gloomyday

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by gloomyday 1y ago
Well, shutting down is the obvious choice if you are getting DDOSed. The alternative is infinite potential debt. That's the real horror.
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by gloomyday 1y ago
I remember trying to use async in Python for the first time in 2017, and I actually found it easier to learn the basics of Go to create a coroutine, export it as a shared library, and create the bindings. I'm not exaggerating. If I rem
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by gloomyday 1y ago
Because some assholes manage to convince everybody that being only motivated by money benefits everyone.
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by gloomyday 1y ago
Simple is best. I prefer writing it down on paper. I write my todos for the day, and if I write too many things, I rewrite a stripped down version below. The more things I have in my todo list, the less things I accomplish. If I'm in a
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by gloomyday 1y ago
This is not a good analogy. The parameters of slot machines can be changed to make the casino lose money. Just because something is random, doesn't mean it is useless. If you get 7 good outputs out of 10 from an LLM, you can still use
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by gloomyday 1y ago
Me too! Finally, these LLMs are showing some appreciation for blunt and concise answers.
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by gloomyday 1y ago
Yes, there is a reason sandboxes are so popular among kids.
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by gloomyday 1y ago
I think some people should just admit they love tinkering with their tools instead of saying it is for productivity or whatever.
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by gloomyday 1y ago
This is a pervasive phenomenon in programming. Many times suboptimal solutions remain for a long time because, well, it does solve the problem. Once you are taught X by authoritative figures, you tend to lean on it. It takes experience and
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by gloomyday 1y ago
Honestly, I think keeping up with AI progress is mostly a waste of time. The amount of noise is too high to be worth our time, and the worthwhile stuff eventually reach us anyway.
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by gloomyday 1y ago
I can see that helping a beginner to get a lay of the land, but I see that as no more than training wheels. I created bad flashcards for a long time. In the end, I just figured, constantly editing cards when I noticed issues was the best wa
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by gloomyday 1y ago
It could be cynical, but I think it is important to show severe consequences for breaking trust between a company and its community. Anyone that saw their history and contributes to it must be aware they are doing unpaid work for a company.
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by gloomyday 2y ago
That is such an inane opinion by the author. I wonder if he/she knows central banks can literally print money. Helping to move it around is nothing, and benefits everyone.
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by gloomyday 2y ago
The pursuit of knowledge is not a linear path. The reason you benefit from deep learning now is because a few people in the past believed neural networks had a future despite not working as well as other techniques such as SVMs. Discovering
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by gloomyday 2y ago
Maaan, you reminded me of a LSD trip where my mind felt kind of shattered, in the sense that there were several parts of my brain with different levels of self-conciousness. It was an incredible experience. I had the "talking part&quot
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by gloomyday 2y ago
That's really cool! My suggestion would be to improve the formatting of text. It seems the LLM output is pasted directly into the branches, so some outputs from Markdown and MathJax (I think) are displayed incorrectly. Congrats on the
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by gloomyday 2y ago
That's an excellent question, and I can tell you it involves a lot of politics.
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by gloomyday 2y ago
Through the last decade, I have found that programmers' judgment of technologies, tools, and languages are incredibly noisy. It is hard to make correct decisions based on opinions alone, and design by committee is a real thing. Common
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by gloomyday 2y ago
Sorry, I wrote this, but it is just a guess. I say that because of the size of exchanges, and I know most people are in this because they think they can sell for a profit later (both amateurs and professionals). The truth is hard to know. I
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by gloomyday 2y ago
This whole crypto wave since early Bitcoin is so insane. The entire idea was to have a truly decentralized monetary system outside the control of institutions. But it so happens that almost everyone deposit them in institutions, and when a
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by gloomyday 2y ago
I would like to declare that after sooo many years not touching a torrent, I not only started pirating, but I suggest everyone to do so for all abusive companies and services nowadays. The current state of reality is taking a dark turn, and
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by gloomyday 2y ago
One of the things I noticed is the behavior of bloggers nowadays are different from the past. The "blogosphere" used to be ripe with links to other blogs they found interesting, which facilitated discoverability so much!
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by gloomyday 2y ago
It is much worse. Europeans are seeing Trump say and do things seen in Nazi Germany, including the failed coup years ago, the current removal of key government officials, and filling their positions with loyalists. Not to mention siding wit
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by gloomyday 2y ago
The global supply chain is enormously complex. US companies depend on European companies as well, which makes the whole thing much more stupid.
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by gloomyday 2y ago
It bothers me because I know that being lied to frequently can have terrifying outcomes for everyone.
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by gloomyday 2y ago
I've had this problem for a long time. My solution was to keep my organization as flat as possible. This means everything insurance-related would go to 13. A flat structure seems less organized, since you are “mixing” stuff, but as lon
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by gloomyday 2y ago
Obsessing with p-values while at the same time shunning replication studies and studies with negative results is a catastrophe. It causes everyone to be confidently wrong way more often than one would think at first. What worth is a result
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by gloomyday 2y ago
The death of the Internet was so insidious. I guess I trusted too much that what people built would remain the same. Once a few players took over their respective niches, they opened up a Pandora Box of ways to make money. I miss finding ni