It’s frighteningly common for startups to hire 501 of the best of the best, exactly one of those will be a systems/network engineer, the other 500 will be software engineers.
Most Americans including those working in Ai believe that MIT is father of Ai. They don't even know that MIT approach to Ai was flawed and that it was Hinton figured it out. I don't think that they know who he is and that he was in fact father of current approach to Ai.
In any case, I don't know who they would choose to debate the case but I am sure there are knowledgeable experts on both side outside of commercial interest. People who own Ai stocks are definitely not qualified.
Yeah, I don’t know how to fix this but all the people I’ve heard who think we should have zero concern for AI fall into three categories: the people who stand to gain significant money/fame/power, politicians who have little idea how these things work, and the average people who parrot the first two.
You could argue that there is significant overlap between the first two but I think politicians are worth distinguishing because a) how ignorant they tend to be and b) they have significantly more influence.
People really need to start listening to the people who built these things and don’t stand to gain monetarily. It’s like ignoring climate change but potentially somehow worse.
iPhone 13 pro almost exactly 5 years old. Had the battery replaced once under warranty. I feel like all iphones these days are built like tanks. The waterproofing helps a ton.
I had my iPhone XR (bought 2019) until last year. At that point an upgrade made it so slow it was barely usable, while the lack of further updates made it impossible to install or upgrade apps after the device and OS went EOL.
A lot of times, it’s the battery age causing this issue though. Once the total battery capacity drops below 80% performance just collapses. Luckily, battery replacements aren’t totally crazy expensive and end up being worth it a lot of the time.
I’m not convinced that was the issue in this case, as the battery still lasted all day with my normal usage, and the phone became slow overnight after a major OS upgrade.
My wife's SE 2020 is on its third battery. It was fine until she accidentally upgraded to iOS 26, but now it's a mega lagfest. Apple's refusal to allow OS downgrades is infuriating, because it's still a perfectly adequate device otherwise.
LG washers and dryers have consistently been one of the most reliable appliances I have owned.
Other than minor design flaws like lettering that wipes off if laundry detergent contacts it (older models), that was the only issue I’ve had in 11 years.
My LG washer and dryer are just over 10 years old now. They haven't been flawless. I've had to repair both of them once. The washer had a pump go out so the clothes stayed soaked. The dryer had one of the rollers wear out. Both easy fixes under $50 following youtube videos. But we also have models before "smart" appliances were really becoming common. I'm still impressed by the washing machine. It gets cloths to "damp" before it's done. Far better than any other washing machine I've used before and cuts down on the work the dryer is doing.
I have an LG combined washer/dryer (I've used the drying less than 10 times in 3 years). I picked it because it wasn't too deep, so it could fit nicely in my small bathroom. I'm happy with how it cleans, but sometimes it will have an issue where it won't start spinning fast, because it has some sensor that detects that the unit shakes too much. It actually does shake, but it seems to have a hard time spreading the clothes so that it doesn't. Sometimes it will waste a good hour trying to start spinning. Not sure if it's somehow actually broken (like a busted damper or whatever), but this issue seems to have increased in frequency. And it does it both when there aren't many clothes and when it's rather full.
Mostly true but there is largely a massive amount of negligence in the tech industry, with a particular emphasis on shops that prioritize shipping “features.”
For every engineer that takes security seriously, there are 99 engineers that don’t. It’s an uphill battle.
reply