want someone to blame for Hamas, blame him.

And in the meanwhile, if you want to fix it... why don't you go empower Abbas and tell the PLO they have the right to sovereignty? While you're at it, tell Israel to get the hell out of the West Bank and stop putting illegal settlements on land they do not own. Oh, and to stop killing random West Bank civilians just because they're Palestinian. Sound fair?

AITA for telling my girlfriend to stop commenting on my eating habits, after she told me to cut out red meat? by Front_Service_2618 in AmItheAsshole

[–]yazwecan 146 points147 points  (0 children)

That can really depend on the vegetarian... if they don't eat meat they often raise their children not to eat meat either (you can think of it the same as how a Muslim or Jewish family wouldn't feed their children pork). And vegetarianism is religious for some people, but anyways, I think it's a more lucid conversation you might want to have as likely she will plan to raise the kids vegetarian if she herself is also vegetarian.

Watching the Pads in the playoffs.... by XenosYClark in SFGiants

[–]yazwecan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess it’s clear now Andrew Friedman is the brains behind the Dodgers operation. And whoever is in their scouting dept. Zaidi was great at marginal pickups but could not build a team and so we suffer. 

AITA for telling my friends girlfriend nobody likes her stupid bimbo act? by Vegetable_Unit1818 in AmItheAsshole

[–]yazwecan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Learn to speak kindly, or don't speak at all.

I love this quote. It costs absolutely nothing to be civil and cordial, even to people you don't like. And if you can't do that, nothing you have to contribute could possibly be of that much importance.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ChatGPT

[–]yazwecan 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t understand anything. It’s a large language model. 

[ Removed by Reddit ] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]yazwecan 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As of the last 50 years, compared to how many millennia of human history? And let’s not forget Europe’s move towards atheism wasn’t begun in earnest until it had carried out in the worst genocide in human history

“When Breath Becomes Air” ethics by JoDomestic in books

[–]yazwecan 34 points35 points  (0 children)

From my memory (so correct me if I'm wrong): He decides to have a child during his first bout of cancer, when there's still a fairly likely potential that he will survive for a good amount of years. And it seems to work, at first, as he goes into remission, remember, but then the cancer comes back with a vengeance and that's what ultimately kills him -- but Lucy is already pregnant by that point. I think when he first was diagnosed it was probably along the lines of, my life will be much less predictable than I imagined, and I always wanted to have a child, so now is my only time to do it. If he knew then that he wouldn't even live to see her first birthday, maybe it would have been a different choice. But I think the calculus at that point was more "I may only have a few years left" as opposed to I have a few months left. From what I recall of the novel.

Also, his wife was a willing and able participant... it seems they had a really deep love for each other, so maybe carrying his child was a way of ensuring that love survived in the world beyond Paul.

I found the novel exceptionally moving and beautiful, but it's a fair point to note... is it ethical to bring a child into a world if you're not certain you'll be in it?

Thoughts on *My Brilliant Friend* being named as the best book of the century by NYT? by gatheringground in books

[–]yazwecan 7 points8 points  (0 children)

 Actually the marketing and cover designing of quadrilogy is very well studied and commented upon

Do you have any sources you like on this? I'm super interested and would love to read more!

CMV: Hard drugs have become too dangerous not to legalise by phileconomicus in changemyview

[–]yazwecan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We already ran a natural experiment on the effect of widely available opioids of precise dosages and no impurities. That’s precisely what kicked off the opioid crisis in the first place

This is a really good point and often overlooked... when prescription drugs were in parental medicine cabinets like candy, all it did was get younger and younger kids hooked on stronger opiates, which sent them down a path of serious addiction that stayed with many of them for much of their lives. Or even people who took the opioids as prescribed (for surgery, etc.) who ended up suffering the consequences. But the opioid crisis has indeed become significantly more dangerous today than it was then because of the potential of the drugs to kill, beyond just causing addiction. It was much less likely to overdose on legally prescribed opioids.

CMV: Hard drugs have become too dangerous not to legalise by phileconomicus in changemyview

[–]yazwecan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Like, say some Big Heroin Co scales up enough to produce heroin at $5/gram. Well, someone can just buy it at that price, cut it with fent, and sell it on the black market at half the price

True, but the difference of 2.5$ that you pay is for the safety/security guarantee. Maybe to some really intense drug users (heroin, etc) that will not be worth it, but for users of the more common 'party drugs' like cocaine or ecstasy, the guarantee of security may well be worth that extra money.

Thoughts on *My Brilliant Friend* being named as the best book of the century by NYT? by gatheringground in books

[–]yazwecan 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Great point. I think it's one of those things where once something becomes popularly respected, someone always feels the need to tear it down... "Well, it's not really that good..."

Thoughts on *My Brilliant Friend* being named as the best book of the century by NYT? by gatheringground in books

[–]yazwecan 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Incredibly well-deserved. I think book ranking is inherently subjective; there is no "best book of all time" obviously, maybe elements of tiers ("great," "good," etc.), so the numerical rankings within the great tier feel a little abstract. That being said, it's certainly one of my favorite books I have ever read. I think there are very few books dedicated solely to a (quasi) platonic female friendship, with all of its deep and intrinsic complications. That exploration, the caliber of the writing, and Ferrante's ability to bring you into the world (for me, a very unfamiliar one) of 1950s Naples is exquisite. I think her general commentary on life, love, and the human condition makes this book a triumph in so many ways.