The Supreme Intelligence has entered the chat... My brain has been stuck on that same thought for decades - wouldn't it be great to have a wholly objective, impartial, and independent governing mechanism to limit the…
Dunno about you but I work for a "business" (large company, you've heard of it) and the concept of "High Performer" is synonymous with "best politician". Sure, a lot of theater goes into things, especially dances around…
In many cases - yes, they have gotten that bad. It's pure fantasy that we live in a free market - there are a handful of companies that own nearly everything, there is very little customer choice or power to "speak with…
I've been using these tools for nearly a year and half on a daily basis. They've become an integral part of my tool box for solving problems. But writing code was never much more than 35-40% of my job while working for…
Might work for you, but if I multi task too much, the quality of my output drops significantly. Where I work, that does not fly. I cannot trust any agent to handle anything without babysitting them to avoid going off…
If anything, the AI bubble is reinforcing to me (and hopefully many more people) that the "markets" are anything but rational. None of the investments going on have followed any semblance of fundamentals - it's all pure…
Thing is, context management is NOT obvious to most users of these tools. I use agentic coding tools on a daily basis now and still struggle with keeping context focused and useful, usually relying on patterns such as…
I don't care what kind or style of job - if the balance of power in any labour relationship is overwhelmingly on the employer side, collective action is the only way labour can regain a modicum of negotiating power. To…
Humans (accountants) are non-deterministic, so unsure if an LLM would be better or worse if we threw more effort at the problem. But in general, I tend to side with the "lets leave the math to purpose built…
"Let's knock down social media's walled gardens..." Links to pay wall trying to get me to pay for some subscription service I've never heard of and would never want to sign up for sight unseen. mmmhmmm
It could be argued that the emergence of the web and search engines in particular has established this as a common pattern long before AI was around. I'm not convinced that AI represents a dramatic change to this…
Same things I use it for as well - crap like "update this class to use JDK21" or "re-implement this client to use AWS SDKv2" or whatever. And it works maybe... 80% of the way and I spend all my time fixing the remaining…
I'd suggest this is a sign that most "education" or "work" is basically pointless busy work with no recognizable value. Perpetuating a broken system isn't an argument about the threat of AI. It's just highlighting a…
I think this is overestimating the impact of LLMs. Fact is, even if they are capable of fully replicating and even replacing actual human thought, at best they regurgitate what has come before. They are, effectively, a…
Lazy management, ones that focus on "metrics" and "numbers" rather than actual engagement with their teams/business lines. I'm only 20% joking here...
Same here - seen it happen most strongly once the company switched from a growth (OrderProductSales optimization) approach to one that maximizes cashflow. Basically a switch from explore to exploit mindset - which…
Honestly, it's just easier to block/drop Facebook entirely and actually talk to the people I want to talk to directly. Sure I miss out on some things, but I still have friends and family and I still talk to them. I…
If that's the root reason, then there is zero reason that footage is open to consumption by the manufacturer (and made generally available to Tesla employees). That is owner data, not company data and it should be…
What's the alternative here? Just offer the service with minimal ads and just hope people decide to sign up for the ad-free version - a value proposition that makes little sense since the ads are minimal? They aren't…
I gave up trying to use a mouse on OSX years ago (the acceleration curve causes physical pain for me) and leaned into what Apple did right: trackpads. I got an apple trackpad for my desk setup, and otherwise use the…
I think this is a problem with any highly specialized or technical topic. I vaguely recollected what wayland was, but I didn't know why I would care about it and ended up doing similar googling before realizing this…
Sorry, was mostly just agreeing with you and adding that gender based nonsense is endemic everywhere. It's alienating me across the whole media spectrum.
But when you meet that person who is totally into it, they are gonna be iced out the wazoo in custom made bling.
