Indeed, I suspect the approaches/algorithms for solving a Rubik's cube "compress" a lot better than trying to distill the entire search space in order to be able to predict the exact next move. I see this trope fairly…
> Somebody on the forums posted a tool that converts generic joystick axes to keypresses, but not sure how well that works. I don't have a TSC-X, but did frown a little bit that there wasn't a generic support for…
Somewhere around the initial ChatGPT release, I was experimenting with having the model draw various types of ASCII art. I believe the first time I ran into a doom loop might have been when I asked it to draw a giraffe;…
If we're going with a math analogy, I guess it's a bit like teaching them integrals in 3rd grade. You can do it, they probably have the raw IQ for it. But they won't really understand and appreciate it at a deep level…
Aside from the pragmatic reasons, I think it's a good idea to separate out cardio, muscle-building, and flexibility into its own separate categories, and ensure you consistently dabble in each. Obviously there can be…
I don't see this as a binary thing. Legally we tend to draw a clear line between child and adult for pragmatic purposes, but I don't think my responsibility of intent disappears just because someone hits a magical…
To be fair, this topic seems to be quite divisive, and seems like something that definitely should be discussed during an interview. Who is right and wrong is one thing, but you likely don't want to be working for a…
I find the chess comment fairly weak; while chess is a "perfect information" game (in that you have full information about every piece on the board), at every level that chess is played at there will be unknowns about…
I completely agree, it's fantastic both for general fitness, and as a way of exploring. I do this on a smaller scale on a daily basis, walking the 8-10 km route to or from my work (when we have office days). This is…
Availability is definitely a factor, but I feel that a far more important aspect is that a YouTube feel is personalised. It's A/B testing you for weeks on end, and has a pretty good idea of how to get maximum…
Because obviously, we can be trusted completely!
> Why not! Responsive layout would be the biggest reason (mobile for one, but also a wider range of PC monitor aspect ratios these days than the 4:3 that was standard back then), probably followed by conflating the…
Godot is a great engine, and .Net support is very good. You can't go far wrong with it, especially for small 2D games.
I think 5-10% is pretty good, it probably means that the codebase is mostly understandable and maintainable. I have definitely worked on some which were full of little traps and landmines just waiting for eager…
Very interesting post, thank you! I'd also be curious to know the following: how many new errors or regressions were caused by the bug fixes?
I've heard this argument before from the perspective of C# having more keywords and language features to be aware of than something else (in my particular argument, the other side was Java). From this perspective, I…
I also spent hours messing around with calculators as a kid. I recall noticing that: 11 * 11 = 121 111 * 111 = 12321 1111 * 1111 = 1234321 and so on, where the largest digit in the answer is the number of digits in the…
While I certainly had the _concept_ of compound interest taught to me at some abstract mathematical level, the application to real life practical financial scenarios was definitely not done [1]. Economics as a whole was…
> Nobody had to teach me that delicious things include Oreos and not cardboard. Well, no, that came from billions of years of pre-training that just got mostly hardcoded into us, due to survival / evolutionary pressure.…
> First point: if you imagine that the brain is doing something like collapsing the quantum wavefunction, wouldn't you say that this is a functionally relevant difference in addition to an ontologically relevant…
> In response to this, Searle argues that it makes no difference. He suggests a variation on the brain simulator scenario: suppose that in the room the man has a huge set of valves and water pipes, in the same…
I think a lot if comes down to the domain, language and frameworks, your expectations, as well as prompt engineering. Having said that, I have had a number of excellent experiences in the past few weeks: - Case 1 was…
I think the gist of your argument is "they should have just kept their separate, original, gendered surnames", and I agree, that is generally the path of least resistance. Nevertheless, the issue is real in the sense…
TigerBeetle is plenty interesting, though if half of SpacetimeDB's [1] [2] claims are true, it's even more interesting for me. (The title of this post has "_a_ most interesting database", while the article has "_the_",…
I used a 2019 MacBook Pro for quite a while, and it was my first (and so far only) dip into Apple-land. While I appreciated the really solid build quality, great screen, etc, the battery life was pretty abysmal. We're…
