chairmansteve

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by chairmansteve 7mo ago
No. I don't care. But I sympathise with those who do care. I'm not sure why it doesn't bother me. Maybe it's because I see myself as a problem solver rather than a coder. Coding is just a means to an end. The LLM is just
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by chairmansteve 7mo ago
This seems minor compared to the take home problem bs that people have to endure on the off chance that they might be offered a job.
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
Well, you know how messy most hackers are..... my mom would like this article.
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
His spreadsheet example is very telling. The difference in energy requirements between an actual spreadsheet program and an AI spreadsheet simulator would be multiple orders of magnitude (at least 6, probably more). So the spreadsheet simul
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
"We'll try everything, it seems, other than holding parents accountable for what their children consume". We'll try anything, it seems, other than hold internet companies accountable for the society destroying shit they
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Hemingway - The Sun Also Rises
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
"maybe consider editing the AI output once it's given you a second draft?". I would completely rewrite the LLM output. Use it as a researcher or idea generator.
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
"A VC might want variety and advise people he will vote with his dollars for variety". In other words, what's good for Peter Theil might not be goid for you.
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
"Not sure how to get progress". Maybe make small audio recordings and get them transcribed? Or a notebook and scribble out all thoughts by hand? Just get all your thoughts out of your head onto "paper" is the first step.
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
"We clearly need escape hatches for people who engage with a project on a deeper level". Yep. The project maintainer can whitelist those people.
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
The money is going to a charity of your choice.
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
Ok... How about this? All (human) models of the universe are "Ptolemaic" to some degree. That is, they work but don't necessarily describe the true underlying structure ( ). So it is a mistake to assume that any model is actu
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
I often wonder if Quantum Mechanics is a "Ptolomaic" understanding of the sub atomic world.
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
When it comes to anything tech related, the HN crowd are trend setters. And.... the world is crying out for a google alternative. If it ever appears, the tech savvy people will be the first to move, followed by everyone else.
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by chairmansteve 8mo ago
"It's made me realize that the love of money corrupts". Yep. How about $1 per PR. The submitter gets to choose from a list of charities. No refund if the PR is accepted. The goal is to get rid of junk PR's. This would wo
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
Yep. It's like trying to achieve a million LOC per day. Easily done. But pointless.
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
The point of TFA is that criminals could hack into those police cameras, see when you are out of town, and burgle your house. You don't know who is going to get access to the data you have shared.
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
Elon's always looking for another Brooklyn Bridge to sell to the rubes...
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
A typical desktop/tower PC will consume 400 watts. So 12 PC's equals 1 starlink satellite. A single server in a data center will consume 5-10 kW.
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
I find I think harder with AI programming. It generates the code, but I have to approve the overall design and then approve every single line. I will edit and rearrange the code until it is correct. But since the AI is generating a lot of c
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
I imagine there is a lot less striving to get ahead. Most people are somewhat content with their place in society?
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
Very well written. Poetic. I love the way that nothing is explained.
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
"That isn't writing at all, it's typing." - Truman Capote on Kerouac's work. (I love Kerouac...)
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
They are laying people off so they can spend the money on AI data centers.
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
You are right. But the real world is a messy place. Good people do bad things and vice versa. Not many people are entirely good or entirely bad. HN is a very strong net positive IMO. YC could easily monetize it into oblivion. They don'
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
I think the reply should be "they had eggs".
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
Milo might have had slaves, the forklifts of his time....
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
You've got to pass a test first.
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
Very well said.
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by chairmansteve 9mo ago
No the $ devalued against the euro by about 11% in the past 12 months. Look at a chart.

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