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do you remember writing this? https://fly.io/blog/carving-the-scheduler-out-of-our-orchestrator/ https://fly.io/blog/carving-the-scheduler-out-of-our-orchest...
by dijksterhuis 3mo ago
do you remember writing this? https://fly.io/blog/carving-the-scheduler-out-of-our-orchestrator/ https://fly.io/blog/carving-the-scheduler-out-of-our-orchest...
this was amazing post. i enjoyed reading it, it was relevant to some work stuff i was battling with. the linked articles at the end were amazing too. i had tonnes of respect for fly.io and yourself because of these posts. technically informative, clear, engaging. great stuff.
the llm post? complete polar opposite.
> I would like to take this moment to apologize to you, personally, for not giving a shit about "AGI". I wish I could tell you I've come to see the error of my ways, but I continue not to care about it.
thanks for the snark, and kinda proving my previous point about the tone of the article that was supposed to be a personal blog post and then ended up on a company blog https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052217 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49052217
- tptacek 3mo agoI'm not being snarky. I genuinely do not care about AGI. It's weird to watch people write as if I'm trying to back away from that article or hedge or whatever. I expect to wrap my career up at some point and look at that post as one of the better and more valuable things I've ever written.
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- john_strinlai 3mo ago>I'm not being snarky "I would like to take this moment to apologize to you, personally, for not giving a shit about "AGI"." appears to be dripping with snark
- tptacek 3mo agoHave I spoiled the solemnity of the subthread where we're litigating whether we "lost our aura" by writing a blog post?
- john_strinlai 3mo agono? its just weird to write an obviously snarky sentence and then follow up with "im not being snarky". you have no problem owning the tone of the blog post, why not own the tone of your comment?
- tptacek 3mo agoI can't judge how snarky I'm being overall. I'm writing like I would on any HN thread. What I was saying was: my lack of concern about AGI is not snark. It's weird to me that anybody would call that out. Are you super worried about AGI?
- john_strinlai 3mo ago>I can't judge how snarky I'm being overall okay, well, then this is me telling you that overall, the comment with the fake apology came across as really snarky. >Are you super worried about AGI? no. i typically agree with your takes on ai. i usually just happily ignore your tone and enjoy the substance of your comments but i thought this particular exchange from you was exceptionally odd so i commented on it.
- tptacek 3mo agoI am paying attention to what you're saying but I think if you look at the context of this thread and take a beat you might sense, like I do, that the bar for charity is a bump or two lower than it normally is.
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- dijksterhuis 3mo ago> this was amazing post. i enjoyed reading it, it was relevant to some work stuff i was battling with. the linked articles at the end were amazing too. i had tonnes of respect for fly.io and yourself because of these posts. technically informative, clear, engaging. great stuff. i deliberately pointed out past praise and respect i had for your writing. i made an effort to go out of my way to provide an example of good stuff. as someone said in the andrew kelley black pill youtube comments -- people are a package. i too can be abrasive, dismissive, arrogant etc. i am a flawed human being too. so, in the spirit of not being a complete fucking dick i decided to point out something good you have written. i'm highly critical of the article in question. i have the freedom and right to be critical of it, whether or not you think it's one of your best pieces of writing. and your general tone in this thread (and previous threads) has only solidified my view.