@StrangeAlienSky@kolektiva.social@StrangeAlienSky
This is a fucking work of art.
10:32 PM · Feb 6, 2023
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Alexandr Wang@alexandr_wang
PREDICTION: Google’s $15B deal with Apple to be the default search on iPhone will be re-negotiated and be a bidding war between MSFT/Bing and Google.
It will become at least $25B, if not more.
If MSFT is willing to spend $10B on OpenAI, they’ll spend even more here.
9:56 PM · Feb 7, 2023
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Ethan Mollick@emollick
Its a fascinating period in AI, where the more esoteric & wide your humanities knowledge, the more you can get AI to do cool things.
You get neat stuff if you know to ask for halftone offset lithographs, turnaround character sheets, general arrangement plans, batik prints, etc.
1:22 AM · Feb 8, 2023
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Dare Obasanjo@Carnage4Life
Nintendo’s CEO recently said “If we reduce the number of employees for better short-term financial results, employee morale will decrease” and is instead doing the opposite by raising pay to address inflation.
Some leaders are built different.
gamespot.com
Nintendo Will Pay Its Workers 10% More
11:23 AM · Feb 8, 2023
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Jacob Helberg@jacobhelberg
2 years ago, I urged policymakers to relitigate the 70-year policy of discouraging politically stable & democratic allies from developing their nuclear deterrence capabilities. The idea was heresy. Necessity is now leading former Pentagon officials to publicly suggest the same.
2:41 PM · Feb 8, 2023
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Ethan Mollick@emollick
What happens when a school district moves to a four day week?
This paper finds that home prices in the district fall, teachers leave, and student achievement drops. https://t.co/TKFMCBjUsa
Chad Aldeman @ChadAldeman
New paper finds that adoption of a 4-day school week led to:
- 2-4% home price declines relative to surrounding school districts,
- a 5% decrease in teacher retention, and
- a 0.2 to 0.3 st. dev. decrease in student test scores.
https://t.co/28kRWKVjoy
2:50 PM · Feb 8, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Scott's view is that because taking the implications of his absurd proposal seriously would lead to awful consequences, we should pretend that's not what he proposed.
But he should just propose something less stupid!
Rick Scott @SenRickScott
Does he think I also intend to get rid of the U.S. Navy? Or the border patrol? Or air traffic control, maybe?
This is the kind of fake, gotcha BS that people hate about Washington.
I’ve never advocated cutting Social Security or Medicare and never would.
4:12 PM · Feb 8, 2023
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Lee E. Ohanian @lee_ohanian
California uses Soviet-era central planning requiring every community to build mandated number of homes. With $775,000 median price, this has failed. Regulatory reform, not top-down mandates, is only way CA can build affordable housing:
https://t.co/xSQ6G400Iv, @HooverInst
6:28 PM · Feb 8, 2023
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Noah Shachtman@NoahShachtman
I'm genuinely confused here. Did @elonmusk not provide this #TwitterFiles info to @bariweiss, @mtaibbi & co? Did they choose to not to use it? Something else?
Rolling Stone @RollingStone
EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk's "Twitter Files" are focused on Democrats, but GOP officials and former Twitter employees say Donald Trump’s team and other Republicans routinely demanded posts be taken down. https://t.co/h2CPRl8l2D
8:11 PM · Feb 8, 2023
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Biden should make fun of Xi more!
Rebecca Choong Wilkins 钟碧琪 @RChoongWilkins
“Name me a world leader who’d change places with Xi Jinping,” Biden shouted in a significant departure from his prepared remarks for State of the Union speech. “Name me one.”
https://t.co/sQaErsAUHH via @jendeben
8:20 PM · Feb 8, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The article is very long but the whole thing hinges on basically “one guy told me this is what happened” with no other explanation. I’m skeptical. https://t.co/PMIosx3s3p
Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee
If false, slander. If true, war. https://t.co/KqIPnI5QJo
8:40 PM · Feb 8, 2023
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I accept this analysis in the case of baggage fees but the “resort fees” that hotels started charging aren’t an optional add-on, it’s pure deception. https://t.co/pKkkoCuMjE
George Callas @George_A_Callas
Smart politics, but bad economics.
Ban baggage fees = higher ticket prices
Ban resort fees = higher room prices
Ban credit card late fees = higher interest rates
These proposals just make some consumers pay more to cover the costs of other consumers. https://t.co/BN9DmbdWv0
8:48 PM · Feb 8, 2023
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Jason Snell@jsnell
Just posted: Automating podcast transcripts on my Mac with OpenAI Whisper
sixcolors.com
Automating podcast transcripts on my Mac with OpenAI Whisper
12:04 AM · Feb 9, 2023
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