beej71

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   by beej71 1y ago

   > I can't go rent them from blockbuster I can. :) But for those not so lucky, second hand stores have tons of DVDs usually for peanuts. Also your library might lend them out. I'm still in the process of ripping our collection,
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   by beej71 1y ago

   If you use the AI right for tutoring, then sure. A really great tutor will not tell you the answer.
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   by beej71 1y ago

   We'll be lucky if the impact is negligible. It will probably reinforce the idea that vaccines case autism with those who believe it already.
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   by beej71 1y ago

   Like those insane gear ratio videos on YouTube... You know the final gear is turning, logically, but the fact that the Sun will eat the Earth long before the gear completes a single turn lends a strange perspective.
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   by beej71 1y ago

   Google, usually.
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   by beej71 1y ago

   This certainly matches my personal anecdata. :(
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   by beej71 1y ago

   I've always wondered why rich people would donate to the debt for exactly this reason. What's their angle?
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   by beej71 1y ago

   https://archive.ph/47uxV
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   by beej71 1y ago

   Well, holy crap--that's a feature in Firefox, too, under Settings->Accessibility. Thanks!
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    by beej71 1y ago

    The thing is, I think it's possible to outdo AI. Yes, it uses very professional and correct language, but the times I've asked it to help me improve something I've written, most of the suggestions just suck the work dry. It i
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    by beej71 1y ago

    One potential future I could see with generative AI and fiction is a sort of infinite interactive fiction where the reader plays a more active role in exploring the space. Maybe they have some control, or maybe they can just ask the AI wher
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    by beej71 1y ago

    Interesting, especially the turnout figures. Apathy is a bitch. (But damn I wish substack didn't disable pinch-to-zoom. I tried to give feedback, but their customer service chatbot wasn't sympathetic.)
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    by beej71 1y ago

    Last I looked, there was an awful lot of saturated fat in their burgers. I tended to order something other than a veggie burger when their was the only one on the menu.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    The lie is that getting rid of these agencies is a good thing.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    > Lost all my books, movies, tv shows. Everything. No recourse. This is why I never "buy" anything I cannot keep my own copy of. Yes, I sometimes miss out, but fuck those guys. One upshot of this is that I tend to buy more indy
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    by beej71 1y ago

    It'll be interesting to see how this "screw the farmers" tactic plays out in the midterms.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    But Americans are subject to labor laws and minimum wage and break times and so forth, so how is this a factor in whether or not they want to do the work? You'll get paid minimum wage and have breaks.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    I'm not proud of the fact that I used to code web ads in both Java and JavaScript. But, damn, that was some fun stuff. Really challenging to get the graphical results we wanted and keep it under budget (15 KB in the early days). It&#x2
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    by beej71 1y ago

    It seems like the GPs issue still remains, except instead of individual lawsuits forever, it's class action lawsuits forever, does it not?
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    by beej71 1y ago

    I don't remember who it was who pointed this out, but it would appear as though the right considers hypocrisy to indicate a position of power. These are the rules for you, but not for me, because I'm more powerful.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    I think there will be less high quality content, but a greater density of high quality content.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    A few of us will. :) I give my stuff away for free with no ads. Maybe the web will get small again.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    Well the United States is the one losing out on that tourist money.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    I'm not really in the field any longer, but one of my favorite things to do with LLMs is ask for code reviews. I usually end up learning something new. And a good 30-50% of the suggestions are useful. Which actually isn't skillful
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    by beej71 1y ago

    Our friend from Norway (who is not a terrorist) already cancelled their US vacation plans before this story for exactly the reasons spelled out within it. We'll miss seeing them, but we get it.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    The one thing I'd miss from my prompt if I went full $ is the hostname. And even with it in there, I still f it up sometimes.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    Same as how a hundred year wave gets that high, I should think.
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    by beej71 1y ago

    We don't live in such an area (we live in the high desert), but a lot of people around here have lush, green, watered lawns. It's the opposite of the places where people have to fight encroaching plants. :) About 6 years ago we le
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    by beej71 1y ago

    For me, too. On the poorly-documented stuff that I get into, where I really need help, it flails. I wanted some jq script and it made an incomprehensible thing that usually worked. And every fix it made broke something else. It just kept di
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    by beej71 1y ago

    I'm just vibe-CEOing my new company. It's amazing how productive it is!