francisofascii

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by francisofascii 22d ago
Similar to Y2K?
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by francisofascii 27d ago
We have groups in our company that do not have access to LLMs yet, due to company beuracracy. Also, token usage is capped, so developers need to be strategic about their usage. This could of course all change. We are swithing from Codex t
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by francisofascii 27d ago
Is this new? I thought it was well established the performance gap converges as the race distance increases. The convergance point seems to be between 100 and 200 miles.
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by francisofascii 27d ago
Maybe by empowering the small percentage of sadistic humans who want to kill everyone. Or maybe it is more of an academic assumption that humanity will end at some point, and so they give AI a 10% chance, asteroids have a 25% chance, nuclea
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
This happened in an airport restaurant. I asked the server to get me the cheeseburger with fries.
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
> Why do so many tools have JSON config files‽ Because XML hasn't been cool for about two decades. And suggesting .ini would you laughed out of the room into retirement.
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
I am okay with people having to transition out of knowledge work into phsyical types of jobs. I only ask they people can have a decent living, with a house and disposable income. If you are motivated and have a path for success, you should
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
So the vast majority of the population goes down to the lower class. The middle class disspears. After being told to work hard in school and college, we are stuck with back breaking construction work? Is that progress? Does that really so
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
hospital and construction works get about $20/hour. Being a teacher will require going back for a 2nd degree. Is that the alternative for knowledge worker when getting laid off?
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
>AI will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice. It can be both. With vanishing white collar work and decent wages, the middle class gets dragged down to become equal to the lower class.
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
I was mostly joking, but to answer your question, the productivity boost entirely depends on your concern for code quality. Sometimes is it faster to just write the code than to try to explain in the prompt what to do. But if you don'
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
You wait until the month resets.
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
Not all. Some runners play around with doing fasted long runs to enhance fat burning adaptations. The jury is still out on if it is advisable to add to a training plan. Some utlra runners have taken to extremes.
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
I am curious how this will help. During training? During the actual race, the strategy is to eat a much as you can without puking.
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
How are the youngest more productive than the seniors? As an aside, I have seen that the newest employees are performing better than those hired during Covid. I think the quality of recent hires are just better because no one is hiring, a
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
The Social Network quote also needs an update. "a billion dollars isn't cool, you know what's cool.... A Trillion Dollars."
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
> especially if you are reading the code that is produced and at least understanding the flow of it. This is the key point. Should we stay vigilant and review all the code, ensuring we have a decept grasp of what it does. Or just green l
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by francisofascii 1mo ago
Still not sure I get it. Which of the below are harnesses? These all sound like they meet the definiton. - Codex / VSCode Github Copilot Plugin - ChatGPT Web application - Code I wrote to send/process REST API requests to an Antr
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
I suspect they don't have regular sleep schedules, which partially explains the elevated risk. Nurses and 3rd shift workers all have elevated cancer risk.
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
Are all of our LeetCode scores down, too? We should probably code the old fashioned way periodically to ensure we still "got it".
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
Boise is a desirable place to live if you love the outdoors. And it is a capital city. If you can't afford SF or Boulder, you might be able to swing it in Boise. Of course, Boise housing prices are expensive already, and this will ma
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
Also, isn't the healthcare industry thriving? Layoffs might be less of a worry.
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
Agree, but with the caveat. we have to develop ambition, passion, habits, and success in the right areas of life, so that the right partner wants to choose us. (We typically don't get to pick.)
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
It is only efficient because of the short duration of 8 week study. It's like, pounding Leetcode is the most efficient/effective way to prep for an upcoming interview. But for the long term, it is better to mix up the type of work
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
Just to add my interpretation of what Magness would say, which is: intense interval training tends to show significant gains over moderate work in shorter (8 weeks) study periods, but those gains level off quickly in the long term. A more
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
Suprised this article doesn't mention nitric oxide or vasodilation? Is that how it works. It boosts nitric oxide signaling, acts as a vasodilator, and improves endothelial function. Beet juice, exercise, and eating nitrate-rich vegetab
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
FWIW, here are the books I bought over that years that people would always say you should read. I would say some of the principles might be out of date, wrong, or overkill, but a good goal is to be at least familiar with them. The Pragmati
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
Right. CS Enrollments dropped 8% this year. High schoolers got the message.
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
I think the closing </p> tag became required under the HTML 5 spec (2008). Before it was optional, except when using XHTML.
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by francisofascii 2mo ago
Like the US Justice system, the best advice to give is to avoid the US Healthcare system as much as possible.

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