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by bentt 1y ago
This was such a thorough and entertaining writeup. Felt like art in a way. Utterly useless, but great historical reference and really funny at parts.
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by bentt 1y ago
Even if they don't serve ads, think of the data they can share in aggregate. Think Facebook knows people? That's nothing.
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by bentt 1y ago
I am pleading with you all. Don't give away your entire identity to this or any other company.
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by bentt 1y ago
I asked as a chance (a challenge even) to reframe an arbitrary situation. Even the one you mention, at this exact moment, a win/win could be framed around the benefits of stopping the war. While it's entirely reasonable to pick a
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by bentt 1y ago
Give me an example.
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by bentt 1y ago
I've always found that it's about defining win/win situations. Also, you should make real human connection in the process. If you don't like the person, that's a real issue. It may not be that the person is unlikeab
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by bentt 1y ago
Yes in that case I just paste it back in. Sometimes I start a whole new chat after that.
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by bentt 1y ago
Ah this is great, and I can see how that would be useful. In a way, it's just "there's a clear spec" by another path, but it's just defined by all the code you wrote.
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by bentt 1y ago
Great post and thanks for the perspective. You have to be open minded to even try, and so that selects for only some devs. Then among the open minded, you need to be skeptical and careful, which again selects down. So the devs that are havi
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by bentt 1y ago
The truth of it is that when I code with an LLM I scope the work up to include parts that would be a stretch for me to implement. I know what I want them to do, I know where I could find the info to write the code, but the LLM can just spit
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by bentt 1y ago
I don't think it replaces a junior, but it raises the bar for the potential that a a junior would need to show early, for exactly the reason you mention. A junior will now need to be a potential senior. The juniors that are in trouble
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by bentt 1y ago
yeah very few months I try to have it “just do magic” again and I re-learn the lesson. Like, I’ll just say “optimize this shader!” and plug it in blind. It doesn’t work. The only way it could is if the LLM has a testing loop itself. I guess
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by bentt 1y ago
Once you get a sense for LLM workflow, sometimes the task is not appropriate for it and you do write by hand. In fact, most code I write is by hand. But if I want a new system and the specs are clear, it can be built up in stages that are t
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by bentt 1y ago
The best code I've written with an LLM has been where I architect it, I guide the LLM through the scaffolding and initial proofs of different components, and then I guide it through adding features. Along the way it makes mistakes and
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by bentt 1y ago
I dont agree here. Nvidia could simply segment the market and keep intel on the low end of gpus. I think AMD is the real target/victim here.
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by bentt 1y ago
One of the HN headlines of all time.
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by bentt 1y ago
Mastodon shows that when a network is relieved of pressure to monetize it evolves to serve its users. Otherwise it evolves to serve the investors in the platform. It’s just that simple.
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by bentt 1y ago
Yeah thats an interesting example! This feels like a natural process, for better or worse. Also thats the founding principle of America. If you have had enough, move and set up a new country/state/religion/homeschool group.
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by bentt 1y ago
We were here, at the moment of inspiration
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by bentt 1y ago
This is not surprising. In my circles, the people that most enthusiastically migrated away from X to Bluesky did so specifically because of their distaste for Elon Musk. They are largely centered about the West Coast of the US. And because
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by bentt 1y ago
Well this should be provable within about 5 years if this Tylenol is truly the cause. Let's just have a few states in the US eliminate Tylenol usage during pregnancy, and watch the autism disappear. Any volunteers?
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by bentt 1y ago
I believe this just based on my experience. I've also noticed that the rewards I feel from programming are stolen, and there's this conflicting feeling of accomplishment without the process. It's maybe a bit like taking mind-
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by bentt 1y ago
That was my assumption as well and I'm sort of shattered that it doesn't work like this.
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by bentt 1y ago
My doctor in the states was willing to do what she called a "clinical diagnosis". After filling out a short questionnaire, my score indicated I may have ADHD. She prescribed a medication for me to try. The idea was if the medicati
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by bentt 1y ago
Here's a TODO hack that really helps me: If you finish a task that wasn't on your TODO list, don't fret. Just add it but don't check it off. Then when you come back to the list later, you check it off. This reminds you t
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by bentt 1y ago
It doesn’t mean you have to be a social media star. It could mean you put out a game on itch that gets some players and comments. It could mean you have followers on ArtStation, or SoundCloud. But yeah… something.
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by bentt 1y ago
Huh I am surprised perf wasnt more of a focus. Maybe the art style was intentionally keeping things hardware friendly?
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by bentt 1y ago
You must have been working on a genre that wasnt perf sensitive.
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by bentt 1y ago
25 years in the industry here. Started at studios and been indie for 10. My best advice for today: Make something in your craft, whether it is art, a game, code/tools, music… that gets significant attention from an audience online. If
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by bentt 1y ago
I genuinely believe SamA has directed GPT5 to be nerfed to speedrun the bubble. Watch, he’ll let the smoking embers of the AI market cool and then reveal the next big advancement they are sitting on right now.

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