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    BIG TECH & STARTUPS

    GOO=
    GLE CEO PICHAI TELLS EMPLOYEES TO GEAR UP FOR BIG 2025: =E2=80=98THE
    STAK=
    ES ARE HIGH' (7 MINUTE READ) [4]=20

    Google plans to introduce a number =
    of AI features in the first half
    of next year. The company recently held =
    a strategy meeting for next
    year where executives set the stage for a yea=
    r of increased
    competition, regulatory hurdles, and advancements in AI. C=
    EO Sundar
    Pichai has warned employees that 2025 will be a challenging yea=
    r as
    the company is facing scrutiny across the world. While Google's sear=
    ch
    business still has dominant market share, generative AI has brought
    =
    with it a host of new competitors.=20

    OPENAI SAYS IT NEEDS =E2=80=98MOR=
    E CAPITAL THAN WE'D IMAGINED' AS IT LAYS
    OUT FOR-PROFIT PLAN (5 MINUTE RE=
    AD) [5]=20

    OpenAI will create a public benefit corporation to oversee c=
    ommercial
    operations when it moves towards a for-profit structure in 2025=
    . The
    public benefit corporation will remove some of OpenAI's nonprofit=

    restrictions and allow it to function more like a high-growth startup.=

    The scale of capital that the company needs requires conventional
    equi=
    ty and a less complicated structure. OpenAI's effort to
    restructure faces=
    major hurdles, including a lawsuit from Elon Musk
    and an outflow of high=
    -level talent.=20

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    SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY
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    THINKING SLOWLY: THE PARADOXICAL SLOWNESS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR (3 MINUTE=

    READ) [6]=20

    Humans think at a rate of 10 bits per second. Our bodie=
    s' sensory
    systems gather environmental data at a rate of a billion bits =
    per
    second, 100 million times faster than our thought processes. It is
    =
    unknown why humans are only able to think a single thought at a time
    rath=
    er than many at a time in parallel the way our sensory systems
    work. One =
    theory is that the brain was first evolved for navigation -
    it would make=
    sense that we can only follow one 'path' of thought at a
    time if our bra=
    in evolved from a simple system to follow paths.=20

    FROM NEW COMMERCIAL=
    MOON LANDERS TO ASTEROID INVESTIGATIONS, EXPECT A
    SLATE OF EXCITING SPAC=
    E MISSIONS IN 2025 (10 MINUTE READ) [7]=20

    Space exploration dazzled th=
    e world in 2024 - NASA's Europa Clipper
    began its journey to study Jupite=
    r's moon Europa, SpaceX's Starship
    achieved its first successful landing,=
    China's Chang'e 6 mission
    successfully returned samples from the far sid=
    e of the Moon, and the
    International Space Station continued to host inte=
    rnational crews and
    private missions. Space agencies are gearing up for e=
    ven more
    ambitious goals in 2025. This article looks at the most exciting=

    missions planned for the coming year. These include CLPS, an
    initiativ=
    e from NASA to deliver science and technology payloads to the
    Moon using =
    commercial landers; SPHEREx, a mission that will survey the
    sky in near-i=
    nfrared light to create a comprehensive map of the
    universe; Space Rider,=
    and uncrewed spaceplane from the European Space
    Agency; and Japan's M2/R=
    esilience mission, which will launch a lander
    and micro-rover to the luna=
    r surface.=20

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    PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE
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    SOFTWARE DESIGN IS KNOWLEDGE BUILDING (11 MINUTE READ) [8]=20

    Softw=
    are designers usually have a simple concept in mind when writing
    programs=
    - understanding this concept allows them to find sections of
    programs th=
    at must be altered when an update or correction is needed.
    Changes made b=
    y people who don't understand the original design
    concept almost always c=
    ause the structure of the program to degrade.
    The changes will be inconsi=
    stent or invalidate the original concept.
    After many such changes, nobody=
    will understand the modified product.
    Software that has been repeatedly =
    modified in this way becomes very
    expensive to update.=20

    HOW I GOT P=
    ROMOTED TO STAFF ENGINEER TWICE (5 MINUTE READ) [9]=20

    It's probably ea=
    sier to get to staff engineer by getting hired as
    doing so via promotions=
    requires you to be known and valued by your
    organization. Companies valu=
    e engineers who ship, so ship projects
    that the company cares about and d=
    on't spend time on pet projects.
    Don't worry too much about mentoring and=
    leading, as long as you're
    leading projects successfully, or if doing so=
    delivers value for the
    company. Getting to staff manager requires a lot =
    of work from your
    manager - don't invest time in the promo packet until t=
    hey're fully on
    board.=20

