hkatx · HackerTrans

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X formerly twitter was one of the biggest LBO in history which is typically the process PE companies acquire companies as well. Priority is to increase margin, because the leverage comes from loan and debt servicing & principal repayment are pretty big sums. Its done capex reduction. Easiest way to do it is to reduce labor cost. X went from >7000 to ~1500(I may be off on numbers) Another is to increase revenue, so twitter blue(a subscription) and increasing incentives to be on twitter blue(no ads, potential account growth because you are shown up on follow list, no or less throttle on number of posts in feed).

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This is where I land too. I do recognize the economic impact will take my livelihood too eventually. ML algorithms are transforming the input to a latent space & learning the parameters that minimize the loss with in that space. Copyright prevents copying from the source material. But the act of mimicking style or repeating a concept mentioned elsewhere isn't protected. Sure, we'd like references in academia, but as long as the material doesn't significantly resemble the source material it has been allowed. We are able to do it artificially now and that allows it to be done at unprecedented scale.

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NAD+ is available in a supplement form very popular in longevity community.

IF/intermittent fasting induces autophagy. Also popular in longevity/health folks. Our diets are so poor, I wonder if the benefit comes from eating less or by sticking to a feeding window. But the evidence is for it. It can't hurt you as long as you meet your nutritional requirement during your feeding window.

>Limit foods high in saturated fats, added sugars, and processed carbs that can promote inflammation. Most metabolic diseases first line of treatment is diet modification.

>cGAS/STING like quercetin, curcumin, green tea extract. However, speak to your doctor first. Do talk to you doctor. Quercetin metabolism does interfere with hormone (I know in men) But it is inflammatory. Green tea extract could hurt kidney so be careful with the source.

>CoQ10, nicotinamide riboside, and alpha-lipoic acid CoQ10 is a co-enzyme recommended for heart patients. In healthy adults it can't hurt. Alpha lipoic acid is an essential fatty acid. Salmon/tuna is rich in it or also available in supplement. Do take a quality source because most fatty acid supplement is rancid which can cause more harm than good

>Exercise regularly makes sense right

>Practice stress reduction techniques like yoga and meditation which may decrease inflammatory genes. stress produces cortisol. Chronic stress causes inflammation.

>Get sufficient sleep Regardless of effect on longevity good sleep will just help you feel better

>sleep deprivation can increase inflammatory cytokines. this is true

>Challenge your brain with cognitively stimulating activities More of a thing for retirees. Thats why they do sudoku puzzles

>Quit smoking That big "smoking kill" signs mandated by FDA is kind of for this reason. Damages the epithelium in your blood vessels and causes MI/stroke. Increases lung cancer. It doesn't apply to just tobacco but anything that can be smoked

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United states would benefit greatly from approaching antitrust the way EU does it. For folks that complain about the big {pharma, tech, cell, internet, insurance} you can argue that economies of scale tends to benefit consumer, but when companies become near monopolies it gives them enormous pricing power. Parents would know that diaper prices have increased a lot and that because P&G is the only game in town.

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The total deal was at 43 Billion. 13 billion is on twitter books. He has pledged to spend 20bills through sale of tesla stock, got a loan of 6.25bills secured by his tesla stock and ~7 bills came from other investors.

His tesla stock has appreciated considerably since the acquisition and while he has pledged to refrain from selling any more stock till(I am hazy on this detail end of 2024) he can still secure a loan against his stock to purchase hardware he pleases.

I recall every tesla has a gpu on board(dont recall the spec), and for their computer vision models their staff is potentially already has access to gpu's that could be dedicated to x.ai's research.

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I like mazda approach to their infotainment. The initial boot is slow(2019 model new one may have faster boots), but once it loads, i am very happy with the way it works. Once the car is running or over a certain speed, the touch functionality of the touch screen is disabled. The rotary dial that is easy to reach can be used to do all the functions I need on my infotainment. HVAC are physical buttons as well as volume is a physical knob.

Once I got used to the rotary dial, I never needed to touch the screen again.

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This might feel less useful for CS, but for other sciences and even engineering (mechanical, aero, materials, chem, electrical, marine) you need differential eq.

And than natural sciences in general (climate, space) also have applications there.

Subjects that feel useful post graduation, if they are being taught in high school early college the time gap makes it less useful. HS and early college classes fundamentals are needed for the specialized curriculum that needed for higher college and post graduate education.

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According to my state AG website, after Loss of employment/change in job income the paying spouse can request for review of spousal support.

(I don't have the stats for how often it is granted)

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I have an iphone and appreciate carplay in my car. Tesla doesn't support Apple Car play and is fairly popular.

Most buyers wouldn't notice right away at least during the test drive and the absence of carplay will be noticed later in their ownership experience. By then the loss of payment/friction in changing cars will keep them tied to their purchase.

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There is a viral clip of Lebron James saying he doesn't pay for spotify premium. If a multi millionaire can justify going through the friction of the free software, you can argue masses feel the same way. An app/service with frictionless UX that requires subscription/fees is just going have a very small percentage of users. A developer/small team may be content with that, but VC funded outfits are advised and need to have a massive growth of user to justify further rounds. So the app/service has to be free with ads/other dark patterns to boost engagement/revenue. (exceptions that come to mind are netflix but even they have an ad tier now)

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I sometimes feel bad for spending time searching archive links for onlinenews publications but seeing how they treat paying customers I feel better now.

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While the cost of conversion is prohibitive and needs various incentives and easing zoning standards before it can become affordable. In addition outside of manhattan the market for high end apartment is likely already met.

There is an additional issue at play. Both the building owner and city/state officials are clinging to the hope of return to office. Its just more profitable both for the building owner to rent commercially and the city/state to pocket the resulting sales and property taxes commercial entities and the economic activity they further spur. (Neighboring businesses that cater to lunch for office staff generate more sales tax than an apartment building pays in property tax).

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Similar to another user, I tend to visit the places less often that have the tip terminal. It happened more subconsciously.

Nearly every coffee place does get ruled out except establishments like starbucks. Even corporate chains have a tip menu, last I encountered was during thanksgiving day and I was happy to tip that day since holidays. But moving on, I order using order ahead feature. The tip menu is there but its a software UI with no barista standing behind.

After reading the article, I realized even for picking food up I end up using the restaurant site or using the pickup option through the food delivery apps. Restuarants often already either have a rack or a setup for delivery orders.

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