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by apercu 1y ago
In my experience in the post tariff world, it’s likely a flat out lie. You will order and get a delivery update 12 hours later that says your item will arrive on time only to be updated a few hours later with a delivery window of 3-5 weeks
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by apercu 1y ago
YouTube immediately pointed fingers at creators by saying that certain audiences are more likely to use ad blockers. :)
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by apercu 1y ago
There are a lot of people who only care about how much leveraging AI will net them personally, very little thought is being given to the efficacy of current LLMs beyond this for many folks.
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by apercu 1y ago
You could change left to right and that would be an honest statement.
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by apercu 1y ago
It’s also fascinating to me that people who want their feelings to be facts lean in to conservative politics in the country I reside in.
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by apercu 1y ago
I think some of the “hate” is the hype. We’re all tired of companies announcing ground breaking tech that isn’t readily available a decade later. I don’t live in California (like most of the population of the planet) - Toronto for 18 years
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by apercu 1y ago
I wrote a couple python scripts this week to help me with a midi integration project (3 devices with different cable types) and for quick debugging if something fails (yes, I know there are tools out there that do this but I like learning).
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by apercu 1y ago
Agreed. Why aren’t capital gains taxed at a higher rate than income? (Please don’t give me bullshit answers based on hundred year old economic theories just because you’re a wanna be libertarian)
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by apercu 1y ago
I tried that a few months ago. Just wanted a static site to replace an old WP site. It was a total disappointment. I’m not invested enough to do a write up but I tried 3 LLM models and multiple services and all I got was a bunch of depende
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by apercu 1y ago
And yet somehow it's even worse.
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by apercu 1y ago
My partner bakes. I don't, and the primary reason is that I am a very good cook, but I don't really measure. Baking is all science-y and requires measuring. (If I were to be completely honest, probably right up there with measurin
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by apercu 1y ago
"there's not a lot of over exaggerated drama more typical of a Kardashean/HouseWives reality show is why Bake Off succeeds." The only reason we watch it is because instead of the shock trash drama of most reality televis
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by apercu 1y ago
I think of current state LLMs as precocious but green assistants that are sometimes useful but often screw up. It requires a significant amount of hand holding, still usually a net positive in my workflow but only (arbitrarily) a modest pro
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by apercu 1y ago
This matches my experience as well. One unexpected benefit is that I learned a couple pieces of hardware inside and out because LLMs make so many mistakes. If I wouldn’t have used an LLM I wouldn’t have gone down all these rabbit holes base
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by apercu 1y ago
I don’t.
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by apercu 1y ago
So maybe the truth is somewhere in between - there is no way AI is not going to have a major societal impact - like social media. If we don't see some serious fencing, I will not be surprised by some spectacular AI-caused failures in t
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by apercu 1y ago
Since when are financials in line with stock price these days?
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by apercu 1y ago
He acts like he cares a lot, comes across to me as someone deeply insecure and unhappy but I’m not qualified to diagnose him.
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by apercu 1y ago
Funny, you sound a lot like me. And for the record, in addition to my tech "day" job, I work in a live music venue, and a lot of the work is physical labour so I am exposed to both of the paradigms every day. I also own a tractor
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by apercu 1y ago
It's not that I couldn't contribute to a 401k/RRSP that year, it's that I needed the cash for downpayment/repairs. You can take a loan from your RRSP for a downpayment, but only on your first home purchase. (I was a
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by apercu 1y ago
If I wanted to game my stock price and mislead my competition, a bunch of highly specific (and fraudulent) job postings on my website (in combination with other investor-adjacent reporting) would be a great low cost start.
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by apercu 1y ago
" we would’ve raised taxes (across the board)" So I lived in Canada (Ontario) for 18 years, and I've been back in the US for 4. In Canada (and here) I don't see how you "raise taxes across the board" when most
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by apercu 1y ago
Fair, but I guess I meant if I am moving tables around and someone asks me a question and I pause and answer I lose 10 seconds. If I’m deep in a much more complex problem I get a little derailed and almost have to start over.
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by apercu 1y ago
100%!and also why I have been self employed for 11+ years.
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by apercu 1y ago
Or Obama, even.
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by apercu 1y ago
I feel like I have good LLM tooling in my workflow for brainstorming and proofs of concept but I tend to push LLM’s for complex but not crazy audio stuff (midi and audio signal routing, automation and playback) to brainstorm getting the sam
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by apercu 1y ago
I’ve been saying for years that an interruption costs me _at least_ 15 minutes. Knowledge work is not the same as physical work. Both are noble in my opinion, but not the same.
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by apercu 1y ago
In my head I kind of simplified it - if I can reorder the blocks in my history I can "reverse" a transaction, like "erase" that I bought a lambo yesterday so today I have not only the lambo, but the money that was in my
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by apercu 1y ago
I infer that the implication is "that's rich coming from Elon/Tesla" because Elon is not honest and amplifies misinformation often? (not singling Elon out, he's one of many)
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by apercu 1y ago
In all seriousness, can you explain why the "impact of doing so is disputed". In my laypersons understanding, if you control ~51% of the hashrate you can outpace everyone else in producing blocks, which means you can change (reorg

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