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Or even my fable credits run out mid task and need to switch back to opus >.<

Prior to LLMs I never considered that I might have to make a resource-usage decision between hiring Star Trek's Data vs. his stupider brother B4...

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/B-4


Star Trek is a post-scarcity society, those problems don't exist there unless you're in the middle of a crisis and on emergency power.

LLMs briefly seemed like this too, after subscriptions made the SOTA models too cheap to meter, but before they walked back on that and introduced quotas...


Actually, that brings up a good reason they can't fix it. Fable falls back to Opus when the topic is too "unsafe". That behavior requires traces than can move between models!

I love how the data from top players shows that they're using a build on the Pareto Front, i.e. that the wisdom of crowds settles on a meta that is optimum. I wonder if we analyzed other games, if the meta were all consistently on the Pareto Front (WoW, Diablo, w/e). Likely so.

Probably but they could be arrived at via different means. In WoW for instance top players run simulated combat using third party tools to compare different gearing setup, often to determine if a new piece of gear is better than their current piece. This often isn't immediately obvious if the stats are completely different and "simming" is the easiest way to evaluate a piece of gear.

Competitive players (from Mario Kart in particular) are doing this type of data mining and analysis ever since the game releases, and sharing them in tightly knit communities.

The analysis comes before the meta settles, so of course it’s consistent :)


Ha exactly. Can't let the kids win for free.

Ha - this was the first thing that came to mind. I read this in Arnold's voice.


I didn't read it in Arnold's voice till I saw your comment, so thank you.


Yeah it was Arnie's line briefing Linda. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DQsG3TKQ0I


I am OOTL - How does the EU force competition in this context?


The EU passed laws to force Apple to allow other browser engines to run. Previously, all iOS browsers were reskinned WebKit by Apple decree.


And is there any other browser engine actually running on iOS anywhere?


There are several under development. Microsoft recently claimed their Blink-based prototype is almost 30% faster than iOS Safari.


Getting downvoted but no answer. So Hackernews


That's crony capitalism again


Socialism is crony capitalism?


I first learned about this in the army, called "tactical breathing". I still consistently use this before public speaking or if I feel myself in a manic/stressed state of mind.


Maybe legal red tape?


Yes. The oauth ID is indisputable. It it seems to be context.ai. But suppose it was a fake context.ai that the employee was tricked into using. Or… or…

Better to report 100% known things quickly. People can figure it out with near zero effort, and it reduces one tiny bit of potential liability in the ops shitstorm they’re going through.


You're spot on (ex casino worker). There's no conspiracy. Speaking for myself, I was nice to people because it made me more money in tips (also, because I am not an a-hole). Made a lot of "friends" when I worked in the casino, employees and patrons. It's not any different than folks I work with in tech (i.e. some you connect with and have genuine friendships and some are work friends). They likely stopped calling her due to upper management telling staff to not engage due to legal liability (or they lose their job).

edit: Additionally, there are whales and there are folks who's job it is to get them in the door (we had game managers for the big games).


Yes, I think the grandparent post conflates those whale-attractors with typical service industry behaviors toward repeat customers.


High end hospitality is different from exploiting compulsive behaviors of addiction.

Here are some examples:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/feb/...

https://frontofficesports.com/lawsuit-says-draftkings-vip-pr...


While I'm certainly no supporter of casinos, I think that online gambling is a difference in kind.


It depends on what you mean by "win".


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