While I personally would agree with your distinction, I do thing your example demonstrates a relative bias. For most of us, yeah, there is a difference between adding chocolate syrup to ice cream and a buying a 10kUSD…
Try any other bit of social media. Some how my instagram feed (whenever I actually go to use it) is now full of silly "haha my husband is stupid he can't find anything without me" nonsense, or "lol, my wife can't drive…
The Supreme Intelligence has entered the chat... My brain has been stuck on that same thought for decades - wouldn't it be great to have a wholly objective, impartial, and independent governing mechanism to limit the…
Dunno about you but I work for a "business" (large company, you've heard of it) and the concept of "High Performer" is synonymous with "best politician". Sure, a lot of theater goes into things, especially dances around…
In many cases - yes, they have gotten that bad. It's pure fantasy that we live in a free market - there are a handful of companies that own nearly everything, there is very little customer choice or power to "speak with…
I've been using these tools for nearly a year and half on a daily basis. They've become an integral part of my tool box for solving problems. But writing code was never much more than 35-40% of my job while working for…
Might work for you, but if I multi task too much, the quality of my output drops significantly. Where I work, that does not fly. I cannot trust any agent to handle anything without babysitting them to avoid going off…
If anything, the AI bubble is reinforcing to me (and hopefully many more people) that the "markets" are anything but rational. None of the investments going on have followed any semblance of fundamentals - it's all pure…
Thing is, context management is NOT obvious to most users of these tools. I use agentic coding tools on a daily basis now and still struggle with keeping context focused and useful, usually relying on patterns such as…
I don't care what kind or style of job - if the balance of power in any labour relationship is overwhelmingly on the employer side, collective action is the only way labour can regain a modicum of negotiating power. To…
Humans (accountants) are non-deterministic, so unsure if an LLM would be better or worse if we threw more effort at the problem. But in general, I tend to side with the "lets leave the math to purpose built…
"Let's knock down social media's walled gardens..." Links to pay wall trying to get me to pay for some subscription service I've never heard of and would never want to sign up for sight unseen. mmmhmmm
It could be argued that the emergence of the web and search engines in particular has established this as a common pattern long before AI was around. I'm not convinced that AI represents a dramatic change to this…
Same things I use it for as well - crap like "update this class to use JDK21" or "re-implement this client to use AWS SDKv2" or whatever. And it works maybe... 80% of the way and I spend all my time fixing the remaining…
I'd suggest this is a sign that most "education" or "work" is basically pointless busy work with no recognizable value. Perpetuating a broken system isn't an argument about the threat of AI. It's just highlighting a…
I think this is overestimating the impact of LLMs. Fact is, even if they are capable of fully replicating and even replacing actual human thought, at best they regurgitate what has come before. They are, effectively, a…
Lazy management, ones that focus on "metrics" and "numbers" rather than actual engagement with their teams/business lines. I'm only 20% joking here...
Same here - seen it happen most strongly once the company switched from a growth (OrderProductSales optimization) approach to one that maximizes cashflow. Basically a switch from explore to exploit mindset - which…
Honestly, it's just easier to block/drop Facebook entirely and actually talk to the people I want to talk to directly. Sure I miss out on some things, but I still have friends and family and I still talk to them. I…
If that's the root reason, then there is zero reason that footage is open to consumption by the manufacturer (and made generally available to Tesla employees). That is owner data, not company data and it should be…
What's the alternative here? Just offer the service with minimal ads and just hope people decide to sign up for the ad-free version - a value proposition that makes little sense since the ads are minimal? They aren't…
I gave up trying to use a mouse on OSX years ago (the acceleration curve causes physical pain for me) and leaned into what Apple did right: trackpads. I got an apple trackpad for my desk setup, and otherwise use the…
I think this is a problem with any highly specialized or technical topic. I vaguely recollected what wayland was, but I didn't know why I would care about it and ended up doing similar googling before realizing this…
Sorry, was mostly just agreeing with you and adding that gender based nonsense is endemic everywhere. It's alienating me across the whole media spectrum.
But when you meet that person who is totally into it, they are gonna be iced out the wazoo in custom made bling.
While I personally would agree with your distinction, I do thing your example demonstrates a relative bias. For most of us, yeah, there is a difference between adding chocolate syrup to ice cream and a buying a 10kUSD…
Try any other bit of social media. Some how my instagram feed (whenever I actually go to use it) is now full of silly "haha my husband is stupid he can't find anything without me" nonsense, or "lol, my wife can't drive…