Look at the HN comments and you'll see many saying they don't get the point
The broader point is that percentages can be misleading, and are often because of that. It makes things sound better. But usually, the more accurate thing to do is use odds-notation ("1 in 50" instead of 98%).…
There is simple correctness but there are also second order effects to consider. How does this particular implementation allow you to grow, and in which directions? What does it prevent? If you don't already have an…
This is why I get worried about the hatred for income taxes. No, you want the government to want you to be richer. If all they raised was property taxes, then they don't care if you get priced out of your home, as long…
The setup may be simple, but what about the maintenance?
That was the fearmongering, which made no sense because advertisers can't put a dollar value on "the AI will kind of sort of mention you", and because every conversation needs an ad. If ChatGPT always snuck in a brand…
Using FizzBuzz as your proxy for "unreviewed code" is extremely misleading. It has practically no complexity, it's completely self-contained and easy to verify. In any codebase of even modest complexity, the challenge…
No, because they are not blindly passing on the briefing to the board. It's a starting point, and presumably they're going to tweak it.
How many documents can be used to prove your citizenship? How many times do people have to go back to the DMV because they forgot something or another? Now imagine that everyone has one shot to get that right on voting…
> Each board director could ask for a particular thing they require, or a briefing themself, eliminating human intermediary You are missing the point of board briefings. The CEO serves as a critical filter of…
Voter registration already requires proof of citizenship. What is the point of requiring that high bar of proof on the day of voting as well?
I didn't say that there wasn't a reason. I said it was absolute trash to use. It's so bad that the moment I need even the slightest bit of complexity, I will switch away from bash. Can't really say that for any other…
Uh, reading a bash script shouldn't be as hard as doing your taxes. Bash syntax has to be simple because bash code is going to be read and reasoned by humans. Reading just a simple if statement in bash syntax requires a…
Oh lord, yeah this convinces me even more that this is a bad idea. I can't even tell at a glance if those do the same thing. Just pick one and move on, you're requiring everyone to pass around sourcemaps literally…
Bash syntax is anything but simple or logical. Just look at the insane if-statement syntax. Or how the choice of quotes fundamentally changes behavior. Argument parsing, looping, the list goes on.
Those are both formatting examples though? You're suggesting totally different syntaxes, which means you can't even point to the same line in a codebase when talking about a PR. This throws up massive hurdles around…
This is a Very Bad Idea. Two people working with the same language will be unable to reason about each other's code, because it requires understanding their bespoke syntax and its nuances.
I depend on the community to vet libraries that I add to my stack. The community of people. When I use AI to write code, I have absolutely no guarantee about what it just did, so I have to read through it all carefully.
I love TRMNL for this exact type of usecase! Only ~$150, and you can self-host if you want.
When I write the code myself, I'm not worried that I snuck a `git reset --hard` somewhere.
> Okay, so they did all that and then posted an apology blog almost right after ? Seems pretty strange. You mean double down on the hoax? That seems required if this was actually orchestrated.
Yes, you're right. You can't say your function operates in Z "but has solutions in Q". That's what people are doing when they take a real function and go "ooh look, secret complex solutions!"
If you say "this function f operates on the integers", you can't turn around and then go "ooh but it has solutions in the rationals!" No it doesn't, it doesn't exist in that space.
Complex numbers are just a field over 2D vectors, no? When you find "complex solutions to an equation", you're not working with a real equation anymore, you're working in C. I hate when people talk about complex zeroes…
Great writeup! Looks like this is going to be relevant very soon. > Tools do not make a culture; the people engaging on it do Absolutely, but it's also important to keep in mind that the tool has a big impact on culture…
Look at the HN comments and you'll see many saying they don't get the point
The broader point is that percentages can be misleading, and are often because of that. It makes things sound better. But usually, the more accurate thing to do is use odds-notation ("1 in 50" instead of 98%).…
There is simple correctness but there are also second order effects to consider. How does this particular implementation allow you to grow, and in which directions? What does it prevent? If you don't already have an…
This is why I get worried about the hatred for income taxes. No, you want the government to want you to be richer. If all they raised was property taxes, then they don't care if you get priced out of your home, as long…
The setup may be simple, but what about the maintenance?
That was the fearmongering, which made no sense because advertisers can't put a dollar value on "the AI will kind of sort of mention you", and because every conversation needs an ad. If ChatGPT always snuck in a brand…
Using FizzBuzz as your proxy for "unreviewed code" is extremely misleading. It has practically no complexity, it's completely self-contained and easy to verify. In any codebase of even modest complexity, the challenge…
No, because they are not blindly passing on the briefing to the board. It's a starting point, and presumably they're going to tweak it.
How many documents can be used to prove your citizenship? How many times do people have to go back to the DMV because they forgot something or another? Now imagine that everyone has one shot to get that right on voting…
> Each board director could ask for a particular thing they require, or a briefing themself, eliminating human intermediary You are missing the point of board briefings. The CEO serves as a critical filter of…
Voter registration already requires proof of citizenship. What is the point of requiring that high bar of proof on the day of voting as well?
I didn't say that there wasn't a reason. I said it was absolute trash to use. It's so bad that the moment I need even the slightest bit of complexity, I will switch away from bash. Can't really say that for any other…
Uh, reading a bash script shouldn't be as hard as doing your taxes. Bash syntax has to be simple because bash code is going to be read and reasoned by humans. Reading just a simple if statement in bash syntax requires a…
Oh lord, yeah this convinces me even more that this is a bad idea. I can't even tell at a glance if those do the same thing. Just pick one and move on, you're requiring everyone to pass around sourcemaps literally…
Bash syntax is anything but simple or logical. Just look at the insane if-statement syntax. Or how the choice of quotes fundamentally changes behavior. Argument parsing, looping, the list goes on.
Those are both formatting examples though? You're suggesting totally different syntaxes, which means you can't even point to the same line in a codebase when talking about a PR. This throws up massive hurdles around…
This is a Very Bad Idea. Two people working with the same language will be unable to reason about each other's code, because it requires understanding their bespoke syntax and its nuances.
I depend on the community to vet libraries that I add to my stack. The community of people. When I use AI to write code, I have absolutely no guarantee about what it just did, so I have to read through it all carefully.
I love TRMNL for this exact type of usecase! Only ~$150, and you can self-host if you want.
When I write the code myself, I'm not worried that I snuck a `git reset --hard` somewhere.
> Okay, so they did all that and then posted an apology blog almost right after ? Seems pretty strange. You mean double down on the hoax? That seems required if this was actually orchestrated.
Yes, you're right. You can't say your function operates in Z "but has solutions in Q". That's what people are doing when they take a real function and go "ooh look, secret complex solutions!"
If you say "this function f operates on the integers", you can't turn around and then go "ooh but it has solutions in the rationals!" No it doesn't, it doesn't exist in that space.
Complex numbers are just a field over 2D vectors, no? When you find "complex solutions to an equation", you're not working with a real equation anymore, you're working in C. I hate when people talk about complex zeroes…
Great writeup! Looks like this is going to be relevant very soon. > Tools do not make a culture; the people engaging on it do Absolutely, but it's also important to keep in mind that the tool has a big impact on culture…