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Comment on Samsung chip workers to get $340,000 average bonus in AI boom in ~tech
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
vord Link ParentAs one of those people (thanks mania), I propose statue of limitations. If you forget the password to your daily driver, that's a bit more sus than forgetting one from 10 years prior.As one of those people (thanks mania), I propose statue of limitations.
If you forget the password to your daily driver, that's a bit more sus than forgetting one from 10 years prior.
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Comment on Samsung chip workers to get $340,000 average bonus in AI boom in ~tech
vord Link ParentGood points all around. I typed up one major reply regarding dilution, and I'll throw up a small one with potential fixes. The long and short of it is making the shares expire like bonds, solves...Good points all around. I typed up one major reply regarding dilution, and I'll throw up a small one with potential fixes. The long and short of it is making the shares expire like bonds, solves an awful lot of problems. Eventually, presuming the company does not blow out their earnings per employee forever, the company would eventually hit a steady-state of issued shares.
Perhaps it's not 3 shares per employee. Perhaps it's 1 share per employee direct and then a pool of extra shares that everyone gets a secret vote on how to distribute. Worst case it is what we have now: Secret distribution schemes determined exclusively by management.
I feel that the opposite of the fluid hire/fire could also work and be incentivized. Hiring would only happen if there was reasonable potential for growth, or for replacement. It should help even out the boom/bust cycles of overhiring followed by layoffs. It would incentivize building stable companies with actual business models.
Sears was actually kind of awesome, and mostly failed because they, like blockbuster, underestimated the need to transition online. Not because of nebulous 'leeches.'
IBM, for all its faults, serves a need, serves it well. I expect IBM to buy up the remains of Oracle the way Oracle did Sun. I would not be surprised if it lasts until the heat death of the universe.
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Comment on Samsung chip workers to get $340,000 average bonus in AI boom in ~tech
vord (edited )Link ParentUnderstood, and my clarification meant in same way. WRT to additional shares given out, I meant within scope of company. EG; give my extra shares to Bob and Mary becauce they work exceptionally...Understood, and my clarification meant in same way.
WRT to additional shares given out, I meant within scope of company. EG; give my extra shares to Bob and Mary becauce they work exceptionally hard. Letting each person do so.
The share dilution is a feature. Newer employees will be getting less per share than the founders, which would be expected. Employees who stay with the company longer earn more money.
I did some napkin math (so giant grain of salt). In Microsoft's case, not too shabby. Partially because Microsoft makes over $100B in profits with all those employees. They would need to issue 10 trillion shares for a share to be worth a penny.
Assuming a Microsoft shareholder payout of only $15 billion, that profits will grow 1% annually. 3 extra shares per person for the year, assume they end up distributed equally on average (everyone recognizes everyone is mostly a good average worker).
Retiree after 5 years gets a payout of $56,867. After 30 years, assuming employee level remains constant, that annual payout is reduced to $14,000. An average payout of $25,800 annually over 30 years. Pretty good pension. Reflects the work they did at the time there for the time they were there. Somebody who stayed, but retired 10 years later, gets $42,000 over 30 years after.
The key bit: Shares also need to be destroyed. The simplest is that earned shares self destruct 30 years after seperation.
The theoretical max shares a person could have (age 18 to 80 say) is 186. The longest they collect on those shares is 30 years later, and when they vanish, the other shares re-appreciate.
This would insure that after 30 years, a company would hit a steady state of shares entering and leaving the company. The only way the steady state falters is if the company does poorly, or if the shares are massively diluted by excess hiring with no extra returns to show for it. If I simplify $15b in profits with 0 growth, 30 year expiration fter issue, each share pays out $1,785 annually. It gets much more wibbly-wobbly if shares don't start expiration until they stop accumulation, but there is still a theoretical maximum dilution provided that the shares can't just get passed down generationally forever.
The pension escrow could just have a rule that payouts can't be full amounts initially, to account for that tapering, and to insure the pension itself doesn't stop paying out entirely if the company goes under.
The 'no temp workers' is an initial stab at exploit prevention. It's definitely not perfect. In theory, you could have companies hire subcontract companies, and it would be those subcontract companies that would need to pay shares of their earnings to their workers. Problem being that opens an awful lot of potential exploit loopholes with shell games. Perhaps there is a pool of secondary shares that get issued for this purpose.
All in all, I think the primary problem is we curently issue shares like gold nuggets to be exchanged forever and not bonds that self destruct after a period.
