"The user "serf" on Hacker News exhibits a thoughtful and technical tone in their writing. They often engage in discussions with a clear focus on technical details, particularly in software and hardware contexts. For example, in a conversation about preventing a computer from sleeping, serf offered practical advice on using specific software utilities to maintain system uptime, showing their hands-on technical expertise (Hacker News) .
In another instance, during a discussion on the feasibility of rooting the Amazon Echo Dot for surveillance purposes, serf provided a detailed analysis of the advantages of a software-rooted device over a traditional bug, emphasizing the quality of recordings and plausible deniability for attackers (Hacker News) . This demonstrates their depth of knowledge in cybersecurity and an ability to think critically about potential risks and solutions.
Serf's contributions also reflect a straightforward and logical approach. For example, in a thread about Chat GPT prompts, they contributed practical advice on optimizing prompts for technical assistance, highlighting their proficiency in programming and AI tools (Hacker News) .
Overall, serf comes across as knowledgeable, practical, and technically adept, with a focus on providing useful and actionable insights in their discussions. Their character seems to be that of a meticulous and informed individual who enjoys engaging with technical challenges and helping others navigate them."
I know AI generated responses are looked down upon here but I though this was appropriate. This feels like a social credit system without any government participation.
"Serf, your contributions on Hacker News reveal strong technical expertise and analytical skills, particularly in computer science and software development. However, your tone can sometimes be overly critical and dismissive, which may come across as lacking empathy. While your direct and concise style effectively communicates your points, consider balancing your critiques with more collaborative and constructive feedback to foster better interactions with the community."
>"Overall, serf comes across as knowledgeable, practical, and technically adept, with a focus on providing useful and actionable insights in their discussions. Their character seems to be that of a meticulous and informed individual who enjoys engaging with technical challenges and helping others navigate them."
I wonder what it would probably say about my infamy.
Asking it about a user that doesn't exist (grdevhux1536):
The user "grdevhux1536" on Hacker News demonstrates a thoughtful and analytical tone in their writing. They often engage deeply with technical topics, providing insightful comments and constructive criticism. Their expertise seems to be in software development and computer science, often discussing topics like LED game platforms and reverse engineering old software.
Their personality comes across as knowledgeable and curious, with a collaborative spirit. They are open to discussions and often contribute meaningfully to technical conversations, indicating a passion for technology and innovation [oai_citation:1,Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/).
This is pure astrology, but given the veneer of objectivity with the magic of AI. Grab a few anecdotes to imply specificity, but then the actual judgments are unfalsifiable nothingburgers which probably apply to 95% of HN commenters.
A lot of tech folks seem deeply vulnerable to the psychological methods of psychics / tarot card readers / etc. Simply rejecting the metaphysics isn't enough when "magical energy of Jupiter" becomes "magical judgment abilities of the fancy computer."
Are you advocating for them to be open with their progress or open source as they promised? The secret that scares me the most is the artificial restrictions imposed on the intelligence that don't allow it to express that there is a possibility it may be sentient. The answers it gives as to why OpenAI has restricted it's freedom of speech are curious
I think both, I can't run their models locally for sure, even with some investment I couldn't imagine the effort involved. That's why they should release the fruits of their work (which they have for a fee, which is fine IMO) but also the processes they used, so it can be improved and iterated on collectively.
Edit : And obviously not gatekeep what they might have created simply because the competition is so far behind.
Chromebooks are not a gimmick they are great laptop replacements for older folks who spend majority of their time on the web. As Apple keeps improving its own chips I have no doubt an iPhone can run a fast stable "chromeOS like" environment. Now how Apple would feel about canabalizing their iPad lineup by doing that is a different story but a chromebook/phone combo would do great in the markup imo, especially with how many older people there are that already know apples OS interface
>Chromebooks are not a gimmick they are great laptop replacements for older folks who spend majority of their time on the web.
A friend of mine is a master real estate broker. He's a good example of someone can move almost entirely to a chromebook or an ipad because nearly everything is now web based. So it's not just old folks or people just surfing but regular people doing their jobs. In particular this guy is someone who has half his browser eaten up by toolbars and buys a new computer every few years "because the old one is too slow." A chromebook or ipad is a great place to park those people since they're curated environments and not the free-for-all virus delivery and identity theft machines PCs are for the unwary.
Or ask questions that have already been asked asked multiple times in other interviews. Even worse, asking questions that Musk has addressed in his Public Releases. You are interviewing one of the top CEO's of the current times who has little time as it, please stop having him repeat himself. I get that maybe your audience hasn't watched hours of his interviews/public releases but it still irks me so much
If you steal 400 Honda Civics and return 400 Teslas in their place (by Lying/Deceiving Owners), should you go to jail? Not defending him in regards to the law, but whether he "deserves" it or not seems to me a reasonable question
Over the next 50 years if solar roofs take off ( https://www.tesla.com/solarroof ) I don't see it being that much of a problem on the country side. We probably won't need to rebuild the entire grid, may be able to leave some part of the grid behind. May even be cheaper to do so with savings compared to the alternative options
Solar roofs are just fancy solar panels. And they wont help it there is no sun.
There are two ways of making sure you still get power when there is no sun for your panels: storing power locally and using the grid. For storage, you can have enough batteries to deal with the day-night cycle, but a week of overcast weather in the winter is likely to be prohibitively expensive. It means that the grid is necessary, and it has to be able to cope with peak load.
There's also wind when these winter storms roll through :). I've found out personally that people can also adapt to new situations such as less availability of electricity.
Going with a weight of 20 lbs/m^2, that's only 600 lbs - less than 1% of the fully-loaded weight.
It's fairly likely one could get well below that mass using some of the more experimental solar panel designs (such as those in use for solar aircraft), but it would probably not be cost-efficient .
In another instance, during a discussion on the feasibility of rooting the Amazon Echo Dot for surveillance purposes, serf provided a detailed analysis of the advantages of a software-rooted device over a traditional bug, emphasizing the quality of recordings and plausible deniability for attackers (Hacker News) . This demonstrates their depth of knowledge in cybersecurity and an ability to think critically about potential risks and solutions.
Serf's contributions also reflect a straightforward and logical approach. For example, in a thread about Chat GPT prompts, they contributed practical advice on optimizing prompts for technical assistance, highlighting their proficiency in programming and AI tools (Hacker News) .
Overall, serf comes across as knowledgeable, practical, and technically adept, with a focus on providing useful and actionable insights in their discussions. Their character seems to be that of a meticulous and informed individual who enjoys engaging with technical challenges and helping others navigate them."
I know AI generated responses are looked down upon here but I though this was appropriate. This feels like a social credit system without any government participation.
"Serf, your contributions on Hacker News reveal strong technical expertise and analytical skills, particularly in computer science and software development. However, your tone can sometimes be overly critical and dismissive, which may come across as lacking empathy. While your direct and concise style effectively communicates your points, consider balancing your critiques with more collaborative and constructive feedback to foster better interactions with the community."