beej71

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by beej71 5d ago
Large legacy projects are where LLMs are the worst, historically. And I suspect the hard part of Linux isn't typing things, and that the rigorous spec required to get an LLM to generate the correct code is basically the code itself. I&
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by beej71 5d ago
I don't doubt that BBSes were deemed addictive, but your argument is implying that "the algorithm" provides no additional addictive value. And I think the amount of money that goes into it strongly suggests it has a massive a
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by beej71 6d ago
> Way back before social media existed, things like BBS' and later on newsgroups were similarly extremely addictive. I'm not so sure about this (having lived both). The "algorithm" has a massive addictive effect that
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by beej71 8d ago
New take on an old adage: "A computer can not be held responsible. Therefore a computer should always be used to make management decisions so that we can cover our asses."
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by beej71 8d ago
Clearly the water isn't atomized. But where I live, each year nature presents us with a certain amount of water to allocate as we see fit. It's not like the water the golf course uses goes to Jupiter. But you probably don't w
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by beej71 8d ago
These things you list and more have a lot of power even if there's a slight chance of them being true. The average person doesn't see any benefit to a data center near them, so they're unwilling to even risk a single drawback
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by beej71 8d ago
Lots of people like them, but it's clear from the complaints there's another large group for whom they are problematic. Enthusiasts are going to have to actually address those issues if they want adoption.
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by beej71 8d ago
This is the direction I'm looking, but it sounds like we might have a little farther to go before it works well across all devices.
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by beej71 8d ago
> Passkeys are too strong and may cause account loss. Passkeys are too weak and can be bypassed by account recovery. Turns out, given the variety in the ecosystem, both these things are true depending on where you look.
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by beej71 9d ago
Yes. Even Trump has talked about this.
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by beej71 9d ago
It's a good reminder to everyone who uses 2FA. Be sure you have multiple ways in for when your phone becomes unusable.
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by beej71 9d ago
Interestingly, I've never had anyone scan my DL barcode. About 10% of them look at my ID and manually enter it. The rest look at my gray beard, ask me for my birthdate, and key in whatever random plausible date I give them. :) (There&#
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by beej71 9d ago
I lost my old one, so ordered a replacement. Later I found the lost one, so I have two... The number is different, though, so I'm sure the old one is invalidated in the database. (Oregon)
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by beej71 9d ago
Don't the latter things you mentioned bring down inflation?
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by beej71 10d ago
I wish they'd lost in 2020, that's for sure.
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by beej71 10d ago
I'd quip this summary, only half tongue-in-cheek: "the goal was never to learn things".
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by beej71 11d ago
This is a false generalization. Lots of AI dislikers do so for a wide variety of reasons. I dislike it and don't care how other people use it.
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by beej71 13d ago
Our class sizes have tanked. But I'm looking forward to working with students who are in it to become excellent engineers!
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by beej71 13d ago
I absolutely agree with you. Unfortunately, those decisions are above my pay grade. But here's hoping the moms can drive the point home!
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by beej71 13d ago
The opposite is true for me. Using LLMs to write things that I can easily write by hand is the most fun use case for LLMs. It's when I use them to write things that would be difficult to write by hand (e.g. for me, a video encoder, com
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by beej71 14d ago
Given the tremendous variety of answers here, one has to wonder how much it matters. Reminds me of when you ask a bunch of motorcyclists what oil to use
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by beej71 14d ago
> No, I think the industry is hopeful that AI is helpful to their bottom line. Practically speaking, what's the difference? :-/
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by beej71 14d ago
The Bobs are coming. "What is it, would you say, you actually do here?" :)
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by beej71 14d ago
> Yes. You are falling behind. And yes, it will reduce your value in the job market. Eventually it will be a dramatic reduction. I think this cuts close to the heart of it. "That knowledge has no value" isn't an easy pill
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by beej71 14d ago
That's a definite maybe. You can bet there's a general movement afoot to replace teachers with AI because it's cheaper and always available, etc. Also, measuring the human advantage is difficult.
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by beej71 14d ago
> you guys speak as if you have infinite time and no goals besides just the act of writing code, with no consideration about what the code you're writing is supposed to do Can't speak for the OP but I definite care what my code
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by beej71 14d ago
I don't have a concrete example, but it's probably the stuff that starts taking longer to describe in English than to code. "Make me this thing there are a million examples of" vs. "make me this unique thing in this
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by beej71 16d ago
It never bothered me a bit. Used to watch them on my 55" TV before we gave it away. Now they're even sharper on my computer screen! :) Plus no more buffering or streaming artifacts.
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by beej71 16d ago
If I can generate the site myself with an LLM, it's a lot less compelling. Maybe just share the prompt in that case.
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by beej71 16d ago
I still find the old Internet in a few ways. Mastodon, Signal group chats, quiet local (geographically) or private Discord servers, RSS, email, XMPP or IRC if I feel like it. Definitely use uBO. I sometimes even surf Neocities. Stay away fr

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