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Comment on Solar and wind generated more electricity globally than gas power for the first time in April in ~enviro
vord Link ParentDo not make the mistake of conflating stupidity and corruption. In Trump specifically it's both, but more often than not, it's not. Otherwise, Trump would have been powerless to do squat.Trump is stopping this in USA because he is a stupid
Do not make the mistake of conflating stupidity and corruption. In Trump specifically it's both, but more often than not, it's not. Otherwise, Trump would have been powerless to do squat.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
vord Link ParentThat's like saying 100% of car accidents involve use of a car. When 90% of all communication is digital, of course 9/10 crimes have digital evidence. Plenty of ways to get digital evidence without...That's like saying 100% of car accidents involve use of a car. When 90% of all communication is digital, of course 9/10 crimes have digital evidence.
Plenty of ways to get digital evidence without backdoors and mass surveillance.
The good news is that piracy is usually not a crime. Mostly it's just a civil offense, like not picking up your dog's poop. It needs about that same level of law enforcement.
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Comment on 'The report's so stupid': The DNC 2024 autopsy is roiling Democrats in ~society
vord Link ParentIt's damn near impossible to find a universal-good person. I guess MLK Jr would be a better choice, but the right already froths (in secret) because of obvious reasons.It's damn near impossible to find a universal-good person. I guess MLK Jr would be a better choice, but the right already froths (in secret) because of obvious reasons.
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Comment on Samsung chip workers to get $340,000 average bonus in AI boom in ~tech
vord Link ParentEvery employee gains shares each year of service. 3 shares are generated per employee. One for themselves, 2 to give to anybody else of their choosing. When you leave the company, you retain your...Every employee gains shares each year of service. 3 shares are generated per employee. One for themselves, 2 to give to anybody else of their choosing.
When you leave the company, you retain your shares, but gain no more. Your profit distributions go into a pension escrow that is paid out on retirement or dissolution of the company.
There is no concept of temporary or contract worker. Anybody who works for the company in any capacity gets at least 1 share.
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Comment on Samsung chip workers to get $340,000 average bonus in AI boom in ~tech
vord Link ParentI'm OK with owners/investors making significantly more than the employees until they've recouped their initial investment+3%. They no longer have more skin in the game, and then they can be...I'm OK with owners/investors making significantly more than the employees until they've recouped their initial investment+3%. They no longer have more skin in the game, and then they can be reduced to the equivalent fairness of their other employees.
If a secretary has been working for the owner for the entire life of the company, they should have almost as much share of the profits as the owner after that recoup period.
I'd say your stance is, in reality, the most common one. The leaders won't let it become a talking point on the national stage for obvious reasons.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
vord Link ParentThe law does not dictate morality. There are millions of immoral laws. It is a crime to break immoral laws. It is a crime to advocate for breaking laws. Making it impossible to do crimes makes it...The law does not dictate morality.
There are millions of immoral laws.
It is a crime to break immoral laws.
It is a crime to advocate for breaking laws.Making it impossible to do crimes makes it impossible to fight for morality.
The bankers do far more harm to society than the drug lords. There, I said it.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
vord Link ParentThat was true in the analog world too. The optimal amount of crime in society is not 0. Law enforcement should be hard. In the case of drug crimes, if you can't figure out where the drugs are...That was true in the analog world too.
The optimal amount of crime in society is not 0. Law enforcement should be hard. In the case of drug crimes, if you can't figure out where the drugs are coming to/from without survieling the world, then maybe you shouldn't.
Remember most opiod addicts are manufactured in hospitals, not the streets.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
vord Link ParentI do think a reasonable compromise would be to amend "can't testify against yourself" to exclude being compelled to give up a password. This allows for full protection outside of legalized means.I do think a reasonable compromise would be to amend "can't testify against yourself" to exclude being compelled to give up a password.
This allows for full protection outside of legalized means.
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Comment on Signal, NordVPN, Proton to leave Canada over C-22 in ~society
vord Link ParentYes we can. Full stop. Because the law already dictates this: Just because law enforcement has been permitted to break this law easily in the offline world does not mean we should let them in the...We cannot have "but I did all this on my phone, so therefore it's practically impossible to jail me for this serious financial/drug-related, violent or other crime" be the state of affairs.
Yes we can. Full stop. Because the law already dictates this:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Just because law enforcement has been permitted to break this law easily in the offline world does not mean we should let them in the online world.
Your phone is your modern breifcase. If law enforcement wants something from it, they should be forced to get a warrant dictating what exactly they're looking for, and confiscate it directly from the user. They shouldn't get backdoors and mass surveilance.
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Comment on 'The report's so stupid': The DNC 2024 autopsy is roiling Democrats in ~society
vord Link ParentOh yes. I was purely talking about the middle-left. The right would froth at the mouth calling for the head of Mother Theresa if Fox News said to.Oh yes. I was purely talking about the middle-left.
