MrMcCall

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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> we're still trying to figure out how to communicate with LLMs Communicating with 'guess-the-next-token' machines is just ELIZA version X.Y. You can also ask your dog it they want another treat, or if they want to play Qu
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
It's the natural result of having more and more of our population being complete morons. The truth never goes away, but societies can shift closer to or futher away from being willing to learn and accept new concepts, attitudes, and be
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Usain Bolt didn't walk around on crutches all day. Comedians' ability diminishes as they take time off. Ahnold wasn't lounging around all day. We should understand that fixing crap, unsensible code is not a productive skillse
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Our kids, both teens, are beloved by everyone they meet. I'm not exaggerating. Our oldest, our daughter, has had a few jobs working in her craftland, and both loved it and was loved by her fellow employees and customers. Our son is an
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
That will not prevent them using it for free.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Holy shit! I've never seen those before. Thanks for the literal LOL. Ryan Gosling is such a great comedic actor. And the handle-comment synergy is chef's kiss :-)
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Plus, am I the only one who is disgusted by the idea of Shell/Exxon/... using OSS in their operations? Sharing technically-excellent software with parasites seems to be a net negative for the world, because many people are just ta
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yes. I had to backtrack a couple of times for a few seconds each, but it's Leslie Lamport, so I figured it was worth doing. Besides, if I wanted to comment, I wanted to not just skim it and then make a stupid comment. Peace be with you
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
My wife's son is a recently-minted top-of-his-class doctor who said that he would not be a patient of 80-90% of his med school graduating class. I chalk it up to their primary skill is to be a memorizer. As a problem solver, myself, I
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> Thinking is always better than not thinking. "Truer words were never spoken." --Case from Gibson's Neuromancer
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Maybe my never using LLMs means I can still understand a talk, even one as poorly recorded and delivered as this one was. > Probably both. Maybe neither. Maybe PEBCAK.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> starting the search with the value negative infinity But then there is no differentiation between the result of the empty set and a set containing only negative infinities. I consider them separate conditions and would therefore make t
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
"not 2, not 1" is the old Zen abstraction for deeply interrelated, but separate concepts. The What puts constraints on the How, while the How puts constraints on the What. I would say the the What is the spacial definition of the
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
The best, IMO, version of the talk's program has a signature (as expressed in my ad hoc pseudo-typed-python): def getHasMaxAndMaxOfIntArr ( intArr :int[] ) -> ( hasMax :bool , maxV :int ) : where hasMax is false iff len( intA
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
If a person has a problem with your attending a party sober, then they're the one with the problem, my friend, and you're probably not going to be creating a healthy relationship as a result of that interaction, anyway. The relati
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Have you ever considered that you may just be an asshole? I had a psychiatrist for my Adderall prescription, but he was really just a drug dealer who was forced to retire after one of his patients committed suicide. But that was long after
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> What kind of new standard you are putting on in there? We act like animals -- mammals, specifically -- when we do not seek to become more humane, a better humanitarian. > half of America cheering on harm done to other Americans &quo
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> involves the forcible expropriation of property If you don't want to live in that society, move somewhere else. That's your free choice, too, but I counsel against it. Are you directly choosing to help maintain roads, and hos
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
We give 10% of our net to charity, though we are only required to give 5%. It compounds our happiness and makes us richer of life, of happiness, and helps ensure we have enough to eat and live. It proves our gratitude to God for Its generos
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Yeah, it's difficult to find the middle path between too much and too little. Those little mental gremlins always try to push us too far in the opposite direction. It's the nature of our internal enemy, the enemy of both our inner
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
Is it woo if I'm a diagnosed with ADHD, too, which I am? I explain this more fully in my other comments in this thread. This isn't woo, my friend; it's the advise of programmer who has been in the ADHD trenches for over 30 ye
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I get that now, but I'm diagnosed, too, with ADHD. Maybe that's why I forgot to mention that I'm in the same, exact boat. I'm still a foot-tapper at nearly 60, with high blood pressure putting the kaibosh on Adderall, so
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I got a lot of work done for a few years, thanks to Adderall, but that ship has sailed because of high blood pressure. I'm not selling anything, my friend. I'm sorry I didn't tell anyone that I was diagnosed with ADHD over 15
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
That's what I do for myself, friend. I'm diagnosed ADHD, too. My luck is that I have a loving wife who helps me. It would be far more difficult without her, but I guess I would have to use checklists if I had to do this on my own.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I would recommend you pay careful attention to your diet - get the proper amount of essential fatty acids - experiment with vitamins, especially magnesium - green, leafy vegetables - minimal processed sugar & zero alcohol And exercise.
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I'm of the same feelings, my friend. You can peruse my religious-oriented posts from today to get a pretty complete picture of our Sufi perspective. To be Sufi is to be the small part of all forms of religion that truly try to manifest
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
As a Sufi, I agree with the overall truth of your analysis, but it is absolutely not true for we Sufis, who believe in love above all. I will state it clearly that we believe in always loving our fellow human beings, regardless of their eth
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
I can only imagine how much better a person does in college when they're not drinking or smoking and perhaps even minimizing their promiscuity. That's gotta improve their chances against over 90% of their peers, at least, I imagin
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
"There's God's side and the other side." --Katt Williams Forms of religion are not important compared to effortful compassion that seeks to help others suffer less and enjoy more happiness. God always looks into our hear
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by MrMcCall 2y ago
> Animals do cooperate, a lot and frequently. Including predators like lions. There are solitary animals, but cooperation is not rare. That is just pack behavior. Animals are nearly always at war among their own for territory, and will o

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