> Anything the WR can do on it's own is often seen as 'AI slop' This has not been my experience inside of a FAANG, in fact rather the opposite: People have been getting praised for AI slop because they can produce it…
This is a good point but probably not in the way you intended. If AI is the wide receiver, it’s perceived currently by many to be an absolutely elite top-tier receiver. Especially at lower leagues, QBs who have these…
Programming trade schools were (are they still?) quite popular for a long time - see lambda school et al. They weren’t a panacea either.
Universities never kept up with current practices and to be honest I don’t really think it’s their job to. Universities aren’t vocational schools. An undergraduate education can, at best, teach you how to learn complex…
I'm not sure what your point is, to be blunt. It seems like you wanted to make some weird argument about the semantics of the word "abuse", and are now implying one of: 1) Beastiality isn't sexual abuse 2) Beastiality…
I'll be blunt: I don't really feel the need to argue about that point. It's sexual abuse.
> The only counterpoint here is, I think, that the severity of such punishments seems to be vastly underestimated. I suppose I disagree: Modern forms of this ("cancelling") are well-aware of the economic impact it can…
> how does one get not punishing opinions—even those that would put the listener in danger if implemented—broadly accepted as a value? Taking you literally, I don't think that's possible. Social punishment (in the form…
They can and it often comes up: One of Mamdani's tax proposals was to raise property taxes, though he backtracked on it. Still, NYC's municipal budget is already the largest in the world by far. When I last looked, it…
> The uptick in rental delinquency isn’t new. It started six years ago It has nothing to do with Mamdani, for those of who don't want to bother to read. Most of this occurred under Eric Adams's watch. Anecdotally, I do…
Actually, I think the old references are relevant. Sometimes those bug fixes and workarounds no longer matter. Windows 95 and Internet Explorer are long gone, we don’t need to architect our code base any longer to…
I feel you're correct, and it's why it's a losing battle. It's a spectrum of consequences. The worst outcomes are serious but rare. For most people the most severe outcome they'll deal with are unauthorized credit card…
> Previously an individual new to web development might have genuinely needed to develop an understanding of web protocols, HTML, and other stuff in that domain That hasn't really been my experience, at least not for a…
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Specialization is very much a thing in US sports as well, even without relegation and even with profit sharing/etc. The payoff to being elite at a valuable skill is enormous. Teams generally benefit more from combining…
A handful of Black Mirror episodes land on a more optimistic (or at least not entirely bleak) note, though "happy" might be overstating it for any of them. Bittersweet, maybe. Eulogy and Hotel Reverie from the newest…
It’s pretty obvious that professional photography takes real skill if you’ve ever experienced the disaster of someone trying to cut costs by hiring an amateur photographer for a major event like a wedding but expecting…
Sure, that’s why I said "on its face." This administration is obviously very different than most. I don’t think Anthropic is wrong to include that clause with this particular administration, and I doubt the…
> It’s not obvious that the government should have to power to overwrite this The government shouldn’t be able to set the terms of its contracts with private companies and walk away if those terms aren’t acceptable?…
> the government will come knocking anyway. Dario has even said something along these lines at one point: As the technology matures, it’s very possible the government either nationalizes or semi-nationalizes companies…
> Modern American middle class norms are that babies cost a fortune. > The best nutrition, daycare, early childhood learning, classes, tuition, etc. Extreme expenses. Daytime childcare isn’t really optional in the first…
> The copy is not the product I think this is an illuminative statement from you, so I’m going to just explain that I (and many of the people responding to you likely) will vehemently disagree: The copy is an extremely…
I'll bite: Copy can signal that a real person spent time on the details and cared about the product. Auto-correct and speech-to-text still carry that idea. Even boring corporate PR language communicates something. It…
Doesn’t sound that crazy to me. With many newborns there’s a lot of "hurry up and wait" if you’re able to be on parental leave (or just on the weekends). They sleep a ton. Honestly, I’ve never been more caught up on…
> Anything the WR can do on it's own is often seen as 'AI slop' This has not been my experience inside of a FAANG, in fact rather the opposite: People have been getting praised for AI slop because they can produce it…
This is a good point but probably not in the way you intended. If AI is the wide receiver, it’s perceived currently by many to be an absolutely elite top-tier receiver. Especially at lower leagues, QBs who have these…
Programming trade schools were (are they still?) quite popular for a long time - see lambda school et al. They weren’t a panacea either.
