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by caseyy 2y ago
I know you are somewhat joking. But there is an undertone of truth in what you say. Oppressive state surveillance in the USSR (commonly verging on persecution of undesirable groups) was a strong reason for countries breaking away from it be
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by caseyy 2y ago
On the other hand, there are EU countries like Lithuania, which have a very privacy-conscious culture, and have not had any meaningful terror attacks for nearly all their history. The last notable one was 30 years ago[0]. No one died. In Li
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by caseyy 2y ago
1 in 23 flights resulting in booster loss due to an uncontrolled fire is not good enough for human space flight. The space shuttle had a catastrophic failure rate of 1 in 67 flights. This is a very high risk to human life that NASA and othe
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by caseyy 2y ago
> Giving away 911 service isn't pushing anyone out of the telecom business. Irrelevant. My claim was about a free service replacing a paid one. 911 service in the US is paid for by states and local governments, and telecoms must pro
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by caseyy 2y ago
Once something "free" is offered, it often pushes out paid or costly options. And it's not uncommon that this leads to a severe decline in quality. We've seen it in print media, social networks, streaming services, and m
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by caseyy 2y ago
I don’t know if it necessarily impacts the ruling. I have long positions in companies I overall hate. There can be other factors that affect judgement more is my key point. Money isn’t everything. It was a conflict of interest if the judge
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by caseyy 2y ago
When I was a kid, I built a simple messenger one afternoon. It would send messages to any IP address with the software running on the other end. To show it off at school, I uploaded it to Sourceforge. Today, this messenger is all over the i
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by caseyy 2y ago
I love it when banks just add a PNG to their pages with a lock and the word “Secure”. It’s PNG-secured.
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by caseyy 2y ago
Examples: https://anatolyzenkov.com/iographica
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by caseyy 2y ago
It gets a bit more controversial when the software adds exceedingly little to the creative process. Can a pencil company dictate licensing terms of the artworks made with it? You know, legally — possibly. But ethically and morally — not eve
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by caseyy 2y ago
This is very multi-faceted and complex. From one perspective, there should be no harm in simply using LLMs as a text processor, if the accounts written down in said text are genuine and verified as such by the officer. From a more practical
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by caseyy 2y ago
Human language seems to originate in grokking, in natural net terms. You first understand a concept, then you speak or write about it. When you hear or read something, it isn’t retained well unless you can formulate an understanding of it.
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by caseyy 2y ago
I notice this in software engineering, too. Challenging problems drain brainpower quicker. I was working on difficult SOTA stuff for the last few months, half of it was reading articles and half was implementing them in software. I’d crash
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by caseyy 2y ago
You also have to consider what intelligence is useful. We already have human brains in abundance, but computers can do certain things we can’t. I think LLMs are a bit of a red herring. We will discover powerful ways to use machine learning
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by caseyy 2y ago
One time I went to A&E in the UK, I saw a young unconscious woman outside, laying next to a wheelchair. I told the receptionist and was told she had to come in for treatment. Another patient tried to get her into the wheelchair but ulti
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by caseyy 2y ago
Specialist trade stores often have better quality or pricing, or better quality and pricing. Both Home Depot and Amazon are quite consumer-focused, so they can pull off some price skimming. 3 for $5 is not bad but I imagine you'd be ab
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by caseyy 2y ago
Good management is a tool they have to fix the problem. But yes, sometimes they have mismanaged things so much that they can only kick up a fuss or pester people. It causes a lot of stress and is not very effective from my exp. On a more po
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by caseyy 2y ago
Hmm, I will use this one. Thanks.
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by caseyy 2y ago
Try DIY books, especially published before LLMs. There are several almanacs that focus on all types of household, car, and electronics work. Look for the thick comprehensive ones.
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by caseyy 2y ago
Don't nitpick. :) We could remove superficial aspects from most texts to make them more sparse. It does not mean we should. The poster had men on their mind, and that is fine. This isn't a presidential address where every word wil
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by caseyy 2y ago
You can call your product Wireshark <Something> and then people will be able to find it by that. That way, you don't need to revise your current commitments to use the Wireshark name.
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by caseyy 2y ago
I hear this "it doesn't matter — until it matters" a lot. But it's a limited view that focuses on bad things that will occasionally happen, not placing equal emphasis on all the common benefits of repair. Consider this —
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by caseyy 2y ago
We have a culture of "nothing is safe, always hire a professional", and a culture of companies working against the right to repair. Most simple electronics repairs and household repairs remain very doable for everyone, and would s
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by caseyy 2y ago
I agree with that to some degree. But I do lean more into hiring on potential though, it has worked out for me. Skills can be learned. Tools can be provided. But the employee’s personal values are very hard to change. These are core compone
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by caseyy 2y ago
Ask them to explain what 4-5 different bits of code do. When they do, ask them to explain it like they would to a junior and to a senior/principal/fellow. It works very well and takes only an extra 10 minutes on top of the convers
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by caseyy 2y ago
So true. A test will only measure its set of criteria. What is a test for drive — desire to understand and learn? What is a test for how a person will respond to challenging and overwhelming prod scenarios? What is a test for if they will b
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by caseyy 2y ago
That’s a good one. I think my driving instructor told me something similar on my first lesson. I’m talking about the brain fog more than the action itself, though. I no longer have it since I’ve been trained in emergency field medicine. Tha
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by caseyy 2y ago
Doesn’t usually cause addiction if used in emergencies only and quite a few people in tech do. I do feel more stressed 12-24 hours after taking benzos though. This leads some people to take a higher dose and you can see where that leads. Bu
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by caseyy 2y ago
What is this response called? I see it in many people. It’s like trying to catch a boiling mug of coffee when it falls — panic and not thinking leads to severe consequences; inaction would be better. It seems to relate to fight or flight, a
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by caseyy 2y ago
> It feels a bit like terrorism [..] It’s important not to sweat it Hmm… interesting thought. It’s interesting how labeling something a terror attack makes the public lose critical thinking and act incoherently for a bit. It’s like a stu

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