apothegm

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by apothegm 9mo ago
You also have to remember to pause to drink…
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Relatable. I’d use a tool like that if it could detect video calls in progress and not lock the computer while that’s happening. Current plan is to acquire a loud and obnoxious physical timer and place it somewhere I have to get out of the
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Assuming all complex life must bear certain chemical similarities to life on earth, which is a position I’m always skeptical about.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Yeah. We’ve seen this movie before, and most of us didn’t like the way it ended.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
… what is the goal here? What’s the reason you want a programming language that LLMs can’t learn?
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by apothegm 9mo ago
We’re taking security advice from LastPass now?
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Instead of searching, network with founders.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
It’s not reasoning. It’s one of the standard canned excuses so they don’t have to say out loud that they’re just chasing quarterly profit numbers at the expense of all else.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
A refactor often changes boundaries. Which breaks unit tests. Its integration tests that are truly agnostic to implementation.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
I’m watching people listen to AI-generated music and not notice (or even prefer it over human-produced music). I’m watching people on FB who can’t tell the most ridiculous AI-generated imagery from reality. It may not be good enough for you
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by apothegm 9mo ago
This might be one of those “the market can remain irrational for longer than you can remain solvent” cases, though. And for arts and entertainment, where the long term value is less important economically than the immediate click, AI slop i
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Nailed it.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
I disable all notifications except for: * SMS (and WhatsApp) for direct communications (disabled for an hour or two when seeking flow). * Phone calls from family and close friends (filter disabled for a few hours when expecting an important
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Unit tests are super useful when first writing a function or class to confirm it does what you think it does. Then throw away the unit tests and write integration or E2E tests instead. Then you can refactor under the hood while ensuring ove
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Yup. The same thing is happening with Apple. With software mostly moving to the cloud, operating systems are getting short shrift.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Hey always ignore boundaries. I prohibit agents from accessing version control at all. Makes sure I review code before it gets committed, and they can’t do stupid things like force-push.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
This is basically a requirement for certain types of security certifications and for liability CYA reasons in the context of evolving laws about stuff like data breaches.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
You might want to research the history of “company towns”.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
All of those options either require you to spend money or are scheduled. It’s not about having things to do. It’s about social interaction happening more organically in places where you can just show up any time and hang out and end up bump
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Asking questions is like prompting. The more specific you are about what you want, what you tried, and what you got instead the better results you’ll get.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Y tho?
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Code review is not and never has been the right place to uncover bugs. Correct tests are.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
The book I taught myself HTML from in high school. My entry point to a lifetime of working with software.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
By restoring free “third places” where people just go to hang out and either bump into people they know or meet new people. The sorts of interactions you get in the common room in a dorm or a school cafeteria.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Write them down somewhere you know you’ll come back to them. This lets your brain let go and stop chewing on them. Review what you’ve written down fairly frequently (weekly or so). You won’t have enough capacity to act on all or even most o
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by apothegm 9mo ago
Well, there’s your problem: the tech lead being the only one who reviews and therefore needs to read and understand the code.
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by apothegm 9mo ago
I do prefer chat, but I already have people to chat with. It doesn’t replace face to face interactions, but video calls are the worst of all worlds. You’re on the spot and can’t even move around in your chair and you lose the sense of conne
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by apothegm 10mo ago
I’m clearly not your target demographic, because the absolute last thing I want in my life is more video calls.
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by apothegm 10mo ago
Apparently the secondhand market is so bad (perhaps due to the whole thing where Tesla doesn’t permit wholly independent resale) that in some markets they’re some of the cheapest to be had that are qualified for ride share drivers. There’s
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by apothegm 10mo ago
And yet some of the other AI developers have managed to at the very least make the illegal use a lot more challenging to achieve. And to enforce their ToS against those who do deliberately and persistently violate those restrictions and saf

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