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a cool (brr) dude
I take your point. I am not against this project existing and it could turn out positive even. But as I said it doesn’t have the potential to hinder Chrome’s monopoly.
My point is that no one talks about using regulations to curb Google’s browser monopoly ever. Even the anti-trust suit against them was related to their search offering. This relates to how Mozilla is beholden to Google for funding, and other players in the game being big corporations themselves.
politicians won’t do anything
Politicians can be made to do stuff. It is not always easy or even possible but activism sometimes works. Either way it is more likely to work than a toy browser for a niche segment of nerds becoming a viable alternative.
Alright then when the stars align perfectly and this pie in the sky becomes a reality maybe we can seriously consider regulating Google.
But alternatives already exist in the form of Safari and Firefox.
I agree with what you said but there is next to no chance a new browser engine from scratch will be able to challenge Blink’s dominance.
Google’s power comes from a combination of unfortunate factors. They have limitless money to support Chrome’s development. They are one of the biggest vendors of online services. They are one of the biggest drivers of new web standard adoption.
Breaking this monopoly will require regulation and enforcement, not a “tech visionary” and a GitHub co-founder playing hero.
Ladybird
Why is there so much hype around this?
Why is Europe suddenly pretending that subsidizing critical industries is a Chinese invention?
"We were concerned from the beginning that [the apes] might be seen as discriminatory expression, but we had no intention of likening apes to humans.
That sounds like “we are sorry for insulting apes” lmao
Guilt over WW2 is a farce.
For this particular occasion, the engagement aspect is less important. The more interesting thing to look at is whether BJP pressure on Meta was the reason that these ads were given the greenlight. Twitter’s offices were raided in the past for some petty BS so it is not out of the question.
Here’s how Ukraine can still win
Tests are meant to gatekeep who gets to get the field training required to become a doctor. Sending every jabroni into residency willy-nilly is probably gonna collapse the healthcare system completely.
It says as much as it does for an LLM but doctors have to have a lot of field experience after passing these tests before they get certified as doctors.
This research has been done a lot of a times but I don’t see the point of it. Exams are something I would expect LLMs, especially the higher end ones, to do well because of their nature. But it says next to nothing about how reliable the LLM as an actual doctor.
“Convince their detractors” of what?
I would say that is largely irrelevant. Chinese EVs are so much cheaper there is no way Western producers can compete with them barring tariffs. In a level playing field Chinese companies will completely push out the Western ones in low- and mid-range market. For luxury vehicles maybe the brand recognition can save them but in a tight economy cheaper cars will attract a lot of attention.