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    MISCELLANEOUS

    ALL D=
    EVICES SOLD IN THE EU WILL NOW BE USB-C COMPATIBLE (4 MINUTE
    READ) [10] =


    All small and medium-sized portable electronic devices (under 100
    =
    watts) sold in the EU must now be compatible with USB-C ports. The
    rule w=
    ill also apply to laptops starting April 28, 2026. Apple removed
    the iPho=
    ne 14, iPhone 14 Pro, and third-generation iPhone SE from its
    EU online s=
    tores to comply with the regulation earlier this month.
    Other major marke=
    ts, such as California and India, are following the
    EU's lead and will im=
    plement similar rules in the coming years.=20

    BY DEFAULT, CAPITAL WILL =
    MATTER MORE THAN EVER AFTER AGI (27 MINUTE
    READ) [11]=20

    This article=
    talks about the implications of labor-replacing AI and
    the possible futu=
    re that we might be facing. Labor is the human mental
    and physical effort=
    that produces something of value. Capital goods
    are things that are used=
    in the production of goods and services.
    Capital can refer to both the s=
    tock of capital goods and the money
    that can pay for them. AI will make c=
    apital a more general substitute
    for labor. There will be less need to pa=
    y humans for work as you can
    replace that with capital - data centers run=
    ning software.=20

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    This person tracked their default apps thro=
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    This Hacker New=
    s thread contains a discussion on the state of
    employment for software en=
    gineers and the effect that
    offshore/immigrant workers are having on the =
    industry.=20

    HOW I RUN LLMS LOCALLY (4 MINUTE READ) [14]=20

    Running=
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    your data. =


    TEN THINGS IN TECH I FOUND JOY IN DURING 2024 (7 MINUTE READ) [15] =


    Listing the things that you found joy in throughout the year can be =
    a
    cathartic exercise.=20

    AI NEEDS SO MUCH POWER, IT'S MAKING YOURS WO=
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    AI data centers are sucking up huge amou=
    nts of power and possibly
    distorting the formal flow of electricity for m=
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    . One theory is that the brain was first evolved for navigation - it would = make sense that we can only follow one 'path' of thought at a time if our b= rain evolved from a simple system to follow paths.
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    that can pay for them. AI will make capital a more general substitute for = labor. There will be less need to pay humans for work as you can replace th=
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  • From Digital Man@VERT to TLDR on Mon Dec 30 13:46:19 2024
    Re: Google 2025 strategy leaks 💡, OpenAI's for-profit plan 💰, becoming a staff engineer 👨â€ðŸ’»
    By: TLDR to tldr@synchro.net on Mon Dec 30 2024 11:34 am

    Humans think at a rate of 10 bits per second.

    That sounds like BS to me (and the article is behind a paywall):

    A single letter is at least 5 bits of information. How can a human type 100 *words* a minute if they can only "think" (of each letter/character) at the rate of 2 characters/second? That would mean a human could only type 120 characters per minute.

    Certainly humans *read* much faster than they type, and they have to think about the words and phrases they're reading as they're converting print to thoughts.

    I'm not sure how they're measuring this data rate, but it seems sus to me.
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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Digital Man on Mon Dec 30 17:54:06 2024
    Hey Digital!

    On Mon, 30 Dec 2024 15:46:19 -0600, you wrote ..

    Humans think at a rate of 10 bits per second.

    That sounds like BS to me (and the article is behind a paywall):

    A single letter is at least 5 bits of information. How can a human
    type 100 *words* a minute if they can only "think" (of each letter/character) at the rate of 2 characters/second? That would mean
    a human could only type 120 characters per minute.

    Certainly humans *read* much faster than they type, and they have to
    think about the words and phrases they're reading as they're
    converting print to thoughts.

    I'm not sure how they're measuring this data rate, but it seems sus
    to me.

    Do you really think Google would ever lie to you? ;)

    Seems everyone is in a huge rush to best each other in the AI realm these days. I still have an uneasy feeling that some day it will backfire.

    *shakes fist at the Terminator movies for 'warning us'* :D

    Regards,
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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Accession on Tue Dec 31 00:31:04 2024
    Re: Re: Google 2025 strategy leaks =?UTF-8?Q?=F0=9F=92=A1=2C?= OpenAI'sfor
    By: Accession to Digital Man on Mon Dec 30 2024 05:54 pm

    Seems everyone is in a huge rush to best each other in the AI realm these da I still have an uneasy feeling that some day it will backfire.

    *shakes fist at the Terminator movies for 'warning us'* :D

    So far, AI produces a bunch of lies. Terminator never told us AI would give us a bunch of wrong info and then go "Oh jee, I'm sorry. Let me try that again." and just lie some more.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to ACCESSION on Tue Dec 31 10:27:00 2024
    Seems everyone is in a huge rush to best each other in the AI realm these
    ays.
    I still have an uneasy feeling that some day it will backfire.

