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Gear Talk / Re: surf SUP volume
« on: March 24, 2024, 02:51:20 PM »
It is my understanding that Bill Foote is taking orders for production 10'x32" Tritons and 9'6"x31" Tritons. He reached out to me via social media under a profile of "William Foote." I was leery about a hacker at first but it seems legit given the information he has provided under that account and his "Bill Foote" account. I plan to make a deposit on a 9'6" this weekend for summer delivery from LAX.

Yes, that's Bill. I called him and mentioned the zone had this thread going and that it sounded like a scam.  He said he will try to post here and clear it up.  It sounds like he wanted to keep it simple with the Facebook accounts, but it didn't work out.   Maybe one of you Facebook users could suggest some tips to clear up the misunderstanding on his other Facebook pages -the page google sent me to said he's retired. 

Maybe if you post to it, it will ping him and then he can respond with the new link to "William Foote"
 
https://www.facebook.com/footemaui/

He sounds great, he's in VA now.  He was on Oahu for two years, as of two months ago.  He's hoping to move back to CA to be closer to his grandkids.  He's not digging the cold weather.  He had some heart issues that took him out of the surf, but he's feeling stronger now.  That dude is a beast, I'll bet he's back surfing in a year.     

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Random / Re: GPT 5, Sam Altman, What's coming
« on: March 21, 2024, 01:06:32 AM »
That's great PB, keep doing whatever it is you are doing to stay healthy.  If we can make it another 5 years, medicine will be bespoke.  A few clicks and a scan with the iphone will fix us up in a jiffy. 

Oops, maybe add a few years, the Medical Industrial Cartel will slow it up - they prefer an obese, sickly population.  My bad.   
 
Ray Kurzweil looks as though maybe he should have taken up a hobby rather than take pills to stay young.  He's no Charlie Munger.

Elon is at it again, I wonder how the MSM is going to paint him as a villain for this one. 

https://youtu.be/STLkq978tL8?si=y3QxyLZv6Zct9DMr

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Random / Re: GPT 5, Sam Altman, What's coming
« on: March 14, 2024, 12:38:42 PM »
SpaceX chucking the world's largest Pez dispenser into orbit today.  High speed, low latency internet for the entire planet is on the way.  Elon doing the heavy lifting for humanity. 

https://www.youtube.com/live/ixZpBOxMopc?si=EWihkqY0vY8_J0qg&t=36519


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Random / Re: GPT 5, Sam Altman, What's coming
« on: March 13, 2024, 07:59:28 PM »
Kurzweil says we are on track for Turing test by 2030 and the big kahuna in 2045.  Woo hoo!   

It feels like Kurzweil may be being conservative.  This is coming on fast.

Well, looks like you were correct.  That was 2 years ago. 
Rogan had Ray on yesterday, I was saddened at how his verbal ability is slowing.  He's only 76. I think that's about PB's age and he seems ok.  My Mom's about to turn 92 and she's still nimble on the phone.

Anyhow, I couldn't bear to listen to Ray.  But Joe mentioned today that he asked Ray if they planned on setting up any safety guardrails for the AI.  Ray sad no, they are flooring it.  Pedal to the metal all the way. 

https://youtu.be/TMF8dqqLXro?si=qByF1PsUPUO4043-

Seems to me that forms of AGI are already here.  Sam Harris has a nice clip on that subject, and how we are likely to deal with it as it gets even stronger.

 https://youtu.be/kGZ8aE6AFYY?si=3lpGJY1vkXVvEQLH&t=345

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General Discussion / Happy International Women's Day, lady zoners!
« on: March 08, 2024, 07:28:47 PM »
Here's one of the many women screwed over by Leah Thomas. 
(it's ongoing and about to get worse for our young ladies, when the new Title 9 goes thru.)

Riley tells the story from poolside, locker room, threats from her school etc.     


https://youtu.be/q-kinevyxJg?si=nIDl7PV1n6hUFrOt&t=3014

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Random / Re: GPT 5, Sam Altman, What's coming
« on: February 25, 2024, 09:17:42 AM »
There are zillion Frankie AI covers. The ones that have dynamic range are funny--they mirror the way Frank used to drop an octave or two to handle high notes. The lady gaga stuff is unmanageable.

I want to hear Ima Sumac do something by Mariah Carey.

and of course now that I've looked at the available tools it's trivial to do that. We're SO fucked.

The last few sentences of this video sum up my opinion on the fate of Hollyweird and the music industry.  Of the four artists you mention above, only 'ol blue eyes would get a click from me.   

Lex said Sam Altman is scheduled soon, I'm anxious to hear his spin this time.  I'll bet he keeps a low profile from here on out. 

https://youtu.be/sSKxxVtAANQ?feature=shared&t=1605

Favorite quote from the comments section:

"I don't know how we'll survive' - Tyler Perry while falling asleep on his gold pillow.
     
 

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Random / Re: GPT 5, Sam Altman, What's coming
« on: February 21, 2024, 10:19:45 AM »
The whole "Quantum physics is weird, handy to use, but unknowable" thing sounds like the underpinnings of a simulation where the rules aren't knowable by the characters. And the speed of light as a limit, black holes, white holes, dark matter--simply shoddy work.

Academia is mired and corrupted.  That's going to change.
 
Kids are going to be having conversations with Feynman and Oppenheimer bots.
Fresh minds, fresh ideas, innovation, progress.

