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Submission + - OpenAI announces leadership transition - Sam Altman is out (openai.com)

tagous writes: Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI.

https://openai.com/blog/openai...

Comment Former customer (Score 5, Funny) 25

So many years ago I don't think the term "cloud" existed yet, I had a website I wanted to host but I didn't really give a crap about it. I just wanted the cheapest place to drop some flat HTML files I could find and I found No Support Linux Hosting. Their model of "if you have to contact us for something, we probably don't want you" resonated with me as a nerd and the price was perfect (I think $1 if I'm remembering correctly?). It felt like it was a pet project of some admin who also wanted a place to host some sites they didn't care about and figured they'd split the cost as long as it didn't cost them a minute of their time. I'm not at all surprised that they're shutting down - cleaning up from a hack is work and the entire business model is that they don't want to do any work. Well done, mates. You did exactly what you said you'd do from start to finish. That's a level of integrity and laziness I can respect.

Comment Re:AT&T. Never had 'em, never will (Score 2, Insightful) 220

This whole post smells of controversy where there isn't one. AT&T was worried their network couldn't handle the load if the future suddenly arrived and everyone was video calling each other. So years ago they blocked 2-way video apps over their network (but not over wifi cause who cares). They've since realized this isn't the Jetsons so they're going to slowly allow that traffic through to see if it bites them in the ass. Assuming the novelty wears off pretty quickly for most users and their network doesn't take a dump in the mean time, they'll likely open it up entirely. It's not menacing and he isn't "sneering" - it's an issue of conservation. They have a limited number of resources that they've planned for and sudden disruptions to that plan can ruin their business. He's just a businessman - apply Hanlon's razor if you must but don't put your negative shit on him. AT&T isn't violating your rights, they don't care what software you use, and we aren't heading down any "bad road." Well, at least not from this. Go fear-monger elsewhere.

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Comment Re:Touché + Plants = New Hype? (Score 1) 97

It's even older than that. I vaguely remember this from my childhood. There was an Earth Day tv special with a girl who stumbled around learning about "nature" and at one point winds up in a wired arboretum where the plants are wired to a synthesizer to play notes when you touch them. I can't remember now if it was a Disney production but I suspect this has been around for a long time.

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