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by fn-mote 4mo ago
Depends on your organization I suppose. Some places you see people pushing their Shiny New Rewrite, basically as resume fodder or promo packet material. I describe that kind of decision as political because it doesn’t seem to come with a le
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
Advice: look for a job, then use what you learn you need in the job to motivate your next studying.
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
If you write a PhD and feel like it was a waste, too bad. I think if you had approached it differently, you would have gotten something else out of it. By that point you’re supposed to be more responsible for your own learning. No comment o
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
> Use Anki Anki is great for studying, but the card creation experience sucks. To be specific: I found creating any custom card type immediately dropped me into the bowels of CSS. It felt like writing HTML by hand. Is there any facility
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
> Maybe reMarkable or something like it could help bridge a student's writing with an LLM without having to fall back to a laptop or ipad What does “bridge a student’s writing” mean?? If this is a real argument it needs to be cleare
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
Special case pain in your rear. Sorry that happened. FYI, I am quite sure that you can provide special delivery instructions for your address to FedEx. You should try to figure out how to do that. Dealing with your bank, though… good luck w
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
All shopping companies lose packages, damage packages, and fail to deliver on time as promised. The question is just about the rate it happens and the ease with which you can get restitution. Remember when Amazon’s delivery dates were commi
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
Junk mail is a net positive for postal service revenue. Even if you could eliminate it (major free speech concern), would it be a good idea? Who would pay extra when the can just throw out the junk in less than 2 minutes a week?
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
I was curious about the meta programming in Lean4 so I poked around a bit. [1] It’s hard to judge a complex system from a quick glance. I don’t know about power, but the syntax was noisy. (It’s hard to judge how important that is.) Can anyo
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
Yes, this is dangerous because the author is an expert who will know bullshit when they read it. On the other hand, at least make sure you have looked into what the LLM says about your questions. It is aggravating to get a request which an
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
> I'd rather be in poverty working with computers everyday and doing what I love than make 10k a month being a plumber. Other people choose a job that pays enough that they do not have to live with the stresses that poverty brings.
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
The oligarchs just have people to come do these tasks. The target audience is the “regular-rich bourgeoisie”.
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
30 years for an accessory charge? For someone who did not attend the event? Sounds excessive.
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
Frankly, the problem is finding someone with the knowledge to administer it. Initial cost is almost certainly not a factor; the components could be so old as to be free.
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
Sure, but you know that professionals edit, right? It improves the quality of the product.
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
> we've booked the computer room, you don't have internet How practical is this? 1. Is your institution able to provide this support? 2. Do you believe you are able to supervise the room well enough that students will be caught
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
Writing on paper requires higher level planning skills. A word processor allows you to edit , which is a major part of the writing process. Forcing learners to plan everything “perfectly” before they write is a big ask. And you’re probably
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
You have to test to make sure the student who you are giving the grade to is the student who did the work. Without certifying someone’s abilities, the degree doesn’t mean much.
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
> every 6 months to a year I bring the car in to the dealer to handle the stack of pending recalls The fact that you find this acceptable is amazing to me. Sounds like a complete failure of quality control.
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
>> This moment threatens to convince too many of us that our lived experiences do not matter. > Does anyone really take AI that seriously? Young people are having a very hard time developing a feeling of competence because LLMs pro
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
That statement trivializes the whole situation. Short answer: no. The government just gave money to every executive in the company, and your argument is that because the company stock is also held by pension funds, they were supporting pens
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
I don’t know about “close”, but there are certainly results in math that are considered deep because they require the use of a “Hard Theorem” at some point. That kind of building on top of something Very Difficult is still possible without
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
You need a better explanation of why you think the market isn’t functioning here. Seems like a classic case of “putting your money where your mouth is” - if you think the valuation is wrong, don’t invest. (Of course that only applies to tho
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
> the priority of sales and profits has resulted in the sacrifice of the main quality measure of their […] product To be fair, and I don’t want to, supposedly the only thing that was compromised was contact info. No vaults were exfiltrat
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
> Chinese goods generally sell at a markup abroad, which is the opposite of dumping Dumping is selling goods below cost. Usually because government is subsidizing part of the production. I don’t believe the word “dumping” is used for the
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
My assumption is the credibility of a non-PhD-holding medical student’s research is 0, just like (almost) any other inexperienced researcher.
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
I’m ignorant of this but it seems wrong. 30% lost in fees?? Can they not manage to open a dollar-backed account somewhere? Also: > being stored in a currency that might lose a majority of its value overnight I for sure put crypto in this
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
What decade and country? In the US, this would be a huge outlier. Unless, somehow this is part of an advanced certification process? I really can’t imagine professionals not knowing how to study for an exam like this. Medical school shows w
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by fn-mote 4mo ago
The problem that colleges and the SWE profession in general face are identifying “bullshitters”. We need a filter and a fact based exam seems like a good place to start.
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I’m going to have to ask for a source for this. How long ago is your most recent experience with the SAT? Here’s a source that contradicts you (first hit for Desmos SAT). One of the allowed calculators is the Desmos app built in to the test

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