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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
I agree that being further along the Vibe end of the spectrum is the issue. Some of the other ways I use Claude don't have the same problems. > If the result is something you can't explain than slow down and follow the steps it
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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
I've just started a new role as a senior SWE after 5 months off. I've been using Claude a bit in my time off; it works really well. But now that I've started using it professionally, I keep running into a specific problem: I
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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
It sounds pedantic, but I think it's important: maths and physics are often used to describe sounds, their relationships and emergent properties through combination. Maths and physics aren't ever really used to describe music. It&
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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
> People don't want change? Nah, people like change when it is obvious to them that the change is good. I agree with some of what you said, but just want to point out that you're doing the very thing you criticise here. I think
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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
I don't know if anyone is holding the author up as a hero, least of all herself. The book reads as a masterclass in grooming, manipulation and abuse. If anything, the title "Careless People" does a disservice to its message:
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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
Sounds just like John Cleese's "Open Mode" and "Closed Mode" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb5oIIPO62g
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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
No idea why this has been downvoted. There is a lot of demand for this, and at least one company actively working on orchestrating home and EV batteries with the grid: https://www.amber.com.au/amber-for-evs
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Minimum Viable Bureaucracy (2019)(acko.net)
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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
> don't kid yourself that your actions will make any difference whatsoever to the overall trajectory of AI adoption in IT or society How large does a group have to be (absolute number or percentage of population) for you to change y
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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
> A much more "obvious" solution IMO is to invest in efficient, grid-scale renewable generation combined with robust storage tiers, as well us long overdue updates to the grid. Individual rooftop solar + home batteries _is_ how
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by DavidPiper 6mo ago
Apple didn't have this issue 1 year ago :-)
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
The idea that it might cost "someone" $2 every time a user opens and app AND it sends a bunch of private data to a 3rd party is completely dystopian, let alone everything else. And a serious question: with deepest respect to the a
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
An automated file system handler, similar to Hazel[1]. I want to treat my Downloads folder (or some other one) like an "Inbox" where I can just dump everything, and then the program knows where exactly in my (Johnny Decimal) file
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
If we accept the short and sweet "Programming as Theory Building (1985)", by Peter Naur, you land on Einstein's (alleged) maxim: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” Or, more fully [1]: “It can
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
> This stands in stark contrast to code, which generally doesn't suffer from re-use at all ... This is an absolute chef-kiss double-entendre.
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
Ah yes, while everyone was focused on Flock cameras... For many more reasons than pervert behaviour, I agree that this kind of tool cannot coexist with healthy society. "Glassholes" was a delightful portmanteau, but I suspect norm
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
I'm also cautious of the redesign. But I got burned by the first Touchbar Macbook back in the day, so twice shy etc.
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
I've also had a proper Thunderbolt display freak out where the entire desktop just suddenly decides to ultra-saturate/ultra-contrast. Happened twice, across restarts. After the second restart it stopped, but I can't explain i
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
I accidentally hit the wrong button a few weeks ago and upgraded to Tahoe. I didn't think it was that big a deal at the time, I'd just been putting it off. But having used it for a few weeks now I can confirm it is a strict downgr
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
> Our position has never wavered and will never waver: the Department of War must have full, unrestricted access to Anthropic’s models for every LAWFUL purpose in defense of the Republic. Kesha tried to hug Jerry Seinfeld vibes. > Ant
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by DavidPiper 7mo ago
They do. The political and economic environment (edit: in the US) is currently supporting the idea that mass surveillance is an extremely lucrative investment opportunity.
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by DavidPiper 8mo ago
Sorry to be that guy, but given how often Google has done this for lesser infringements (some reported here on HN), is anyone really "shocked" by the permabans? The apparent shock around this sort of thing always feels like cope f
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by DavidPiper 8mo ago
OT but if your washing gets mouldy after being left in the washing machine overnight, you need to clean your washing machine (and/or use more detergent).
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by DavidPiper 8mo ago
I quite like seed but for a different reason - if you squint a bit, it looks like a natural evolution of a random number seed. My complaint against seed would be that it still harkens back to a biological process that could be easily and cr
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by DavidPiper 8mo ago
Oh, completely. I've started calling people on it in-person and it's been quite interesting to see who understands this immediately with a single prompt (no pun intended), and who is a true believer, as it were.
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by DavidPiper 8mo ago
Oh I think you're right, thank you for the callout. Sorry for the misread, GP.
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by DavidPiper 8mo ago
I agree with you in concept, but it's still 100% category error to talk like this. AIs don't have souls. They don't have egos. They have/are a (natural language) programming interface that a human uses to make them do th
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by DavidPiper 8mo ago
Time for everyone to read (or re-read) The Unaccountability Machine by Dan Davies. tl;dr this is exactly what will happen because businesses already do everything they can to create accountability sinks.
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by DavidPiper 8mo ago
If Instagram is as omnipresent as breathing we still have problem.
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by DavidPiper 8mo ago
For any Australians here, there is also https://www.accce.gov.au/what-we-do/trace-an-object - I hope there are similar sites for other regions too.

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