Breza

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   by Breza 1y ago

   I don't want most of my vendors sending me messages on Slack or Teams. If there's an issue that requires attention, please send me a thoughtful email with the relevant information.
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   by Breza 1y ago

   I'm surprised more people don't use images for this kind of thing. You could put an image with a green checkmark next to every live job posting, and change it to a red X once the job is no longer available. I worked for a publishe
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   by Breza 1y ago

   I was on the opposite side. When AMP4email came out, I worked at a publisher of email newsletters. I pushed our CTO to implement it. He was less than enthusiastic. We ultimately decided it wasn't worth the effort and now that looks lik
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   by Breza 1y ago

   Agreed. The Wall Street Journal suggests setting the y axes so your data fits in 2/3 of the available space (unless you have a specific reason for a different setting, such as putting zero as the minimum for revenue).
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   by Breza 1y ago

   I have the same experience in the web UI. Asking for that famous Obama chili recipe gets a refusal. But when I use the API, I can dial back the safety settings to the point where things work much more smoothly.
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   by Breza 2y ago

   I agree with your specific point. I think copyright should last for 50 years. That would protect long running franchises like Harry Potter or the Dresden Files but still allow things like Spiderman and Aretha Franklin to be freely reimagine
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   by Breza 2y ago

   Networking. For an embarrassing amount of time, I knew very little about it other than some IP addresses looked different from others. In 100 hours, you can learn enough to be useful as a dev without going down rabbit holes.
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   by Breza 2y ago

   Consider buying a split keyboard. It was a game changer for me. By itself, you'll learn to always put your hands on the correct sides of the keyboard.
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   by Breza 2y ago

   If these tariffs continue for 30 years, it's hard to know if we'd still be the largest single market in the world.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    I wonder if there will be a gap between (1) AVs being so common that driving for Uber doesn't make financial sense, and (2) AVs being able to operate in all driving conditions. I imagine people at a concert all fleeing for AV taxis aft
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    by Breza 2y ago

    I wonder if there should be a two-tiered structure to replace the traditional drivers license. In flying, you can get a Private Pilot License, or you can get a Sport Pilot Certificate, which is easier to get but has fewer privileges. It wou
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    by Breza 2y ago

    Very well put. I also read books to learn concepts. I usually only turn to documentation to remember the nitty gritty details that are easy to forget. Consider loading the first 100 rows of a large CSV. About as basic as code can get. Yet a
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    by Breza 2y ago

    This is a massively important point. My dad took a programming course back in the day and had to use punchcards. High-level languages make code easier to understand and debug compared to gazing at a stack of "Do not fold, spindle or mu
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    by Breza 2y ago

    This is such a great analogy! Exactly how I feel when using AI tools. I have had some incredibly productive conversations about high-level design where I explain my goals and the approaches I'm considering. But then the actual code wil
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    by Breza 2y ago

    A great service. Commonly used by long distance hikers.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    > get food stamps Great advice all around, but I'll emphasize this part. SNAP is becoming a de facto indicator of eligibility for all sorts of programs, from reduced price transit passes to Medicaid, depending on the state.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    Same here. I stopped using it partly for this reason.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    I strongly disagree about Netflix. It came out when I was in high school without a car. Being able to get whatever DVD I wanted without having to bum a ride from my parents--and also never have to pay late fees--was a major game changer.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    In this particular lotto, 4% of all possible numbers were bought in a typical period. So it's not truly riskless, but there was definitely a positive expected value.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    Yeah, I imagine they save the list of all the tickets they've sold, get a hash of the values, and then generate the winning number.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    Obligatory Seinfeld reference... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottle_Deposit
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    by Breza 2y ago

    A Washington Post columnist has been tracking the media coverage of Hitler's first 100 days. It's interesting how much people viewed him as bumbling or harmless or or or. https://www.instagram.com/petula_d/
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    by Breza 2y ago

    Now I'm imagining someone mailing postcards to a dozen friends every month saying "We live in a totalitarian dictatorship!" Once the postcards stop appearing, you know you're on the way to the message becoming true.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    Let's look at a single example of Elon Musk's alleged crimes. He bought Twitter stock in 2022 and did not follow disclosure laws, which led to him getting an extra $150 million. It took the SEC more than two years to investigate h
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    by Breza 2y ago

    Congress needs to be responsible for restructuring the government. Even if you support what President Trump is doing, it'll all be reversed on day 1 of the next Democratic administration. Avoiding this kind of yoyoing every four years
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    by Breza 2y ago

    At work, developed our own suite of benchmarks. Every company with a serious investment in AI-powered platforms needs to do the same. Comparing our results to the Arena turns up some pleasant surprises, like DBRX hitting way above its weigh
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    by Breza 2y ago

    I've experienced this problem but I haven't come across papers about it. For this context, it would be interesting to compare the accuracy of transcribing one page at a time to batches of n pages.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    I suggest picking up Knuth's Concrete Mathematics. It helps you get used to the math in TAoCP as well as his writing style, which manages to be simultaneously rigorous, serious, and humorous.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    GPT-2, GPT-3, GPT-4.
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    by Breza 2y ago

    I completely agree! I'm currently using Gemini's "2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental with apps" model.