Same, I was one of them, too. It used to feel like a place you'd discover things. Now we are led to them.
Google Reader going away felt like the beginning of the end the internet as I knew it. I miss websites
I think you are misunderstanding the term "deterministic". Running on deterministic hardware does not mean an algorithm is deterministic. Create a program that reads from /dev/random (not urandom). It's not determistic.
just text !== syntactically correct code that solves a defined problem There is a world of difference between translation and generation. It's even in the name: generative AI. I didn't say anything about magic.
Said another way, compilers are a translation of existing formal code. Compilers don't add features, they don't create algorithms (unrolling, etc., notwithstanding), they are another expression of the same encoded…
I was thinking of our natural reluctance to adopt newer and better tools because of our comfort and expertise with old ones. I know I should have experimented with LLMs sooner, but leaned into my instinctive "VIM has…
> arrested development is the dark side of strengths in the sense of Positive Psychology I see some correlation here to hesitancy in adopting LLMs for coding.
Right, it doesn't help pay the bills to be right in the long run if you are discarded in the present. There exists some fact about the true value of AI, and then there is the capitalist reaction to new things. I'm more…
I understand there are probabilities and shortcuts in weather forecasts.... but what part is non-deterministic?
I'm with you, I enjoy the craftsmanship of my trade. I'm not relieved that I may not have to do it in the future, I'm bummed that it feels like something I'm good at, and is/was worth something, is being taken away. I…
In my experience, it's xml-ish and HTML can be described the same way. The relevant strength here is the forgiving nature of parsing tag-delimited content. The XML is usually relatively shallow, and doesn't take…
counterpoint, and I know it's not apples to apples, but have you ever used an old terminal app? Buffering the key strokes and then applying them _once_ the menu was ready was awesome. You could move so fast through an…
I do both of those, it's a constant battle in my own head. I'm always reminding myself that it's ok to make music just for my own enjoyment, and that don't need a potential monetary angle for some hobby. I'm not…
"magic quotes" have entered the chat :D
I think they understand that, and are referring to more nuanced side effects. Logging, for an example, is a side effect, same with even using a date function. Hitting an API endpoint without cache may be functional if…
Really? You don't think there is a middle ground? Are the cops watching this fight or hearing about or later?
almost is the key term here, yes, it depends on the situation causing the panic.
you can't think of an example where it doesn't? I can. I'm not saying there is any virtue to it, but panic can subside without having had negative side effects on anything other than your mood
both "screwed up" and "perfect" are judgements calls/perspectives, and panicking isn't going to change things (panic doesn't necessarily make something worse either)
"perfect" is a weird word to use in stoicism, but I do think it can be used to justify that things "are the way they are" and shrug it off with some visualization.
agreeing to change and agreeing how to change aren't the same thing at all though
thank you!
I don't know why you are being downvoted. My father was a cop, went through the academy when I was 15. I distinctly remember him explaining to me about how they are taught to lie to get people to cross their stories up.
Police lie all the time, but this is police _implying_ a lie. To me it (clearly?) read as if they were keeping their cards close to their chest, not saying either way.
Grouping humans into 16 categories is pseudo science. The idea that we have traits and tendencies is not, and these things help us understand our own biases if we choose.
Same, I was one of them, too. It used to feel like a place you'd discover things. Now we are led to them.
Google Reader going away felt like the beginning of the end the internet as I knew it. I miss websites
I think you are misunderstanding the term "deterministic". Running on deterministic hardware does not mean an algorithm is deterministic. Create a program that reads from /dev/random (not urandom). It's not determistic.
just text !== syntactically correct code that solves a defined problem There is a world of difference between translation and generation. It's even in the name: generative AI. I didn't say anything about magic.
Said another way, compilers are a translation of existing formal code. Compilers don't add features, they don't create algorithms (unrolling, etc., notwithstanding), they are another expression of the same encoded…
I was thinking of our natural reluctance to adopt newer and better tools because of our comfort and expertise with old ones. I know I should have experimented with LLMs sooner, but leaned into my instinctive "VIM has…
> arrested development is the dark side of strengths in the sense of Positive Psychology I see some correlation here to hesitancy in adopting LLMs for coding.
Right, it doesn't help pay the bills to be right in the long run if you are discarded in the present. There exists some fact about the true value of AI, and then there is the capitalist reaction to new things. I'm more…
I understand there are probabilities and shortcuts in weather forecasts.... but what part is non-deterministic?
I'm with you, I enjoy the craftsmanship of my trade. I'm not relieved that I may not have to do it in the future, I'm bummed that it feels like something I'm good at, and is/was worth something, is being taken away. I…
In my experience, it's xml-ish and HTML can be described the same way. The relevant strength here is the forgiving nature of parsing tag-delimited content. The XML is usually relatively shallow, and doesn't take…
counterpoint, and I know it's not apples to apples, but have you ever used an old terminal app? Buffering the key strokes and then applying them _once_ the menu was ready was awesome. You could move so fast through an…
I do both of those, it's a constant battle in my own head. I'm always reminding myself that it's ok to make music just for my own enjoyment, and that don't need a potential monetary angle for some hobby. I'm not…
"magic quotes" have entered the chat :D
I think they understand that, and are referring to more nuanced side effects. Logging, for an example, is a side effect, same with even using a date function. Hitting an API endpoint without cache may be functional if…
Really? You don't think there is a middle ground? Are the cops watching this fight or hearing about or later?
almost is the key term here, yes, it depends on the situation causing the panic.
you can't think of an example where it doesn't? I can. I'm not saying there is any virtue to it, but panic can subside without having had negative side effects on anything other than your mood
both "screwed up" and "perfect" are judgements calls/perspectives, and panicking isn't going to change things (panic doesn't necessarily make something worse either)
"perfect" is a weird word to use in stoicism, but I do think it can be used to justify that things "are the way they are" and shrug it off with some visualization.
agreeing to change and agreeing how to change aren't the same thing at all though
thank you!
I don't know why you are being downvoted. My father was a cop, went through the academy when I was 15. I distinctly remember him explaining to me about how they are taught to lie to get people to cross their stories up.
Police lie all the time, but this is police _implying_ a lie. To me it (clearly?) read as if they were keeping their cards close to their chest, not saying either way.
Grouping humans into 16 categories is pseudo science. The idea that we have traits and tendencies is not, and these things help us understand our own biases if we choose.