Pravin (rhymes with ravine)
@ppk.bsky.social
Former big company, now startup product guy. Dives into rabbit holes - science, philosophy, history, style and anything else that interests me. Likes & RTs ≠ endorsement.
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love these kantha quilts and bedspreads at 11.11 / eleven eleven.
December 3, 2024 at 1:55 AM
love these kantha quilts and bedspreads at 11.11 / eleven eleven.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #83,109 - doesn't deserve an exclamation point.
September 19, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #83,109 - doesn't deserve an exclamation point.
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By my friend and former neighbour John Cuneo. Every artist's nightmare. I encourage you to read the text.
July 2, 2023 at 2:27 AM
By my friend and former neighbour John Cuneo. Every artist's nightmare. I encourage you to read the text.
@eepy.bsky.social please add me to 🌱.🙏🏽
July 2, 2023 at 3:02 AM
@eepy.bsky.social please add me to 🌱.🙏🏽
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Curious learning from today is that load from new user spikes is properly exponential. Not just n*log(n) like I kinda assumed. We were overprovisioned, but didn’t anticipate 10x load off only a <10% userbase growth.
July 2, 2023 at 2:44 AM
Curious learning from today is that load from new user spikes is properly exponential. Not just n*log(n) like I kinda assumed. We were overprovisioned, but didn’t anticipate 10x load off only a <10% userbase growth.
Wow! Death spiral has commenced.
July 2, 2023 at 2:49 AM
Wow! Death spiral has commenced.
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The US murder rate is down an astonishing 12% year-to-date, based on 90 cities that have released data.
If the trend holds, it will be the single largest annual decline in the murder rate ever recorded.
And yet, you probably haven't heard anything about it.
If the trend holds, it will be the single largest annual decline in the murder rate ever recorded.
And yet, you probably haven't heard anything about it.
US murder rate declines dramatically in 2023 — but you probably haven't heard about it
In 2020, along with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a dramatic spike in murders in the United States. This increase in lethal violence, understandably, was covered extensively in nationa...
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June 20, 2023 at 2:24 PM
The US murder rate is down an astonishing 12% year-to-date, based on 90 cities that have released data.
If the trend holds, it will be the single largest annual decline in the murder rate ever recorded.
And yet, you probably haven't heard anything about it.
If the trend holds, it will be the single largest annual decline in the murder rate ever recorded.
And yet, you probably haven't heard anything about it.
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The fact that modern AI is basically “show the computer a bunch of examples then it learns to do similar things” means it will be biased because many fields don’t have unbiased data.
This is the fundamental flaw of how the field has marketed itself. AIs inherit the biases of their training data.
This is the fundamental flaw of how the field has marketed itself. AIs inherit the biases of their training data.
‘There was all sorts of toxic behaviour’: Timnit Gebru on her sacking by Google, AI’s dangers and big tech’s biases
The Ethiopian-born computer scientist lost her job after pointing out the inequalities built into AI. But after decades working with technology companies, she knows all too much about discrimination
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2023 at 10:57 AM
The fact that modern AI is basically “show the computer a bunch of examples then it learns to do similar things” means it will be biased because many fields don’t have unbiased data.
This is the fundamental flaw of how the field has marketed itself. AIs inherit the biases of their training data.
This is the fundamental flaw of how the field has marketed itself. AIs inherit the biases of their training data.
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Yes, HBO Max is dropping "HBO" from their name, and no, we are not dropping "tionary.com" from our name.
May 24, 2023 at 12:37 AM
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“Once dismissed as a fringe theory, the idea that corporate thirst for profits drives up inflation, aka ‘greedflation,’ is now being taken more seriously by economists, policymakers and the business press.”
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/once-a-fringe-theory-greedflation-gets-its-due
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/once-a-fringe-theory-greedflation-gets-its-due
May 23, 2023 at 2:43 PM
“Once dismissed as a fringe theory, the idea that corporate thirst for profits drives up inflation, aka ‘greedflation,’ is now being taken more seriously by economists, policymakers and the business press.”
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/once-a-fringe-theory-greedflation-gets-its-due
https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/once-a-fringe-theory-greedflation-gets-its-due
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Amazing reporting from the Washington Post's Hannah Natanson, who looked at requests to ban books in more than 100 school districts across the country, and found that the majority of them were filed by .... 11 people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
May 23, 2023 at 2:40 PM
Amazing reporting from the Washington Post's Hannah Natanson, who looked at requests to ban books in more than 100 school districts across the country, and found that the majority of them were filed by .... 11 people.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/23/lgbtq-book-ban-challengers/
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I can’t imagine a tech employer that cares less about employee morale than Amazon. People walking out because of return to office policies will have as much impact as the Google employees who made headlines for protesting years ago.
None.
None.
Amazon employees plan to walk off the job as tech worker tension rises
Some tech workers at Meta, Google and Amazon are concerned about their employers’ performance.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 23, 2023 at 2:04 AM
I can’t imagine a tech employer that cares less about employee morale than Amazon. People walking out because of return to office policies will have as much impact as the Google employees who made headlines for protesting years ago.
None.
None.
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By the 2040s:
- 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states; 70% of the population will have only 30 senators representing them — while the remaining 30% will have 70 senators representing them.
- The United States will be majority-minority.
Something has to give.
- 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states; 70% of the population will have only 30 senators representing them — while the remaining 30% will have 70 senators representing them.
- The United States will be majority-minority.
Something has to give.
May 23, 2023 at 1:26 AM
By the 2040s:
- 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states; 70% of the population will have only 30 senators representing them — while the remaining 30% will have 70 senators representing them.
- The United States will be majority-minority.
Something has to give.
- 70% of Americans are expected to live in the 15 largest states; 70% of the population will have only 30 senators representing them — while the remaining 30% will have 70 senators representing them.
- The United States will be majority-minority.
Something has to give.
Hmm. Once orcas and ChatGPT start talking, we are toast.
Orcas have attacked and sunk a third boat in Europe, and experts now believe they're teaching others to do the same
https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-sunk-3-boats-in-europe-and-appear-to-be-teaching-others-to-do-the-same-but-why
https://www.livescience.com/animals/orcas/orcas-have-sunk-3-boats-in-europe-and-appear-to-be-teaching-others-to-do-the-same-but-why
www.livescience.com
May 20, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Hmm. Once orcas and ChatGPT start talking, we are toast.