The right would froth at the mouth calling for the head of Mother Theresa if Fox News said to.
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Comment on 'The report's so stupid': The DNC 2024 autopsy is roiling Democrats in ~society
vord Link ParentYup. You could essentially lump every single moderate under liberal if you managed to undo the propaganda that liberals hate god and guns. Turns out most people want lives to be better, and...Yup. You could essentially lump every single moderate under liberal if you managed to undo the propaganda that liberals hate god and guns.
Turns out most people want lives to be better, and conservatives only want that for their chosen in group (insofar it retains their power).
Hillary Clinton is a war hawk, opportunistic entitled leech. Her time as NY Senator was all the proof that was needed for the left. She was quite possibly the worst possible person to put against Trump. Especially when people are not taking kindly to every president having the same last name.
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Comment on 'The report's so stupid': The DNC 2024 autopsy is roiling Democrats in ~society
vord LinkAnd by center they mean to the right. They were never on the left. Guess they'll soon be high fiving about how great it is to use slurs again. A reminder that minimum wage should now be $45,000.It calls for Democrats to return to the vital center
And by center they mean to the right. They were never on the left. Guess they'll soon be high fiving about how great it is to use slurs again.
A reminder that minimum wage should now be $45,000.
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Comment on TSA announces TSA Gold+ in ~transport
vord Link ParentRepublicans wouldn't dare reveal something in California is good.Republicans wouldn't dare reveal something in California is good.
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Comment on An OpenAI model has disproven a central conjecture in discrete geometry in ~science
vord LinkI think Thomas Bloom nailed it on the head: This is ultimately why the people who discover new and innovative things are at least a little bit crazy. I do well and truely beleive that Nikola Tesla...I think Thomas Bloom nailed it on the head:
often produces the most surprising results by persevering down paths that a human may have dismissed as not worth their time to explore
This is ultimately why the people who discover new and innovative things are at least a little bit crazy. I do well and truely beleive that Nikola Tesla may well have figured out how to provide free wireless electricity to everyone if left to his devices and not cut off by the funder that would not have gotten a return. It takes a bit of derangement to ignore all of the 'common sense' and 'sound advice' and poke the bear (so to speak).
One aspect of this proof should not be overlooked: while the original proof produced by AI was
completely valid, it was significantly improved by the human researchers at OpenAI and the many
other mathematicians involved in the present paper.I would be very curious to see the exact prompting, how long (and how many tokens), how many iterations/refinements, and how many utterly failed attempts where it went completely off the rails and went on a dead end till somebody killed it. My guess is that we're at least a little bit in 'monkeys/typewriters/Shakespeare' territory. Much like the recent spat of software bug discovery, the humans in the loop are what made the paper good. Or in other words, the humans had to verify the AI. How many failed attempts at getting this (or any) proof are hidden behind the curtain?
In other words: Did solving this proof cost $5 billion? I would not be surprised given the level of PR.
All of this said, it's still cool, and the only bit I think I well and truely disagree with is this assessment from Tim Growers:
In my opinion this paper demonstrates that current AI models go beyond just helpers to human mathematicians – they are capable of having original ingenious ideas, and then carrying them out to fruition
The AI combined the Legos that were already there. It did not build new Legos. It's just really good at digging all of the miscellaneous bits out of the giant bin we accumulated over the years. I will take more stock in that claim when the AI can posit a new conjecture and/or solve one in a completely novel way.
AI coding platforms love to solve type errors by slapping an Any or Unknown on it. Because that's the statistically most likely solution is given its dataset.
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Comment on The 100 best novels of all time published in English in ~books
vord Link ParentThe majority being everyone else who is not NIN fans.The majority being everyone else who is not NIN fans.
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Comment on Tesla’s newest electric vehicle could jolt the trucking industry in ~transport
vord Link ParentMethane (Natural Gas) produces much less CO2 relative to diesel/gas. So automatic win relative to those. Landfills burn off Methane as a waste product. Hence why many garbage trucks converted to...Methane (Natural Gas) produces much less CO2 relative to diesel/gas. So automatic win relative to those.
Landfills burn off Methane as a waste product. Hence why many garbage trucks converted to Methane, it was pure win.
My wording was unclear: Garbage trucks represent the best-possible use case for EV trucks, right up there with mail and package delivery. EVs are at their best in city traffic, but for highway driving at highway distances, hybrids punch quite well. Esp if we could deploy hybrids 3x faster. At least until nuclear/solar/wind/etc is 100% of new energy.
Typical line loss is on the order of 10-20% IIRC.
Kmart was never good and everyone knew that was a shambling corpse.