bluefirebrand

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by bluefirebrand 5d ago
I don't really draw much distinction between debugging and writing code. You really can't do one very effectively without the other imo But you're right. The better indication of capability is debugging skill than writing ski
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by bluefirebrand 5d ago
You can't learn what good code is by reading it, you have to write code to learn what good code looks like
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by bluefirebrand 5d ago
Sure. But I still want to do that 5%, because that's the part I enjoy the most. :/
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by bluefirebrand 6d ago
> It blows my mind that people don’t care about the world they are building with this stuff. It’s a real tragedy of the commons. When I ask people about things like this, I hear a lot of "If I don't build it, someone else will&
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
> I don't feel pride in it (even when I write it by hand). Hard for me to imagine. You feel no pride in using a tool to accomplish a goal? > Code has no such personality. I don't tie my identity or ego to code the same way
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
A big part of the reason I'm deeply resentful of AI is that I want to be an artist not an editor
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
> There's a huge legal distinction there, and it affects taxes, liability, etc Yes there is I'm saying there shouldn't be. It's exploitative.
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
It is a stated goal of several prominent AI business leaders. Altman, Amodei, and Musk at the very least have had mask-off moments where they said as much.
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
What do we do when former window repairman can't find other jobs? Just fuck em, right? The narrative we're seeing around AI and current automation isn't "we're going to automate one category of jobs". If it wer
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
> Society is not worse off when production requires less labor Society is definitely worse off when people who exchange their labor for capital have no opportunities to do so
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
> Yes, a human might do this step for you An artist (even a mediocre one) almost certainly would do this step for you
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
Maybe they see the random AI art on the bus and they realize that meant a real human artist probably didn't get paid to make it so society is worse off. Maybe those poll respondents have empathy, in that they are worried about their jo
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
As if Uber's policies and incentives have zero influence on their "contractors" behaviour Get real
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
> Uber drivers broadly are considered independent contractors I don't think that should really matter when you're engaging in activities that are "on duty" The driver was acting as a representative of Uber. They were
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
Good. Companies shouldn't be able to get out of having good public behavior just by not having employees
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by bluefirebrand 7d ago
I'm not a car guy but would it be fair to see that your maximum possible performance is bounded by the engine, but the average performance gains are from tuning the rest of the vehicle? Kind of like if your RAM has to constantly page,
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by bluefirebrand 8d ago
> Hackers used to say "information yearns to be free" now they're saying "that's my information and I don't want you using it" If you can't tell the difference between "I want to share all inf
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by bluefirebrand 8d ago
> I regret every line of open source code I ever wrote And every stack overflow post, every reddit post, everything. I regret participating in the open Internet. Here I am anyways, I guess. It's just in my genes or something.
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by bluefirebrand 8d ago
There's an analogy I've read before, couldn't tell you where, that goes something like: Startups are like a roulette wheel at a fancy casino. Most people can't even afford to get in the door. Middle class people can affo
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by bluefirebrand 8d ago
> Hello's an established communication protocol that allows the speaker to verify the target is available, listening and ready to initiate a conversation Which isn't relevant at all in asynchronous communication methods like me
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by bluefirebrand 9d ago
> True, but this is also a stunning example of survivorship bias Survivorship bias is literally just how invention happens. No one strikes gold on the first swing.
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by bluefirebrand 10d ago
Probably most people have moved to the cloud or do other managed services From what I can tell "sysadmin" has largely been replaced by "cloud ops" That said it is kind of a lot of pieces of complexity you have there. I d
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by bluefirebrand 10d ago
This is why a lot of "how to get people to like you" advice is really just "ask them lots of questions" You ask enough questions about different topics and you'll get a positive reaction probably
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by bluefirebrand 10d ago
> People accidentally hurt themselves with kitchen knives every day. They are also very often used for violent crimes People are rightfully nervous when they see someone walking down the street swinging a knife i.e openly misusing it or
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by bluefirebrand 11d ago
> And why the hell would anyone want a job where a mistake results in personal ruin We are talking about the sort of job where you are paid ludicrous amounts of money. The sort of jobs that usually come with massive golden parachutes Peo
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by bluefirebrand 11d ago
My experiences has been 3. The business cannot figure out a direction so the developer can either churn on design docs fruitlessly or make prototypes that visually show the business people what our options are in order for them to make up t
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by bluefirebrand 12d ago
Proprietary Computer systems shouldn't get the same leeway that humans do. Simple as that.
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by bluefirebrand 12d ago
Another way to look at it is "it talks to me like I don't know anything" Which is very annoying when you do know things
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by bluefirebrand 12d ago
That's stupid, these courts are stupid It should have nothing to do with storing copies it should have to do with what the models can produce. And it's clear they can produce copyrighted works, they've just been tuned so th
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by bluefirebrand 12d ago
I don't really buy this. It's like saying "toaster oven/air fryer combos" don't actually compete with toaster ovens or air fryers because they are creating a market for something better Of course they complete.

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