Universities never kept up with current practices and to be honest I don’t really think it’s their job to. Universities aren’t vocational schools. An undergraduate education can, at best, teach you how to learn complex…
I'm not sure what your point is, to be blunt. It seems like you wanted to make some weird argument about the semantics of the word "abuse", and are now implying one of: 1) Beastiality isn't sexual abuse 2) Beastiality…
I'll be blunt: I don't really feel the need to argue about that point. It's sexual abuse.
> The only counterpoint here is, I think, that the severity of such punishments seems to be vastly underestimated. I suppose I disagree: Modern forms of this ("cancelling") are well-aware of the economic impact it can…
> how does one get not punishing opinions—even those that would put the listener in danger if implemented—broadly accepted as a value? Taking you literally, I don't think that's possible. Social punishment (in the form…
They can and it often comes up: One of Mamdani's tax proposals was to raise property taxes, though he backtracked on it. Still, NYC's municipal budget is already the largest in the world by far. When I last looked, it…
> The uptick in rental delinquency isn’t new. It started six years ago It has nothing to do with Mamdani, for those of who don't want to bother to read. Most of this occurred under Eric Adams's watch. Anecdotally, I do…
Actually, I think the old references are relevant. Sometimes those bug fixes and workarounds no longer matter. Windows 95 and Internet Explorer are long gone, we don’t need to architect our code base any longer to…
I feel you're correct, and it's why it's a losing battle. It's a spectrum of consequences. The worst outcomes are serious but rare. For most people the most severe outcome they'll deal with are unauthorized credit card…
> Previously an individual new to web development might have genuinely needed to develop an understanding of web protocols, HTML, and other stuff in that domain That hasn't really been my experience, at least not for a…
[dead]
Specialization is very much a thing in US sports as well, even without relegation and even with profit sharing/etc. The payoff to being elite at a valuable skill is enormous. Teams generally benefit more from combining…
[dead]
A handful of Black Mirror episodes land on a more optimistic (or at least not entirely bleak) note, though "happy" might be overstating it for any of them. Bittersweet, maybe. Eulogy and Hotel Reverie from the newest…
It’s pretty obvious that professional photography takes real skill if you’ve ever experienced the disaster of someone trying to cut costs by hiring an amateur photographer for a major event like a wedding but expecting…
Sure, that’s why I said "on its face." This administration is obviously very different than most. I don’t think Anthropic is wrong to include that clause with this particular administration, and I doubt the…
> It’s not obvious that the government should have to power to overwrite this The government shouldn’t be able to set the terms of its contracts with private companies and walk away if those terms aren’t acceptable?…
> the government will come knocking anyway. Dario has even said something along these lines at one point: As the technology matures, it’s very possible the government either nationalizes or semi-nationalizes companies…
> Modern American middle class norms are that babies cost a fortune. > The best nutrition, daycare, early childhood learning, classes, tuition, etc. Extreme expenses. Daytime childcare isn’t really optional in the first…
> The copy is not the product I think this is an illuminative statement from you, so I’m going to just explain that I (and many of the people responding to you likely) will vehemently disagree: The copy is an extremely…
I'll bite: Copy can signal that a real person spent time on the details and cared about the product. Auto-correct and speech-to-text still carry that idea. Even boring corporate PR language communicates something. It…
Doesn’t sound that crazy to me. With many newborns there’s a lot of "hurry up and wait" if you’re able to be on parental leave (or just on the weekends). They sleep a ton. Honestly, I’ve never been more caught up on…