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by biddit 2y ago
> Here's what I don't get. Almost everyone I talk to hates Teams. But they use it anyways. Nothing is stopping them from using Zoom or Google Meet, or some other alternative. Maybe in startups and small companies without a dedi
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by biddit 3y ago
> The larger context window (200k tokens vs ~16k) Just to add some clarification - the newer GPT4 models from OpenAI have 128k context windows[1]. I regularly load in the entirety of my React/Django project, via Aider. 1. https:&#
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by biddit 3y ago
Nice work! I watched the demo and can see how it will generate fixes for you, which you then copy and paste into the editor. Perhaps you could consider automating this process like Aider[1] does, whereby you force the LLM to generate a gi
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by biddit 3y ago
I've done a lot of work over the last year wrangling LLM outputs - both from the OpenAI API as well as local LLMs. What are the benefits of using Fructose over LMQL, Guidance or OpenAI's function calling?
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by biddit 3y ago
> Setting up a new Macbook will be tough and cumbersome. Every time I get a new Macbook, I go over the same steps on how to set it up for my working experience. Huh? My last several hardware upgrades I just plugged in my Time Machine dri
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by biddit 3y ago
Pretty grumpy take... I read dozens of them and I found the presentation to be a fun approach. The creativity is welcome IMHO. It was immediately clear to me that these were comments scraped from various sources on the internet. Who they
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by biddit 3y ago
Sibling comments both answered the greenfield thing as I would have :) As for first business, I built a very small network over 7 years working in house at an advertising agency (which did a lot of digital work) and some startups. While I
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by biddit 3y ago
> I barely have any cognitive or physical energy to do any mentally taxing work even if that means learning something new and exciting When I was in this situation, I found learning or doing side-project work in the morning, before leavi
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by biddit 3y ago
I've been independently employed the for 13 years as a software consultant. Most of my work has been building web-based business software for small/medium sized businesses. This involves both designing and implementing solutions
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by biddit 3y ago
This really speaks to me and is exactly what stopped me from my multiple attempts to get into native Mac/iOS development - the IDE. Your assertion of form over function has helped me articulate what I hated about xCode - so thank you
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by biddit 3y ago
We have a whole grifter-industrial complex built around milking your own $10k PIP for any little thing that happens.
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by biddit 3y ago
i7-14700k z790 chipset w/ mobo that supports x8/x8 bifurcation 96gb ddr5 @5600mhz
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by biddit 3y ago
Agreed. I recently completed a new build with two 3090 GPUs and really appreciate being able to run 70b models.
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by biddit 3y ago
I agree with you but right now RTX 4090 cards are pushing $2000, which doesn't leave much budget left. I'd suggest picking up a used 3090 card from eBay, which are currently around $800. This will still give 24gb of VRAM like th
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by biddit 3y ago
Well connected fundraiser - obviously. But…smart operator? Based on what? What trials has he navigated through that displayed great operational skills? When did he steer a company through a rocky time?
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by biddit 3y ago
I’ve been using this on my MacBook Pro for the last couple weeks and want to say thank you! As a solutions developer not so much interested in training models but leveraging them in a pipeline, I hadn’t bothered to try to run anything local
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by biddit 3y ago
I frequent Turkey, which doesn't have parking enforcement in broad swaths of the country. People park basically anywhere a car will fit, including the sidewalks. It's a much more efficient use of space and it's a lot easier t
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by biddit 4y ago
To me this question would only be asked from someone who is part of the Silicon Vally/FAANG/woke bubbles. There are many engineers who are not part of the those bubbles who would be interested in working for him. I know a half do
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by biddit 5y ago
I’m actually fine with the ads. It’s all the other “recommended” content they pump into my feed to increase engagement. They recently ruined Instagram the same way - there is no longer any way just to see posts by your followers + ads. Ever
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by biddit 5y ago
Not sure why you're denying the grandparent poster's reality. Your response appears to be rooted in a rational conjecture of some sort. Do you have direct experience getting to know strangers while spending time in a foreign coun
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by biddit 5y ago
If you were to view their script and line delivery through the lens of a non-English speaking Korean audience, which this show was targeting, I think you'd find that this is a non-issue. The same way that the vast majority of shows and
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by biddit 5y ago
To admit defeat
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by biddit 5y ago
So this implies that the crypto markets are actually far less liquid than the trade volume implies. Suddenly those massive 10% +/- fluctuations in a day make a lot more sense.
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by biddit 5y ago
Haha, after having the same train of thought, I debated just taking the degree off entirely...
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by biddit 5y ago
My anecdotal experience: I'm ~40 with ~15 years of dev experience and 4 of management experience. I last year I decided to return to IC dev work and started applying for full-stack dev roles. After two months and not getting few respo
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by biddit 5y ago
Good lord I think you just helped me understand why I have come to hate this line of work (web development) 20 years in. I see now that much of my ability to accomplish a task/feature/project is now out of my control - I'm no
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by biddit 5y ago
> our decade’s worth of data has taught us quite consistently that the average knowledge worker spends 2-3 hours a day in focused work activities on their computer Seems like there is a massive selection bias in the sample though. People
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by biddit 5y ago
Why do you make the assumption that he does this on company time?
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by biddit 5y ago
This is the model that helped the music industry come out of the Napster era. $1 single-serve songs with minimal friction to purchase was an attractive proposition relative to file sharing.
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by biddit 5y ago
Housing cannot be both affordable and a good investment at the same time.

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