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johnecheck

390 karmajoined vor 2 Jahren
Game Dev (https://stargamb.it)

Sucker for epistemology, systems, and languages.

@7hird.dev

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Bots Among Us

7hird.dev
3 points·by johnecheck·vor 4 Monaten·2 comments

Trump Media to Enter Booming Prediction Markets Business

bloomberg.com
3 points·by johnecheck·vor 9 Monaten·0 comments

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johnecheck
·vor 19 Stunden·discuss
Is there a relevant recent HN discussion or is this comment just in bad faith?
johnecheck
·letzten Monat·discuss
Not saying you're wrong, but I'll note why inference might dominate despite everything you mentioned.

A given model is trained once but applied N times. A large enough N will dominate training, no matter how complex and costly it was.

But how long is a model useful for? How often will labs need to train new models? Time will tell.
johnecheck
·vor 2 Monaten·discuss
Huh. What are the odds two chess-themed roguelikes launch the same day?

I haven't played either yet, but I assumed this was about Gambonanza when I read the title. (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509230/Gambonanza/)

I just might have to give both a shot.
johnecheck
·vor 2 Monaten·discuss
sifa.id aspires to that.

Wishing Guido (gui.do) the best.
johnecheck
·vor 4 Monaten·discuss
Seems like the solution is to either not incriminate yourself online or get plausible deniability with a pseudonym.
johnecheck
·vor 4 Monaten·discuss
Personally, I really like that my feeds aren't getting that level of granular detail. I prefer the explicit control I have with 'Show more like this' and 'Show less like this'.
johnecheck
·vor 5 Monaten·discuss
You're describing Liquid Democracy[1]. Seems challenging to implement but definitely an interesting idea.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_democracy
johnecheck
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
Trust is subjective! Let's establish trust in each other rather than rely on one-size-fits-all solutions.

Personally, I trust my friends, family, and some public figures and institutions to varying degrees. I want to see social experiences that reflect that.
johnecheck
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
It's X, not twitter. That system is directly controlled by a single man for his own benefit; we should use the name that reminds us of that.

He openly promotes himself and those that pay him. If you think Musk doesn't have an admin dashboard where he can demote accounts he dislikes and promote his friends, I have some... unkind words for you.

It's about control. Control over your information intake is partial control over you.

We can do so much better than ceding that power to the highest bidder.
johnecheck
·vor 6 Monaten·discuss
We're not sinister, we just have these metrics that we prioritize at all costs, up to and including child well-being!
johnecheck
·vor 7 Monaten·discuss
> There are trust issues all the way down.

Nonetheless, we must somehow build trust in others and denounce the undeserving. Some humans deserve trust. Will these AI models?
johnecheck
·vor 7 Monaten·discuss
That's unbelievably stupid. But then again, so is not renting out the space at the market rate so you can pretend it's worth more than it really is. So... good luck, I guess?
johnecheck
·vor 7 Monaten·discuss
If someone generates a massive essay with AI, you don't have a moral obligation to do anything.

If you want to argue that the reasoning in the essay is incorrect, I do expect you to refute the reasoning instead of merely attacking the source.
johnecheck
·vor 7 Monaten·discuss
> Even if the conclusion is broadly correct, that doesn't mean the reasoning used to get there is consistent.

This is the conclusion of a reply that focused entirely on critiquing OP's style/AI use instead of their reasoning? Ironic.
johnecheck
·vor 8 Monaten·discuss
I strongly suspect it's the latter, though someone please chime in if I'm wrong.

Even so, this is a real advancement. It's impressive to see existing techniques combined to meaningfully improve on SOTA image generation.
johnecheck
·vor 8 Monaten·discuss
It's funny, this release comes right after the Gemini 3 release that coincided with day 1 of Microsoft's Ignite conference.
johnecheck
·vor 8 Monaten·discuss
Are you religious? If not, you should assume that your cognition is a product of your body, a magnificent machine.

I don't think LLMs are sapient, but your argument implies that creativity is something unique to humans and therefore no machine can ever have it. If the human body IS a machine, this is a contradiction.

Now, there's a very reasonable argument to be made concerning the purpose of copyright law, but "machines can't be creative" isn't it.
johnecheck
·vor 8 Monaten·discuss
Time to invent a type of plastic that's poisonous to these bacteria!

> Is it harmful to humans?

> Not at all! You can definitely trust that my company has studied this in depth. I'm sure it isn't going to make it into everyone's bloodstreams before we learn it's actually terrible.
johnecheck
·vor 9 Monaten·discuss
Dart/Flutter, custom engine. I've been very satisfied with it; does everything I need for a 2d game. Once it can natively use shaders/GPU on web it'll be perfect.
johnecheck
·vor 9 Monaten·discuss
This seems like the time to mention my unreleased board/video game, Star Gambit!

It's a turn-based abstract space fleet battle coming to your browser in 2026. It's already playable over the internet w/ time controls and ratings. If that interests you, join the discord for updates and playtest invites!

https://stargamb.it

https://discord.gg/f3MUSkJjFx