    As do I, similar to the "dot.com" craze/crash except this one could have a
    lot more consequences.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to phigan on Tue Dec 31 07:37:46 2024
    phigan wrote to Accession <=-

    *shakes fist at the Terminator movies for 'warning us'* :D

    So far, AI produces a bunch of lies. Terminator never told us AI would give us a bunch of wrong info and then go "Oh jee, I'm sorry. Let me
    try that again." and just lie some more.


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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to phigan on Tue Dec 31 15:22:21 2024
    Hello phigan,

    On Tue, Dec 31 2024 01:31:04 -0600, you wrote ..

    So far, AI produces a bunch of lies. Terminator never told us AI would
    give us a bunch of wrong info and then go "Oh jee, I'm sorry. Let me
    try that again." and just lie some more.

    Probably just cut that part out of the movies. First, they lie to you. Then, they turn on you, hunt you down, and try to kill you. :)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Dumas Walker on Tue Dec 31 15:30:37 2024
    Hello Dumas,

    On Tue, Dec 31 2024 09:27:00 -0600, you wrote ..

    As do I, similar to the "dot.com" craze/crash except this one could
    have a lot more consequences.

    AI, even when compared to something like a total station (which is now used in construction most of the time before any decent project starts), used to give gridlines, elevations, other very accurate point data, and many other things ..

    Still only works as good as the person controlling it. I've started jobs where entire column lines are off by a foot.

    If the person/people controlling this stuff is an idiot, there's no limit to what these things can and can't do aside from what they're _supposed_ to do. :)

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Wed Jan 1 00:57:26 2025
    Re: Re: Google 2025 strategy leaks =?UTF-8?Q?=F0=9F=92=A1=2C?= OpenAI'sfor
    By: phigan to Accession on Tue Dec 31 2024 00:31:04

    *shakes fist at the Terminator movies for 'warning us'* :D

    I'm thinking more The Matrix.

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to ACCESSION on Wed Jan 1 09:27:00 2025
    As do I, similar to the "dot.com" craze/crash except this one could
    have a lot more consequences.

    AI, even when compared to something like a total station (which is now used in >construction most of the time before any decent project starts), used to give >gridlines, elevations, other very accurate point data, and many other things
    .

    If the person/people controlling this stuff is an idiot, there's no limit to >what these things can and can't do aside from what they're _supposed_ to do.
    )

    I also think they are trying to use it for things it is not meant to do,
    which is why it is good at giving accurate point data but not so great at trying to think like a human.


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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Mortar on Wed Jan 1 09:12:18 2025
    Hello Mortar,

    On Wed, Jan 01 2025 00:57:26 -0600, you wrote ..

    *shakes fist at the Terminator movies for 'warning us'* :D

    I'm thinking more The Matrix.

    And if you combine the two, we're all doomed!

    Regards,
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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Dumas Walker on Wed Jan 1 10:59:34 2025
    Hello Dumas,

    On Wed, Jan 01 2025 08:27:00 -0600, you wrote ..

    I also think they are trying to use it for things it is not meant to
    do, which is why it is good at giving accurate point data but not so
    great at trying to think like a human.

    For sure. Which also brings up the point that a good percentage of humans are getting dumber, and lazier (in my experience, I point at architects and engineers making construction drawings with far less detail that now basically needs to be figured out in the field, and when asked about said details, they take a week or more to respond - half the time coming back with an answer that doesn't even pertain to the problem at hand, which can hold up the entire construction process and add to the frustration of trying to get a job done on time, and under budget).

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Wed Jan 1 09:53:30 2025
    Re: Re: Google 2025 strategy leaks =?UTF-8?Q?=F0=9F=92=A1=2C?= OpenAI'sfor
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to phigan on Tue Dec 31 2024 07:37 am

    At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel "Don't Create The Torment Nexus".

    Everything went fine when they brought those dinosaurs back to life, innit.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Wed Jan 1 15:46:28 2025
    Re: Re: Google 2025 strategy leaks =?UTF-8?Q?=F0=9F=92=A1=2C?=OpenAI'sfor
    By: Accession to Mortar on Wed Jan 01 2025 09:12:18

    And if you combine the two, we're all doomed!

    We'd be doomed either way, don't ya think?

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Accession on Wed Jan 1 15:52:24 2025
    Re: Re: Google 2025 strategy
    By: Accession to Dumas Walker on Wed Jan 01 2025 10:59:34

    Which also brings up the point that a good percentage of humans are getting dumber, and lazier.

    Pffft, I've known that for decades.

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