Indeed, I suspect the approaches/algorithms for solving a Rubik's cube "compress" a lot better than trying to distill the entire search space in order to be able to predict the exact next move. I see this trope fairly…
> Somebody on the forums posted a tool that converts generic joystick axes to keypresses, but not sure how well that works. I don't have a TSC-X, but did frown a little bit that there wasn't a generic support for…
Somewhere around the initial ChatGPT release, I was experimenting with having the model draw various types of ASCII art. I believe the first time I ran into a doom loop might have been when I asked it to draw a giraffe;…
If we're going with a math analogy, I guess it's a bit like teaching them integrals in 3rd grade. You can do it, they probably have the raw IQ for it. But they won't really understand and appreciate it at a deep level…
Aside from the pragmatic reasons, I think it's a good idea to separate out cardio, muscle-building, and flexibility into its own separate categories, and ensure you consistently dabble in each. Obviously there can be…
I don't see this as a binary thing. Legally we tend to draw a clear line between child and adult for pragmatic purposes, but I don't think my responsibility of intent disappears just because someone hits a magical…
To be fair, this topic seems to be quite divisive, and seems like something that definitely should be discussed during an interview. Who is right and wrong is one thing, but you likely don't want to be working for a…
I find the chess comment fairly weak; while chess is a "perfect information" game (in that you have full information about every piece on the board), at every level that chess is played at there will be unknowns about…
I completely agree, it's fantastic both for general fitness, and as a way of exploring. I do this on a smaller scale on a daily basis, walking the 8-10 km route to or from my work (when we have office days). This is…
Availability is definitely a factor, but I feel that a far more important aspect is that a YouTube feel is personalised. It's A/B testing you for weeks on end, and has a pretty good idea of how to get maximum…
Because obviously, we can be trusted completely!
> Why not! Responsive layout would be the biggest reason (mobile for one, but also a wider range of PC monitor aspect ratios these days than the 4:3 that was standard back then), probably followed by conflating the…
Godot is a great engine, and .Net support is very good. You can't go far wrong with it, especially for small 2D games.
I think 5-10% is pretty good, it probably means that the codebase is mostly understandable and maintainable. I have definitely worked on some which were full of little traps and landmines just waiting for eager…
Very interesting post, thank you! I'd also be curious to know the following: how many new errors or regressions were caused by the bug fixes?
I've heard this argument before from the perspective of C# having more keywords and language features to be aware of than something else (in my particular argument, the other side was Java). From this perspective, I…
I also spent hours messing around with calculators as a kid. I recall noticing that: 11 * 11 = 121 111 * 111 = 12321 1111 * 1111 = 1234321 and so on, where the largest digit in the answer is the number of digits in the…
While I certainly had the _concept_ of compound interest taught to me at some abstract mathematical level, the application to real life practical financial scenarios was definitely not done [1]. Economics as a whole was…
> Nobody had to teach me that delicious things include Oreos and not cardboard. Well, no, that came from billions of years of pre-training that just got mostly hardcoded into us, due to survival / evolutionary pressure.…
> First point: if you imagine that the brain is doing something like collapsing the quantum wavefunction, wouldn't you say that this is a functionally relevant difference in addition to an ontologically relevant…
> In response to this, Searle argues that it makes no difference. He suggests a variation on the brain simulator scenario: suppose that in the room the man has a huge set of valves and water pipes, in the same…
I think a lot if comes down to the domain, language and frameworks, your expectations, as well as prompt engineering. Having said that, I have had a number of excellent experiences in the past few weeks: - Case 1 was…
I think the gist of your argument is "they should have just kept their separate, original, gendered surnames", and I agree, that is generally the path of least resistance. Nevertheless, the issue is real in the sense…
TigerBeetle is plenty interesting, though if half of SpacetimeDB's [1] [2] claims are true, it's even more interesting for me. (The title of this post has "_a_ most interesting database", while the article has "_the_",…
I used a 2019 MacBook Pro for quite a while, and it was my first (and so far only) dip into Apple-land. While I appreciated the really solid build quality, great screen, etc, the battery life was pretty abysmal. We're…