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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh no, the AI didn’t crack any problem.

  The AI produced the same hypothesis that a scientist produced, one that the scientist considered his own original awesome idea.

  But the truth is that science is less about producing awesome ideas and more about proving them. And AI did nothing in this regard, except to remind scientists that their original awesome ideas are often not so original.

  There’s even a term scientists use when another scientist has the same idea but actually managed to do the work of proving it: “scooped”. It’s a very common occurrence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could Musk damage OpenAI even if his $100bn bid for it fails?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, but that does not mean they want to be publicly traded.

  There are plenty of privately held for-profit companies, and their business model does not involve stock prices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could Musk damage OpenAI even if his $100bn bid for it fails?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I doubt that’s their plan, since they aren’t on the stock market.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PayPal owns brands like Venmo, Honey and is heavily integrated into eBay - if you're looking to stop giving your money to bad companies, take a second to search their subsidiary brands as well.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can get much better rates if you are willing to lock your savings in for at least few months. Short term treasury bonds are 4-5% right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PayPal owns brands like Venmo, Honey and is heavily integrated into eBay - if you're looking to stop giving your money to bad companies, take a second to search their subsidiary brands as well.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t care if companies speculate or if they make a profit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PayPal owns brands like Venmo, Honey and is heavily integrated into eBay - if you're looking to stop giving your money to bad companies, take a second to search their subsidiary brands as well.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nonsense. Most people who boycott products aren’t posting about it on the internet.

  And I don’t know why you assume that opposing one company means you have to oppose others. People are allowed to oppose PayPal but not give a crap about eating meat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PayPal owns brands like Venmo, Honey and is heavily integrated into eBay - if you're looking to stop giving your money to bad companies, take a second to search their subsidiary brands as well.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I do, but they don’t own Coke.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PayPal owns brands like Venmo, Honey and is heavily integrated into eBay - if you're looking to stop giving your money to bad companies, take a second to search their subsidiary brands as well.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can easily avoid every company owned by PayPal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teslas turn toxic as sales crash in Europe and the UK | EV sales in the region are growing, but not for Tesla⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s an open standard now, it doesn’t really matter that Tesla was the first. So it’s a good thing, kind of like iPhones using “Android charging cables” now.