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Imagine being in the tech industry and going to work for Yahoo, it would be like working in a palliative care unit at a hospital.

“We’ve got a couple of products and we need you to keep them alive.”

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    Flexibility. If everything was a thick, rigid bone we would be far less agile.

    Energy. I imagine maintaining bone density for thicker bones would require more food to be consumed.

    Medical. Breaking bigger bones would be more traumatic and debilitating than breaking smaller bones.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Just because you and your friends don’t use it, doesn’t mean it isn’t being used. If 95% of AI is useless then why are hardware prices so high? The demand must’ve dropped off by now if all the hardware they bought to date is going unused, because why would they be buying more?

    Companies are definitely using AI, and not just as chatbots. I use it everyday as a search tool, to manipulate data and perform other tasks which saves me time because I no longer have to do it manually.

    Most mid-large sized companies have terabytes or even petabytes of data that their AI tools are reasoning over, which requires more than the processing power of your small local model running on a Mac Mini.

    I don’t disagree with you that it is impacting other industries and consumers, but as long as customers have a use for it and are willing to pay, the AI industry will continue.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Many companies operate without making a profit, sometimes it’s because they aren’t making enough money and sometimes they invest it back into the business.

    Regardless, SpaceX is about to go public with a valuation of $1.8 trillion, and they arent profitable.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Full CGI where actors perform in front of a green screen and everything is added in later? Like the Star Ward Prequels? That’s Avatar.

    If you want full CGI where nothing is real, then pick any modern day cartoon.

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    I have 2 windows/doors in my living room which have 3 roller blinds each (6 in total) that I'm in the process of automating. I have purchased and installed 1 Zigbee motor that goes inside the tube that can lift 4kg using 0.8nm of torque, this is working well and I want to buy the rest. A couple of the blinds are longer and I am considering a 2nm version which can handle 10kg. If install a mix of these motors will they all move at the same rate or will they operate at different speeds?

    When I press the button I want all of the blinds to raise/lower at the same speed.

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