andybak

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by andybak 3y ago
A JetBrains plugin might be worth looking at too. They are pretty popular in several language communities and still resisting the juggernaut that is VS Code.
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by andybak 3y ago
Retrieval Augmented Generation It's a terrible choice of acronym if you ask me.
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by andybak 3y ago
Your argument is about a hypothetical counterfactual. We are both arguing fiction against fiction. We can't re-run the experiment without Apple.
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by andybak 3y ago
Without Apple, there would be other mobile devices, surely? It was an idea that was in the air. Arguments about Apple doing it better or quicker or differently don't have much bearing on your specific point here.
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by andybak 3y ago
Addiction? I use it for around 30 minutes a day. And sometimes you need to kick back and passively graze content. You know - after all that exercise, skill learning and art creating...
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by andybak 3y ago
But it does do the thing you just described (at least to some degree)? I suppose it rests on what is meant by "completely different" but I've been relatively satisfied by the variety.
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by andybak 3y ago
Well I'm pleased for you that all your media consumption is deliberate and planned. You're a real outlier.
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by andybak 3y ago
> I'll entertain myself, thank you. So you don't watch any media? TV? Documentaries? I'm not clear what distinction you're making between "good" media and "bad" media. I've never been geek sh
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by andybak 3y ago
I'm fully aware and I make an informed, conscious decision. If the PLA wants to know how many videos on astrophysics and urban planning I watch then I'm fine with that.
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by andybak 3y ago
I dipped into TikTok out of morbid curiosity but found it quickly cottoned on to things I like. On the whole I now get a mix of interesting factual content that aligns well with my taste - and a frictionless UI that I prefer to most of the
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by andybak 3y ago
> People who have had some experience with it are their strongest opponents. Rather depends what you mean by "it". I've know many addicts and I've known many people who have enjoyed drugs recreationally with no long-t
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by andybak 3y ago
I'm not sure you know what the word "drug" means. And even if I grant that you mean "recreational drug", any discussion that doesn't distinguish between pot, LSD, heroin etc is just pointless. There are huge di
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by andybak 3y ago
What? The price of a few beers? On a hobby?? Heaven forbid...
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by andybak 3y ago
> it's beneficial if everybody knows they exist. Oh, I certainly wasn't intending to give the impression I doubted that they did. (But I also wouldn't want people to have exaggerated fears about withdrawal - it's har
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by andybak 3y ago
I don't take Adderall. I'm in the UK and I think it's fairly uncommon here. The first choice meds on the NHS is usually methylphenidate. I also briefly tried lisdexamfetamine but it didn't suit me as well.
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by andybak 3y ago
I've never noticed any withdrawal effects.
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by andybak 3y ago
Absolutely. Lockdown was a complete revelation to me. The removal of FOMO and the narrowing of options was incredibly beneficial.
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by andybak 3y ago
You can choose when to take meds and when not to. I was actively encouraged by my doctor to be selective and I have a prescription for both the timed release and the normal forms. I am fully capable of recognising situations where the meds
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by andybak 3y ago
Your "Of course" is a red flag. Unless you have a very precise definition of "LLM" then there's no "of course". It's possible to imagine a hypothetical software system capable of returning "I don
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by andybak 3y ago
> memory, time complexity, nulls, or code style None of these are specific to text vs visual. Except maybe "code style" and that has a direct analogue in visual programming (and arguably one that's harder to manage). >
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by andybak 3y ago
> But normal people is happy with the specific solutions in the meantime. I'm not discussing whether they are "happy". I'm arguing that Visual Programming comes with some massive drawbacks. Whether people are aware of
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by andybak 3y ago
I've done a fair amount of both and there's an element of truth in your statement - but it's far from the whole picture. Spreadsheets solve data entry in terms of providing a nice UI - but when you add too many formula, the a
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by andybak 3y ago
I have complex feelings about visual programming that I haven't yet quite worked through. I oscillate between "it's a dreadful local minima that people get trapped in because real programming is so genuinely intimidating and
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by andybak 3y ago
Asked it to extract some data from a spreadsheet. It's first answer was wrong. I corrected it. It's second answer was wrong. That's when I quit. (It was a simple sheet. I said "list the names of all items where [column n
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by andybak 3y ago
> The problem that it wasn’t “occasionally” producing unrepresentative images. It was doing it predictably for any historical prompt. I didn't use the word "occasionally" and I think my phrasing is reasonable accurate. Thi
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by andybak 3y ago
"Most" as in 51%? 99%? Can you give any justification for your estimate? How does it change across demographics? In any case - I don't think it's an overwhelming majority - especially if you apply some subtlety to how yo
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by andybak 3y ago
> underlying architectural issues from its dependencies (e.g. OpenCascade's OCCT and Coin3D) Curious to know more. I occasionally look at CAD kernels and wonder about writing a C# wrapper. Is OCCT to be avoided?
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by andybak 3y ago
OK. Have a setting where you can choose either: 1. Attempt to correct inherent biases in training data and produce diverse output (May sometimes produce results that are geographically or historically unrepresentative) 2. Unfiltered (Warnin
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by andybak 3y ago
> Open your device as soon as you can, take out the battery Well. Fuck.
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by andybak 3y ago
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