It's funny you mention this, because I've been thinking lately that all the focus on code quality benchmarks for LLMs seems to miss something. In my experience, LLMs aren't actually all that good at prompting other…
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I think this is one of those areas where the translation from research to the public ends up too precise on the details, beyond the cognitive load most people are willing to commit to it day to day. In the same spirit…
Tech leaders demand nations of the world give them a moat or else
Because they aren't and never have been! This has been scientifically proven from the astrological data according to my sources.
Somewhat tangential, but this reminds me of when I took a certain Microbiology midterm in college. I hadn't put much effort into that class leading up to it, as I had some tough CS classes that consumed my focus that…
Yeah I walked into this with my pitchfork ready but isn't this stuff pretty... reasonable? McDonalds is just a restaurant, they predict what menu items you like and how likely you will come back, is that really a…
I reject your characterization of my comment. I explicitly called myself an outlier and said I didn't want to get too specific, so I'm not sure where you're getting "clever" from. I wasn't claiming credit for my…
I purchased a house within commuting distance of Boston in my mid 20s, back in 2022. Didn't need PMI, the mortgage terms weren't unreasonable to me (fixed 5% interest), and the monthly payments for utilities plus the…
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My perspective until now was that the Wikimedia foundation was already supposed to be a union-like organization. Would it make sense for Linux maintainers to form a union within the Linux foundation? The vibes feel…
Yeah I was expecting some giant text dump based on the complaints in the comments here, yet all I see is a pretty normal README? It's not even that large. If we are splitting hairs some sections could have been left out…
Yes it's truly a shame when the people responsible for critical infrastructure only hire the cheap inexperienced software engineers to build it. Much like how relying on a resident nurse instead of a cardiologist when…
I see no reason not to be empathetic. The frustration is fair, but it's aimed at the wrong layer. These people were guided into this spot by bootcamps and curricula that start at React and never go down the stack. My…
You can agree or disagree with the consequences, but the voting rights act never had any explicit provisions about districting, this was something conjured entirely by the courts. It was even framed as a temporary…
Friends who give ultimatums like this are usually toxic and worth ditching. Your friend would be better off cutting you off now, regardless of what they decide about the job, than continuing to associate with someone…
I honestly agree with you in many respects, I'm simply spinning in some nuance to a topic I keep seeing. The snake oil salesmen is productive precisely because the actual effects of the snake oil they are selling is…
This is why I believe we should only listen to amateur opinions on everything, experts simply lack historical credibility. For example I've recently purchased a healing crystal (half off) for only $5000 dollars! It…
Spain had the largest empire in the Western Hemisphere. Extracted silver, enslaved entire populations, and lost it when we kicked their teeth in during 1898. That's imperialism. Paying someone hundreds of millions to…
"Granted to them for free"? The US has been paying Spain for base access since 1953. Hundreds of millions per renewal cycle in military aid, economic assistance, and direct spending. It was never free and it was never a…
Glad we are on the same page, because yes, as you pointed out, it literally says here in plaintext that it was NATO Allies that activated it, not the United States.
The United States has never activated article 5. Get your facts straight before attempting to use an LLM to reply to me. The coalition for Afghanistan was voluntary. This isn't even that, it's just flying our planes…
I want to say upfront that I'm absolutely not trying to say Spain should or even needs to join this silly war. But the US not being allowed to use the bases it pays and maintains for Spain makes it questionable why it…
This dynamic could also be argued as a cause of the War of 1812.
Ah, I finally understand NFTs now
It's funny you mention this, because I've been thinking lately that all the focus on code quality benchmarks for LLMs seems to miss something. In my experience, LLMs aren't actually all that good at prompting other…
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I think this is one of those areas where the translation from research to the public ends up too precise on the details, beyond the cognitive load most people are willing to commit to it day to day. In the same spirit…
Tech leaders demand nations of the world give them a moat or else
Because they aren't and never have been! This has been scientifically proven from the astrological data according to my sources.
Somewhat tangential, but this reminds me of when I took a certain Microbiology midterm in college. I hadn't put much effort into that class leading up to it, as I had some tough CS classes that consumed my focus that…
Yeah I walked into this with my pitchfork ready but isn't this stuff pretty... reasonable? McDonalds is just a restaurant, they predict what menu items you like and how likely you will come back, is that really a…
I reject your characterization of my comment. I explicitly called myself an outlier and said I didn't want to get too specific, so I'm not sure where you're getting "clever" from. I wasn't claiming credit for my…
I purchased a house within commuting distance of Boston in my mid 20s, back in 2022. Didn't need PMI, the mortgage terms weren't unreasonable to me (fixed 5% interest), and the monthly payments for utilities plus the…
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My perspective until now was that the Wikimedia foundation was already supposed to be a union-like organization. Would it make sense for Linux maintainers to form a union within the Linux foundation? The vibes feel…
Yeah I was expecting some giant text dump based on the complaints in the comments here, yet all I see is a pretty normal README? It's not even that large. If we are splitting hairs some sections could have been left out…
Yes it's truly a shame when the people responsible for critical infrastructure only hire the cheap inexperienced software engineers to build it. Much like how relying on a resident nurse instead of a cardiologist when…
I see no reason not to be empathetic. The frustration is fair, but it's aimed at the wrong layer. These people were guided into this spot by bootcamps and curricula that start at React and never go down the stack. My…
You can agree or disagree with the consequences, but the voting rights act never had any explicit provisions about districting, this was something conjured entirely by the courts. It was even framed as a temporary…
Friends who give ultimatums like this are usually toxic and worth ditching. Your friend would be better off cutting you off now, regardless of what they decide about the job, than continuing to associate with someone…
I honestly agree with you in many respects, I'm simply spinning in some nuance to a topic I keep seeing. The snake oil salesmen is productive precisely because the actual effects of the snake oil they are selling is…
This is why I believe we should only listen to amateur opinions on everything, experts simply lack historical credibility. For example I've recently purchased a healing crystal (half off) for only $5000 dollars! It…
Spain had the largest empire in the Western Hemisphere. Extracted silver, enslaved entire populations, and lost it when we kicked their teeth in during 1898. That's imperialism. Paying someone hundreds of millions to…
"Granted to them for free"? The US has been paying Spain for base access since 1953. Hundreds of millions per renewal cycle in military aid, economic assistance, and direct spending. It was never free and it was never a…
Glad we are on the same page, because yes, as you pointed out, it literally says here in plaintext that it was NATO Allies that activated it, not the United States.
The United States has never activated article 5. Get your facts straight before attempting to use an LLM to reply to me. The coalition for Afghanistan was voluntary. This isn't even that, it's just flying our planes…
I want to say upfront that I'm absolutely not trying to say Spain should or even needs to join this silly war. But the US not being allowed to use the bases it pays and maintains for Spain makes it questionable why it…
This dynamic could also be argued as a cause of the War of 1812.
Ah, I finally understand NFTs now