anthonyrstevens

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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
I this a similar thing? Apple web signin doesn't let you easily choose SMS 2FA; you have to click "I can't get to my devices right now" first before you can send yourself a text message. I always resent them for making m
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
It's a mouthful to verbalize, but I like "unsatisfactoriness".
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
>> you're made to click a button that says something like "No, I don't want an amazing 15% off my next order by signing up to your email list" Ugh, this type of thing is the worst. "Click here to remain fat, d
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
Yes, and no matter when "now" is, the doubters will always see in their mind's eye the flat line extending to the right.
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
>> we've spent trillions Source? This sounds like hyperbole. The entire US GDP is low tens of trillions.
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
Yesterday it was "LLM's can't count R's in 'strawberry'." Today it's "LLM's can't tell jokes". Tomorrow it might be "LLM's can't do (X)", all while LLMs get bet
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
>> simple, clear, readable code is just as important as ever for projects to be long-term successful Is it though? I'm a long-time code purist, but I am beginning to wonder about the assumptions underlying our vocation.
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
This is just one way to use TDD. I personally get the most value from TDD as a design approach. I iteratively decompose the project into stubbed, testable components as I start the project, and implement when I have to to get my tests to pa
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
>> They have been natively incentivized to generate more where possible Do you have any evidence of this?
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
"rigorously" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
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by anthonyrstevens 7mo ago
I think it's a perfectly fine point. The OP said (my interpretation) that LLMs are messy, non-deterministic, and can produce bad code. The same is true of many humans, even those whose "job" is to produce clean, predictable,
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by anthonyrstevens 8mo ago
Did you review all the code-gen code that might have been created in your projects pre-AI? Scaffolding, boilerplate, extended autocomplete, etc?
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by anthonyrstevens 8mo ago
>> and the use to oneself of such a phrase is much different from using it in response to the concerns of others Quite right.
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by anthonyrstevens 8mo ago
Cadillac margarita would like a word. ;)
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by anthonyrstevens 9mo ago
Or they hate cars/waymo/etc and will come up with any chain of reasoning that puts those things in a bad light.
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by anthonyrstevens 9mo ago
>> "The Body Keeps The Score" Such a great book. Highly recommended.
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by anthonyrstevens 1y ago
>> This guarantees worse outcomes. [Citation needed] An opposite argument is that compulsory voting smooths out or buffers the extreme radical urgency of any faction that might, in the right circumstances, carry the day in a low-turno
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by anthonyrstevens 1y ago
I'm starting to think that many of the "But the AIs tell me I should drive my car off a cliff!!" posters are just making stuff up.
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by anthonyrstevens 1y ago
This is not my experience. I just did a search for "dehumidifer" and ALL of the first 50 results are for dehumidifiers. The 51st result is for: Vacplus Moisture Absorbers 6 Pack, 10.5 Oz Portable Humidity Absorber Boxes for Your B
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by anthonyrstevens 2y ago
"By rote" != "Cargo cult programming" IMHO
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by anthonyrstevens 2y ago
I agree, fantastic book.
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by anthonyrstevens 2y ago
>> I think Anathem is Stephenson's best Hard to choose for me, but I might cast a vote for the Baroque Cycle, although I love almost all of his science fiction as well.
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by anthonyrstevens 2y ago
I think I could make a good argument that our brains are machines for repeating past mistakes. Interesting to think about the opposite sides of the argument.
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by anthonyrstevens 2y ago
Are we sure about that?
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by anthonyrstevens 2y ago
Alastair Reynolds, in "House of Suns", has a variation on this theme, with much-more-stretched timeframes.
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by anthonyrstevens 6y ago
Alcohol has played a role in plenty of similar accidents. Here's one I just read about yesterday, in which the writer William Burroughs shot his partner, Joan Vollmer, in the head (!) as part of a William Tell reenactment: https:&#x2F
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by anthonyrstevens 6y ago
AWS and Twitter are not infrastructure. Electricity and telecoms are infrastructure.
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by anthonyrstevens 6y ago
You're arguing against a straw man. No one is saying "ban them for their thoughts", they are saying "ban them for inciting violence". (cue the desperate, too-cute-by-half arguments "but are they REALLY inciting
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by anthonyrstevens 6y ago
Come on. Florida is not "back to normal". The health department is still advocating the full suite of social interventions for citizens, including masks & social distancing. https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/pre
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by anthonyrstevens 6y ago
It's hard to pick which piece of misinformation is the biggest offender. For example, the prominent discussion of "Global Solar Minimum" on each page. This scare text flies in the face of the current thinking of the scientifi

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