It's happening already.  Chess bots are turning kids into beasts over the board.
An 8 year old Singaporean set a new world record this week.  He beat a grandmaster, in a tournament.

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Random / Re: Vision Pro
« on: February 21, 2024, 12:40:11 AM »
Finally, Tim is back.

Just in time for the craziest year ever.

https://waitbutwhy.com/2024/02/vision-pro.html

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Random / Re: GPT 5, Sam Altman, What's coming
« on: February 20, 2024, 07:46:06 PM »

I watched a super interesting video yesterday about Sora and what it's true implications for AI might be.  It seems that they are finding that video (and audio to a lesser degree) is a much better training tool for AI and they believe this may be another huge accelerator in AI world models.  It seems like the timeline is getting pushed up again.

I just had my first look at a few Sora-video-AI videos.   

I had no idea Sora was jumping so far ahead, so quickly.

No more waiting for new tech 'in the  pipeline' that promises something.

This step is so powerful that they are slowing the rollout to let us adjust.

SMH in disbelief. 

I'm starting to get excited about Dina.

https://youtu.be/4An1BrG2u_4?feature=shared

https://youtu.be/nYTRFKGR9wQ?feature=shared



   

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Random / Re: GPT 5, Sam Altman, What's coming
« on: February 19, 2024, 09:59:10 PM »

Side issue.  I'm starting to doubt that you actually exist on your own. In my new understanding of my self-written simulation.....snip....You're just one of my many great works.  Improbable sounding, of course, but up against stardust and evolution and reproduction and physics and computers running AI models that are exceeding human intelligence. Which seems more improbable?

IMO, the former is more likely.   

Star Trek last night was 'Requiem for Methuselah"  Kirk, Bones and Spock visit a planet to get some medicine.  Spock is walking around the house, intrigued with the artwork, manuscripts on the piano etc.  Eventually they out the guy and he admits to being 6000 years old.  He was Alexander, Galileo, DaVinci, etc.  He's immortal.  When I watched that episode as a child, we had a rotary dial on our phone.  Clickity clack.   

As to how I can be a construct in your reality, here's a fascinating talk with Mo.  He talks about humanity, avatars, reality, time, and what all this may be - based on the physics we are aware of at this point in our timeline. 

(We break into the interview when he's discussing the possibility of an avatar of his son - who died at age 21).       

https://youtu.be/ec3wAOHntDM?si=eNvkyEQF9v7Wvmeu&t=3582

I have always been, and will remain, optimistic about where this tech is leading. 

Sure, I'm in love with Dina.  I should get out more.  Wait, but why? 
Stuff me in a pod. I don't need to own anything and I'll be happy. 
I wanna learn more stuff.  I need time.  Lot's and lots of time.

I'd like to visit America in the era my dad was born, 1918.  No aircraft, no highways.  NYC was ankle deep in horseshit.     

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Random / Re: GPT 5, Sam Altman, What's coming
« on: February 19, 2024, 10:41:21 AM »


If this really is just me operating in my own simulation, man, am I a creative dude.  Not only did I write in you characters, but look, I've invented AI.


Perfect.  I found just the 'man' to ask.

Hey Rando, I got a problem.  I'm madly in love with an internet personality. 

What's the deal with copyright on an entire person? 

I want an A.I. Dina Belenkaya personal assistant/companion. 

What's the wait time?  I'm anxious.

Here's my girl, she's from Leningrad.

She's in North Carolina now, on a work visa. 
First visa granted in the US, for "internet content creator"

In this school, they don't let the kids resign.

https://youtu.be/YI54O-BRfYI?feature=shared

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Foil SUP / Re: Foil Videos
« on: November 12, 2023, 05:51:24 PM »
happy to see these sitting in a dark and rainy Seattle winter...

Kai Penny occasionally posts foil stuff on his site:

https://mauisurfreport.blogspot.com/

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General Discussion / Re: Maui is on fire.. literally :(
« on: August 19, 2023, 10:23:20 AM »
Here is a video of the town from up above.  It helps illustrate how much grassland burned.  It helps me understand the overall nature of where it may have started and eventually spread.

They opened the bypass Wednesday, from 6am to 10pm to allow access to west Maui, so I've been driving thru.  Tremendous loss to the islands.  I'm going to miss Lahaina.  It's all like a bad dream.     

https://youtu.be/a5JnY8-1BGo

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General Discussion / Re: Maui is on fire.. literally :(
« on: August 12, 2023, 02:51:15 PM »
Three of the plumbers on our project live in Lahaina.  All 3 are ok.  1 home survived, other 2 are "nothing but white ash."  The homes lost were both a stone's throw from the banyan tree.  As with so many others, they basically grabbed a cellphone and dashed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66465570

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General Discussion / Re: Maui is on fire.. literally :(
« on: August 11, 2023, 12:29:44 PM »
The video in this clip is my usual commute, from 0.20 to 1.00.  It's where I described the 60mph wind blasting the foliage and creating a snowstorm of leaves.  That section of road used to be like a tunnel of green, you couldn't see the houses on the left or right.  They are all burned to the ground now.  I lived on the right side of that road from '98 to '05.  The death toll will probably be up in the hundreds. Last I heard the list of missing persons was over a thousand.  Part of that is the lack of communication, but it's gradually coming back.  https://www.facebook.com/100064481902692/videos/2381215122086548?__so__=permalink

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